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Kufuor clears air on ex-gratia

Former President John Agyekum Kufuor has dismissed media reports suggesting that he is complaining about the non-payment of his ex-gratia for eight years by the erstwhile National Democratic Congress (NDC) administration. Mr. Kufuor, in an interview with Accra-based Joy FM on Monday, December 10, 2018, revealed that he had not been paid his ex-gratia by the previous Mills/Mahama administration after ...

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Government freezes Dr Samuel Sarpong’s account over GH¢10m State Housing ‘chop chop’

Incontrovertible information available to MyNewsGh.com indicates that the former Managing Director of the State Housing Company (SHC)under the erstwhile Mahama administration, Dr Samuel Sarpong would face prosecution for misappropriation of public funds during his tenure in office. Dr Samuel Sarpong during his tenure as Managing Director of the State Housing Company (SHC) was alleged to have misappropriated public funds, to ...

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Top executives of GMA caught pants down over medical drones falsehood

Top executives of the Ghana Medical Association (GMA) have been badly exposed in their attempt to lie over the implementation of the drone delivery health system after participating in stakeholder engagement in its rollout. The group whose top executives were actually consulted and their concerns taken with a view to make the Drone Medical services project rollout on time to ...

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Charlotte Osei rubbishes ‘mischief’ posters; says she has no interest in being MP

Former Chairperson of the Electoral Commission, Charlotte Osei, has rubbished media reports that she may be contesting the vacant Ayawaso West Wuogon Parliamentary seat on the ticket of the National Democratic Congress (NDC). Some NDC campaign posters of Charlotte Osei surfaced online, but the former EC chair has condemned them as fake. “I am not and have never been a ...

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NACOB arrests Zimbabwean with 7kg cocaine at KIA

The Narcotics Control Board (NACOB) has arrested a 30-year-old Zimbabwean woman at the Kotoka International Airport (KIA) for trafficking illicit drug. The suspect, Cynthia Lichonja, was arrested on Monday, December 3, 2018 by operatives of NACOB at KIA when she disembarked from an Ethiopian Airways flight. Ms. Lichonja was accosted while going through arrival formalities. A search in her checked-in ...

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U.S. Embassy issues alert on Dagbon; warns citizens against travelling to town

The U.S. Embassy in Ghana has warned its citizens, particularly embassy personnel against travelling to Tamale, Yendi and surrounding villages ahead of the final funeral rite for Yaa Naa Mahamudu Abudulai on Friday. The government of Ghana has deployed a heavy police and military force to the town to avert any possible conflict, however, the security alert from the U.S. ...

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Barclays Ghana reintroduces “NewGold” investment product

Barclays Bank of Ghana, now Absa Ghana Limited, has reintroduced its NewGold Exchange Traded Fund (ETF) product affirmed by the Ghana Stock Exchange (GSE) & Security & Exchange Commission’s (SEC) as the only approved investment product that gives investors genuine exposure to gold. The reintroduction was made during the release of the 2018 Absa Africa Financial Markets Index report. Six ...

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Bawumia briefed GMA on drone project in Nov. – GHS replies doctors

The  director general of the Ghana Health Service Dr. Anthony Nsiah-Asare  has challenged claims by the Ghana Medical Association (GMA) that they were not consulted on the controversial drone agreement between the government of Ghana and Zipline Ghana Limited. According to him, Vice President Dr. Bawumia spent about 20 minutes explaining the drone project to members of the GMA at an event ...

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Suspend planned drone services – GMA

The Ghana Medical Association (GMA) has called on government to suspend the implementation of the planned distribution of blood and other essential health services by drones. The association says although it was not consulted before the drone agreement was signed by the government, it feels compelled to express its views on the development. Parliament Tuesday approved the controversial Drone Delivery ...

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