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I will win impeachment fight – Trump

A defiant President Donald Trump predicted Thursday he “will win,” after the Democratic Speaker of the House of Representatives gave the green light for impeachment. “The good thing is that the Republicans have NEVER been more united. We will win!” Trump tweeted. Speaker Nancy Pelosi earlier asked her party to …

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GIADEC to own 30% shares of bauxite mining companies – CEO

Chief Executive Officer(CEO) of the Ghana Integrated Aluminium Development Corporation (GIADEC), Michael Ansah, has said that the corporation will have a 30 per cent minimum stake in business entities selected to mine Ghana’s bauxite. “The Act through which GIADEC was created stipulates that, the corporation must own 30 per cent …

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SSNIT to stop paying monthly benefits to pensioners in 2020

The Social Security and National Insurance Trust (SSNIT) says it will from February 2020 cease payment of monthly benefits to all pensioners who fail to biometrically register with the scheme. All names pensioners on SSNIT who have not done the biometric registration the scheme will automatically have their names deleted …

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Govt presents 84 vehicles to GAF

The Ghana Armed Forces (GAF) has received a major boost to its combat vehicles and other array of cars as government presents some eighty-four (84) multi-purpose vehicles to the security establishment. The vehicles presented according to President Akufo-Addo, who presided over the Commissioning ceremony at the Abugah Square, Gondar Barracks, …

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GES shocked by ‘illegitimate’ Teacher Unions strike

The Ghana Education Service is shocked by the decision of three Teacher Unions to embark on a strike over the non-payment of salary arrears. The three Unions – Ghana National Association of Teachers (GNAT), National Association of Graduate Teachers (NAGRAT) and the Coalition of Concerned Teachers Ghana (CCT-GH) – declared the …

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Go and Sin no more – Osagyefuo pardons Kwame Zu

The Overlord of Akyem Abuakwa Traditional Area, Osagyefuo Amoatia Ofori Panin, has unconditionally accepted the apology of the Ashanti Regional Secretary of opposition National Democratic Congress, Kwame Zu. Okyenhene granted clemency to Kwame Zu and forgave him of the fine of 98 sheep and schnapps demanded by the traditional Council …

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Fake doctor busted at Kumasi South Hospital

A confident trickster who has been posing as a medical doctor and swindling unsuspecting patients at the Kumasi South Hospital (Ashanti Regional Hospital) at Atonsu Agogo in the Asokwa Municipality of the Ashanti region has been busted, MyNewsGh.com reports. The 33-year-old Selassie was caught wearing a Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital …

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Maxwell Konadu set for Asante Kotoko return

Black Stars B coach Maxwell Konadu is on the brink of returning to former club Asante Kotoko. The 47-year-old is in advanced talks and is expected to sign a three-year with the Kumasi-based club before the start of the Ghana Premier League on December 28. Both parties are satisfied with the …

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‘Barca’ Players Killed By Lightning

Messi-less lightning strikes Chiengi team, ECL mourns FIVE players, two of them brothers, from a local amateur football club with a famous name in Chiengi, Luapula, have been killed by lightning. The local community was plunged into mourning on Sunday when lightning struck a field the players were cultivating as …

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Man kills six-year old son

Sherif Akudaago, 35, on Saturday, allegedly killed his six-year-old son at Garu in the Garu District of the Upper East Region. The unemployed man reportedly cut the throat of Hanan Akudaago, who was a primary one pupil at the Covenant Academy Primary School at Garu, at about 4:00 am. Deputy …

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Ghana is a citadel of democracy – SA President

President of the Republic of South Africa, Cyril Ramaphosa, has described Ghana as a Citadel of Democracy and an example to the rest of the African continent. The South African leader is in Ghana for a two-day official State visit. The South African leader and his Ghanaian counterpart, President Akufo-Addo, …

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NDC ‘pacifies’ Okyenhene over Kwame Zu’s animal comment

A high powered delegation, led by the National Democratic Congress (NDC) National Chairman, Samuel Ofosu-Ampofo, has rendered an unqualified apology over unsavoury comments from one of their members against the Okyenhene, Osagyefo Amoatia Ofori Panin. The party presented a sheep and schnapps to pacify the gods of the land for …

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Parliament Summons Ministers Of Sanitation And Local Government To Answers Questions Why Off-Taker Agreements With Private Waste Managers Delays

The Speaker of Parliament has on Tuesday December summoned the Ministers of Sanitation and Water Resources (MSWR) and Local Government and Rural Development (MLGRD) to appear before parliament not later than December 10, to answer questions regarding their delay in signing off-taker agreements with a number of waste management companies …

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JUST IN: MTN slapped with over GH¢100K fine

Mobile network operator MTN has been sanctioned by the National Communications Authority (NCA) over the recent challenges with its data bundles to customers. Despite MTN compensating affected customers, NCA handed the telecommunications firm with an initial fine of GH¢10,000 for failure to submit a report on the challenges within 24 …

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