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IC Quaye removed from Hajj Board

The President of the Republic, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, has reconstituted the Hajj Board. The new composition is as follows: HAJJ BOARD 1.Alhaji Ben Abdallah Banda   –           Chairman 2.Habib Iddrisu                       –         Member 3.Hajia Safia Mohammed      …

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Presidential jet is back after six months repairs in France

The Falcon 900-EX Presidential Jet used by the President and top government officials for both local and international travels is back in Ghana. This was after undergoing six months of repairs in Paris, France. The Jet arrived in Ghana on Tuesday, February 14, 2023. Sources said during the period, the …

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Florence Benford: The woman who has cooked for Ghana’s MPs since 1993

Madam Florence Benford joined parliament as a staff cook in 1993 – the First Parliament of the Fourth Republic of Ghana and has since served parliament to date. Madam Florence Banford who is now the Principal Catering Officer, 55, said she did not expect she will be in parliament this long. In …

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Joe Ghartey preaches Hope and Unity as he commences Second Phase of his Nationwide Tour on the Road to Become President of Ghana

Hon. Joe Ghartey speaking at the ceremony   An amazing way to kickstart a campaign when the message centered not on despair but hope for the country and unity of the Party and the country. The euphoria was clear, the nods told the best part when with a simple yet …

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Four reasons why Ken Ofori-Atta is still at post

Ghana’s finance minister, Ken Ofori-Atta was nominated by President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo in 2017 and was renominated after the governing New Patriotic Party (NPP) retained power in the 2020 elections. Ofori-Atta assumed office as Minister of Finance on January 27, 2017, and has served in that capacity for almost seven years. …

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Group petitions GRA to chase Okudzeto Ablakwa over ‘unpaid taxes

A governance accountability group, The Movement For Justice – Ghana, has petitioned the Registrar of Companies and the Commissioner-General of the Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) to investigate Hon. Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa over allegations of an unregistered company and unpaid taxes. In details sighted by The Pokuase Mail, the Group, among others, …

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Alleged gay on the run after angry youth attacked him

    A local movie actor who was accused of a gay act with two others is being hunted by the community folks after they allegedly ran away from a committee interrogation. According to the youth leader Abduhl Rauhf Abubakar of the Yalwa Zongo in the Kumasi Metropolitan Assembly, Mohammed …

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I can’t continue to take the blame while you hide in the shadows – Akufo-Addo to state-owned institutions

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo is reported to have chastised the heads of state-owned institutions whose agencies are non-performing. According to a report by The Chronicle newspaper, the president said that he and his ministerial appointees are always blamed for the bad performance of the economy while heads of state entities, who …

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Family of 10-year-old girl without private parts seek financial support

The condition of a 10-year-old girl [name withheld] who was born without genitals and resides at Kpong in the Lower Manya Krobo Municipality of the Eastern Region has left her family impoverished. Madam Rita Damegbo, the mother of the girl, who was emotional in narrating the ordeal under which they …

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Chainsaw operator crushed to death by falling tree at Baniekrom

A 28-year – old Chainsaw Operator has been crushed to death by a falling tree at Baniekrom in the Ahafo Ano South West District of the Ashanti Region. Body of the deceased identified as Foster Oseikrom has  been retrieved by Police and deposited at a morgue at Kunsu. The sad incident …

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