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Ofosu-Ampofo cancelled ‘Ahotor’ project relaunch at NDC HQ – Boateng Gyan replies

Former National Organizer of the NDC and Member of Dr. Kwabena Duffuor’s Ahotor Project Team, Yaw Boateng Gyan says the National Chairman for the opposition National Democratic Congress, Samuel Ofosu Ampofo called off the project launch at the party’s Headquarters in Accra. According to him, all was set for the …

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Akufo-Addo is ‘the only President who has been able to import a stone from Jerusalem’ – Braimah

The Executive Director of the Media Foundation for West Africa (MFWA), Sulemana Braimah, appears to be trolling President Akufo-Addo for his government’s insistence to go on with the National Cathedral project, despite the opposition by Ghanaians. In a tweet shared on June 9, Sulemana Braimah, said that the stone imported by the …

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Chairman Wontumi sues Afia Schwarzenegger for defamation

Businessman and Ashanti Regional Chairman of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Bernard Antwi Boasiako, popularly known as Chairman Wontumi has sued Valentina Nana Agyeiwaa (Afia Schwarzenegger) for defamation. The plaintiff, Chairman Wontumi, is asking for two million Ghana Cedis (GHC2M) as damages, costs including legal fees and a perpetual order restraining …

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One killed, two others injured in gun battle at Krokrobite

One person is confirmed dead, while two others, including a fifteen-year-old boy, are receiving treatment at the hospital following a gun battle at Krokrobite in the Ga South Municipality. Citi News sources say the two factions are involved in the gun battle over who has the right to perform rituals to …

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Hajj Pilgrims accuse Board Chair of breach of contract over fees, mount pressure on IC Quaye

Some prospective Hajj Pilgrims say they have been handed a raw deal by the National Hajj Board in the amount expected to be paid by pilgrims for this year’s Hajj. According to the aggrieved prospective pilgrims, the Hajj Board led by Sheikh Ibrahim Cudjoe Quaye has breached an agreement it …

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AirtelTigo to reward Customers in the ‘To Gu Me So’ Reloaded Promotion

AirtelTigo is set to reward its customers with over GHS 1,000,000 (one million Ghana cedis) in the “To Gu Me So” Reloaded Promotion launched today. To Gu Me So Reloaded is a target-based promo designed to reward customers with weekly cash prizes. The promotion will run from 6th June through …

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Sam George, others charge IGP over LGBTQ+ billboard on Tema Motorway

Member of Parliament, Sam Nartey George, has given the Inspector General of Police, Dr. George Akuffo Dampare, a 24-hour ultimatum for an erected illegal LGBTQ+ promotional billboard on the Tema-Motorway stretch of the N1 to be pulled down. Sam George, who is lead sponsor of the Proper Human Sexual Rights and Ghanaian Family …

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Monkeypox: Another excuse for Akufo-Addo’s administration – Manasseh Azure Awuni

Investigative journalist, Manasseh Azure Awuni, has stated that the outbreak of monkeypox in five regions of the country will be the latest excuse to be used by the Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo administration. According to him, the normal COVID-19 and Russia-Ukraine war excuses by this administration have become stale. In a post sighted …

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You dare not take on other chiefs like Togbe Afede – Kwesi Pratt ‘tackles’ Paul Adom Otchere

Editor-in-Chief of the Insight newspaper, Kwesi Pratt Jnr. has taken a subtle dig at the host of Good Evening Ghana, Paul Adom Otchere over his recent ‘attack’ on Togbe Afede XIV for returning ex-gratia he received. Speaking on Metro TV’s ‘Good Morning Ghana’ programme on June 8, Pratt opined that all chiefs and citizens alike …

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Gov’t launches ‘No Guarantor Student Loan’ policy

Government has cancelled the policy which required students to provide three guarantors to secure a loan. Ghanaian tertiary students will no longer require three SSNIT contributors as guarantors before they can secure student loan to pursue tertiary education. Prior to election 2020, the New Patriotic Party (NPP) promised to cancel …

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