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Parliament approves loan for Military Housing

Parliament has approved a loan facility of $100,000,000 for the Ministry of Defence for the construction of a Housing Project and other rehabilitation works for the Ghana Armed Forces. The commercial agreement between Ghana and Poly Changda Overseas Engineering Company Limited and Poly Technologies of China is for the execution …

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Angry residents of Tarkwa demonstrate over poor roads

Some angry residents of Tarkwa, a mining community in the Western Region are demonstrating over the poor state of their roads. The protestors were seen in a video cited online by GhanaWeb burning car tyres on the roads which have sent a thick dark cloud of smoke into the morning …

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Twenty killed in Nigeria attack

At least 20 people have been killed when two villages were attacked in Kaduna state in north-west Nigeria. A local official in Kajuru Local Government area told the BBC that following Monday’s attacks people were still searching for other victims in the bushes outside the villages. Eyewitnesses suspect Fulani herdsmen …

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Prestea-Huni Valley Municipality gets CHPS compound

The Prestea-Huni Valley Municipal Assembly (PHVMA) in the Western Region has built a Community Based Health Planning Service (CHPS) compound to boost health delivery of Gyimakrom communities. The two-unit detached quarters include consulting rooms, male and female wards, each with a lavatory and an Out-Patient-Department (OPD). Work was executed by …

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NDC’s Ato-Forson exposed over ‘fake’ economic figures

The National Democratic Congress (NDC’s) Minority spokesperson on finance, Cassiel Ato-Forson, seems to have churned out misleading information to the public in his desperate attempt to showcase that the Ghanaian economy is performing poorly under the New Patriotic Party (NPP’s) Government. Mr. Ato-Forson, Member of Parliament for Ajumako-Enyan-Esiam Constituency in …

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[VIDEO]: Angry NPP youth chase away Musah Superior over contracts

The hatred for Tamale Metropolitan Chief Executive (MCE), Iddrisu Musah Superior by aggrieved youth of the governing New Patriotic Party (NPP) has been pitched a notch higher with the appointee seen in a latest video that has gone viral being chased away. MyNewsGh.com understands that the mayor had gone to the …

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CONFIRMED: 3 dismissed senior UEW lecturers OFFICIALLY reinstated

Three Senior Lecturers of the University of Education, Winneba (UEW) who were dismissed based on recommendations by a disciplinary committee had officially had their dismissal reversed according to checks by MyNewsGh.com. Dr. Emmanuel Osei Sarpong, the immediate past Head of Department of Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Sports (HPERS), Professor Ephraim …

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Kotoko C.E.O reveals reason for recalling transferred players

Chief Executive Officer of Asante Kotoko, George Amoako has disclosed the reason for recalling players that were put on transfer by the club. The Porcupine Warriors put six of their players on transfer after their campaign in the CAF Confederation Cup came to an end. Goalkeeper Muntari Tagoe, experienced midfielders …

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Akyem Eshiem residents cry for development

The chief and people of Akyem Eshiem, a farming community in the Asene Manso Akroso (AMA) District of the Eastern region are calling on government and authorities to provide the community with police station, market centre, Senior High School and a permanent dumping site. Nana Kwadwo Koba , Amankrado of …

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NDC, NPP agree to disband vigilante groups

The two main political parties(NPP,NDC) have both consented to the disbandment of party-affiliated vigilante groups within or associated to their parties. This comes after the National Peace Council’s first mediator talks between the two main parties held today, Tuesday, April 9, 2019. A communique issued by the Peace Council after …

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Don’t rename UDS after me – Rawlings tells government

Former President Jerry John Rawlings has asked the Akufo Addo administration not to rename the University of Development Studies (UDS) after him. There are reports of a plan to re-name four universities after eminent Ghanaian personalities. But a statement issued by the office of Mr Rawlings said: “The former President …

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Police man, three others jailed 70 years for robbery

The Accra Circuit Court has sentenced a policeman and three others to a total of 70 years imprisonment for robbing a supermarket at Nungua in Accra on December 12, 2017. Corporal Raymond Amegashie will serve 20 years in prison, Ibrahim Ayirebo was given 18 years while Bright Dorkanu and Stanley …

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NAM1 speaks after victory in court

He was hit with a barrage of criticism, curses hurled at him for allegedly operating a Ponzi scheme and absconding in his bid to escape trial. News of his arrest in Dubai spread like inferno, bringing some sort of relief to aggrieved depositors as they had the conviction their locked …

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NAM 1 will settle customers soon – Ghana Consul in Dubai

Ghana Consul General in Dubai, Gifty Bukari has revealed that embattled CEO of defunct gold dealership firm Menzgold, Nana Appiah Mensah aka NAM 1, intended looking for money to pay aggrieved customers in Ghana prior to his re-arrest by INTERPOL in Dubai. NAM 1 is being held for a misdemeanour …

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Court dismisses contempt application against FDA

The Financial and Economic Crimes Division Court of the Accra High Court on Monday dismissed a contempt application against the Food and Drugs Authority (FDA) by the Cosmetic Association of Ghana (CAG). It, therefore, awarded a GH¢2,000.00 cost against CAG in favour of FDA. The Court, presided over by Justice …

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NAM 1 wins case in Dubai; company ordered to pay him

The CEO of Menzgold Nana Appiah Mensah popularly known as NAM 1 has won his court case in Dubai. The court which pronounced judgment Tuesday morning has also ordered the company, with which he had issues, to pay him all outstanding debts, Starrfm.com.gh has learnt. NAM 1 has been in …

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NPP saves $7bn in Mahama energy deals

The New Patriotic Party (NPP) has stated that the Akufo-Addo government saved Ghana over $7 billion through the renegotiation of energy deals signed during the erstwhile Mahama administration. General Secretary of the NPP, John Boadu, who made this known at a news conference on Sunday, said the contracts were renegotiated …

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Why new mining guards should not disgrace President Akufo-Addo

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo Ordinarily, an announcement by the government that 220 new mining guards, specially trained to police activities in mining areas, would be deployed this month to the Western North Region to combat illegal mining should be welcome news. But, it is not because our recent history, …

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2 bodies retrieved from Odaw River

Two dead bodies have been retrieved from the Odaw River in Accra in the past two weeks. The acting Municipal Coordinator of the Klottey Korle Municipal Assembly (KKMA), Mr Dey Kukubor, says poor sanitation is responsible for floods and its attendant deaths. He made the disclosure last Friday during a …

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Son joins gang in a robbery attempt against father

The police have arrested a university graduate, who allegedly joined four others in an attempt to rob his father of money at Timber Market in Accra, last Saturday. Richmond Ansah Otman, 30, and his accomplices (names withheld) were reported to have planned to rob his father (name withheld) of his …

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