Elvis Anokye

Northern Dev’t Authority CEO sacked

The Chief Executive Officer of Northern Development Authority has been sacked. A letter from President Nana Akufo-Addo’s Executive Secretary, Nana Bediatuo Asante stated no reason for the revocation of the appointment of Dr. Alhaji Abdel-Majeed Haroun. “Please accept the President’s best wishes,” the letter said. Source: Myjoyonline.com

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Planned fuel increment canceled after Akufo-Addo intervention

The planned increment in the prices of fuel at the pumps has been halted following an intervention by President Akufo-Addo, Starr News has learnt. National Petroleum Authority (NPA) had in a notice Monday morning directed oil marketing companies to effect a 4 pesewa adjustment in the price of fuel. However, …

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Court orders ICGC, Crossroad Church to pay GHC30,000 for nuisance

An Accra high court presided over by Her Ladyship Justice Novisi Afua Aryene has awarded damages and cost against the International Central Gospel Church (ICGC) and Crossroad Community Church Ministries, both at Haasto in the Greater Accra Region, for nuisance. The court further ordered the Municipal Chief Executive of Abokobi …

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Voters’ register credible but overstretched – EC

The Electoral Commission has justified the decision to change the voters’ register with just a year to the 2020 presidential and parliamentary elections. According to the Commission, the current register has been over-stretched, hence, the need for a new one with enhanced features to protect its credibility. Addressing the media …

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Kumasi: Most wanted criminal Baba Musah arrested

The Ashanti regional Police anti-robbery task force has arrested Baba Musah one of the alleged deadly armed robbers in the region. Baba Musah until his arrest has been on the Police command’s wanted list for more than six years dating from the era of COP Kofi Nathan Boakye. The suspect …

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COPEC threatens court action over fuel hike

The Chamber of Petroleum Consumers has threatened legal action against the National Petroleum Authority (NPA) over a directive to oil marketers to increase fuel prices at the pumps. This directive according to COPEC is illegal and unconstitutional and must be reversed immediately else face court tomorrow. According to the chamber, …

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Nurses & Midwives give gov’t ultimatum to pay allowances of rotation nurses

The Ghana Registered Nurses and Midwives Association (GRNMA) is demanding the payment of allowances of nurses and midwives interns on national service across the country to prevent any industrial action. The GRNMA alleges that the majority of these nurses have not been paid since April 2019. President of the Association, …

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Police arrest five suspected illegal gun manufacturers

The Central Regional Police Command has arrested five people for allegedly manufacturing local weapons in a special operation at Assin Brofoyedur in the Assin Municipality of the region. Commissioner of Police (COP) Paul Manly Awini, the Regional Commander of the Ghana Police Service, said the Police acted on intelligence that …

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Mahama must be thankful to’ ‘lazy’ Special Prosecutor and AG for his temerity to speak on corruption- APJ fires back

Action Patriots for Justice, (APJ) a group associated with the ruling NPP has described the former President John Mhamah as “a leader without conscience”, saying: “If indeed he had a conscience, he would run away whenever the issue of corruption is mentioned adding that, had it not been AG and …

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CDD reacts to Akufo-Addo’s 72 per cent grading

IMANI, in a latest assessment of the promises made by President Nana Akufo-Addo in the run-up to the 2016 elections concluded that only 48.78 percent of the promises have been fulfilled. The report further indicated out of the 510 promises made by government, only 27 per cent of them have …

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