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Nasim Ibrahim, a junior brother of late Musah Seidu, one of the seven alleged armed robbers shot dead by the police at Manso Nkwanta, has said that information they have gathered suggest that the police arrested, handcuffed and shot their relatives in the bush. Contrary to claims by Ashanti Regional Police Commander, DCOP Akwasi Mensah Duku that the police only ...

The Minister of Finance Ken Ofori Attah is in Parliament to present a mid-year review of the 2018 budget. For just one reason-taxes and how to meet revenue target- the mid-year review presentation has become a subject of great expectation, anxiety laced with the usual partisan political debates. Minority claims of a VAT increase to be announced by the Minister ...

The Minister of Communications, Mrs. Ursula Owusu-Ekuful, has urged African leaders to masterfully accede the gender digital divide and engineer solutions. “Let us also recognize the continuing existence of a yawning digital divide particularly, the gender digital divide, with many women still shut out of this digital revolution. We must ensure that technological advances do not further exacerbate inequalities that ...

Member of Parliament (MP) Assin Central, Kennedy Ohene Agyapong has petitioned Qatari ruling family, seeking clarification of its link with ace investigative journalist, Anas Aremeyaw Anas. The move by the MP comes at the back of his belief that the investigative journalist impersonated the family in his investigative piece #No. 12 that sought to reveal corruption at the Ghana Football ...

Finance Minister, Ken Ofori Atta is in Parliament this morning to present the mid-year budget review statement and economic policy to the house. Ken Ofori-Atta is expected to touch on critical areas of the country’s economy halfway into the year as part of his constitutional mandate. There have been hints of increment in taxes as well as the introduction of ...

Mr Kennedy Ohene Agyapong, the Member of Parliament for Assin Central has asked the Accra High Court to strike out the defamation suit investigative journalist, Anas Aremeyaw Anas filed against him. In a motion filed on July 17, 2018, Mr Agyapong prayed the court the strike out the writ of summons and statement of claim by Anas and consequently the ...

Editor-in-Chief of the New Crusading Guide newspaper has apologized for publicly stating that Anas’ documentary; Number 12 was a collaboration between the BBC and the ace investigative journalist Anas Aremeyaw Anas. Mr Baako had earlier stated that the latest investigative piece by Anas was a joint cooperative piece between Tiger Eye PI and the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC). “I had ...

The National Service Secretariat (NSS) has released the postings of some 85, 708 national service personnel to both public and private sectors for 2018/2019. However, 2,101 prospective personnel have had their postings withheld because they applied with other people’s ID cards, the secretariat has said. Speaking at a press conference in Accra, on Wednesday, 18 July 2018, NSS boss, Mustapha ...

The Minister for Education, Matthew Opoku Prempeh has urged public universities to give opportunities to students from disadvantaged backgrounds to enroll on their programmes. He stated “we can use education to change the destinies of many children who would otherwise be condemned to a life of little opportunity, deprivation and ignorance simply because their families are poor. That is the ...

Member of Parliament for Assin Central Constituency in the Central Region, Kennedy Agyapong has asked Editor-In-Chief of the New Crusading Guide, Abdul-Malik Kwaku Baako, not to see himself as all-powerful and treat people with arrogance. Speaking on Adom TV’s Morning Show Badwam on Tuesday, Mr Agyapong urged Kweku Baako to stop defending investigative Journalist, Anas Aremeyaw Anas, because Ghanaians are ...