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Free SHS is killing the economy – Kofi Bentil

Honorary Vice President of IMANI Center for Policy and Education, Kofi Bentil, has said the government’s flagship Free Senior High School (FSHS) programme is putting a strain on the economy of Ghana. In a meeting with the vice presidential candidate of the NDC, Prof. Jane Naana Opoku-Agyemang, Thursday, September 10, Mr. …

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Inflation rate falls to 10.5 percent in August

The year-on-year inflation rate fell to 10.5 percent in August, a 0.9 percentage points lower than 11.4 percent recorded in July 2020. The monthly change rate for August 2020 is -0.4. “Total month-on-month inflation is negative because it is pulled down by negative Food inflation (-1.1 percent) and negative inflation …

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Kotoko’s Dr Kwame Kyei and Nana Yaw Amponsah to resign – reports

The euphoria surrounding the appointment of a new Board and the Chief Executive Officer for Asante Kotoko may just burst into flames with reports that there is raging conflict in the camp of the Porcupine Warriors. An unimpeachable source has told Ghanaweb that the CEO, Nana Yaw Amponsah has considered resigning and …

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US vs China: US revokes visas for 1,000 Chinese students and researchers

The United States government has revoked visas of more than 1,000 Chinese students and researchers under an order issued by President Donald Trump accusing some of them of espionage and working for the Chinese communist party, the State Department said Wednesday September 9.   As tensions between Beijing and Washington …

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Shatta Wale causes confusion at Parliament

Ghanaian artiste Charles Nii Armah Mensah Jr. also known as Shatta Wale was a subject of discussion after MPs on the Public Account Committee (PAC) questioned the basis for which state-owned Exim Bank allegedly doled out ¢2 million to him. Ras Mubarak, a member of the Committee said it makes no economic …

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‘I’ve not been charged with theft’ – Awuah-Darko opens up

Kwame Awuah-Darko says he has not been charged with anything relating to theft after he left his position as the Managing Director (MD) of the Tema Oil Refinery (TOR) in 2016. According to him, the assertion by Kennedy Agyapong, the Assin Central Member of Parliament (MP) that some money was missing …

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[VIDEO]: Road users scramble for drinks as Club Beer truck crashes in accident on Tema Motorway

A truck belonging to Accra Breweries Limited, producers of Club Beer has crashed in an accident at the Tema Motorway. The truck transporting tons of crates of beer bottles which crashed this morning attracted numerous road users as they rushed and scrambled for beer bottles with some drinking on the …

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Ivory Coast party threatens to boycott elections

Ivory Coast’s former ruling party, the Democratic Party of Cote d’Ivoire – African Democratic Rally, has threatened to boycott October’s general elections if conditions to make them fair and transparent are not met. Its executive secretary Maurice Kakou Guikahue said the party wants the electoral commission changed. He said the …

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I’m sorry – Ken Agyapong apologizes for calling Judge ‘foolish’

The New Patriotic Party (NPP) Member of Parliament for Assin Central, Ken Agyapong has apologized unreservedly to the Chief Justice, Judges, and Majistrate in Ghana after he called a Judge sitting on a land case he’s involved in ‘foolish’. Speaking on the “Seat Show” on Wednesday, September 2, aired on …

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Strategy to face-out double-track will be out before December – NDC

A member of the NDC’s manifesto committee Prof. George K.T Oduro says the party is yet to conclude on the implementation strategy to face out the double-track system under the free SHS policy. According to the former Pro-VC of the Cape Coast University, the party will unveil their roadmap to …

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