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The Majority leader in parliament, Osei Kyei Mensah-Bonsu has challenged Prof. Stephen Kwaku Asare popularly known as Kwaku Azar to point to the specific law which says the Speaker has no basis or legal right to declare the Fomena sea as vacant. The respected lawyer had slammed the Speaker for declaring the Fomena seat vacant after the MP, Mr. Amoako ...

Former Malian President Amadou Toumani Touré has died aged 72. He died early Tuesday in Turkey where he was undergoing treatment. He arrived in Turkish commercial capital, Istanbul, a few days ago. Before his departure from Mali, he had undergone an emergency heart surgery in the capital, Bamako. He was Mali’s president from 2002 until he was deposed by a ...

The third phase of the national market disinfection is underway. The exercise is aimed at controlling the spread of the Covid-19 virus in the country. The exercise which begun early Monday morning at Wenchi in the Bono Region saw all the markets, shops and other public places disinfected. Amponsakrom, Subinso, Boku and other nearby towns also had their markets disinfected ...

A co-founder of the Ghana Center for Democratic Development (CDD-Ghana) Professor Agyeman-Duah has admonished the Special Prosecutor Martin Amidu to treat his investigations with some level of decency and avoid public exchanges. According to Professor Agyeman-Duah, investigations and indictments from the office of the Special Prosecutor must also be guided by ethics. His comments come after Martin Amidu in a ...

The Ghana Chamber of Construction Industry (GhCCI) says about $1.8 billion is needed to settle debts owed road contractors in the country. According to the Chief Executive Officer of the GhCCI, Emmanuel Cherry, the debt has been compounded by interest on delayed payment. The claim follows reports that government has released some GHC800 million to settle some debts owed GETFUND ...

The flagbearer of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) John Mahama will today begin his campaign tour of the Ashanti region. Mr. Mahama will tour the region for six days, a statement from the party said. “His Excellency John Mahama, as part of this highly anticipated tour, is expected to pay a courtesy call on His Royal Majesty, Otumfour Osei Tutu ...

The Municipal Chief Executive for Ayawaso East Municipal Assembly, Hon.Hajia Salma Sani Mohammed Adams-Kuta has said the advent of the recent pandemic has prompted government on the need to process perishable food produce into dried products to increase their shelf lives and ensure their availability at all times of uncertainties. Furthermore, she said greater effort must be placed on the ...

Ghana’s active cases in the ongoing COVID-19 fight has jumped to 947 from less than 330 a little over a month ago. In the latest update released by the Ghana Health Service, the country has recorded 145 new cases taking the country’s total number of infections to 48,788. In total, 47,521 people have recovered from the virus and have been ...

The John Agyekum Kuffuor Foundation, a leadership-based organization has partnered the Mountcrest University College to provide extensive leadership training to beneficiaries on a scholarship basis. Recipients of the collaboration include alumni and current scholars of the Kuffuor Scholars Program. The Memorandum of Understanding between both organizations will see twenty scholars benefit from the $10,000 per head scholarship to study postgraduate ...

President Akufo-Addo on Thursday, 5th November 2020, commissioned three hundred and twelve (312) completed units under the Asokore-Mampong Affordable Housing Project. The Asokore-Mampong Housing Unit, now referred to as Osei Tutu II Housing Estates, is part of six (6) housing projects started by the Kufuor administration in 2005, with the others situated at Borteyman, Kpone, Koforidua, Tamale, and Wa. It ...