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‘Tax and chop’ – Social media users react to Majority Leader’s E-Levy birthday cake

Majority Leader, Osei Kyei-Mensah-Bonsu, celebrated his 65th birthday on February 3, 2022, with a touch of class and glam. The plush birthday party to celebrate the Suame MP saw many attendees dazzle in their attires whiles dancing to melodious music in the background. Prominent amongst people who attended the event were …

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I have not been arrested – Hopeson Adorye

Former Deputy National Security Coordinator in Charge of Airports, Hopeson Adorye, has quashed reports claiming that he has been arrested by National Security Operatives for fraud. According to him, those reports are false, untrue, hence it must be treated with the contempt it deserves. “All those reports are propaganda, I …

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Driver, 39, jailed 20 years for defiling co-tenant’s six-year-old daughter

A 39-year-old driver has been convicted and jailed for 20 years after pleading guilty to defiling his co-tenant’s six-year-old daughter. Daniel Hodzi was convicted on his own guilty plea before the court presided over by Her Honour Mrs Christiana Cann on his first appearance. Hodzi was charged with defilement after …

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Gov’t Spends $305m On COVID-19

The government of Gahan says it has spent $305.42 million out of the total of $430.00 million released by the World Bank for the country’s COVID-19 response. Minister of Health, Kwaku Agyeman-Manu, who announced this at the Information Ministry’s ‘Meet the Press Series’ in Accra, said the amount was used …

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2022 Aboakyer Festival unveiled

The 2022 Aboakyer Festival of the chiefs and people of Effutu has been launched with a call on the celebrants to be circumspect in their actions in order not to mar the beauty, peace and success of the festival. The festival, which commences on Saturday, April 30, with a sanitation …

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Ghana Card now e-passport — ICAO declares

The International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) has Wednesday February 9 given its seal of approval for Ghana’s National Identity Card, the Ghana Card to be recognized globally as a valid e-passport. Now, holders of the Ghana Card, as well as its future biometric equivalents, can present it as official documentation …

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Sacked GACL MD Okays McDan’s private jet lounge

The Managing Director of the Ghana Airports Company Limited (GACL) Mr Yaw Kwakwa has given the McDan private jet lounge at the Kotoka International Airport (KIA) a clean bill of health. “At the moment I will say we are okay,” he told TV3’s Komla Kluste in an interview after conducting …

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Kasoa Police grab notorious rent fraudster

The Kasoa Police Command has arrested a 32-year-old resident of Kasoa in the Central Region for allegedly defrauding dozens of persons via popular e-commerce platforms, Tonaton and Jiji. The suspect according to the Kasoa Police Command by his modus operandi advertises rooms for rent on the said platforms under the …

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ASEPA boss in police grips, charged with false news publication

Mensah Thompson, the Executive Director of the Alliance For Social Equity and Public Accountability (ASEPA), is in the grips of the Ghana Police Service, Accra-based Citi FM have reported. He was held after honouring an invitation by the Teshie District Police Command and has also been slapped with a charge …

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Ghana Card is now e-passport – ICAO declares

The International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) has given its seal of approval for Ghana’s national Identity Card, the Ghana Card to be recognized globally as a valid e-passport Thus, holders of the Ghana Card as well as its future biometric equivalents can present it as official documentation at all 197 …

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