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The Supreme Court has placed an embargo on the shares owned by the businessman, Mr Alfred Agbesi Woyome, in 11 companies, following his GH¢51.2 million indebtedness to the state. Shares of the businessman affected include those in Anator Holding Company Limited, AAW Management Consulting Services Limited, Green Township Security Services Company Limited, Anator Construction Company Limited, Woyome Brothers International Limited ...

The University Council of Central University has appointed Professor Bill Buenar Puplampu as Vice-Chancellor of the University for a five-year term. The appointment took effect from June 1, 2017. A statement signed by Reverend Tetteh Djangmah, Head of Public Relations Directorate of the University, said Prof Puplampu takes over from Professor Kwesi Yankah, who resigned early this year to take ...

The Supreme Court has placed ice on shares owned by Mr. Alfred Agbesi Woyome due to his debt to the State. Mr. Woyome, per the order, must appear before the court on June 29 to defend why the embargo should not be made permanent. The Supreme Court also ordered Mr. Woyome to appear before it on the said date to ...

As the world marks the 2nd annual International Day for the Elimination of Sexual Violence in Conflict and World Refugee Day, Hope For Future Generations – a Ghanaian NGO and her partners – the Ghana Refugee Board, and Palladium is alerting the government and the people of Ghana to the realisation that sexual violence is a serious problem in our ...

President Nana Akufo-Addo has said this could have been his second term in office had he and two others: Dr Mahamudu Bawumia (now Vice President) and Mr Jake Obetsebi-Lamptey (late Chairman of the New Patriotic Party), had a favourable verdict from the Supreme Court after the 2012 disputed election results which they fought in court. The apex court affirmed the ...

The National Organiser of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Kofi Adams, has stated that the party did not envisage losing the 2016 election. President Akufo-Addo garnered 5, 716, 609 votes, representing 53.84 percent to snatch the presidency from former president John Mahama who secured 4,713,277 votes, representing 44.40 percent. The NDC also lost more than 40 parliamentary seats to the ...

The founder and leader of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Jerry John Rawlings deliberately took actions that he knew would lead to the defeat of the party in the 2016 elections, an active member of the party has disclosed. Afrifa Yamoah Ponkoh speaking on Adom FM’s Morning Show, ‘Dwaso Nsem’ Tuesday said the founder should be the first person to ...

The 13-member Kwesi Botchwey Committee constituted and mandated to investigate what caused the embarrassing defeat of the NDC at the 2016 polls yesterday (June 19, 2017) presented a 455-page report to the National Executive Council detailing the party’s shortfall hence defeat. But General Secretary of the party, Asiedu Nketia who spoke to ghanaweb.com exclusively described the voluminous report as inconclusive ...

The leadership of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) is satisfied with the work of the 13-member Kwesi Botchwey committee and the recommendations in the report it submitted to the party, a deputy General Secretary of the party has said. According to Koku Anyidoho, the party, following its humiliating defeat in the 2016 election began the process of rebuilding itself ...

Controversial lawyer, Maurice Ampaw has argued that watching pornography among other factors could increase the number of rape cases recorded by police in the country. He said pornographic movies serve as a source of wrong education for the youth and in event they are unable to subdue their unbridled libido, they could forcibly descend on any female on sight to ...