Yearly Archives: 2019

Akufo-Addo revokes appointment of former Maritime Boss as GRA Board Chair

    President Nana Akufo-Addo has appointed Prof. Stephen Adei as the Board Chair of the Ghana Revenue Authority, revoking an earlier appointment of Kwame Owusu, the former Director-General of the Ghana Maritime Authority, to that position. The earlier appointment was met with disproval from certain sections of the public …

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Undignified Kennedy Agyapong lied in his usual rants – Mahama replies

Former President John Dramani Mahama has suggested that loudmouth Member of Parliament (MP) Assin Central, Kennedy Agyapong lied through his usual rants recently trying linking him (Mahama) to the death of J.B. Danquah Adu, a former Member of Parliament for Abuakwa North. In response to comments by the New Patriotic …

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DCE in car crash hours after campaign manager dies in accident

The District Chief Executive for Upper West Akyem, Eugene Sackey, has been hospitalised after he was involved in a near-fatal accident on the Suhum to Nsawam Stretch of the Accra to Kumasi Highway. The accident occurred Friday, September 20, 2019. The official vehicle of the DCE collided head-on with a …

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Aisha Huang’s deportation was a mistake – Nana Addo

President Nana Akufo-Addo says the government’s decision to deport Chinese national, Aisha Huang after her reported involvement in illegal mining was a mistake. “I think the decision to deport Aisha Huang in hindsight was a mistake and that is why that process and procedure is being stopped,” he said at …

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NPP makes u-turn over EC provisional register claims

The  General Secretary of the governing New Patriotic Party (NPP), John Boadu has backtracked his earlier claim that the party has a copy of the provisional voter register. General Secretary of the governing New Patriotic Party(NPP) John Boadu earlier disclosed on Asempa FM Thursday that the NPP has received the …

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AWW report: You can’t reject adversarial recommendations – Kwaku Asare

A Lawyer and Accounting Professor Stephen Kwaku has chided government over the decision to reject the key recommendations of the Emile Short Commission which investigated the violence which characterised the Ayawaso West Wuogon by-election. The White Paper primarily said the commission failed to achieve their core terms of reference. The …

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NDC parliamentary candidate for Tempane dead

The NDC Parliamentary Candidate for the Tempane Constituency in the Upper East Region David Adakurugu has died. The former MP and aspirant reportedly died in Tamale in the Northern Region on Friday after he complained of stomach pains and was rushed to a private hospital in Tamale. The body has …

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Government abrogates Akwatia mine contract

The government has abrogated the contract awarded to Great Consolidated Diamonds Ghana Limited (GCDGL) in 2011 to mine diamonds at Akwatia for breach of contract. The company failed to fulfil its core mandate of paying $17 million to the Divestiture Implementation Committee (DIC), as well as rehabilitating and refurbishing facilities …

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Ghana expected to produce 850,000 tonnes of cocoa in 2019/20 season

Ghana, the world’s second largest cocoa producer, is expected to produce 850,000 tonnes of cocoa in 2019/20 season, at the lower end of average levels on account of the swollen shoot disease outbreak, COCOBOD has said. Ghana’s annual cocoa production is usually between 850,000 and 900,000 tonnes, though the country …

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