Elvis Anokye

Kenyan woman busted at KIA for attempting to smuggle cocaine worth US$300k

The Narcotics Control Commission (NACOC) has announced the arrest of a Kenyan woman who was seeking to smuggle some cocaine through the Kotoka International Airport. According to a statement by the Commission dated Monday, April 17, 2023, 35-year-old Njeri Mary was arrested on Saturday, April 15, 2023, during routine checks …

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GES interdicts Fijai SHS headmaster over illegal fees

The Ghana Education Service(GES) has interdicted Mr. Kenneth Agbomodze, Headmaster of Fijai Senior High School with immediate effect over alleged illegal fees collection in the school. This was contained in a statement issued by the GES on Tuesday, April 18. He has been asked to hand over the administration of …

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Notorious gold smuggler makes U-turn, denies receiving Ghana government contract

Alistair Mathias is one of the indicted self-acclaimed gold smuggling money launderers captured in the ‘Gold Mafia’ documentary released by Doha-based Al Jazeera. Even though the focus of the investigative film is Zimbabwe and how complicity in high places with people like Mathias helps with laundering of illicit proceeds amid …

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John Mahama pays his own electricity bills – ECG MD confirms

Samuel Dubik Mahama, the Managing Director of the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG), has confirmed that former President John Dramani Mahama has been paying his own electricity bills. Mahama in an exclusive interview with TV3 in 2022 said that all he receives from the government is his monthly pension and that all …

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Kumawu Bye-Election: NPP fixing roads for votes – NDC aspirant

The National Democratic Congress (NDC) parliamentary aspirant for Kumawu Constituency in the Ashanti Region, Mr Kwasi Amankwa, has described as “insulting” the governing party’s decision to construct some roads in the area due to the impending by-election. Mr Amankwa, popularly called Tom-C, noted that had the MP on the ticket …

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Ghana Army rejected me because of my height, eyeballs – Ghanaian-born UK Army soldier

A Ghanaian-born UK Army soldier, who goes by the name Achieve Doctor on social media, has recalled how he was rejected entry into the military in Ghana because of his height. He explained in a TikTok video that has since been viewed more than 2.3 million times that when he …

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Bishop remanded for allegedly raping two church members

An Ikeja Sexual Offences and Domestic Violence Court on Monday, April 17, remanded a clergyman, Bishop Daniel Oluwafeyiropo, for allegedly raping two of his church members.    Oluwafeyiropo, who is the founder of ‘I Reign Christian Ministry’, was remanded in Kirikiri correctional centre pending the fulfillment of his bail conditions. …

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Putin critic jailed for 25 years in Russia

Opposition activist Vladimir Kara-Murza has been sentenced to 25 years in jail in Russia for charges linked to his criticism of the war in Ukraine. He was found guilty of treason, spreading “false” information about the Russian army and being affiliated with an “undesirable organisation”. The Russian-British former journalist and …

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6 African presidents who were mentioned in Al Jazeera’s Gold Mafia exposé

The identities of six African leaders were mentioned by a notorious gold smuggler in the recent edition of Al Jazeera’s Gold Mafia investigative film. The six were mentioned in different capacities by Alistair Mathias, the self-acclaimed gold dealer who admitted in the film to helping launder money and keeping bribe …

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I paid GH¢1m debt that allowed Fomena MP to agree to join majority caucus – Ken Agyapong

The Member of Parliament (MP) for Assin Central, Kennedy Agyapong, has disclosed the vital role he played for his party, the New Patriotic Party (NPP), to form the majority caucus of the 8th Parliament of Ghana. Ken Agyapong, an NPP presidential hopeful, narrated that the party needed the MP for Fomena, Andrew Asiamah Amoako, who is …

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