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Air fares soar by nearly 25% as Iran war forces flights to re-route
Posted on with No CommentThe war in the Middle East has helped to trigger a surge in air fares, with the lowest-priced economy tickets costing 24% more on average than they did a year ago, according to new research. The report, from the consultancy … Read more →
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GH¢88.5m judgement debt pops up
Posted on | Comment-Additional GH¢170m in the waiting A GH¢88.5 MILLION judgement debt plus compound interest of 6.5% for five months is starring the government in the face and it appears the government cannot escape it. It is made up of diverted … Read more →
I have documents exposing EC, NDC & security agencies – Ken Agyapong
Posted on | CommentMember of Parliament for Assin Central Constituency in the Central Region on the ticket of the opposition New Patriotic Party (NPP), Hon. Kennedy Ohene Agyapong has alleged that the ruling National Democratic Congress (NDC) is conniving with the EC and … Read more →
Woyome case adjourned to December 1
Posted on | CommentThe Supreme Court has adjourned the hearing of an application filed by businessman Alfred Agbesi Woyome who is seeking to put on hold the court’s ruling for anti-corruption campaigner, Martin Amidu to orally examine him [Woyome]. December 1, 2016 is … Read more →
Kofi Adams dares A-Plus – Publish my sex tape now!
Posted on | CommentThe Campaign Coordinator for the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Kofi Adams has dared musician, Kwame A Plus to come public with the alleged sex video of him bonking ladies under trees at the University of Ghana. Kwame A Plus has … Read more →
Apologize or we will vote against you – Effutu Chiefs to Nana Addo
Posted on | CommentChiefs and elders of Winneba are threatening to vote against the New Patriotic Party (NPP) if their flagbearer, Nana Akufo-Addo does not apologise for calling President Mahama “Simpa Panin”. According to them, the term which literally refers to an elder … Read more →
VIDEO: It’s shameful EC will charge media to cover elections – Sefa-Kayi
Posted on | CommentGhanaian journalist, Kwame Sefa-Kayi, has described the Electoral Commission’s decision to charge journalists willing to cover this year’s election as “shameful” and “unfair”. According to him, the decision by the country’s electoral body “makes no sense” and may force some … Read more →
Supreme Court freezes gov’t accounts over debt
Posted on | CommentGovernment is battling a Supreme Court order freezing its critical accounts over a debt owed non-bank financial institution, NDK Financial Services. Government is appealing a judgment debt granted NDK after the state failed to honour the terms of an agreement … Read more →
NHIS in 7 months arrears
Posted on | Comment-Health facilities fear shutdown SERVICE Providers, under the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS), say they are on the verge of returning to cash-and-carry to save their health facilities from shutting down due to huge indebtedness. According to them, the National … Read more →
PHOTO: 3 arrested for dealing in fake visas
Posted on | CommentThe Criminal Investigations Department (CID) has arrested three persons for allegedly issuing fake visas and other travelling documents to unsuspecting people. The suspects are Kofi Owusu, 50, Emmanuel Odai aka Ogyam, 61 and Kweku Ameyaw, 51. The suspects, part of … Read more →
African exit from ICC must be stopped – Kofi Annan
Posted on | CommentThe apparent African exodus from the international criminal court must be stopped or the most heinous crimes will be allowed to go unpunished, Kofi Annan, the former UN secretary general and one of the ICC’s chief architects, has warned. Burundi, … Read more →
We don’t want sugar-coated words – Chief to Prez. Mahama
Posted on | CommentChiefs in the Bolgatanga Traditional Area have called on President John Dramani Mahama to fulfill his promises to the residents of region and not resort to sugar-coated words to convince them to vote for him in the upcoming polls. According … Read more →
Ghana’s public debt now GH¢112bn
Posted on | CommentGhana’s total public debt stock, which stood at GH¢110 billion at the end of August, increased to GH¢112.4 billion at end of September 2016, representing 67.4 percent of Gross Domestic Product (GDP). Per the aforementioned figures, the country incurred a … Read more →
Media Foundation for West Africa asks Prez. Mahama to apologize
Posted on | CommentThe Media Foundation for West Africa (MFWA), has asked President John Dramani Mahama to apologize for making some comments deemed ethnocentric against the running mate of the opposition New Patriotic Party (NPP), Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia. “The MFWA therefore calls on … Read more →
Economist Magazine: Prez. Mahama has messed up
Posted on | CommentThe Economist magazine has observed that despite the fact that the John Mahama-led National Democratic Congress has messed up the Ghanaians economy, it is determined to rig the December 7 elections. According to the magazine, a cabinet minister in the … Read more →
Rawlings won’t call me thief if he knew the truth – Woyome
Posted on | CommentEmbattled businessman Alfred Agbesi Woyome says he holds no grudge against the former president Jerry John Rawlings for calling him a thief in a judgement debt scandal. The NDC financier said the former President who is a friend would not … Read more →
Gov’t to employ 8.6k nurses, midwives
Posted on | CommentThe government has given the nod for the employment of 8,634 nurses and midwives as well as other allied personnel. A financial clearance letter for the recruitment exercise which takes effect from November 1, 2016 through to March 1, 2017, … Read more →
University of Ghana is highest ranked university in West Africa
Posted on | CommentThe University of Ghana (UG) is the highest ranked university in West Africa and the seventh in Africa. Professor Ebenezer Oduro Owusu, the Vice Chancellor of the University, said the 2016 Times Higher Education World Rankings once again placed the … Read more →
Tony Blair ‘returning to politics’ because he thinks Theresa May ‘is a lightweight’
Posted on | CommentTony Blair is positioning himself to return to British politics, it has been reported. The controversial former Prime Minister is engineering a comeback because he feels he can fill a political vacuum caused by Theresa May being a “light weight” … Read more →
IGP pardons Kennedy Agyapong for insults
Posted on | CommentThe Inspector General of Police (IGP), Mr John Kudalor has forgiven New Patriotic Party (NPP) firebrand Kennedy Ohene Agyapong over his insulting conduct last week Tuesday during a political discussion on an Accra-based TV station. Public Affairs Director of the … Read more →
VIDEO: Lord let your choice win – Charlotte Osei prays
Posted on | CommentChairperson of the Electoral Commission, Madam Charlotte Osei, has earnestly called on God to let His will in the upcoming general elections prevail. At the monthly prayer session organised by the Women’s Aglow Ministry to seek God’s intervention for peaceful … Read more →
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