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Aliko Dangote loses $700 million in July amid stock market sell-off, naira slump

Nigerian billionaire and leading industrialist Aliko Dangote has seen his net worth fall by $700 million since the start of July as a result of the double whammy of stock sell-offs on the Nigerian Exchange and the recent naira depreciation on the country’s official foreign exchange window. According to the …

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Nigerian ‘fraudster’ arrested by EOCO granted Ghc20 million bail

The Economic and Organized Crime Office (EOCO) has arrested Sunny Anwamini (Alias Sunny Enyindah Anwamini @ Apostle Sunny Chigeru) a Nigerian based in Ghana. Sunny Anwamini (Alias Sunny Enyindah Anwamini @ Apostle Sunny Chigeru) has been charged with three counts of Uttering forged documents, defrauding by false pretenses and money …

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Government owes WAEC GH¢22 million – Dr. Apaak

Member of Parliament for Builsa South Dr. Clement Apaak has suggested that the 2022 calendar for the 2022 BECE and WASSCE would be affected because the government has started the West African Examination Council of the needed resources for the two examinations. The MP says the government has not released any money to the …

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Netflix loses almost a million subscribers

After enjoying a long reign as the king of streaming, Netflix faces a tough fight to keep its crown. It lost almost 1m subscribers between April and July, as the number of people quitting the service accelerated. But that was not as many as the streaming giant had feared. Asked …

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SSNIT merges 1.9 million scheme holders to Ghana Card

The Social Security and National Insurance Scheme (SSNIT) has merged the identity of a total of more than 1.9 million beneficiaries to the National Identification Card (Ghana Card), Mr. Joseph Poku, the Chief Actuary at SSNIT, has disclosed. Mr. Poku said the merger was done between June 28, 2021, to …

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Sky Train: Ablakwa blows alarm on another US$2 million fishy deal

  It seems Ghana’s move to have sky trains as promised by some elements of the current New Patriotic Party (NPP) in order to ease traffic in the country may not see the light of day. According to the Member of Parliament(MP) for North Tongu, the company charged with the …

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Afia Schwarzenegger sues Wontumi TV, Maurice Ampaw for GH¢8 million

Ghanaian entertainment personality, Afia Schwarzenegger has filed a countersuit against the GHC2 million defamation suit filed against her by the Ashanti Regional Chairman of the ruling New Patriotic Party, Bernard Antwi Boasiako alias Chairman Wontumi. Speaking on the Saturday, July 9, 2022 edition of UTV’s United Showbiz, the comedienne said …

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Meet the Ghanaian woman who owns $16-million stake in Asante Gold

Nadia Abdul Aziz, a reclusive Ghanaian executive, is arguably one of the richest business leaders in Ghana and West Africa due to her multimillion-dollar stake in Asante Gold, a Canadian Securities Exchange-listed gold exploration, development, and operating company. Aziz, a leading financial professional who took over as a director of …

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Japan urges 37 million people to switch off lights

Japan’s government has urged people in Tokyo and its surrounding area to use less electricity on Monday, as it warned that supplies will be strained as the country faces a heatwave. The Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry expects demand for power to be “severe” this afternoon local time. It …

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Akufo-Addo has spent GH¢34 million on luxury jet charters in 13 months – Ablakwa details

Member of Parliament for North Tongu, Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa has published what he alleges to be details of President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo’s ultra-luxury-chartered jet travels in the last 13 months. The lawmaker’s computation pointed to the state having paid the equivalent of GH¢34million to ensure the President enjoyed the …

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