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Bank of Ghana records GHS793m loss in 2018

The Bank of Ghana (BoG) last year recorded a loss of GHS793 million resulting from its operations, the bank’s 2018 Annual Report, has shown. The figure represents a more than 50 percent drop from the GHS1.6 billion the bank made in 2017 when the troubles from the banking sector were …

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Fijai chief escapes from masked men

Barely four days after a Paramount chief in the Western Region was abducted and assaulted by some unidentified masked men, there has been yet another attempted attack on another prominent chief in the Region The Chief of Fijai, Barima Ekow Gyesa, who doubles as the acting President of the Sekondi …

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Azorka boys slap NDC Executive at parliamentary vetting

The Northern Regional Treasurer of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC), Hajia Shamima has partially gone blind after she was subjected to hefty slaps by boys of First National Vice Chairman of the party, Chief Sofo Awudu Azorka. MyNewsGh.com gathered that it follows a misunderstanding between the victim and the …

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Revealed: This is how much NAM 1 owes 105 police officers (Audio)

It has emerged that Menzgold, a gold dealership firm, is owing some 105 retired and active police officers almost 40 billion old cedis. A retired chief Superintendent, who is the spokesperson for the embattled police officers, Sampson Adai Mensah disclosed this on Asempa FM’s Ekosi Sen, Friday. According to him, Menzgold …

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MDAs lost over GHc5.1bn in 4 years – Auditor General

The Auditor-General, Daniel Yaw Domelevo has stated that the various Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs) lost over GHc5.1 billion in just four years through various financial irregularities. This was contained in the Auditor-General’s report covering the period 2014 – 2018 which was submitted to Parliament last month. Of the amount, …

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Woman collapses in court over GHC60 sanitation fine

A woman collapsed in a sanitation courtroom upon hearing she had been found guilty in what city authorities call “trading at unauthorized location and in an unsanitary condition.” Edna Mensah who is a trader at the Agbogbloshie food market in Accra and 11 other traders were convicted separately on Tuesday …

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UPDATES: Pupil Teacher defiles minor

A video of a supposed Teacher in Komenda in the central region of Ghana penetrating minor in the corner of a bathhouse of an uncompleted building has hit online and fast going viral. According to the man who finally caught the teacher in the middle of the act, he has …

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Mosquito ‘bites snoring’ Amidu over letters of lamentations

General Secretary of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC), Johnson Asiedu Nketia otherwise known as General Mosquito has taken a dig at Ghana’s Special Prosecutor, Martin Amidu over what he described as needless letters of lamentations. He reminded Mr. Amidu that he was employed by the President Nana Addo Dankwa …

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Man, 58, butchered by ‘land guards’

The Teshie District Police Command is currently holding five persons in connection to the butchering of a 58-year old man at his residence at Klanaa, a suburb of Teshie in Accra. The man, Samuel Gaius Badu, fell victim to a group of heavily built men, numbering about 15, wielding machetes, …

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FIFA approves Normalisation Committee statutes

FIFA has approved the statutes proposed by the Normalisation Committee, clearing the way for a new constitution of the Ghana Football Association. JoySports understands that the approval came in within the last 24 hours. The statutes proposed by the NC were done as a response to widespread agreement that some …

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Nigerian MPs flee chamber after snake falls from roof

Lawmakers in the south-western Nigerian state of Ondo abandoned their session on Thursday as a snake dropped from the roof, local media are reporting. Members were about to begin the business of the day when the snake dropped from a hole in the ceiling, bringing the day’s work to an …

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US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi to address Parliament next week

Popular American politician and Speaker of the US House of Representatives Nancy Pelosi is set to address Ghana’s Parliament next week Wednesday. The former California representative will be part of an entourage of US lawmakers to visit Ghana next week before parliament goes on break on Friday. As speaker of …

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Bank Fraud: Why is Otabil, Ato Essien still walking free – lawyer asks

Private Legal Practitioner, Maurice Ampaw is questioning why founder of the International Central Gospel Church (ICGC), Dr Mensa Otabil and the likes of William Ato Essien are walking free with their properties intact when they allegedly played roles in the collapsed banks. On Kumasi Fm monitored by MyNewsGh.com, he proposed that their …

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