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The Managing Director of Zenith Bank Ghana Limited, Henry Oroh, has been appointed the Executive Director of Zenith Bank Plc. His appointment has duly been approved by the Board of Directors of Zenith Bank Plc. Mr. Oroh’s appointment, according to a statement issued by the Bank, is consistent with the bank’s tradition and succession strategy of grooming leaders from within. ...

The governing New Patriotic Party (NPP) has congratulated winners of the parliamentary primaries of the main opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) which was held on Saturday August 24. The party in a statement however condemned what it described as opulence and violence in the polls. “The NPP is pleased to congratulate all the aspiring parliamentary candidates of the NDC who ...

Information Minister and Member of Parliament for Ofoase-Ayirebi constituency, Kojo Oppong Nkrumah has commissioned a merchandised water system in his area. The project was commissioned in Adwafo. In a statement after commissioning the project, he said “In the Ofoase-Ayirebi constituency, we continue with efforts to improve the quality of life of our people.” The MP has in the past provided ...

Member of Parliament for Assin Central, Kennedy Agyapong strongly believes the suspended Chief Executive Officer for the Public Procurement Authority (PPA) has done nothing wrong. According to him, he followed due process and applied the law so he does not see anything spectacular with what Manasseh Azure has done. Speaking on Okay FM’s ‘Ade Akye Abia’ program, Kennedy Agyapong added ...

Citi News has sighted a correspondence between the Office of the Special Prosecutor and the presidency which suggests that the recently publicized exposé by journalist Manasseh Azure Awuni which indicted the suspended Public Procurement Authority CEO, Adjenim Boateng Adjei had been a subject of investigation by the state institution for several months now. According to the correspondence addressed to the ...

The main opposition National Democratic Congress held its parliamentary primaries for the 2020 elections on Saturday. While some 39 incumbent MPs went unopposed in the polls, other lost their tickets to represent the party next year. Below is the list of MPs who were defeated at the polls ● Emmanuel Nii Okai Laryea [Amasaman constituency] ● Joseph Yieleh Chireh [Wa ...

It has emerged that the Managing Director (MD) of the Bulk Oil Storage and Transport (BOST) Company Limited, George Mensah Okley, was given the option to resign or be sacked. Sources say ‘higher authority directed him to resign over alleged poor governance issues at BOST. He subsequently took the option of resignation instead of being fired. It is not clear ...

Some angry delegates forced the Bolgatanga Central Constituency Chairman, George Ayanore, to exit the Sacred Heart Catholic Social Centre, a venue for the ongoing parliamentary primaries of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC), for reportedly campaigning against the lawmaker for the area, Isaac Adongo. It took a timely intervention from the security officers around to stop the furious delegates from ...

The Sekondi Chief fisherman, Charles Hagan, popularly referred to as Panya has caused a massive upset in the Sekondi National Democratic Congress (NDC) parliamentary primary after he beat off competition from two former government appointees to emerge winner. Panya polled 244 votes against a former Deputy Western Regional Minister, Betty Busumtwi-Sam’s 175 votes and a former Mayor of Sekondi-Takoradi, Charlotte ...

Former President Jerry John Rawlings has said – in reference to suggestions that his daughter, Dr Zanetor Agyeman-Rawlings, partner former President John Mahama as running mate on the ticket of the main opposition National Democratic Congress for the 2020 presidential election – that: “I’ve heard of no such suggestion”. The NDC founder made the comment when he was asked by ...