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Chairman of the Public Accounts Committee (PAC), James Klutse Avedzi has ordered the arrest of the current and former finance officers from the Sefwi Akontombra District Assembly. Isaac Akowuah and James Essilfie, who were sent to the Parliament Police Station, were accused of attempting to deceive the Committee during a hearing on Monday. The Chairman of the Committee was unimpressed with ...

The Human Rights Division of the Accra High Court presided over by Justice Nicholas Mensah Abodakpi has issued a bench warrant for the immediate arrest of Samuel Hinson, the site manager of the Turkish Construction firm which is at the centre of the 22-storey building saga at the airport residential area. Following an application for contempt against the Kess Plus ...

The police have arrested a 29-year-old man, who posed as a soldier, in Obuasi in the Ashanti Region. Frederick Kulepe, unemployed, who was said to have duped innocent people, especially, mobile phone dealers. in the Obuasi municipality, was arrested wearing a military uniform, after a mobile phone dealer alerted the security operatives. According to Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP) Asenso, ...

A currency analyst Collins Appiah says the depreciation of the Cedi will not be addressed by the setting up of committees. The comment comes on the back of the establishment of a committee by government to investigate the regular fall of the Cedi against the major trading currencies especially the dollar. Speaking on the Morning Starr Monday, Mr Appiah said ...

Ahead of the National Democratic Congress’ planned demonstration in Kumasi, the Ashanti Regional Chairman of the New Patriotic Party has warned them to comport themselves in a good manner or risk incurring his wrath. Mr. Bernard Antwi-Boasiako in an interview with Peacefmonline.com stated that he personally granted the opposition party the chance to demonstrate in his region but would not ...

A member of the newly established Forex Development Committee, Franklin Cudjoe, says their work will not usurp the mandate of the Central Bank. In his view, the committee, instead, will bring more value to the work of the Bank of Ghana in finding solutions to the destabilisation of the Cedi. Critics of the committee say the terms of reference of ...

The number of observers extremely worried about the “pathetic conditions” of football pitches in the Upper East Region, home to one of Africa’s soccer greats, Abedi Pele, is shooting up with speed. More than a few grassless pitches in the region are layered with unwanted nails, bones, broken bottles, gullies as well as rocks and, as such, players dare not ...

The Gbi Traditional Council in the Hohoe Municipality of the Volta Region have announced the demise of their overlord, Togbega Gabusu VI. The announcement lays to rest months of rumours about his death. Togbe Keh XII, Chief of Gbi Wegbe, who made the announcement at a durbar in Hohoe over the weekend, said Gabusu passed on several months ago after ...

The country’s accumulated pension funds can be used to facilitate domestic financing for developmental projects under the Ghana Beyond Aid agenda, the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the National Pensions Regulatory Authority (NPRA), Hayford Atta Krufi has said. He said current guidelines for investment of pension funds permitted the use of the funds  for socio-economic development, just like the financial ...

A member of the Council of State, Mr Sam Okudzeto, has advised senior high school students to study hard, be committed and contribute their quota towards the development of the country. He said the youth must learn to appreciate that they had a job and responsibility to build the nation. Mr Okudzeto gave this advice to students from selected senior ...