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EOCO investigates three EC officials over missing GH¢480,000

The Economic and Organized Crime Office (EOCO) has begun investigating some officials of the Electoral Commission over the loss of 480,000 cedis from the Commission’s Endowment Fund. The Documents sighted by thepublisheronline.com reveal that EOCO has started investigating three top officials of the Commission over the missing cash. The officials are the Commission’s Deputy Chairperson in-charge of Finance and Administration, ...

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Ablakwa exposes Adwoa Safo and E-block claims

Former Deputy Minister of Education, Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa has exposed the Member of Parliament for Dome Kwabenya, Sarah Adwoa Safo, that she personally facilitated the construction of one government’s E-Blocks in her constituency. According to her, she negotiated with the World Bank directly to build a community day school in her constituency adding that that the Senior High School was ...

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GHS, John Hopkins University project reduce child deaths

He said although the country progressed in some health-related Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), it failed to achieve a significant reduction in under five mortality, with 60 deaths occurring in every 1,000 live births, 68 per cent of them happened a few hours after delivery, and 48 per cent during the first months of life. He said it was evident that ...

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Ghanaians hate honest people – Bagbin

The Second Deputy Speaker of Parliament and MP for Nadowli-Kaleo Alban Bagbin has expressed concerns about the treatment meted out to ‘honest’ people in the country. According to him, Ghanaians treat people who speak the truth with disdain. Speaking at a youth mentoring program organized by the National Youth Authority in Wa, the veteran legislator said,” We have established a ...

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Farmers to get accurate weather predictions with S1.2m UENR satellite

The installation of a multi-purpose satellite ground station at Sunyani, the Brong Ahafo Region capital, by the University of Energy and Natural Resources (UENR) means Ghana joins eight others around the globe that receives improves atmospheric data. The Ground Station at UENR which is estimated at around US$1.2 million, predicts accurate weather and climate conditions that would be of immense ...

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BOST, NPA, Movenpiina, ZUPOIL and others sued over sale of contaminated fuel

Strategic Thinkers Network-Africa, a public interest advocacy group, has filed a suit at the Accra High Court to have the transaction involving the sale of contaminated fuel by the Bulk Oil Storage and Transportation (BOST) Company Limited to Movenpinaa Energy and others rendered “null and void”. Cited in the suit are the National Petroleum Authority (NPA), BOST, Managing Director of ...

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E/R : Seven perish in Kpong-Tema road accident

Seven persons have died in a head-on collision on the Tema-Kpong road. Ten other persons who were seriously injured in the Wednesday crash are receiving treatment at the Akuse government Hospital. The accident occurred wehn a DAF truck traveling from Tema to Kpong collided with a Toyata Hiace transporting passengers from the opposite direction of the same. Three passengers died ...

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K.T Hammond rejects Akufo-Addo’s offer

The New Patriotic Party (NPP) MP for Adansi Asokwa has snubbed president Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo after being sidelined in the elephant-size ministerial appointments. The outspoken lawmaker has rejected a board chairmanship offer from the president because he feels he is gone past such post, having served as a deputy energy minister in the erstwhile Kufuor administration. Starrfmonline.com can confirm ...

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Power generation to be enhanced; low tariffs anticipated – Akufo-Addo

President Nana Akufo-Addo, says it is the expectation of government and Ghanaians that the Offshore Cape Three Point (OCTP) partners will ensure prudent management of the Sankofa oil and gas project to achieve cost efficiency. This, according to President Akufo-Addo, is the only way low gas prices can be guaranteed, and, eventually, low electricity tariffs to stimulate development. “With the ...

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Mahama SHS brouhaha: Adwoa Safo lied – Ablakwa

A Deputy Minister of Education under the former NDC administration, Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa has responded to Dome-Kwabenya MP’s claim that cited the erstwhile Mahama administration allegedly taking undue credit for the Kwabenya Community Senior High School(SHS) established in her constituency. The Member of Parliament for Dome-Kwabenya, Sarah Adwoa Safo has said it is absurd for the erstwhile NDC administration to ...

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