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Pobi Asomaning IV rejects alleged destoolment by Okyenhene

Awaorasahene also claiming to be a legitimate Chief of Asamankese, Osabarimah Ateabisa Kentinka Pobi Asomaning IV, has refuted claims that he has been destooled by Okyenhene Osagyefuo Amoatia Ofori Panin. Earlier report this week from Ofori Panin Fie explained that the Aworasahene has been destooled by Okyenhene for gross misconduct. …

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Vice President Bawumia has never held British or any other citizenship – Gideon Boako

The Spokesperson for the Vice President, Dr Gideon Boako, has rubbished claims on social media that Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia holds British citizenship while in office serving as Vice Presidentof Ghana. In a post on his Facebook page Friday evening, Dr. Gideon Boako stated emphatically that Dr. Bawumia has never held British citizenship, …

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The World Bank made serious mistakes – Tsatsu Tsikata reacts to World Bank Country Director

The former CEO of Ghana National Petroleum Corporation (GNPC), Tsatsu Tsikata, has reacted to the comments made by the World Bank Country Director in Ghana, Pierre Frank Laporte, stating that the World Bank gets it wrong in understanding Ghana’s national energy situation. The renowned legal practitioner, made these comments while speaking …

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Three ‘big’ former employees of Akufo-Addo who no longer speak well of his government

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo is in his seventh year as Ghana’s president, and with that have come several tales and stories about the things that have happened under his watch. Among that tall list are the people who once worked for him in his government but who, for some reason, feel …

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Food suppliers to demonstrate at National Food Buffer Stock on June 13

The leadership of the National Food Suppliers Association has issued a release indicating plans to stage a demonstration at the National Food Buffer Stock next week. In its release, the suppliers said they are unhappy that they have not been paid by government for supplies made. The release issued on …

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Angry woman prays for death of MP, by-election at Obuasi so they also get development

A desperately-concerned woman at Obuasi, in the Ashanti Region, has said that it is her wish that her Member of Parliament, Kwaku Kwarteng, will die so that they get their pressing developmental concerns addressed. She explained that it seems until an area gets to hold a by-election, the president, Nana Addo …

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Stop telling men you are hungry, are we doing school feeding? – Chief chastises women

The Gyaasehene of the New Juaben Traditional Area, Nana Twumasi Dankwa, has called on Ghanaian women to learn to be more dependent. Speaking at the Women Icons Regional Exhibition in Koforidua in the Eastern Region, organized by the Ghana Export Promotion Authority (GEP), on June 2, 2023, the chief lamented …

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Saglemi Housing case: ‘Sick’ Alhaji Yakubu brought to court in a wheelchair to face 43 criminal charges

The former Chief Director of the Ministry of Works and Housing, Alhaji Ziblim Yakubu, was brought to court in a wheelchair to face the 43 criminal charges against him in the ongoing Saglemi Housing case. This comes after the High Court in Accra ordered the former chief director to appear …

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Court orders Nsawam Prison management to produce Security man rearrested after escaping from cells

The High Court in Accra has ordered the Nsawam Prison Authorities to produce Pius Ayoma, a private Security man charged with attempted murder and robbery who was rearrested after escaping from police custody. Ayoma, on the night of March 2, escaped from lawful custody after appearing at the High Court …

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Vice President Bawumia is a British citizen – Former ambassador alleges

Sam Pee Yalley, a former ambassador to India, has alleged that the Vice President, Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia, holds British citizenship. Speaking in an XYZ TV interview on Thursday, June 8, 2023, monitored by GhanaWeb, Yalley said that records to which he is privy indicate that the vice president had British citizenship when …

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