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Build democracy, stay off calls for Akufo-Addo to resign – Ahiagbah to media

Director of Communications of the governing New Patriotic Party, NPP, Richard Ahiagbah, has charged the media to play a part in keeping out calls for the president to resign. He is of the view that for a president who has the mandate to serve, the media harping on issues relating …

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I decorated Tetteh Quarshie ‘under bridge’ with personal funds – Akufo-Addo’s daughter

Gyankroma Akufo-Addo, daughter of President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, has refuted claims that she received a US$25 million government contract to decorate some parts of the capital. In a statement released on November 2, 2022, she disclosed that all three art projects were executed through fundraising activities by the Creative Arts …

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Ghanaian jailed 10 years in Dubai for trafficking weed

A 40-year-old Ghanaian man, Joshua Opoku has been jailed in Dubai for trafficking a narcotic substance believed to be cannabis also known as weed. Mr. Opoku was said to have been arrested at an airport in Dubai after the Gulf country’s officials found the substance on him. According to the …

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How Akufo-Addo’s brother was grilled in court over use of presidential jet

When President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo’s brother appeared before the Accra High Court where he is suing Class Media Group, the Executive Director of the Alliance for Social Equity and Public Accountability (ASEPA), Mensah Thompson, and others for defamation, Lawyer Victor Adawudu drilled him under cross-examination. Lawyer Adawudu was representing the …

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Economic Fighters League to join Martin Kpebu’s ‘Kumi preko reloaded’ demo

A pressure group, the Economic Fighters League, has stated that it will be joining the “NanaMustGo” (Kumi preko reloaded) demonstration being organised by renowned lawyer, Martin Kpebu, on Saturday, November 5, 2022. In a press statement sighted by GhanaWeb, the group indicated that its decision to join the demonstration to …

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4 dead, 19 injured in road crash on Mankessim-Apam road

Four people have been confirmed dead while 19 others received various degrees of injuries in an accident at Esuahyia on the Mankessim-Apam stretch of the Winneba-Cape Coast highway on Monday. Two died on the spot while the other two died on arrival at the hospital. A Mercedes Benz Sprinter vehicle …

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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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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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Asantehene, Ga Mantse, Kwahuhene to attend 2022 Hogbetsotso Za

The 60th edition of the Hogbetsotso Za to be celebrated by the Chiefs, elders, and the people of the Anlo State will be bigger and better as four prominent Chiefs are expected to be in attendance for the grand durbar slated for 5th November 2022 at Hogbe Park at Anloga. …

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