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NAM 1: Court rejects prosecution’s long adjournment request

The prosecution in the case in which embattled Chief Executive Officer of Menzgold Ghana Limited Nana Appiah Mensah (NAM1) is standing trial has demanded a long adjournment following “recent discoveries.” The state was expected to substitute the old charges with a new one where 48 new charges are expected to be added to the 13 that were earlier slapped on ...

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Driver dies after being trapped under accident car for 8 hours

A driver has been confirmed dead in a fatal accident involving a container Truck transporting alcoholic beverages belonging to Joy Dadi company on the Apirede to Somanya road in the Eastern Region. Two others sustained various degrees of injuries. The deceased, identified as Samuel Adu Gyan, 28, was trapped under the vehicle for eight hours before his body was removed. ...

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Volta separatists leader flees

The secessionist, Charles Komi Kudzordzi, aka Papavi Kudzordzi, is on the run as security agents go after him following his so-called declaration on Saturday of independence of an imaginary country called Western Togoland. Technically on bail after he was arrested earlier, alongside other members of his political grouping, the Homeland Study Group, Papavi made an appearance before a judge before ...

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Dubai’s non-oil trade with Africa to exceed $270bn by end of 2019 – Chamber of Commerce

Dubai’s non-oil trade with Africa will exceed $272, 271,800,000 for the period extending from 2011 until the end of 2019. This was revealed by Majid Saif Al Ghurair, Chairman of Dubai Chamber of Commerce, noting that it had already reached $252,123,686,800 in the 2011-2018 period. Al Ghurair made the announcement in his opening speech at the fifth edition of the Global Business Forum ...

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WAEC releases 2019 Nov/Dec results

The West African Examinations Council (WAEC) has released provisional results of private candidates who sat for the 2019 West African Senior School Certificate Examinations (WASSCE). Per a release issued by WAEC, some 102, 278 candidates comprising of 51, 935 males and 55, 488 females registered for the exams. Out of the total number, 5, 145 absentees were recorded. Results of ...

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Appearance of ‘Ekumfi Fruit Juice’ in Parliament excites MPs

There was excitement especially among Majority MPs in Parliament on Monday when the now popular Ekumfi Fruit Juice product known as “Eku Juice” popped up in the law-making chamber during the 2020 budget debate. The Minister for Information and MP for Ofoase Ayirebi, Kojo Oppong Nkrumah displayed the nicely well-packaged juice while contributing to the budget debate focusing on the ...

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Challenge illegal “MPs” Common Fund – Kyei Baffour to NALAG

The constitutionality of allocations from the District Assembly Common Fund (DACF) to Ghana’s Members of Parliament has once again been challenged, with a call on National Association of Local Authorities of Ghana (NALAG) to seek interpretation and declaration at the Supreme Court ostensibly to stop the allocation to the MPs Common Fund. Speaking during a sensitization and stakeholder Engagement jointly ...

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Govt withdraws appointment of Baffour Awuah as new Ghana Health Service boss

President Akufo-Addo has withdrawn the appointment of Dr Baffour Awuah as Director-General of the Ghana Health Service (GHS) MyNewsGH has been authoritatively informed. The termination follows information forwarded to the seat of government by a Medical Team loyal to the New Patriotic Party that revealed the new GHS boss is an opposition NDC loyalist since 1992 but managed to warm ...

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