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Business Devt Minister courts Kenyan investors

Business Development Minister, Mohammed Awal, has assured Kenyan investors that the current government is committed to towards securing a win-win situation for every investor in Ghana. He said the Government has introduced measures to stabilise the local currency and reduce significantly the cost of borrowing. These measures, he observes, include tax cuts such as the abolishment of the 5 % ...

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Hollande calls for unity at tribute to slain officer Jugelé

French President François Hollande has used a ceremony to honour a police officer slain in Paris last week to call for unity in the “long and difficult fight against terrorism”. He awarded Xavier Jugelé, 37, the Legion of Honour, one of France’s highest honours. The two candidates to succeed Mr Hollande, Emmanuel Macron and Marine Le Pen, both attended. They ...

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Ghanaian politician Otokunor’s take on Shatta Wale’s ‘Taking Over’

Some say there is life after politics, we rephrase and say ”there are other interests besides politics”. Latest to give credence to this newly crafted notion is non-other than Peter Boamah Otukonor, deputy director of research for Ghana’s largest opposition party NDC. The one time parliamentary aspirant for the Ablekuma Central Constituency took bytes off his facebook timeline to share ...

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Deadly collision in Kenya between bus and tanker

A least 24 people have been killed and several injured in a head-on collision between a passenger’s bus and a tanker carrying cooking oil on the road between the capital, Nairobi, and the coastal city of Mombasa. The accident occurred in the Kibwezi area shortly after midnight local time when the bus driver was trying to overtake another vehicle but ...

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Christian Atsu hails Newcastle United’s Premier League promotion

Christian Atsu has hailed Newcastle United’s promotion back to the English Premier League. The Magpies thumped Preston North End 4-1 to secure promotion back to the elite division of English football. And the Ghana international, who was on target for the home, has been left delighted with their accomplishment. We are happy to secure promotion to the premiership. Big thanks ...

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Mr. Eazi & Efya’s song ‘Skin tight’ added to spotify playlist

‘Skin Tight,’ a song by Mr. Eazi featuring Efya was added to a Spotify playlist over the weekend. The Playlist ‘Get Turnt‘ is accessed by some two and half million people who are subscribed to the music, podcast and video streaming service. Spotify has 100 million monthly active users, and provides digital rights management protected content from record labels and ...

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“GNPC will still support Ghana FA” – Osei Kyei Mensah-Bonsu backtracks

Member of Parliament for Suame and Minister for Parliamentary Affairs, Osei Kyei Mensah Bonsu has endorsed Isaac Asiamah’s assertions that the Ghana National Petroleum Corporation (GNPC) have not cancelled their sponsorship deal to the Black Stars. Hon. Kyei Mensah Bonsu had earlier made comments suggesting that GNPC were channeling the sponsorship chunk of the money into other areas including offering ...

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NDC dares NPP to publish names of 5,000 nurses posted so far

Former deputy Minister for Employment Baba Jamal has dared the New Patriotic party (NPP) to publicly publish the names and place of postings of the 11,000 nurses who were said to have been given clearance by the Ministry of Health, disclosed earlier by the Vice President, Dr Mahamadu Bawumia. The Coalition of Unemployed Bonded Diploma Nurses on Monday stormed the ...

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Ibrahim Mahama warned GRA not to withdraw cheques – Amaliba

The Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) went ahead to draw cheques from an account belonging to former President John Mahama’s brother, Ibrahim, despite an earlier warning to the revenue-collecting state agency to hold on with the withdrawals until certain payments had been made into it by the government, private legal practitioner Abraham Amaliba has said. His revelations come amidst a two-week ...

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