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The Kwesimintsim Police in the Western region on Tuesday arrested one of Takoradi’s most wanted alleged robber, Nii Henry Addo, also known as dollar boy. Supt. Peter Lennox Aidoo told Empire News’ Emmanuel Ohene Gyan the suspect was arrested at his hide out in Cape Coast The suspect who is believed to be a protégé of the notorious criminal Atta ...

The government has cited the Minority MPs for conscious, systematic efforts designed to create negative publicity for especially the Finance Minister. According to Deputy Information Minister, Kojo Oppong Nkrumah, the National Democratic Congress Members Parliament in a series of news conferences, have consistently levelled unsubstantiated allegations against Mr. Ken Ofori-Atta and the New Patriotic Party (NPP) administration. But Member for ...

The power of entrepreneurs and the free market is driving Africa’s economic growth from food production, as business wakes up to opportunities of a rapidly growing food market in Africa that may be worth more than $1 trillion each year by 2030 to substitute imports with high value food made in Africa. This is the main conclusion from the latest ...

The Chief Executive Officer of McDan Shipping Company Daniel McCauley has denied any wrong doing in the GH¢10.45million loan granted to his company by the ADB. According to him, claims that he leveraged on a perceived relationship with the finance minister to secure the loan are baseless and untrue. The Minority on Tuesday accused Mr. Ofori-Atta of usurping the authority ...

The ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP) will officially roll out its flagship free senior high Sschool (SHS) educational programme with a launch on Tuesday, September 12, 2017. But the Founder and 2016 Presidential Candidate of the Progressive People’s Party (PPP), Dr Papa Kwesi Nduom, has observed that the free SHS programme currently under implementation by the NPP is not consistent ...

With the implementation of the Free Senior High School Policy, government will by the end of 2019 scrap the northern scholarship intervention and replace it with “a more enhanced benefit and more comprehensive package,” Registrar of the Scholarship Secretariat Kingsley Agyemang hinted at a news conference in Tamale on Tuesday. Northern Scholarship was a deliberate colonial era policy instituted to ...

James Kwabena Bomfeh, a youth activist, has withdrawn a petition he filed against Assin Central MP, Ken Agyapong, citing Parliament’s lack of interest in the matter. On 19th April, 2017, Mr. Bomfeh petitioned Parliament “to cause an inquiry into certain reckless and reprehensible conduct of the Member of Parliament for Assin Central, Hon. Kennedy Agyapong.” However, the petitioner is convinced ...

The Finance Minister, Ken Ofori-Atta has dismissed claims by the minority in Parliament that he breached the country’s financial rules when he approved a loan facility from ADB to McDan Shipping Company Limited. The Minority on Tuesday accused Mr. Ofori-Atta of usurping the authority of the board of ADB in the approval of a loan facility to Mc Dan Shipping ...

A forthcoming report by the global research and consultancy firm Oxford Business Group (OBG) will chart Ghana’s efforts to enhance its investment environment through a raft of incentives and reforms. The Report: Ghana 2018 will explore the new administration’s bid to promote industrialisation, especially in the manufacturing segment, where a drive to boost capacity is under way. The key role ...

Controversial Hiplife Artiste and staunch supporter of President Akufo-Addo, Kwame Asare Obeng, also known as A Plus says the allegation of corruption he levelled against the two Deputy Chiefs of Staff, Samuel Abu Jinapor and Francis Asenso-Boakye has nothing to do with bribery. According to him, Ghanaians should not skew his corruption allegation against the duo to mean that they ...