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President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has appointed Major General Thomas Oppong-Peprah, currently Chief of Staff at General Headquarters of the Ghana Armed Forces, as the new Chief of Army Staff. A statement signed by the Director of Communications at the Presidency, Eugene Arhin, stated that “following the completion of the tour of duty and subsequent retirement from the Ghana Armed ...

The speculators, rumours and tittle-tattle over who partners Presidential Candidate for the National Democratic Congress (NDC), John Dramani Mahama will be over before the end of March, 2020. The question of John Mahama’s running mate has been on the lips of many in recent times. While some suggested the candidate should have been announced long ago, others argue that the ...

Here are snapshots of the headlines in today’s newspapers.   Source:Myjoyonline.com Share on:

  The never ending saga at the Tano South Constituency within the National Democratic Congress has taken another dramatic turn for the worst with the constituents threatening to vote skirt and blouse should Hanna Bisiw to be even contest at the party level. Series of setbacks have left the Constituency without a parliamentary candidate with barely 10 months to the ...

The former Managing Director of the defunct UT Bank, Prince Kofi Amoabeng, the former second Deputy Governor of the Bank of Ghana, Johnson Pandit Asiama and four others have pleaded not guilty to all forty-two (42) counts of financial misappropriation levelled against them by the State. All six accused persons pleaded not guilty after the forty-two counts levelled against them ...

Former Finance Minister and Shareholder of unibank Dr Kwabena Duffuor, Former Deputy Governor of the Bank of Ghana, Johnson Pandit Asiama and seven others who have been charged by the state with sixty-eight (68) counts of Fraudulent Breach of Trust, Money Laundering, Dishonestly Receiving and Falsification of Accounts have pleaded not guilty to all charges levelled against them. All nine ...

The Ghana Statistical Service (GSS) has postponed the 2020 Population and Housing Census scheduled for March 15, 2020, to June 28, 2020. According to the Government Statistician, Prof Samuel Kobina Anim, said the decision was to allow the Service conduct mapping process and build quality data for the main census exercise. “The reasons we rescheduled the 2020 population and housing ...

NDC National Communicator, Sammy Gyamfi became the talk of social media, particularly Twitter after he descended on Vice President Mahamudu Bawumia over his submissions during the government’s Town Hall meeting held at the Ashanti regional capital, Kumasi. Sammy Gyamfi among other things sought to punch holes in the statements made by the Vice President. Speaking on Metro TV’s Good Evening ...

The Minority in Parliament has threatened to boycott President Akufo-Addo’s final state of the nation address over failure to release the MPs Common Fund. Speaking to Starr News, MP for Bodi Sampson Ahi gave government up to Friday to release the funds or will face their wrath. “The minority members met and we have realized that the government has taken ...

A former Finance Minister, Dr Kwabena Duffuor and former second Deputy Governor of the Bank of Ghana (BoG), Dr Johnson Asiama have appeared before the Accra High Court to answer accusations of being complicit in the collapse of certain banks. Dr Duffuor, who was also a shareholder of the defunct unibank, is in court with his son, Dr Kwabena Duffuor ...