Politics

Ghana: Japan Govt Provides U.S.$1.38 Million Scholarship Grant to Ghana

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A grant agreement to provide scholarship for young government officials to pursue post-graduate studies at some Japanese universities was yesterday signed between Ghana and Japan at a ceremony in Accra yesterday. Under the $1.38 million-dollar grant agreement, the selected beneficiaries would undertake master’s degree in Economics, Public Health, Agriculture and Energy Development. A Deputy Minister … Read more

20 Customs Officers Given Immediate Transfer For Non-Performance After Minister’s Surprise Visit

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20 Customs Officers Given Immediate Transfer For Non-Performance After Minister's Surprise Visit

Some 20 Customs officials at the Tema Port have been put on transfer after Finance Minister, Ken Ofori Atta and Transport Minister, Kweku Ofori Asiamah paid a surprise visit, Thursday. READ ALSO: 27-Years-old Sex-Addicted Lady Resorts To FGM To Keep Her Relationship They were put on immediate transfer for what sources are describing as “continued” … Read more

NAM 1 arrives in Ghana today

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Embattled Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Menzgold, Nana Appiah Mensah alias NAM 1 is expected in the country latest by midday according close confidant, A Plus. According to him, NAM 1 left Dubai on Wednesday night and is expected to touch down in Ghana by 11:35am barring any last minute changes to flight schedules coupled … Read more

Gambian Beauty Queen Presses Rape Charges Against Ex-President Jammeh

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A Gambian former beauty queen has told RFI she is pressing charges of rape against the former president Yahya Jammeh. Toufah Jallow alleges she was raped by Jammeh in 2014, while he was still in office. Jallow has flown home from Canada to present her allegations to the Truth, Reconciliation and Reparations Commission (TRRC), set … Read more

Leaked Letter: President Invited To New Parliament Chamber Sod Cutting

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Leaked Letter: President Invited To New Parliament Chamber Sod Cutting

We have stumbled upon a piece of correspondence from Parliament and signed by its speaker Rt. Hon. Aaron Mike Oquaye to President Nana Addo Dankwa Akuffo-Addo inviting the latter to the sod cutting ceremony of a new chamber complex for the House. READ ALSO: Licking A Woman’s Vagina Is Dangerous To Your Health – Reproductive … Read more

I’ll never quit politics-Kennedy Agyapong

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Member of Parliament (MP) for Assin Central, Kennedy Agyapong has made a sudden u-turn about his decision to quit politics and focus on his business. According to him, his decision was to quit as an MP and not politics in general accusing the Ghanaian media of taking out of context when he made those statements … Read more

Zimbabwe: Latest – Govt Scraps Multi-Currency System, Now Illegal to Use U.S.$

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The Govt of Zimbabwe has, with immediate effect, scrapped the multi-currency system in place since 2009 and further criminalised its use alongside the local RTGS$ recently announced as a stand-alone currency. This is according to an Extraordinary Government Gazette released Monday by Finance Minister Mthuli Ncube. “With effect from the 24th June, 2019, the British … Read more

Nigeria: Don’t Panic, We’re Ebola-Free, Govt Assures Nigerians

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The Federal Government yesterday urged Nigerians to dismiss rumours suggesting a case of the dreaded Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) had been discovered in the country and he said “Don’t Panic, We’re Ebola-Free”. The scare came as the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) battles to contain an outbreak threatening to get out of control while Kenya … Read more

We are nation builders; we don’t come to destroy – Nigeria to Ghana

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Spokesperson for the Nigerians in Diaspora Organisation, Ogbonna Kacey has expressed disappointment over treatment been meted out to Nigerians resident in Ghana; treatment he terms as unfair and unjust, and to him, Nigerians are nation builders and not destroyers. They are people who do not discriminate and make countries their home. “If you have watched … Read more

Lolobi Kumase Indigents Protest Against Inclusion In Oti Region

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Residents of Lolobi Kumase in the Oti Region at the weekend staged a demonstration in protest against their inclusion in the Oti Region. Numbering about 100, they carried placards some with the inscriptions; Stop destabilising Lolobi and Akpafu traditional areas, No Oti, no Oti, stop ethnic cleansing of Hohoe Municipality among others. They marched through … Read more