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US$60K ‘lavish trip to Ghana’: I don’t travel on taxpayer revenue – US politician fights back

An American politician mired in an alleged travel spending scandal tied to a visit to Ghana has replied angry residents. Phyllis Randall, Virginia’s Loudoun County Board of Supervisors Chair and two others were accused of spending taxpayers’ money to the tune of US$60,000 for a lavish trip to Ghana in …

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3 American politicians under fire over US$60,000 lavish trip to Ghana

Local politicians from Loudoun County in the American state of Virginian have come under fire over a trip to Ghana in the middle of June this year. Residents in the area on Tuesday (September 5) turned up at a Board of Supervisors meeting “to voice their concerns about their taxpayer …

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Kantanka trolled on social media for the absence of its cars on Accra to London road trip convoy

On July 23, 2023, 13 Ghanaians, 12 men and 1 woman set off on a 10,000-kilometre trip from Accra to London by land. The trip, consisting of five cars took about 16 days and the group, known as Wanderlust Ghana arrived in London on Sunday, August 6, 2023. Social media …

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How 25-year-old banker planned Dubai trip with girlfriend after stealing GH¢1.2m from customers’ accounts

Emmanuel Sakyi Afriyie, a 25-year-old contract employee of one of Ghana’s biggest banks, has recently been arrested by security agencies for allegedly stealing approximately GH¢1.2 million from clients’ bank accounts. Among the accounts he pilfered are those belonging to a deceased judge and a former Inspector General of Police. Afriyie …

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Papua New Guinea minister quits over luxury Coronation trip controversy

Papua New Guinea’s foreign minister has quit after a controversy over spending on the country’s official delegation at King Charles III’s coronation. Justin Tkatchenko travelled with his daughter Savannah, who posted a TikTok showing her first-class plane journey and shopping spree in Singapore. On Wednesday, he branded her critics “primitive …

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Nigerian president Buhari extends UK trip by a week for dental care

Nigerian president Muhammadu Buhari is extending his stay in the United Kingdom where he attended the May 6 coronation of King Charles III. A statement posted on Twitter by his senior aide for social media Bashir Ahmed said Buhari will remain in London for medical reasons. His post of May …

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Sarkodie, Blacko, Kuami Eugene, M3nsa among artistes on Kamala Harris’ Africa trip playlist

A host of Ghanaian artistes have been featured on a playlist curated by visiting US Vice President Kamala Harris for her ongoing trip to Africa. The 25-song playlist features songs by among others, Sarkodie, Black Sherif, Kuami Eugene and M3nsa. The list also included Ghanaian-American artists like Amaarae, Moses Sumney, Moliy. Artistes from Zambia …

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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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