NEWS

Inflation drops to 12.1%

Inflation has dropped again for the month of June from 12.6 percent in May to 12.1 percent. This is the lowest since December 2013. The marginal reduction in the price of fuel was mentioned as one of the factors that contributed to the reduction. Acting government statistician, Baah Wadie, the media in Accra the main price drivers for the down ...

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21-year-old commits suicide; leaves love note for girlfriend

A 21-year-old boy has allegedly committed suicide at Tweemu, a fishing community near Moree in the Central Region. It is unclear what caused Felix Dorde, alias Selorm, a senior high school graduate, to hang himself with a rope onto a ceiling joint in his room. He is said to have left a note for his girlfriend saying he loves her. ...

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Ho West: Assembly relocates schoolchildren over floods

The Ho West district Assembly in the Volta region has evacuated school children who have been stranded in some farming communities in the district following the flooding of the access route to the communities. Recent torrential rains in the Bokorvikope, Andokope and Dakekope communities, located about 7km away from Awudome-Tsito, off the Ho-Asikuma-Accra highway, have caused a nearby river, Tsawe, ...

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I will quit politics if Akufo-Addo fails – Wontumi

The Ashanti Regional Chairman of the ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP), Bernard Antwi Boasiako aka Chairman Wontumi has vowed to resign from politics if President Nana Addo Danquah Akufo-Addo fail Ghanaians. According to him, he is very optimistic that the nation will see a major transformation due to interventions being put in place by the current administration. “I will resign ...

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Former President Mahama receives family of the late Raymond Okudzeto

Former President John Dramani Mahama today received a delegation from the Anlo Traditional Council to announce the death and funeral rites for the late Dumega Raymond Okudzeto. Led by Anlo Statesman and former Inspector General of Police, Mr. CK Dewornu, the delegation described the late Raymond Okudzeto who was the President of the Volta Foundation as an industrialist who championed ...

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MTN keen on partnering government for national ID system

MTN is keen on partnering government and other agencies to deliver the digitalisation of the National Identification system, Mr Phuthuma Nhleko, MTN Group Chairman, has said. Mr Nhleko said the significance of the National Identification as a bedrock for National digitalisation agenda, and the efficiencies and cost benefits of e-government presented real potential for meaningful partnership with government. He was ...

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Address me as ‘Doctor Governor Chairman Wontumi’ – NPP stalwart

Ashanti Regional Chairman of the ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP), Bernard Antwi Boasiako affectionately called Chairman Wontumi wants henceforth to be addressed as ”Doctor Governor Chairman Wontumi” “Henceforth everyone must address me as Doctor Governor Chairman Wontumi because these names are my titles”, he disclosed on Accra-based Okay FM on Wednesday. The African Gold Awards ceremony which seeks to honour ...

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Majority leader chastises Inusah over bugging device

The Minister for Parliamentary Affairs, Osei Kyei Mensah-Bonsu, has slammed the former Minister of Lands and Natural Resources, Inusah Fuseini, for hiding the existence of a bugging device in the office he once occupied from his successors. The National Security Monday July 1o, 2017 uncovered the secretly planted audio-visual recorder in a huge Coat of Arms plaque hanging in the ...

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