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A 60-year-old man is in the grips of the Anti-Human Trafficking Unit of the Volta Regional Police Command in Ho for allegedly attempting to traffic some six children at Kpassa in the Nkwanta North district. The suspect, Eric Akwesi Amponsah, was arrested last Friday, June 30, by the police upon a tip off at the Kpassa lorry station on board ...

The Finance Committee of Parliament has summoned the Finance Minister Ken Ofori Atta to an emergency meeting Thursday. The meeting is to probe further details and explanation for the controversial 3% flat rate tax that has been introduced by the government. The 3% VAT rate came into effect on July 1, 2017 following the passage of Act 948 to amend ...

Dr. Elsie Effa Kauffman, the Quiz Mistress for the 2017 National Science and Maths Quiz (NSMQ2017), has described her missing bag as “a problem of six days.” Dr. Kauffman, who is a senior lecturer and head of the Biomedical Engineering Department of the University of Ghana, was left bewildered Thursday June 29, 2017 when her handbag containing her valuables was ...

The founder and leader of Royal House Chapel International,Sam Korankye Ankrah has said the people of Denkyira-Boase have been cursed by God and as a result cannot produce any leader for killing Major Maxwell Mahama in cold blood. Major Maxwell Mahama was murdered in cold blood after he was mistaken for an armed robber by some youth in Denkyira-Boase some ...

The immediate past Managing Director of the Bulk Oil Storage and Transportation (BOST) Company Limited, Mr Kingsley Kwame Awuah-Darko, has sued the Member of Parliament for Assin Central, Mr Kennedy Ohene Agyapong for some statements Mr Awuah-Darko said were defamatory against him. The suit, filed on his behalf by Dr Dominic Akuritinga Ayine, at the Accra High Court also cited ...

Hundreds of homes in the catchment area of the Weija Dam in the Ga South Municipality of the Greater Accra Region are gradually getting submerged, following the recent spillage of the dam by the Ghana Water Company Limited (GWCL). The annual spilling carried out by the Ghana Water Company Limited is meant to release excess water from the dam. The ...

The Prempeh College quiz team that won the 2017 National Science and Maths Quiz (NSMQ) last week, has revealed that “the uncommon favour of God made us stand out” from the other competitors. Appearing for a personality radio interview on Accra based Starr FM Wednesday night, the contestants, Wonder Sarfo-Ansah and Daniel Osei Badu said they entered the competition fearless. ...

The minority in Parliament has petitioned the Securities and Exchange Commission in Luxembourg in the ongoing crusade for disclosure on controversial 2.25 billion dollar bond. This comes after a similar petition was sent to the US Securities and Exchange Commission to probe what the NDC suspects to be the underhand circumstances which enabled Franklin Templeton Investments to pick up a ...

The Bureau of National Investigations (BNI) and National Security may have cleared the Managing Director of the Bulk Oil Storage and Transport Company (BOST), Alfred Obeng of any wrongdoing in the controversial sale of five million litres of off-spec fuel but most Ghanaians, especially members of the opposition NDC believes there is more to the report than meets the eye. ...

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo will today July 6, 2017 commission the FPSO John Agyekum Kufuor to begin production of oil in commercial quantities in the Offshore Cape Three Points (OCTP) oilfields in the Western Region. The Floating Production and Storage Vessel (FPSO) was named in honor of the former President; John Agyekum Kufuor in Singapore in February this year ...