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Privileges C’ttee explains modalities for 3 absentee MPs hearing
Ranking Member on the Privileges Committee of Parliament, Kweku Ricketts Hagan has outlined the modalities for the hearing of the three New Patriotic Party (NPP) Members of Parliament (MPs) who were referred to the committee for absenting themselves without permission. He said on Tuesday May 24 that “On the 26th of May, we will meet […]
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Patapaa ends marriage with German wife, Liha Miller?
Rumours on the grapevine suggest that the celebrity couple’s marriage has ended on the rocks. As reported by Adomonline, the One Corner hitmaker, Patapaa Amisty, has divorced his German wife, Liha Miller, just a little over a year of marriage. The couple, who tied the knot in a ceremony on Saturday, January 2, 2021, celebrated […]
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Amnesty Int’l to work with gov’t towards total abolishment of capital punishment
The Amnesty International Ghana has said it is looking forward to engaging with the State, Civil Society Organizations (CSOs) and media regularly to support in setting the human rights agenda for awareness-raising, public education, and urgent action as the collective contribution to making the country and the world a better place for all without discrimination. […]
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Bjet Sports Consult launch ‘Soccer Talent Hunt’
Bjet Sports Consult yesterday launched its flagship programme- ‘Soccer Talent Hunt’, an initiative designed to unearth and groom footballers at the Media Centre of the Accra Sports Stadium The launch was conducted by Former Hearts of Oak General Manager, Mr Neil Armstrong- Mortagbe, Captain (Rtd) Andy Sam and former Black Stars international, Augustine Arhinful. The …
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3rd SHS Renewable Energy Challenge launched
The 3rd Edition of the Energy Commission’s Senior High Schools’ (SHSs) Renewable Energy Challenge for public second-cycle institutions, has been launched in Accra yesterday. The theme for the Challenge which commenced in 2019 is “Clean Cooking and Food Processing Using Renewal Technologies.” During the competition which would be organised on zonal to regional basis until …
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Black Satellites prepare for Toulon tourney
Ghana’s U-20 national football team, the Black Satellites, have started preparations in earnest for the 2022 Toulon tournament scheduled for May 29-12 June, 2022 in France. The Toulon tournament, reserved for a select U-20 teams in the world, makes its return this year after the 2020 and 2021 editions were cancelled due to the Covid-19 …
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YouStart will support youth-led enterprises with Soft loans – Govt
The government has said that the YouStart initiative will support youth-led enterprises with Soft loans, Starter packs and standardized loan packages at concessional rates for Small and Medium Scale Enterprises (SMEs) from financial institutions. It will also provide skills development, entrepreneurial support, business advisory services, access to competitive credit.” President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo earlier said that […]
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Police injured as Roma and Feyenoord fans clash ahead of Conference League final
Nineteen police officers were injured as supporters clashed in the build-up to the Europa Conference League final. Italian club Roma take on Dutch side Feyenoord in Albania’s capital Tirana on Wednesday. Fans wielded glass bottles, sticks, stones and other objects as local police tried to break up trouble on Tuesday. “In the early hours of […]
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Africa Day: Mahama urges African governments to invest in agribusiness
Former President John Dramani Mahama wants the governments in Africa to turn their focus on investing more in agriculture value addition and marketing of the continent’s products. Mr. Mahama believes, “Agribusiness is one of the surest ways to leapfrog Africa from poverty to prosperity.” “We’ve come a long way since May 25, 1963, when the […]
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Pull down all illegal structures causing flooding – Nana Addo orders MMDCEs
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has directed Metropolitan, Municipal and District Assemblies (MMDAs) in the Greater Accra Region to demolish all structures that cause flooding in the city. The President says Metropolitan, Municipal and District Chief Executives (MMDCEs) should immediately pull down all such structures to reduce the occurrence of flooding in Accra. “MMDCEs have […]
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We pay MPs to work; we can’t have them being absent all the time – Ras Mubarak
Former Member of Parliament for Kumbungu, Ras Mubarak who petitioned the Speaker of Parliament against the three absentee New Patriotic Party (NPP) lawmakers, has said legislators cannot be absent from Parliament all the time because they are paid by the tax payer to work. His comments come at a time time the privilege’s committee of […]
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Privileges C’ttee may consider televised hearing for absentee MPs
Ranking Member on the Privileges Committee of Parliament, Kweku George Ricketts-Hagan has said the committee may consider televising the hearing of the three absentee New Patriotic Party (NPP) lawmakers who were referred to the Committee by the Speaker, Alban Bagbin. He told TV3’s Parliamentary correspondent Komla Klutse in interview on Wednesday May 25 that if […]
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Ashanti Region recorded 174 maternal deaths in 2021 – GHS
The Ashanti Regional Health Directorate says 174 cases of maternal deaths were recorded in the Ashanti Region in 2021, with many of these deaths caused by unsafe abortion; a situation it has described as worrying. According to the Ghana Health Service (GHS), Global Statistics suggest that 5 to 10% of women die through unsafe abortion […]
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NPA fines 7 petroleum service providers almost GH¢3 million
The National Petroleum Authority (NPA) has fined seven Petroleum Service Providers almost $3 million for illicit third-party trading of petroleum products. The NPA says the move is geared towards sanitising the sector and ensuring standard practice among businesses in the space. The authority in a statement said it has “taken notice of infractions by some […]
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20yr-old woman arrested for allegedly drowning her twins in a well
A 20-year-old woman, Ellian Zumeseh is in the grips of the Bono Regional Police Command for drowning her three-month male twins in a well. The incident happened at Mama Lawson, a Suburb of the Sunyani Municipality in the Bono Region. Cecilia Dumpaka, a businesswoman whose worker’s daughter committed the act, tells Citi News what happened. […]
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‘Let’s put an end to illicit financial transactions in Africa’ – Akufo-Addo
Ghana’s President, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has charged African governments to put in place measures to put an end to foreign illicit financial transactions and tax evasion by multinationals. The situation, according to President Akufo-Addo is denying the continent the needed tax revenue and development. Speaking during the opening ceremony of the 57th Annual Meetings […]
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Former PPA boss, brother-in-law granted ¢5m bail
Former Chief Executive Officer of the Public Procurement Authority (PPA) boss Agyenim Boateng Adjei and his brother-in-law Francis Kwaku Arhen have been granted bail of ¢5million with two sureties. Second accused is not required to submit his passport because he has a newborn and he is resident in the United Kingdom. The case adjourned to […]
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