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The Constituency Watch series on Asempa FM’s Ekosii Sen programme was nearly marred when supporters of the ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP) and opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) clashed at Madina in Accra. The clash ensued because the NDC parliamentary candidate, Francis Xavier Sosu, who was billed to debate with NPP candidate, Abu-Bakar …

Government has given $130 million to the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) to help the power generating firm replace its obsolete equipment, to reduce power losses, and ensure sustainable power generation. Mr John Peter Amewu, the Minister of Energy, who made this known when he took his turn at the …

Some aggrieved customers of defunct gold dealership firm, Menzgold are disappointed in former President John Mahama for saying he didn’t promise to pay back their lock-up funds. According to the customers, they had some hope when Mr Mahama promised to pay them but his latest comment on the matter has left them …

Ghana Cocoa Board (COCOBOD) does not have the money to supply fertiliser to farmers free of charge, Board Chair Hackman Owusu-Agyemang has said. Under the erstwhile Mahama administration, cocoa farmers were supplied free fertiliser to help boost their crops and, by extension, the cocoa sector. However, the free fertiliser policy …

Chief Executive Officer for defunct UT Bank, Kofi Amoabeng says he sometimes think about jail. Kofi Amoabeng’s UT Bank was part of the banks which were closed down due to their liquidity issues and the utter disregard for Corporate Governance. Speaking in an interview with Accra-based Mx-24 monitored by MyNewsGh.com he indicated …

Robert Ahomka-Lindsay, the Deputy Minister of Trade and Industry, on Tuesday described the passage of the Ghana Enterprises Agency (GEA) Bill, 2020 by Parliament as “momentous.” “We want to extend huge gratitude to both sides of the House for passing the Ghana Enterprises Agency Bill, 2020. It is a momentous …

Ghanaian exporters are in impending danger of being slapped with high import tariffs by Britain as the country is just weeks ago from a no-deal Brexit. While Ghana is part of a preferential trade terms deal involving the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) and the European Union, Britain’s …

The die-hard fan of Dancehall artiste, Shatta Wale who abandoned his passengers to meet him is still in a celebratory mood after he got the million-dollar opportunity of hugging the artiste. As readers may recall, last week, the trotro driver, disembarked his passengers, paid them off after hearing Shatta Wale was in …

Late last month, President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo as part of his Greater Accra regional tour visited spare parts dealers in Abossey Okai. During his visit which received a mammoth crowd, the President also interacted with the executives of the Abossey Okai Spare Parts Dealers Association. According to the Co-chairman of the …

Correction: This story earlier suggested that the President of the National House of Chiefs, Togbe Afede XIV had blamed SEC for their poor handling of the clean-up process that led to the loss of many jobs. He did not state that, rather, he suggested SEC could have better performed its scrutiny …