Elvis Anokye

The 1983 calendar we are using in 2022 and the historical similarities

To say ‘times are hard’ in Ghana now will only be stating the obvious, and for President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo to have confirmed the same only reaffirms the fact that the country is faced with very trying times. From the crumbling Ghana cedi against foreign currencies like the United …

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Elon Musk disbands Twitter board, takes sole control

New Twitter boss Elon Musk has disbanded the microblogging platform’s board of directors and taken sole control, according to a securities filing on Monday. All nine members of the board of directors have given up their posts. Musk appointed himself the only new director so far. After months of back …

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Why Akufo-Addo does not travel abroad with presidential chair – Bawumia’s aide explains

Dr. Kabiru Mahama, a Technical Advisor at the Office of the Vice President has explained why President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo does not travel overseas with his presidential chair. The chair has become famous in recent years because the presidential convoy always carries it to almost all functions Akufo-Addo attends …

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I let down Ghana and the whole Africa with Uruguay penalty miss – Gyan

Ex-Ghana captain Asamoah Gyan has admitted that he let his country, and the whole continent, down when he missed a last-minute penalty against Uruguay in the quarter-finals of the 2010 World Cup. “I had to cry, because I felt like I went from hero to zero,” Gyan told FIFA.com in a short documentary …

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Death of Davido’s son: Lagos police pick up 8 persons for questioning

Popular Nigerian news outlet, Instablog9ja has announced the arrest of nine persons who were present at singer Davido’s Banana Island when his 3-year-old son, Ifeanyi, drowned in a swimming pool. According to a post shared on Instagram on Tuesday, November 1, David Ifeanyi Adedeji Adeleke Jr’s nanny, cook, and other …

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GRA Customs intercept 1,200 ‘Togo cars’ in two years

The Customs Division of the Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) has said an estimated 1,200 ‘Togo cars’ have been intercepted, in the Greater Accra Region alone, within the last two years. These cars initially entered the country legitimately but became illegal after exhausting their stay – falsifying documents to merit legal …

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ECG disconnects KIA, UPSA, others again over debts

The Electricity Company of Ghana has disconnected the Kotoka International Airport, Accra Sports stadium and the University of Professional Studies, Accra (UPSA) from the national grid for their failure to pay accumulated debts. The three key institutions were disconnected in April this year after all attempts by the power distributor to …

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Ghana listed among 8 African countries where monkeypox is endemic – Africa CDC

Some 13 African countries have reported 6,883 monkeypox cases since the start of 2022, the Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) has said. According to data released by the Africa CDC, 173 deaths and a case-fatality ratio of 2.5 per cent have also been registered during the …

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VALCO shuts down operations over salary concerns of staff

The Volta Aluminium Company (VALCO) has shut down its operations following agitations by its workers over their demands for a salary restoration equivalent to the dollar rate. Workers at VALCO currently have their salaries pegged in dollars, but are paid a cedi equivalent. However, because the cedi has depreciated drastically …

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Driver beheaded, body dumped in uncompleted SHS building

A 28-year-old taxi driver has been killed and dumped in an uncompleted Senior High School building at Ajumako Mando in the Ajumako Enyan Essiam District of the Central Region. Information gathered by GHOne News Yaw Boagyan indicates that the victim Bernard Botwey who plies from the Ekumfi Esaakyir taxi station …

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