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Ivory Coast sets 2023/24 cocoa farmgate price at 1,000 FCFA

Ivory Coast has increased its cocoa farmgate price by 11.1% from 900FCFA to 1,000FCFA ($1.62) per kilogram for the 2023/24 crop season. The minister for agriculture and rural development, Kobenan Kouassi Adjoumani, also announced the new farmgate price for coffee as 900 CFA francs/kg, representing a 20% raise. Ivory Coast, …

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NPP people being ‘charged’ GH¢10,000 for slots in police – Ken Agyapong claims

Kennedy Agyapong, a flagbearer aspirant for the New Patriotic Party (NPP) has alleged that slots in the Ghana Police Service are being sold. He claimed at a rally over the weekend that the development is a secret but that he was revealing it because it was causing pain to key grassroots members …

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Former Lighthouse pastor charged for stealing GH¢7,000 freed

Pastor Lawrence Nii Narku Odonkor, former pastor of Lighthouse Chapel International (Akyem Oda) branch, who was accused of stealing over GHC7,000 belonging to the church, has been acquitted and discharged. Appearing before an Accra Circuit Court earlier, Pastor Odonkor pleaded not guilty to two counts of stealing and for dishonestly …

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We expected GH¢3,000 instead of GH¢1,380 – Cocoa farmers lament new price by government

Whereas President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo’s announcement of a new producer price for a bag of cocoa was met with wild jubilations at an event in Tepa on Saturday, some group of farmers have expressed worry over the government’s decision to peg the new price at GH¢1,308. Secretary of the National …

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3 American politicians under fire over US$60,000 lavish trip to Ghana

Local politicians from Loudoun County in the American state of Virginian have come under fire over a trip to Ghana in the middle of June this year. Residents in the area on Tuesday (September 5) turned up at a Board of Supervisors meeting “to voice their concerns about their taxpayer …

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Sports Ministry, GBA strips boxer Samuel Takyi ‘naked’ over $20,000 Akufo-Addo promise

The Ministry of Youth and Sports has clarified that President Nana Addo Dankwah Akufo-Addo has fulfilled his promise to Ghana’s Olympic Bronze medalist, Samuel Takyi after his heroics in 2020. Ahead of the qualifiers for the 2024 Olympic Games, Samuel Takyi is quoted to have disclosed that he wants an amount of US$20,000 which …

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Samuel Takyi demands Akufo-Addo’s US$20,000 promise before 2024 Olympics participation – GBF president

Olympic bronze medalist, Samuel Takyi has declared that he would only compete for Ghana at the 2024 Olympic Games if President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo fulfils his promise to hand him US$20,000 for winning a medal at the last Olympic Games. At the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games, Samuel Takyi etched …

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My boyfriend is offering me GH¢300,000 to break up with him

I am a 35-year-old woman who has been in a relationship with my boyfriend for ten good years. I met him in 2013 when he had just completed the university and was looking for a job. It was love at first sight thus decided to begin a relationship with him. …

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Winner of 2023/24 Ghana Premier League season to pocket GHS500,000 as prize money

The Ghana Football Association (GFA) has announced the prize money for the 2023/24 Ghana Premier League season. This was revealed on Tuesday, August 29, during the launch of the new league season at a ceremony held in Koforidua, Eastern Region. Speaking at the ceremony, GFA President Kurt Okraku said the winner of the 2023/23 …

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Niger coup: ECOWAS needs 50,000 men, barely have 1,000

Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa, Member of Parliament for North Tongu, has claimed that the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) is facing a logistical nightmare with its plans to deploy soldiers to Niger to reverse the July 26 coup. According to him, reliable sources had said the bloc requires about …

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