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Member of Parliament for Kumbungu constituency in the Northern Region, Ras Mubarak, has urged all the political parties not to ‘put up’ a candidate for the Ayawaso Wuogon vacant seat following the death of the MP for the constituency, Mr Emmanuel Kyeremanteng Agyarko. “I do not think the NDC or any other party should put up a candidate for Hon. ...

Having heard of the demise of one of the stalwarts of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), President Akufo-Addo truncated his Eastern Regional tour which was to begin today to visit the home of the late Member of Parliament of Ayawaso West Wuogon, Emmanuel Kyerematen Agyarko and commiserate with his family. The President went in the company of party Chairman Freddy ...

Finance minister Ken Ofori Atta has said people who invested with troubled gold firm, Menzgold, were motivated by greed. “I know the SEC has come down hard, strong and justifiably on Menzgold. But the issue with a company of Menzgold, as I look at the Ministry of Finance and I see some people who are at the Ministry of Finance ...

Some concerned parents At Asuogyaman in the Eastern region have threatened to sue the district director of education in the area following an order to have pupils line-up at the shoulders of the road to welcome the president. The parents say the practice of making young children stand in the sun only to wave at the president is inimical to ...

The leadership of the LPG Marketing Companies Association has accused the National Petroleum Authority of lacking the policies and actions necessary to curb issues of gas and fuel station explosions in the country. On the part of the operators, it’s quite apparent that the regulator even lacked the men to do the job for them in that outfit having engaged ...

Lawyers of dismissed former Vice-Chancellor of the University of Education, Winneba, Professor Mawutor Avoke, have written a letter to the school’s Governing Council directing it to prepare the office of their client to enable him to resume work on Monday, November 26, 2018. The lawyers also want same accord to be extended to former Finance Officer of the University, Dr. ...

Campaign coordinator for Koku Anyidoho, Nene Felix Kpabitey has accused the electoral commission of rigging the elections to favour Johnson Asiedu Nketiah. According to him, the ballot boxes were moved from where they were earlier positioned to where the votes were counted and during that period, he noted that four ballot boxes were without seals. Mr. Kpabitey said he brought ...

More than 300 people have been arrested and over 150 items and equipment, including explosives and a tractor seized, after armed forces from Ghana and neighbouring Burkina Faso, Cote d’ Ivoire raided many border communities in Northern and Upper West Regions on Wednesday, in an ongoing joint multi national operation. The operation, KOUDANLGOU II, was carried out at the Bui ...

Two drivers have been confirmed dead in a fatal accident which involved Hyundai H100 and a Daewoo Truck at Akyem Asafo on the Apedwa-Bonsu stretch of the Accra-Kumasi Highways. Bodies of the deceased persons have been deposited at the Suhum Government Hospital Morgue while the only survivor in the Car crash, a mate for one of the drivers, is in ...

Snippets of information picked up by Joy News indicate that two indigenous banks, GN Bank and Premium Bank are set to complete their merger processes by close of 31st December 2018. A source at the Central Bank disclosed that, “BoG has in principle agreed to the merger talks of GN Bank and Premium Bank and the two banks are forging ...