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Minimum Wage Structure: Discussion ends in deadlock again

Organised labour met with the Federal Government on Friday in Abuja over the implementation of the N30,000 new minimum wage. However, no decision taken on a new wage structure. A source said that both parties agreed to wait for President Muhammadu Buhari’s position on the issue. The proposal from the …

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BOST MD George Okley resigns over contracts

Graphic Online has gathered that the Managing Director of the Bulk Oil Storage and Transportation (BOST), Mr George Okley has resigned. He is said to have tendered in his resignation to the Office of the President on Friday, August 23, 2019. Graphic Online gathers his resignation is in relation to …

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Security Analyst Lauds 2019 Hajj Operations

Security Analyst, Irbard Ibrahim has described the 2019 Hajj operations under the leadership of Sheikh I.C Quaye as the best hajj so far. The security analyst made the commendation in an exclusive interview with the media in Makkah, Saudi Arabia stated that structures put in place by the Ghana Hajj …

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LET ME GO

I was to drown in the sea, but you saved me only to be killed by you Oh! The sea tossed me from one wave of misery to the other But I liked that torture than being in your arms For the first time ever I felt something that was …

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Football managers deserve to be jailed – Rev Osei Kofi

Most of Ghana’s current football administrators deserve to be jailed for the way they are managing affairs of football in the country, former Black Stars player, Rev Osei Kofi has said. According to the African Cup of Nations winner, football management in the country has taken a downward turn and …

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UPSA introduces ‘dual qualification’ for students

The University of Professional Studies, Accra (UPSA), as part of its new academic policy has introduced what the University termed, as the “dual qualification scheme” for all its students. Under the dual qualification scheme which will begin this (2019/2020) academic year, students who enroll in a degree programme will compulsorily …

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‘It was 419, I did not mean to rob her’ – Suspect

An Accra Circuit Court has remanded a 44-year-old trader into police custody for allegedly robbing a businesswoman. Ebenezer Larbi pleaded not guilty to conspiracy and robbery. He told the Court that he and his accomplice did not mean to rob their victim but just played a “419” trick on her. …

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Rawlings storms Korle Klottey to cast vote

Founder of the National Democratic Congress, Flt. Lt. Jerry John Rawlings, has already cast his vote for his candidate in the parliamentary primaries underway in all constituencies across the country. The former President had the crowd’s attention when he arrived at the polling center at the Arts Center in Accra …

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Amazon fires: Brazil sends army to help tackle blazes

Brazil’s president has ordered the armed forces to fight record forest fires in the Amazon, amid international outrage over rising deforestation. President Jair Bolsonaro deployed soldiers in nature reserves, indigenous lands, and border areas beset by fires. The move is an apparent reversal from Mr Bolsonaro, who has been accused …

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US names Nigerians in massive fraud investigation

The US authorities have charged 80 people, “most of whom are Nigerian nationals”, with participating in a conspiracy to steal millions of dollars, prosecutors say. They are accused of using business email fraud schemes and romance scams to con victims – many of them elderly. Police have so far arrested …

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GES releases GHC 7.6m for curriculum training participants

The Ghana Education Service (GES) has disbursed a further transportation allowance of GHC50 per person to participants of the just ended curriculum training programme. The money has been released to the districts through GES’ regional offices. A total of 152,000 KG to class 6 teachers across the country participated in …

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School Feeding: Gender Ministry engages stakeholders in Kumasi

The Ministry of Gender, Children and Social Protection (MoGCSP) in collaboration with the World Food Programme (WFP) have engaged stakeholders the school feeding programme. The event which took place at the Ashanti Regional Coordinating Council focused on the dissemination of Cost Benefit Analysis (CBA) on the Programme. The engagement according …

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NDC elects parliamentary candidates for 2020 elections

The National Democratic Congress is electing parliamentary candidates for the 2020 general elections today, August 24, 2019. A total of 524 candidates are contesting the internal polls in 157 constituencies out of 275 to represent the largest opposition party in Parliament in the next general elections. Thirty-nine Members of Parliament …

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Soldiers gun down 3 ‘galamseyers’ at Ayamfuri

Three illegal miners have been gunned down by operatives of the Operation Vanguard at Ayamfuri in the Upper Denkyira West District of the Central Region, as the soldiers continue to enforce government’s clamp down on illegal mining, MyNewsGh.com has confirmed. They were said to have been mining for gold on a piece …

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Dismissed police officer among arrested robbers

It has been established that one of the three suspected armed robbers paraded Friday at the Koforidua Central Police Station is a dismissed Police Officer. Eric Agyei alias Kuma, 48, the dismissed officer and his accomplices – Samuel Appiah, a 35-year-old Wood Carver and Mutakilu Sadiq, 41, a driver – …

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What I would have done if I were PPA boss – Emile Short

Former Commissioner of the Commission on Human Rights and Administrative Justice (CHRAJ) believes the embattled Chief Executive Officer of the Public Procurement Authority (PPA), A.B. Adjei shot himself in the foot. Justice Francis Emile Short said if he were him he would not have been involved in the award of …

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