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File your tax returns or be prosecuted – GRA

The Head of Tax Compliance at the Ghana Revenue Authority, Mr. Henry Sam has served notice that the authority will prosecute tax defaulters. In line with this, the Legal Department of the Authority had been directed to compile reports on all such offenders. He said the authority has already initiated …

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GN Bank – Matters Arising

On August 14th, 2017 the Bank of Ghana (BoG) revoked the licenses of UT Bank and Capital Bank. GCB took over the two under a Purchase and Assumption transaction. Less than a month later on 11th September, 2017, the BoG announced an increase in the minimum capital requirement for banks …

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NLC explains reason for court order against striking teachers

The National Labour Commission (NLC) has explained its decision to secure a court order against three teacher unions whose members are currently striking. The Commission’s Executive Secretary, Ofosu Asamoah, has explained that the decision was made because of the teachers’ failure to follow due process. The NLC, on Wednesday, filed …

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Opuni bounced again in court

The Supreme Court has dismissed another attempt by former Chief Executive Officer of Ghana Cocoa Board (COCOBOD), Dr. Stephen Opuni, to challenge the decision of a Court of Appeal judge hearing his case in an Accra High Court. The former COCOBOD boss had lost an appeal at the Court of …

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Nursing mother, 5 others arrested for robbery

Six suspected armed robbers including a nursing mother have been arrested by the Accra regional police command for robbery. The suspects have been identified by the police as Moses Tetteh Kaizer, 20, machine operator; Louis Mawunyor Dzedzom, 37, driver; Kwame Takyi Haruna Owu, 25, driver; Kwabena Otibu, 29, phone repairer; …

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Meet the billionaire king of Ghana

Billionaire Michael V. Roberts who has been turning the business world on its head is now the economic king of Ada;eastern part of the Greater Accra Region in Ghana. This information was shared on Instagram by American author Dr Boyce Watkins who together with his son are now part of …

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Attorney-General yet to see Taadi girls’ DNA docket

The Office of the Attorney General is yet to receive the docket on the full findings regarding the four Takoradi girls’ kidnapping case, including the DNA result, to enable it to give official advice. The two Nigerian suspects in the case, Sam Udoetuk Wills, 28, and John Oji, 29, have …

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Gay man gets 10-year jail term for sodomizing 13-year-old

A 21-year old tricycle rider and resident of Adagya in the Bosomtwe District of the Ashanti region has been sentenced to 10 years in prison for having unnatural carnage of a Class 6 pupil. The Bekwai Circuit Court heard 13-year old boy was lured and served with an energy drink …

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49-year-old sugar mummy dies during S3X with 29-year-old lover

Multiple reports from Ghana media houses are reporting the untimely death of a 49-year-old woman who died after having several bouts of sex with her younger partner who was said to be 29-years old in the Ashanti Region. The sad incident reportedly happened at Manso Nwiniso in the Amansie West …

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Niger army base attack: At least 73 soldiers killed

Militants have killed at least 73 soldiers in an attack on a military base in western Niger, the army says. Twelve soldiers were also injured in the attack – the deadliest for several years – on Tuesday in Inates. Niger’s defence minister, Issoufou Katambe, told the BBC “a large number …

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New era for Methodist church in SA with women in top roles

Bishop Purity Malinga is the first woman to be appointed presiding bishop in the Methodist Church of Southern African in more than 200 years. Reverend Purity Malinga has just become the 100th presiding bishop to be elected by the Methodist Church of Southern Africa. She is the first woman in …

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Cameroon conflict: ‘I go to a secret school’

When his family recently fled a separatist rebellion in the country’s English-speaking regions, they thought they had found a place where he could go to school in safety. But that has turned out not to be the case as the school he attends in Douala, the biggest city in Cameroon, …

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