Yearly Archives: 2019

NAM 1 to spend weekend in custody

The Chief Executive Officer of Menzgold Nana Appiah Mensah popularly known as NAM 1 is expected to spend the weekend in custody as the police begins verification process for  documents of properties his lawyers have supplied to meet the GHC1 billion bail bond placed on him by the court. According …

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UK supporting Ghana with £39.2 to protect the most vulnerable

The United Kingdom is partnering with the Government of Ghana to protect the most vulnerable and marginalised through the “Leave No One Behind” social protection programme. Mr Thomas Hartley, the Deputy British High Commissioner to Ghana said the programme would be supported with £39.2m of UK funding over the next …

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Bank of Ghana records GHS793m loss in 2018

The Bank of Ghana (BoG) last year recorded a loss of GHS793 million resulting from its operations, the bank’s 2018 Annual Report, has shown. The figure represents a more than 50 percent drop from the GHS1.6 billion the bank made in 2017 when the troubles from the banking sector were …

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Fijai chief escapes from masked men

Barely four days after a Paramount chief in the Western Region was abducted and assaulted by some unidentified masked men, there has been yet another attempted attack on another prominent chief in the Region The Chief of Fijai, Barima Ekow Gyesa, who doubles as the acting President of the Sekondi …

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1,000 bags of PFJ smuggled fertilizer enroute to Burkina Faso intercepted

Over 1,000 bags of 50 kilograms fertilizer meant for government’s planting for Food and Jobs that were being smuggled into neighbouring Burkina Faso have been intercepted at the Paga border. According to Upper East Regional Minister, Madam Paulina Patience Abayage the arrest follows a tip off by the Bureau of …

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Azorka boys slap NDC Executive at parliamentary vetting

The Northern Regional Treasurer of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC), Hajia Shamima has partially gone blind after she was subjected to hefty slaps by boys of First National Vice Chairman of the party, Chief Sofo Awudu Azorka. MyNewsGh.com gathered that it follows a misunderstanding between the victim and the …

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Revealed: This is how much NAM 1 owes 105 police officers (Audio)

It has emerged that Menzgold, a gold dealership firm, is owing some 105 retired and active police officers almost 40 billion old cedis. A retired chief Superintendent, who is the spokesperson for the embattled police officers, Sampson Adai Mensah disclosed this on Asempa FM’s Ekosi Sen, Friday. According to him, Menzgold …

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MDAs lost over GHc5.1bn in 4 years – Auditor General

The Auditor-General, Daniel Yaw Domelevo has stated that the various Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs) lost over GHc5.1 billion in just four years through various financial irregularities. This was contained in the Auditor-General’s report covering the period 2014 – 2018 which was submitted to Parliament last month. Of the amount, …

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