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Massive clamp down on unregistered motorbikes, cars following attack on police officers

The Accra Regional Police Command has impounded at least 446 unregistered motorbikes and 56 unregistered vehicles in a massive operation, following the murder of a police officer at Lapaz in Accra. Police say a number of crimes have been committed using unregistered motorbikes and cars. The use of unregistered vehicles to commit crimes have been a lingering problem for decades, ...

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MoF: Databank staff replacing experts – Haruna Iddrisu

Eight former workers of investment bank, Databank, have been employed at senior levels of the finance ministry since Ken Ofori-Atta was appointed as finance minister,” minority leader Haruna Iddrisu has said. According to him, the move is part of a grand effort by the Akufo-Addo government to cleanse the civil service. “Even at the ministry of finance, as many as ...

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Contaminated fuel a scheme to retrieve NPP’s campaign cash – NDC

The opposition National Democratic Congress(NDC) says the Head of Bulk Oil Storage and Transportation (BOST) was strategically positioned by Akufo-Addo so he could recoup the funds sunk into the NPP campaign in the 2016 polls. The main opposition NDC believes the murky issues emerging from the state institution is testament to the NPP government’s grand scheme. “We know Alfred Obeng ...

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EC Boss in hot waters over Mahama V8 car

Some staff of the Electoral Commission (EC) have petitioned President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo to get the chief justice to commence impeachment proceedings against Charlotte Osei, chairperson of the commission. They are accusing her of abusing her office and engaging in corruption, including the alleged award of contracts running into millions of dollars and moving into a new office building ...

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Angry Makola women mob Kennedy Agyapong

It was a sight to behold when hundreds of market women from Makola market in Accra mobbed the Member of Parliament for Assin Central in the Central region, Ken Agyapong. The motive for the ambush was to appeal to the outspoken MP to prevent the Accra Metropolitan Assembly (AMA) from ejecting them from the present site. The traders sell their ...

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Ho court frees Volta secessionists

The Ho High court has freed some members of the Volta secessionist group, who were standing trial on treason felony charges. The discharge of the seven persons follows a motion filed in court today by the Attorney General to drop the charge of treason felony and conspiracy to commit same against the suspects. Before discharging them, the judge bonded them ...

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Mmaduabia elected new President of NANS- Ghana

A Bachelor of Science in Public Administration student of GIMPA, Dominic Uchechukwu Mmaduabia, has been elected as the new President of the Ghana chapter of the National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS). Mmaduabia was elected after his only opponent stepped down on the day of the elections. In a brief interview after his election, Mmaduabia thanked all the delegates for ...

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Ghanaians voted Mahama out because they wanted change – Abeiku Santana

Gilbert Abeiku Aggrey Santana, popularly known as Abeiku Santana a celebrated and multiple awards winning Ghanaian broadcast journalist currently with Okay Fm as the station’s Drive Time host, has told Rainbow Radio’s Sokoohemaa that there were signs of the massive defeat of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC). Speaking in an exclusive interview with the host, Mr. Santana said, former ...

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Radio Gold’s invitation will be first next time – Hamid

Information Minister Mustapha Hamid has apologised for the late invitation of Accra-based Radio Gold to the maiden edition of the president’s encounter with journalists. Additionally, he has indicated that the radio station will be the first media house to be invited for the next presidential encounter which will be organised after the New Patriotic Party (NPP) government is a year ...

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