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I don’t pay attention to ‘unnecessary distractions’ – Afful-Broni to Rawlings

The Vice Chancellor of the University of Education, Winneba, Rev. Professor Anthony Afful-Broni says he will not be distracted by the war of words between the University and former President Jerry John Rawlings, who wants him to step aside. Speaking to Starr News’ Ibrahim ALhassan on the sidelines of the signing of an MoU between the millennium challenge alliance and ...

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Nana Aba Anamoah reacts to claims she’s a pimp

The Chamber for Local Governance (ChaLoG) has commended the Eminent Advisory Committee of the Electoral Commission (EC) to get the EC to outline their justifications for the need to procure a new Biometric Voter Management System (BVMS) and the compilation of a new Biometric Voters Register (BVR) for the 2020 general election. It, however, said the committee should have spelt ...

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Gov’t considers compensation for frustrated traders at Nigeria-Benin border

Government says it is considering a compensation package for Ghanaian traders whose goods have been locked up at the Nigeria-Benin border following the closure by Nigerian land borders last year. The border shut down in September 2019 by Nigerian authorities to check the smuggling of cheap goods as well as arms into Nigeria. Many Ghanaian traders were left stranded and ...

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Gov’t implements ‘enhanced surveillance’ at KIA, other points of entry against novel Coronavirus

The Health Ministry says it has began implementing measures to prevent the outbreak and spread of a new virus that first broke out in China. The coronavirus virus attacks the respiratory system and has spread to China’s neighbours Thailand, Japan, South Korea and Taiwan. The US has also reported its first case of the virus. In a statement Tuesday, the Health ...

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Former MP joins calls to scrap ‘useless, needless’ FX Development Committee

Former Legislator for La-Dade Kotopon Constituency, Nii Amasah Namoale, has described as ”useless and needless”, an FX Development Committee, set up by the government to investigate the fall of the local currency. Namoale said the institution of the Committee is a waste of time since they are not likely to proffer any better solution to the cedi’s depreciation against the ...

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E/R: Police storm lorry station as transport unions clash; NPP chairman fingered

There is escalating tension at the Koforidua main Lorry Station in the Eastern Regional capital between two transport unions. Executives of Reform Liberty Cooperative Transport society are up in arms with newly established transport union -King Jesus Transport owned by some bigwigs of the ruling New Patriotic Party, attempting to operate at the lorry terminal. The new transport union was ...

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Osafo-Maafo wants Domelevo jailed

The Senior Minister, Yaw Osafo Maafo and four officials from the Ministry of Finance – Michael Ayesu, Abraham Kofi Tawia, Eva Mends, Patrick Nomo – have filed contempt proceedings at an Accra High Court against the Auditor-General, Daniel Yao Domelevo, for failing to file in court the documents based on which they were surcharged. The Applicants last year filed an ...

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Voters register: ‘The Will of the people will prevail’ – NDC to EC

The National Communications Officer of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) Sammy Gyamfi says ‘the will of the people will prevail’ in the controversy surrounding the voters register for the December presidential and parliamentary polls. ” The voice of the people is the voice of God and that is what will prevail regardless of what Bossman Asare and Jean Mensah ...

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