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The British Council Auditorium would today, Monday, April 30, 2018, witness one of the keenly contested for competitions in the country as eight (8) top universities battle for honours in the Kuapa Kokoo/MPA ‘The Green Ghana Lecture Series inter-tertiary institutions debate’. The event which would be the first round of elimination will see the University of Ghana, Legon, take on ...

The Danquah Institute (DI) has accused former President Mahama of endorsing illegal mining also known as galamsey. According to DI, “when it comes to fighting illegal mining, former President Mahama was a miserable failure; in fact, he promoted it”. This was contained in a statement signed and released by Dr Kingsley Nyarko, Executive Director for DI, on Monday 30 April ...

The Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) has served notice it will be taxing street beggars as part of moves to widen the tax net. The exercise will also target individuals, especially women selling Dubai Wax prints and other imports through door-to-door and neighboring nationals trading on bicycles in the Northern region. The Principal Revenue Chief at the Small Tax Payer Office ...

Members of the Coalition of Unemployed Private Nurses (COUPN) have rejected government’s flagship programme, Nations Builders Corps (NABCO), meant to provide temporay employment for unemployed graduates and professionals in the country. The jobless nurses say they will not be part of the module, which includes the temporary employment of health professionals, because it is an attempt by government to deny ...

National Democratic Congress [NDC] Member of Parliament for Bawku Central, Mahama Ayariga, has told Citi News that the Attorney General and Minister for Justice, Gloria Akuffo, is yet to respond to his suit before the Supreme Court seeking to review the scope and mandate of some government agencies. The former Youth and Sports Minister in March 2018, started advocating for ...

I will begin this article with an NBC news item: LAS VEGAS, NV (NBC) December 9, 2009 –  What killed Angel Nicole Dewberry? It’s a question the Las Vegas Coroner’s Office is tackling after the baby girl died following an at-home delivery. An attorney for Angel’s mother, Roshunda Abney, says Abney was in full labor last week when two local hospitals failed ...

Former President John Dramani Mahama will run for the flag bearer slot of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Mr Yamoah Ponkoh, a prominent member of the party in the Ashanti Region, has said. According to Mr Ponkoh, the party and its executives are convinced that Mr Mahama is in the best person to recapture political power for the NDC. So ...

President Akufo-Addo has denied reports that he intends to legalise gay and lesbian marriages. It follows claims by the General Secretary of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) that the president intends to legalise the act. Speaking at the NDC’s Unity Walk on Saturday, 28th April, 2018 in Kumasi, the Ashanti Regional capital, Asiedu Nketia, aka General Mosquito, reportedly stated, ...

Former vice president Kwesi Amissah-Arthur is optimistic the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) will return to power in 2021 if it is well organized. Describing the ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP) as “deceptive”, Mr. Amissah-Arthur has rallied his party faithful to unite and attach a lot of importance to the grassroot and the branches. According to him, the branches are ...

Majority leader of Parliament, Osei Kyei-Mensah-Bonsu has stated strongly that he lives “a strict life, quite apart from everything” when asked whether or not he has ever taken bribe as a Member of Parliament. He says he does not even recall anybody coming to him in an attempt to bribe him. The Member of Parliament for the Suame constituency who ...