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Despite economic crisis, food shortage, people can still get ‘nkontomire’ – Presby minister

The District Minister of Koforidua Ascension Congregation of the Presbyterian Church of Ghana, Rev. Justice Kwame Asumeng, has rebuked Ghanaians for being ungrateful to God for protecting the country from the severe scourge of COVID-19 pandemic which has affected the global economy. Government has blamed Ghana’s struggling economic situation on …

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Why former Youth and Sports Minister Mustapha Ahmed was jailed for contempt

Former Ghanaian Minister of Youth and Sports, Dr Mustapha Ahmed, has been sentenced to a week in prison and fined GH¢12,000 for disobeying a court order by the Accra High Court (Financial and Economic Crime Division 2). The court had previously granted an injunction in a land dispute case which …

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Former Sports Minister Mustapha Ahmed jailed 7 days for contempt

Former Minister of Youth and Sports, Dr Mustapha Ahmed, has been sentenced to seven days imprisonment by the Accra High Court (Financial and Economic Crime Division 2), for contempt of court. On June 12, 2019, the court in a judge­ment, granted a perpetual injunction restrain­ing the former minister, then the …

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Parliament summons Health Minister, other agencies over vaccine shortages

Parliament has requested that Health Minister Kwaku Agyeman Manu appear before the House to answer questions about the country’s current vaccine shortages. For the past few months, the Northern Region and other parts of the country have been experiencing vaccine shortages, with no solution in place. The concerning situation has …

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German minister calls out shipments of used clothes on Africa trip

German Cabinet ministers Hubertus Heil and Sonja Schulze witnessed firsthand the masses of used clothes that are shipped to West Africa from industrialized nations each week, when they visited one of the world’s largest secondhand markets in Ghana. The mountains of second-hand clothes and textile scraps that arrive in the …

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German minister calls out shipments of used clothes on Africa trip

German Cabinet ministers Hubertus Heil and Sonja Schulze witnessed firsthand the masses of used clothes that are shipped to West Africa from industrialized nations each week, when they visited one of the world’s largest secondhand markets in Ghana. The mountains of second-hand clothes and textile scraps that arrive in the …

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I regret being a deputy minister, I will never be one again – Appiah Kubi

New Patriotic Member of Parliament for Asante Akyem North, Andy Appiah-Kubi has stated that he regrets accepting his previous appointment as deputy Minister for Railway Development. According to the MP, his experience has led him to decide never to accept another appointment as a deputy minister. “I will never accept …

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K. T. Hammond is new trade minister, Bryan Acheampong heads to agric ministry

The President of Ghana, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, has made new ministerial appointments. Kobina Tahiru Hammond has been appointed Minister of Trade and Industry, while Bryan Acheampong will now head the Ministry of Food and Agriculture. Other appointments are Stephen Asamoah Boateng, for Ministry of Chieftaincy; Mohammed Amin Adam, Minister …

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Akufo-Addo accepts resignation of Chieftaincy Minister Ebenezer Kojo Kum

Ebenezer Kojo Kum, the Minister for Chieftaincy and Religious Affairs, has resigned from his position with immediate effect. This was announced in a February 3, 2023 statement from the Presidency with President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo accepting his resignation. “President Akufo-Addo thanked him for his services to the government and …

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British Prime Minister fined for not wearing seat belt

  British Prime Minister, Rishi Sunak has been fined for not wearing a seat belt in a moving car while filming a social media video. Lancashire Police said it had issued a 42-year-old man in London with a conditional offer of a fixed penalty. Mr Sunak had previously apologised for …

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