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We are creating only 1 constituency, not 25’ – EC clarifies

The Electoral Commission (EC) has dismissed claims of creating 25 new constituencies ahead of the 2024 election. This follows reports that the Commission has commenced procedures for establishing 25 new constituencies. The Commission in a release dated October 31, and signed by the Acting Head of Public Affairs, Micheal Boadu …

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I’m not coercing NPP delegates to support Bawumia – Akufo-Addo clarifies

President Akufo-Addo has rejected allegations that the government has thrown its full force behind Vice President Dr Mahamudu Bawumia in the New Patriotic Party (NPP)’s presidential primaries. The president said the claims are false and being made maliciously. According to him, there is no single person in the party who …

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TOR has no contract with any company as yet – Energy Ministry clarifies

Communication Specialist at the Energy Ministry, Kofi Abrefa Afena has said the brouhaha surrounding discussions on the government finding a partner for the Tema Oil Refinery (TOR) is “unfortunate”. He was empathic on NEAT FM’s morning show, ‘Ghana Montie’ that there is “no contract with any company now” as widely …

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AngloGold Ashanti clarifies media reports on ‘trapped’ illegal miners

The management of AngloGold Ashanti has clarified media reports about some illegal miners who have allegedly been trapped in one of its mining shafts at Anwiam in the Obuasi East district. In a press release issued on Tuesday, 30 May 2023, the mining firm explained that the miners who used …

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Asibolanga means ‘angry person,’ track not targeted at anyone – Mzbel clarifies

Mzbel has dispelled the widespread notion that her latest single ‘Asibolanga’ is a diss track targeting her long-time rival and media personality, Afia Schwarzenegger. Since the release of the teaser weeks back, most people on social media concluded that it was a direct jab at Afia Schwar. But clarifying the …

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GETFund clarifies number of E-blocks completed

Ghana Education Trust Fund (GETFund) has clarified the number of E-blocks (Community Day high school projects) it has completed as of December 2016. It follows what the Fund says is ‘political media debate’ on the projects particularly being fueled by the National Communications Officer of the opposition National Democratic Congress …

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Huang En’s Ghana Card was issued in 2014 and not February 2022 – NIA clarifies

The National Identification Authority, NIA, has debunked media reportage that galamsey kingpin, Aisha Huang, obtained a non-citizen Ghana Card on February 27, 2022. According to the authority, the name Aisha Huang does not exist in their database rather, there is Huang En in their system. NIA in a statement sighted …

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Atta Mills was never sent to 37 Military Hospital’s maternity ward – Fmr State Protocol Director clarifies

A former Director of State Protocol, Kwame Tenkorang, has clarified the widely popular claims that on the day the late former President of Ghana, John Evans Atta Mills, died, he was conveyed to the hospital in the bucket of a pick-up vehicle. He also categorically stated that it is untrue …

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We did not certify Ghana Card as e-passport – ICAO clarifies

The International Civil Aviation Authority, ICAO, has described as ‘incorrect’ recent media reports that it had certified the Ghana Card and made it equivalent to an e-Passport. In a statement sent to GhanaWeb, the organization explained among other things that its mandate did not include certifying documents that could replace …

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Perez Chapel clarifies Kennedy Agyapong’s comments on Agyinasare

A bishop at the Perez Chapel International has clarified reports that earlier stated that the Member of Parliament for Assin Central, Kennedy Agyapong, was a former classmate of the Presiding Bishop of the church. In an earlier report where the legislator was speaking to a congregation while Bishop Charles Agyinasare was also …

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