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EC chair demonising Charlotte Osei to please Akufo-Addo – NDC

The opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) has expressed disappointment in the electoral commission chairperson over her decision to recount problems she met at the commission to President Akufo-Addo. The NDC says the attempt by Mrs. Jean Mensah to demonise her predecessor, who organised a successful election in 2016, is unfair. Speaking to Starr Midday News Friday, Peter Boamah Otukunor, Deputy ...

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Buduburam chief hails swoop by police; calls for more

The Chief of Gomoa Buduburam in the Central Region has hailed the joint police-military swoop at Buduburam, near Kasoa, in which some 141 people were arrested. Nana Kojo Essel I is urging the joint police-military not to end such exercise but make it routine to rid the area of criminals. “The president showed he is the father of the country. ...

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COCOBOD signs $1.3bn loan syndication deal Friday

COCOBOD is set to sign its annual cocoa loan syndication deal in Paris, France with some 24 French banks on Friday. This was after it secured Parliament’s approval to borrow up to $1.5 billion to aid cocoa purchases for the 2019/2020 crop season. Sources at COCOBOB say the board has already secured the extra $200 million from some of the ...

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Come explain your ‘stinking, rotten’ PDS deal – Minority to Bawumia, Ofori-Atta

The Minority in Ghana’s Parliament has begun collecting signatures in a bid to recall the House over the “rotten” and “stinking” ECG/PDS deal. The 106 opposition MPs want Finance Minister Ken Ofori-Atta to be hauled before the House to explain how come he and Vice-President Dr Mahamudu Bawumia, unilaterally and arbitrarily, without recourse to Parliament, varied the agreed terms of ...

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You’ll lose 2020 Polls even if you rig – Islamic Cleric drops bombshell

“No amount of manipulation or rigging can save you the defeat of the 2020 polls’, this is the suggestive quote by Popular Ghanaian Islamic Cleric, Numerologist, Philosopher Mallam Sham-una Uztaz Jibril, warning a particular political party. Mallam Sham-una Uztaz Jibril is credited for accurately predicting in 2015 and 2016 respectively with numbers that Trump, Akufo-Addo and Buhari will win the ...

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Bawumia invites Mahama

Vice-President Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia says he looks forward to former President John Dramani Mahama converting to Islam after the latter’s rendition of an Islamic prayer during the Islamic funeral of the National Chief Imam’s sister at New Fadama in Accra. Hajia Aishatu Sharubutu’s funeral at the cleric’s residence attracted important political figures such as the Vice-President and the flag bearer ...

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UCC signs MoU to mentor 16 colleges of education

The University of Cape Coast has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Sixteen out of the forty-six colleges of education in the country to mentor and supervise them. The move follows the introduction of the new Bachelor of Education (B.Ed) Programs that are to be run by the colleges in October 2019. The new B. Ed. programme has three key ...

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3 Nigerian women arrested for human trafficking

Three Nigerian women have been arrested by the police in the Central Region for allegedly trafficking three girls from Nigeria to Ghana for prostitution. Miracle Ezeh, 40, Juliet Ede also known as Ebony and Aliagbasor were reported to have brought in the girls between the ages of 19 and 27 three months ago under the pretence of offering them jobs. ...

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A/R: NAGRAT defies orders to call off strike

The Ashanti Region chapter of the National Association of Graduate Teachers (NAGRAT) has charged its members in the region not to return to the classrooms. NAGRAT insists until its tabled demands are duly addressed by authorities, the much condemned strike will continue unabated. A statement signed by its Chairman Francis Yaw Owusu stated in part: “The industrial strike declared by ...

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‘Heritage Bank gave BoG GHS90m stated capital, GHS35m for infrastructure’

The Herald has intercepted incontrovertible pieces of evidence that indicate that the Bank of Ghana (BoG) received a cash transfer of GHS90 million from the now-collapsed Heritage Bank Ghana Limited (HBL) as minimum capital to help meet the requirements of the licence granted its shareholders. The documents indicate that the money was transferred by Stanbic Bank Ghana Limited on behalf ...

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