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2020 polls: I will seek re-election – Ablakwa

The Member of Parliament for the North Tongu constituency, Mr Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa has announced that he will seek re-election in the 2020 general elections. According to the lawmaker, a group of senior citizens in North Tongu on Wednesday, 10 July 2019 volunteered to pick nomination forms for him insisting that he steps forward for a third term bid as ...

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Drama at EC, Mahama meeting

A meeting with former President John Mahama by officials of the Electoral Commission (EC) did not end without drama. As officials of the EC and executives of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) made their way out of a closed doors meeting, General Secretary of the NDC, Johnson Asiedu Nketia, was heard telling the Chairperson of the EC, Jean Mensa that ...

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Asawase: Tensions high as new NDC candidate vows to oust Muntaka

There is seeming tension in the Asawase Constituency as members of the opposition National Democratic Congress are divided following the emergence of a new person who is seeking to contest, Muntaka Mubarak, the sitting Member of Parliament, in the party’s internal elections. Delegates of the party in the Constituency have formed camps to throw their support for Muntaka Mubarak and ...

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Akufo-Addo appoints former Maritime boss board chair of GRA

President Akufo-Addo has appointed the immediate past director-general of the Ghana Maritime Authority (GMA) Kwame Owusu as Board Chairman of the Ghana Revenue Authority. The June 18, 2019 appointment letter asked Mr. Owusu to acknowledge his acceptance of the post in 14 days. ’Pursuant to section 4 (1) (a) of the Ghana Revenue Authority Act, 2009 (Act 791), the President ...

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E/R NDC secretary Mark Kevor resigns

The Eastern Regional Secretary of the opposition National Democratic Congress, NDC, Mark Oliver Kevor, has resigned. Mr. Kevor, a Lecturer and PhD Candidate has resigned to contest the Afram Plains South Constituency parliamentary primaries of the the Party. This follows picking of parliamentary nomination forms by a group of party supporters and branch executives on his behalf on July 10, ...

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Paul Adom-Otchere is a bully and unprofessional – Rasheeda Adams

Rasheeda Adams, the convener of the #DropThatChamber demonstration, has accused host of Good Evening Ghana, Paul Adom-Otchere of being a bully, and further stated that his style of journalism is unprofessional. According to Rasheeda, she appeared on his show last Tuesday because the producer of Good Evening Ghana insisted after she declined his invitation and added that it was too ...

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NAM 1 arrives in Ghana today – A Plus hints

Embattled Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Menzgold, Nana Appiah Mensah alias NAM 1 is expected in the country latest by midday according close confidant, A Plus. According to him, NAM 1 left Dubai on Wednesday night and is expected to touch down in Ghana by 11:35am barring any last minute changes to flight schedules coupled with transits. Last month, A ...

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Ghana added to South Africa’s list of visa-free countries

Ghanaians no longer need a visa to travel to South Africa. This is because the South African Government has added Ghana to the list of its visa-free countries. This was captured in a post on South Africa’s Home Affairs Twitter handle. Other countries that were added to the list of visa-free countries include Qatar, United Arab Emirates, New Zealand, Saudi ...

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Ahmed Suale would’ve been alive if gov’t had acted on threats – Anas

Undercover Investigative Journalist, Anas Aremeyaw Anas, has said his colleague, Ahmed Hussein Suale who was shot by unknown assailants in Accra in January 2019, would have been alive had the government taken public threats against journalists in Ghana more seriously. Speaking at the Media Freedom Conference in London jointly organized by the governments of UK and Canada, Anas, who has ...

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