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Only 45 per cent of MASLOC loans paid in five years

The Microfinance and Small Loans Centre (MASLOC) has recovered only GH₵90 million of the GH₵204 million disbursed over the last five years, representing 45 per cent payment. Hajia Abibata Shanni Mahama Zakariah, the Chief Executive Officer of the Centre speaking to the Ghana News Agency in Bolgatanga on the sidelines …

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Motor rider dead after colliding with tipper truck

A 35-year-old man, Mahama Adillah, has passed on after colliding with a tipper truck at Kojo Nkwanta in the Adansi Asokwa district of the Ashanti Region. Mahama, a mechanic, is said to have rammed into the stationary truck at around 9:00pm, Thursday evening. He was badly injured and succumbed to …

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ECG to increase tariff

The Electricity Company of Ghana wants to increase tariffs and has, accordingly, tabled a proposal before the Public Utilities and Regulatory Commission (PUC), the Director at the office of the Managing Director of ECG, Mr Noble Dorwume, has said. He announced the intention in Tamale, the capital of the Northern …

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Delete names of absentee MPs – Joe Wise orders clerk

The First Deputy Speaker of Parliament, Joseph Osei-Owusu, has directed the Clerk of Parliament to delete names of Members of Parliament who have smuggled their names onto the attendance sheets. Some MPs have been accused of smuggling their names into the attendance sheets even when they do not show up for work. On Thursday, March …

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SAD VIDEO: Apiate explosion: Tears as victims are laid to rest

It was a heartbreaking moment as seven persons including a 15-month-old baby, Ella Baidoo, who perished in the Apiate explosion, were laid to rest. The incident claimed 13 lives leaving 59 others severely injured, with the town declared a dead community as humans could no longer live there. The seven …

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Swine fever kills 575 pigs in Ahafo Ano North

Some cases of the African Swine Fever (ASF) have been detected at some farms in the Ahafo Ano North Municipality in the Ashanti Region. Hundreds of pigs in four farms located in the Ahafo Ano North Municipality have been affected. Some 575 pigs have so far been confirmed dead in …

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