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Dafeamekpor explains why NDC MP, Theresa Awuni, was absent during the 135-136 VAT vote defeat

The Member of Parliament (MP) for South Dayi, Rockson-Nelson Dafeamekpor, has stated that his colleague MP for Okaikwei North, Theresa Larbi Awuni, is the minority member who was absent during the vote on the 2.5 per cent increase in Value Added Tax (VAT). Parliament on Wednesday, 21 December 2022, approved the 2.5 per cent …

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How then UK Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher reacted to the shooting of Acheampong, Afrifa, others

Per the account of events given by Kojo Yankah in his book ‘The Trial of JJ Rawlings’, it is safe to assume that whereas the killings of the military generals after the June 4 coup enjoyed overwhelming support locally, the international community was not particularly enthused about what they termed …

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There is no 8 for the NPP to break – KNUST lecturer

A senior lecturer at the Department of History and Political Studies, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST), has refuted suggestions that the calibre of national executives elected by the National Democratic Congress (NDC) will make it easier for the ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP) to retain power. According to Dr. Akwasi …

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Adiza Osman: The National Chief Imam’s wife details how she met him

On many scales, she could be described as a “drop in the ocean” kind of person when it comes to the subject of popularity, as compared to her husband, the National Chief Imam of Ghana, Sheikh Osmanu Nuhu Sharubutu. But with the help of the Oman Channel on Facebook, the identity …

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The cultural history of waist beads

Over the years, wearing waist beads has slowly become the ‘in thing’ in fashion. Although it has always been an element of culture in the African custom, today, many more people have fallen in love with the idea of having it on or having someone they love wearing them. Waist …

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VIDEO: The story of Anaaba Agbango, the visually impaired farmer in Goka

A 49-year-old visually impaired person in Goka, a farming community in the Jaman North District of the Bono Region, Anaaba Agbango, is among some of the few persons living with a disability to venture into a productive venture. Anaaba Agbango, a native of the Upper East Region who has been …

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Like Sanballat and Tobias, some don’t share my view of the National Cathedral – Akufo-Addo

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has indicated that his determination to complete the National Cathedral of Ghana remains undented despite calls by several Ghanaians for the project to be halted. Speaking at the centenary celebration of the Ga Presbytery of the Presbyterian Church of Ghana in Accra on Sunday, December 18, 2022, …

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Ghanaians want you to put National Cathedral project on hold – Dormaahene to Akufo-Addo

Dormaahene, Osagyefo Oseadeeyo Agyemang Badu I, has called on President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo to put the construction of the National Cathedral of Ghana on hold. Dormaahene, who is the President of the Bono Regional House of Chief, said that the Cathedral project cannot be a priority of the government, given the difficulties …

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Watch a suspected thief display his dancing skills after being caught in the act

  play video Thieves are typically punished harshly in many Ghanaian communities, with some even lynched if caught in the act. Fortunately, for one thief who appears to have been caught in the Ga community, he was neither lynched nor did he receive any serious beatings or punishment. He was …

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