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I waited six hours at Gender Ministry but never met Adwoa Safo – School Feeding boss

• Gertrude Quashigah says she is yet to meet the Minister for Gender, Children and Social Protection • All to efforts to meet the minister have yielded no result • She had a strong relationship with Otiko Djaba Gertrude Quashigah, the National Coordinator of the Ghana School Feeding Program has …

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Ejura C’ttee report a cover-up – NDC

The opposition National Democratic Congress has described the report of the committee that probed the chaos in Ejura in the Ashanti region as a coverup. The party at a press conference said the findings of the committee are faulty and flawed. “After an objective and painstaking examination of the report, we …

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Sam Pyne confirmed as Kumasi Mayor

President Akufo-Addo’s nominee to the position of Metropolitan Chief Executive of Kumasi Metropolitan Assembly, Sam Pyne has been confirmed by Assembly members. A total of 60 assembly members were expected to turn up for the election held at the Prempeh Assembly Hall Tuesday, however, due to ill health two of …

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NPP presidential battle gets fierce ahead of primaries

• Some names have emerged as possible candidates for the party • Ahead of an election of some presidential aspirants for the NPP, some individuals have already expressed interest • The party however maintains campaigning is prohibited by such till further notice It appears the heat is building up in …

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Why Ghana could have 300 Constituencies by 2024

• Seats in Ghana’s Parliament could rise to 300 by 2024 • This is according to Minority Leader Haruna Iddrisu  • He says the NDC has picked up hints that the EC wants to add 25 seats to the existing 275  Minority Leader Haruna Iddrisu has hinted that the Electoral Commission, EC, is seeking …

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Do you want trouble for me? – Akufo-Addo responds to third term ‘possibility’

• President Akufo-Addo has reiterated his position on term limits • He says he is looking forward to handing over in January 2025 • He believes ECOWAS should officially ban third term bids President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has reiterated his position of leaving office at the end of his current term …

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Stop the blackmail, approve Sam Pyne – Akufo-Addo appeals to KMA members

President Nana Akufo-Addo has described as unfair the position taken by members of the Kumasi Metropolitan Assembly that they will not confirm his nominee for the position of Metropolitan Chief Executive, Sam Pyne until government pays off a GHS50 million debt the Assembly owes. They say the Assembly’s indebtedness has …

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Sam Pyne’s fate to be determined today

Ad The fate of the Ashanti Regional Secretary of the governing New Patriotic Party will be determined today as assembly members of the Kumasi Metropolitan Assembly have been called for a special meeting on Tuesday October 5,2021 to that effect. The eighth Assembly Meeting will determine the fate of the …

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Three top Ghanaian politicians indicted in Pandora Papers

Ghanaian journalist and a member of the Network of International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ), Emmanuel Dogbevi, has revealed that three unnamed top notch Ghanaian politicians have been captured in the Pandora Papers leak which was released on Sunday October 3. Mr Dogbevi said this on the News 360 on …

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Armed police officers, NPP executive beat Assembly member in Achiase

There was chaos at Akyem Achiase in the Eastern region during the second confirmation of the District Chief Executive (DCE) nominee for the area on Sunday, October 3, 2021. Some armed Police officers mercilessly assaulted Assemblymember for Dwirase Anamase Electoral Area, Daniel Yeboah, for demanding transparency in the electoral process. …

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