GENERAL NEWS

Soldiers gun down 3 ‘galamseyers’ at Ayamfuri

Three illegal miners have been gunned down by operatives of the Operation Vanguard at Ayamfuri in the Upper Denkyira West District of the Central Region, as the soldiers continue to enforce government’s clamp down on illegal mining, MyNewsGh.com has confirmed. They were said to have been mining for gold on a piece …

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What I would have done if I were PPA boss – Emile Short

Former Commissioner of the Commission on Human Rights and Administrative Justice (CHRAJ) believes the embattled Chief Executive Officer of the Public Procurement Authority (PPA), A.B. Adjei shot himself in the foot. Justice Francis Emile Short said if he were him he would not have been involved in the award of …

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Police retrieve car snatched from NABCO boss

Police officers have been able to retrieve a brand-new Toyota pick-up vehicle which was snatched from its owner at gunpoint at Kanvili-Tuunayili, a suburb of Tamale in the Northern Region on Thursday night.The vehicle was snatched from the Northern Regional boss of the Nation Builders Corps (NABCO), Mr Yahaya Abdul …

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Manasseh commends Akufo-Addo for his swift response to ‘Contract for Sale’ expose

Investigative journalist, Manasseh Azure Awuni has lauded the President for his quick response in dealing with Adjenim Boateng Adjei, CEO of the Public Procurement Authority fingered in the “Contract for Sale’ expose, ABC News can report. In a Facebook post sighted by ABC News, Manasseh Azure Awuni, backed the President’s …

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Government’s procurement successes will make sense after probe – Krapa

Government says it is early days yet to rubbish its robust procurement regime following the scandal that has hit the Public Procurement Authority. President Nana Akufo-Addo suspended the Chief Executive Officer of the PPA, A.B Adjei, over allegations of corruption and conflict of interest levelled against him in an investigative …

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Police raise GH¢350,000 from traffic offences

The Ghana Police Service has realised GH¢350,000 in fines from road traffic offenders in two months. The Police Headquarters Traffic Enforcement Team, set up on June 17, 2019, arrested and prosecuted 799 drivers who paid the fines that have been channelled into the Consolidated Fund. The road traffic offenders were …

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Contracts for sale exposé: I’ll expose Manasseh over GH¢1k bribe – Kennedy Agyapong

Whereas Ghanaians including some leading members of the governing New Patriotic Party (NPP) praising investigative journalist, Manasseh Azuri Awuni for exposing the rot at the Public Procurement Authority (PPA), a controversial lawmaker for Assin Central is the odd one. The NPP firebrand has jumped on the journalist and vowed to …

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Controller and Accountant-General withholds salaries of 1,975 public servants

The Controller and Accountant General’s Department (CAGD) has withheld the salaries of some Public servants who have been affected by the closure of three banks recently. It is estimated that 1,975 public servants on the government payroll accessed their salaries through the GN Bank, First Allied Savings and Loans Co …

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#OFOR Campaign: Kumasi-Ejisu road to be completed before Christmas- MCE assures

The Municipal Chief Executive of Ejisu municipality; Madam Serwaah Derkye has assured motorists and other road users that the Kumasi-Ejisu road will be in December 2019. Speaking  on Wednesday, August 21, 2019, with  our  reporter Isaac Nsiah Foster on Otec FM’s new programme ‘Asanteman Nkwan’,  a project called ‘Operation Fix Our Roads’ (#OFOR), on the morning show …

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Akufo-Addo suspends PPA Boss after Manasseh’s expose

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, has suspended from office, with immediate effect, the Chief Executive Officer of the Public Procurement Authority (PPA), Mr. AB Adjei, according to a statement by Communications Director of the Presidency Eugene Arhin. This follows the broadcast of allegations made against him in an investigative documentary …

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