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Bagbin has no powers to block approval of budget – Osei Kyei-Mensah-Bonsu

Majority Leader Osei Kyei-Mensah-Bonsu has indicated that the Speaker of Parliament does not have any power under the law to reject the budget. Speaker Alban Bagbin has threatened to reject the budget because there has been a slash in the budget for the Legislative and Judicial arms of government. In an interview monitored by GhanaWeb, the …

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Uneasy calm at Dixcove as police maintain the peace

The Western Regional Police Command has deployed a team of officials to keep the peace at Upper and Lower Dixcove in the Ahanta West Municipality of the Western Region, following renewed chieftaincy clashes, which saw six members of the Upper Dixcove royal family injured. District Superintendent of Police Olivia Ewurabena …

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VIDEO&PHOTOS: Sad story of how 9-year-old brilliant boy died in blazing fire at Medoma

A nine-year-old boy was killed in an inferno at Medoma in the Ashanti Region on Monday dawn. The blaze swept through four rooms in the apartment in which they live, affecting other families. Step-father of the boy, known only as Agyemang, his wife and twin of the deceased, sustained various …

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Chiefs around Lake Bosomtwe pledge to protect the lake

Chiefs around Lake Bosomtwe in the Ashanti region have pledged to protect the natural reserve after being summoned by the Manhyia Palace following TV3’s exposé. A private developer has destroyed over 500 trees planted along the bank of the Lake at Pipie despite bye-laws declaring 100 meters from the water …

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School of Law SRC President forced to resign over exams failure

The management of the Ghana School of Law has directed the President of the Students Representative Council (SRC) of the school Philemon Laar to resign after he failed an exam. The School of Law in a statement said Mr. Laar cannot continue to hold himself out as President of SRC …

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VIDEO: Why Ghana will no longer sell cocoa to Switzerland

A year ago, Ghana’s President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo became the first African leader to be invited in about 60 years on a state visit to Switzerland. But his visit may not have gone as his host would wish as he announced that his country will soon end the process of selling …

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Your premature flagbearer campaign could send us into opposition – NPP group to Bawumia

A group identifying itself as the NPP Grassroots has expressed worry over the preponderance of posters, videos and other communication materials of Vice-President, Dr Mahamudu Bawumia, championing his presidential ambition. In a press release, the group said it is puzzled as to why the Vice-President’s team were deliberately flouting the party’s …

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Trotro driver burns 10-year-old boy to ashes, sets himself ablaze

One person is reportedly dead with three others in critical condition after a Trotro driver allegedly set the room of his girlfriend ablaze at Meduma in the Kwabre East Municipality of the Ashanti Region. The suspect, who was identified as Mr Agyeman, was said to have set himself ablaze after …

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Bagbin threatens to reject Akufo-Addo’s 2021 budget

The Speaker of Parliament Alban Sumana Bagbin has issued a stern warning to Committees which will consider the 2021 budget estimates against approving such estimates with the figures offered by the president. The speaker further disclosed that he will not forward the appropriation bill to the president for his assent …

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