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Sacked PPA boss to challenge five-year ban in court

Former Chief Executive Officer for the Public Procurement Authority(PPA), Agyenim Boateng Adjei, has threatened a legal battle with the Commission for Human Rights and Administrative Justice (CHRAJ) and the Office of the Special Prosecutor. According to him, the work done by the two bodies on the “contract for sale” scandal …

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‘You’re not allowed to keep beards’ – IGP warns officers ahead of 2020 polls

The Inspector General Of Police (IGP), James Oppong-Boanuh, has ordered that police personnel who will be deployed for election duties should not keep beards. According to him, except for those who have been advised medically not to shave, other police officers must endeavour to trim down all their beards. Touching on …

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VIDEO: Female teacher turns barber after coronavirus forced schools’ shutdown

As the days drew nearer for her to complete her tertiary education with many others, Ghana began recording cases of the Novel Coronavirus, putting fear into many. As the country’s case count increased, President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo ordered the closure of all schools in the country which was followed …

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Central Region Gets Solid Waste Treatment Facility 

The Central Regional Minister, Hon Kwamena Duncan together with the Paramount Chief and Chiefs of Mankessim Traditional Area in the Mfantseman Municipality on Friday,20th November 2020 cut sod on behalf of President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo for the construction of an Ultramodern Solid Waste Treatment plant that will serve the …

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Sacked PPA Boss A.B Adjei to challenge his five years ban in court

Former Chief Executive Officer for the Public Procurement Authority(PPA) A.B Adjei has threatened a legal battle with the Commission for Human Rights and Administrative Justice (CHRAJ) and the Office of the Special Prosecutor. According to him, the work done by the two bodies on the “contract for sale” scandal is …

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Fire guts two warehouses at Kaase

A warehouse containing furniture for exports has been completely razed down by fire at Kaase Angola in the Asokwa Municipality of the Ashanti Region. The fire which started around 7 o’clock Thursday evening also spread to another warehouse containing bags of rice, cooking oil, and other confectionaries destroying a vast …

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I don’t need any security at my house – Martin Amidu

Mr. Martin Amidu says some people in the Akufo-Addo government are threatening his life and has therefore warned President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo to call his “attackers” to order. On Monday, November 16, 2020, Martin Amidu, announced his resignation as Special Prosecutor. He cited failure of the government to pay his salaries, President’s interferences in …

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Arrest Martin Amidu – Kofi Jumah

Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of GIHOC Distilleries Company Limited, Maxwell Kofi Jumah, is pushing for the arrest and subsequent arraignment before court of Martin A.B.K. Amidu, who recently resigned from his position as Special Prosecutor. He wants him tried for causing financial loss to the state. To him, Martin Amidu did not …

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SA High Commissioner-designate presents letters to Minister

High Commissioner-Designate of South Africa to Ghana, Madam Grace Jeanet Mason, has presented her open letters to Madam Shirley Ayorkor Botchwey, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Regional Integration. Madam Mason served as the Deputy Chief of Protocol at the Department of International Relations and Cooperation of South Africa from September …

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Cynthia Lamptey appointed interim Special Prosecutor

Deputy Special Prosecutor Ms Jane Cynthia Naa Torshie Lamptey, has been asked to act as Special Prosecutor until a substantive one is appointed by President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo following the resignation of Mr Martin Amidu from the post. Ms Lamptey is a lawyer of over 30 years standing at the Ghana Bar and …

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