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Increasing debt levels worrying – IFS

Government’s policy to reduce the Communications Service Tax (CST) to 5 percent, provide free water for another three months, and pay the electricity bills of lifeline consumers and other fiscal populist strategies should be scrapped as the economy cannot raise enough revenue to support it, hence, increasing debt levels, the …

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Tipper Truck runs over family of three, one killed

A five-year-old boy George Annor has been killed by a speeding Tipper Truck at Kantinkyiren in the Atwima Kwanwoma District of the Ashanti Region that left two others in critical condition. The 30-year-old mother of the deceased Patricia Oforiwaa and her one-year-old baby is battle for their lives after they …

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Popcaan gets angry after a fan drew him on paper

Popcaan took to Twitter to jokingly bash out at a fan who drew the ghost version of him. Popcaan commented on viral drawings of himself on his official Instagram page. The drawings clearly had him looking so different. Commenting on the image, Popcaan wrote: “yow me ago dis bomboclaat somebody …

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NDC drags Govt to UN over ethnic profiling

The opposition National Democratic Congress(NDC) has filed a complaint of ethnic profiling against the Akufo-Addo administration at the United Nations(UN), General Secretary of the party, Johnson Asiedu Nketia has revealed. The party has accused the government of engaging in ethnic profiling as Ewes in border towns across the country have …

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Immigration Officers intercept 84 bags of NPK fertilizer

Vigilant Immigration officials and a NABCO-Custom staff on duty at Beat Four (04), a known unapproved route bordering neighbouring Burkina Faso, have intercepted Eighty-Four bags of NPK Fertilizer suspected to be products from the government’s flagship Planting For Food and Jobs. The fertilizers were ceased onboard two motor king tricycles …

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Full List Of 2020 VGMA Nominees

Here is the full list of 2020 VGMA nominees.   We bring to you an hourly update of the ongoing unveiling of nominees for the 21st edition of the annual Vodafone Ghana Music Awards (2020 VGMA). The awards scheme is designed to recognize, celebrate the hard work and dedication of …

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Man remanded for allegedly killing taxi driver

The Mamponteng District Court has, for the second time, remanded into prison custody the 23-year-old man, accused of killing a taxi driver over a GH¢1,200, which the deceased owned him. The suspect, Emmanuel Awuah, has been preliminary charged with two counts of conspiracy to commit murder and murder, but, his …

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Akufo-Addo sacks 2 local govt chief executives

President Nana Akufo-Addo has dismissed two local government chief executives and replaced them with new appointees, a statement from the sector minister, Hajia Alima Mahama has announced. They are the District Chief Executive (DCE) for the Amansie South District in the Ashanti Region, William Asante Bediako and Akwapim North Municipal …

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CAF celebrates legendary Ghanaian footballer Junior Agogo

The Confederation of African Football (CAF) has paid tribute to former Ghana and Nottingham Forest forward Junior Manuel Agogo. The football governing body in Africa through its official twitter account celebrated Junior Agogo for his remarkable display during the 2008 Africa Cup of Nations. Agogo became a cult hero in African football …

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Lebanon Ambassador To Jordan Resigns Over Government’s ‘Negligence

Lebanon’s ambassador to Jordan has announced her resignation, following a cataclysmic blast that ravaged central Beirut, saying “total negligence” by the country’s authorities signalled the need for a leadership change. It is the second resignation by a Lebanese official since the explosion that wounded at least 5,000 and destroyed entire …

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Arrest students who assault teachers during WASSCE – GNAT

The Ghana National Association of Teachers (GNAT) has called on authorities to arrest students who perpetrate violence against its members facilitating the ongoing examinations in senior high schools across the country. According to Philipa Larson, reports of threats of assault on teachers over the West African Senior Secondary Certificate Examinations …

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Man Shot Dead Over GHc 50 Loan

A 20-year old man met his untimely death when his debtor who allegedly owes him GHc 50 shot him dead. Elijah Nankwase’s alleged killer owed him GHc 100 but paid GHc 50 out of the debt. When he demanded a refund of the remaining amount, Kwabena Naaba allegedly took offense. …

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Akufo Addo Sacks Two DCEs

President Nana Akufo-Addo has sacked the chief executives of Akuapim North Metropolis and Amansie South District. Additionally, the President Akufo-Addo has nominated a former Takoradi Constituency chairman of the governing New Patriotic Party (NPP), Mr Abdul Mumin Issah to serve as the mayor of the Sekondi-Takoradi Metropolitan Assembly. If confirmed, …

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