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The acting National Chairman of the ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP) Freddie Blay has described the allegations of corruption and its subsequent altercations against the Deputy Chiefs of Staff, Francis Asenso-Boakye and Samuel Abu Jinapor by musician Kwame Asare Obeng, also known as A-Plus, as detractive to the feat chalked so far by President Akufo Addo. “It is not helpful, ...

Continuation of the Oral Examination of businessman Alfred Agbesi Woyome has been cancelled because the sitting judge Justice Ampah Benin is unavailable. Mr Woyome was expected at the Supreme Court today to be scrutinized by the Deputy Attorney General Godfred Yeboah Dame on how his GHc51.2m judgement debt received from the State could be refunded. Kasapa FM’s court correspondent, Daakyehene ...

The National Communications Authority (NCA) has served notice it will go ahead and take off air any radio station which does not comply with its regulations. The NCA has already sanctioned 131 radio stations for violating certain aspects of the Electronics Communications Act (2009), Act 775. According to NCA, all it did was to enforce the rules and apply the ...

The Ministry of Trade and Industry has approved a project proposal for the establishment of a Cassava Processing factory in the Upper Manya Krobo District of the Eastern region under the One -District -One Factory Policy. The factory will be located at Takorase near Sekesua. The District Chief Executive for Upper Manya, Adjao Felix Nartey said the factory is “expected ...

The Executive Director of uniBank Ghana Limited Clifford Mettle has dismissed as factually inaccurate claims by the management of Korle-Bu Teaching Hospital (KBTH) that the bank’s operations are hurting the facility. According to him, the operations of the bank at the KBTH were rather aimed at streamlining revenue collections there and also afford it the ability to have its billings ...

The Deputy Minister for Local Government, OB Amoah has charged Metropolitan, Municipal, and District Assemblies (MMDAs) in the Northern part of the country not to pay a supposed levy of GH¢5,000 each as a contribution towards President Nana Akufo-Addo’s visit to those areas. According to O.B Amoah, the Ministry has not authorized any such payment as being imposed by the ...

The leader of All People’s Congress (ACP), Honourable Hassan Ayariga has said that the New Patriotic Party (NPP) government’s flagship policy, Free Senior High Programme will produce school drop-outs. According to him, though the policy is a good one, the way it has been executed is likely to fail and thus want the Akufo-Addo administration to re-examine its flagship programme, ...

Government has resumed the payment of nursing and teacher trainee allowances using the e-zwich biometric system. The move will ensure transparency, a proper audit trail and prevent impersonation. The payment of the allowance to the trainees has been handed over to the Student Loan Trust Fund (SLTF), the body mandated to disburse loans to tertiary students. The SLTF has been ...

The former Chief of Staff of former President John Dramani Mahama, Mr. Julius Debrah has denied being banned from entering the United States of America, the United Kingdom, and five other European countries over visa fraud. There have been speculations on social media that Mr Debrah was not only ban from entering the USA but slapped with additional 10-year ban ...

He is an astute banker and the brain behind the success of numerous Tema-based artistes namely Sarkodie, Dr Cyrme, Chemphe etc bagging more than 15 local and foreign awards for the artistes. He is a key branding and finance expert with very good knowledge in banking and international trade, however with a soft spot for showbiz due to family pedigree. ...