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1 feared dead in Asante Kotoko team bus crash

At least one person is reported dead as the team bus of Ghana giants Asante Kotoko rammed into a stationary truck at Nkawkaw in the Eastern region Wednesday. The deceased is reported to be an official of the club. The captain of the Porcupine Warriors Amos Frimpong, Baba Mahama and defender Ahmed Adams sustained severe injuries and have been rushed ...

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Ghanaians in Italy thrown into state of mourninig after footballer murders mother and sister

Ghanaians in the Italian city of Parma have been thrown into deep state of mourning and wailing after young footballer gruesomely murdered his mother and sister. Ghanaian footballer Solomon Nyantakyi, who is highly talented, has confessed to murdering of his mother and sister on Tuesday night in the city of Parma. The former football prodigy with Italian side Parma was ...

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Foreign aid mentality must cease – KB Asante

Retired diplomat KB Asante has charged Ghana to do away with foreign aid as it only leads to “sloppy thinking” and “bad planning” by the receiver. According to him, government should avoid overreliance on foreign aid and fashion out robust strategies to develop Ghana because it “promotes a sense of inferiority”. For him, Ghana should not be nurturing “aid mentality” ...

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PNC executives didn’t support my 2016 campaign – Edward Mahama fights back

The 2016 flagbearer of the People’s National Convention (PNC), Dr Edward Nasigree Mahama has hit back at some executive members of his party over his recent appointment by President Akufo-Addo. According to him, some top members of the PNC worked against him in the 2016 campaign resulting to his abysmal performance at the polls. Dr Mahama has received incessant attacks ...

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Akufo-Addo announces $80m Swiss aid

President Akufo Addo has announced an eighty (80) million dollars Swiss Corporation Strategy for Ghana aimed at supporting and enhancing the competitiveness of Ghanaian enterprises and the diversification of the Ghanaian economy. Addressing a joint press conference after holding talks with the visiting Swiss President Doris Leuthard, he said the support is a welcome news for the country and everything ...

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Akufo-Addo announces $80m Swiss aid

President Akufo Addo has announced an eighty (80) million dollars Swiss Corporation Strategy for Ghana aimed at supporting and enhancing the competitiveness of Ghanaian enterprises and the diversification of the Ghanaian economy. Addressing a joint press conference after holding talks with the visiting Swiss President Doris Leuthard, he said the support is a welcome news for the country and everything ...

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Job creation Ghana’s biggest challenge – Akufo-Addo

President Akufo-Addo has cited lack of jobs for the youth as the single biggest challenge facing the country. Addressing the president of Switzerland, Doris Leuthard, who is on a day’s official visit to Ghana, Akufo-Addo bemoaned the seriousness of the challenge, saying there are too many young people in the country without jobs because the economy has stagnated for so ...

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Swiss President to speak at IMANI event tonight, live on Citi FM

The President of Switzerland, Doris Leuthard, will give a speech tonight, Wednesday, July 12, ahead of an event organised by policy think-tank IMANI Africa. The speech, which will be delivered from the Kempinski Hotel Gold Coast City in Accra, will be live on radio from 6:30pm and online at http://tunein.com/citi973. Doris Leuthard’s address will precede a panel discussion on the ...

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NPP communicators accuse executives of squandering party cash

New Patriotic Party (NPP) communicators in the Ashanti Region, have accused their leadership of pocketing monies meant to reward members for their contribution towards the 2016 election victory of the party. The communicators alleged their director in the Ashanti Region, Mr. Kwasi Kyei Danso has allegedly kept an amount of Ten Thousand Ghana cedis supposedly from the presidency through the ...

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