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You will soon get a discount for exposing tax evaders

Board Chairman of the Ghana Revenue Authority, Prof Stephen Adei has revealed plans to reward whistle-blowers. According to him, the GRA plans to revive an old practice where persons who expose tax defaulters are given a portion of the money when it is retrieved. “When you evade tax, there’s a …

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Randy Abbey elected GFA Exec C’cil member

A former spokesperson for the Ghana Football Association (GFA), Mr Randy Abbey, has been elected to the new Ghana Football Association (GFA) Executive Council. Two other football administrators were also elected to the council on Thursday, 24 October 2019. They are Samuel Anim Addo and Mark Addo, who will be …

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‘Tramadol induced commentary’- TEIN responds to Frank Asiedu

The Tertiary Education Institutions Network (TEIN) of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) has expressed discontent at the utterances of the Director of Political Affairs at the office of the Chief of Staff, Frank Asiedu Bekoe. The Mr Bekoe speaking at the NPP’s Tertiary Education Students Confederacy Network (TESCON) handing ceremony …

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Prospective running mates of Mahama

For some days now there has been horse-trading and high-level politicking over who would become the running mate of the former President Mahama on social media and newspapers. Selecting a running mate is so crucial that it can either make or mar Mahama’s race to Ghana’s seat of power again …

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I raped my 2 daughters to test my manhood – Father

One Joseph Sunday of Obot Ideng, in Ibesikpo local government area of Akwa Ibom state, has landed himself in police net for allegedly raping his two daughters aged nine and thirteen years. The suspect, it was gathered had been having threesome with his daughters for over three years after he …

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GRA locks up aluminium firm Pasico over GHC4m tax

The Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) has locked up Pasico Ghana for nonpayment of taxes. The company is known to be the best producer of aluminum frames and Louvre blades; the most popular is the Pasiguard security grills. It also deals the selling and hiring of lifting equipment and building materials. …

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We’ll deal with hate speeches – Election Security Taskforce

The Eastern Regional Election Security Taskforce has stated it will deal with hate speeches in the media as part of its “effective preemptive measures” to safeguard the peace and political stability of the Country beginning from the upcoming district level elections and Referendum. The Eastern Regional Police Commander ,COP Alphonse …

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Essex lorry deaths: 39 found dead ‘were Chinese nationals’

The 39 people found dead in a refrigerated trailer in Essex were Chinese nationals, it is understood. Police are continuing to question lorry driver Mo Robinson, 25, who was arrested on suspicion of murder. Officers in Northern Ireland have raided two houses and the National Crime Agency said it was …

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Asantehene to grace 2019 Hogbetsotso festival

Anlo Traditional Council and Hogbe Institute organising 2019 Hogbetsotso Festival  have challenged 36 communities within Anglo State to use the occasion as a platform to foster unity and cohesion among indigenes. According to Head of University of Ghana’s Department of Dance Studies Dr. Sylvanus Kwashie, the festival is anchored on  …

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TUTAG rejects gov’t proposals after eight-hour-long stakeholders meeting

The Technical University Teachers Association of Ghana, TUTAG, has rejected the government’s proposal to pay its members extra allowances instead of migrating them onto the public university single spine salary structure. Government officials led by the Minister of Employment and Labour Relations reportedly proposed the payment of entertainment and responsibility …

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Residents of Asokwa threaten demo against MP for reckless comments

Residents of Asokwa especially commercial drivers and market women are angry with the incumbent Member of Parliament for the area over some radio comments she made last week. Madam Patricia Appiagyei amongst other things suggested that Asokwa had no problems during her interview on Kessben fm. Some people in her …

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[VIDEO]: Akufo-Addo ‘sleeps’ at Russia Africa Summit 2019

A video has emerged of the president, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, in a sleeping posture during the maiden Russia-Africa Summit held in Sochi, Russia. In the video, President Akufo-Addo can be seen comfortably sitting amongst other dignitaries with his eyes closed and seemingly enjoying his nap. Also, in one of …

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NDC inaugurates manifesto committee

The National Democratic Congress (NDC) has taken a major step towards its agenda to recapture power in the 2020 election with the inauguration of a 21-member election manifesto committee. Chaired by a former Minister of Health under the Mills-led administration, Professor Kwaku Danso-Boafo, the committee will tour all the 16 …

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Judge threatens Shatta Wale with bench warrant

The Adjabeng magistrate court in Accra presided over by His Worship Mr Isaac Addo has issued a stern warning and threatened to issue a bench warrant for the arrest of Charles Nii Armah a popularly known as called Shatta Wale if he fails to appear in court at the next …

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Tafo-Pankrono: Five MOMO fraudsters busted

Five suspected fraudsters have been busted by the Tafo-Pankrono Police Divisional Command in the Ashanti region for duping people into various sums of money. They were arrested at their operational hideout in a hotel at Atimatim in the Afigya Kwabre South district in the Ashanti region upon a tip off …

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Man trafficking cocaine to finance his wedding arrested

Ibeh Augustine Chukwuma, a Brazil-based Nigerian man has been arrested by operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) after arriving the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport (NAIA), Abuja with a maximum ECOLAC bag which had 5kg of pure cocaine. The 36-year-old Nigerian man who revealed that he has been working with a …

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Accra Mall to be shut temporarily Thursday

Tenants at the Accra Mall will temporarily close down their shops on Thursday, October 24, to express their objection to what they say is difficult conditions at the mall. The shop owners are asking among other demands a reduction in their rent charges and also an improvement in promotions to …

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A/R: Fully equipped CHPS Compound abandoned at Kentikrono

Residents of Kentinkrono in the Oforikrom municipality of the Ashanti region are angry at the municipal assembly for their inability to open for services, a constructed and equipped Community-Based Health Planning and Service (CHPS) compound that have been left to rot for years. The health facility which was constructed by …

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ECG terminates PDS contract; assumes full control

The Electricity Company of Ghana has announced it has taken full control of power distribution as it terminates its contract with Power Distribution Services (PDS). Consequently, all activities which were hitherto undertaken by PDS have reverted to ECG. In a statement announcing the takeover, ECG said all stakeholders and customers …

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