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FDA to go after shop owners who expose sachet water and beverages to direct sunlight

The Food and Drugs Authority has cautioned shop owners to desist from exposing water and beverages to direct sunlight adding that the authority has teamed up with other state security agencies to arrest and prosecute traders and distributors who fail to comply with the directives. The move according FDA was …

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How Aisha Huang got her Ghana Card

Female illegal mining (galamsey) queenpin of Chinese nationality, Huang En alias Aisha Huang has found her way back into Ghana some four years after she was deported from the country. Her re-entry which came to light following her arrest has generated public furore after it emerged that she acquired a …

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Huang En’s Ghana Card was issued in 2014 and not February 2022 – NIA clarifies

The National Identification Authority, NIA, has debunked media reportage that galamsey kingpin, Aisha Huang, obtained a non-citizen Ghana Card on February 27, 2022. According to the authority, the name Aisha Huang does not exist in their database rather, there is Huang En in their system. NIA in a statement sighted …

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Kwasi Kwarteng appointed UK’s first black Finance Minister

The Rt. Hon. Kwasi Kwarteng, MP has been appointed the first black Finance Minister in Britain, otherwise known as UK Chancellor of the Exchequer. The new role of the British-born Ghanaian was announced today, September 6, 2022, by the office of Britain’s new Prime Minister, Liz Truss. Until this fresh appointment, …

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Helicopter lands forcibly at Achimota over poor visibility

A helicopter has made an emergency landing at Alogboshi, a suburb of Achimota in the Greater Accra region due to the harsh condition of the atmospheric weather. According to Angelonline.com.gh sources in the area, onboard the helicopter were two Ghanaians and a French. They were from Takoradi, Western region, heading …

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Ghana will not need support of IMF if Auditor General exercises its full powers – Sampson Lardi

A Private Legal Practitioner, Sampson Lardi Anyenini, says Ghana will not need the support of the International Monitory Fund (IMF) if the Auditor General were to exercise its full power. According to him, Ghana will get enough funds to run the country if the Auditor-General surcharges all persons and institutions …

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Be vigilant – Ghana High C’mission in SA tells Ghanaians

The Ghana High Commission in Pretoria, has cautioned Ghanaians living in South Africa on the incessant increase in protests against the presence of foreigners in the country by various organised groups. A statement issued on Tuesday, 6 September, 2022, by the High Commission stressed the intention of individual groups in …

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Liberian woman jailed 10 years for attempting to traffic cocaine through KIA

A Liberian woman by the name Wolo Maikplay Margaret, has been sentenced to a prison term of 10 years by an Accra High Court for smuggling cocaine through the Kotoka International Airport (KIA) to Bangkok, Thailand. According to citinewsroom.com, the presiding judge, Ladyship Justice Mary Ekua Yanzuh, also fined Maikplay …

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VIDEO: Police officer invokes curses on Mampong Police Commander over ‘wee’ claims

A police officer with the Ghana Police Service, Yahaya Osman has invoked curses on the Asante Mampong Municipal Police Commander, Stephen Boadu. Two other police officers stationed at Asante Mampong, one Asare and Atta Gadafi have also not been spared in the marathon of curses. The curses are over an …

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Is the world overpopulated?

Towards the end of 2022, the human population on Earth is expected to reach eight billion. To mark the occasion, BBC Future takes a look at one of the most controversial issues of our time. Are there too many of us? Or is this the wrong question? One moment, the …

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