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National Communications Director of the opposition New Patriotic Party (NPP) Nana Akomea says the confiscation of the property of Nayele Ametefe aka Ruby Adu Gyemfi is long overdue. According to him, it has taken too long for the state to confiscate the property of the ‘coke girl’. An Accra High …
Read More »Media practitioners mock new EC logo, call for change
Even before the Electoral Commission officially unveils a new logo already approved for use, journalists have taken on the Commission for its decision to change the logo. At a capacity building workshop for media practitioners on election reportage on Tuesday, the Electoral Commission displayed a new logo which is to …
Read More »EC unveils new logo ahead of November polls
The Electoral Commission (EC) has unveiled a new logo as part of a re-branding campaign. The new logo is expected to launched soon ahead of general elections in November. The new logo has a dark-blue circle as background with rounded green, yellow, white and red coloured spots placed tactfully around …
Read More »NPP stalwarts receive Jake’s remains at Kotaka
NPP bigwigs converged at the Kotoka International Airport Tuesday evening to receive the remains of the party’s late Chairman, Jake Obetsebi-Lamptey from the United Kingdom. Former President Kufuor, former Minister of State, Hackman Owusu Agyemang and other party stalwarts welcomed Jake’s remains at a short, sombre ceremony at the airport. …
Read More »High Court orders McDermott’s extradition
The High Court in Accra says the state can go ahead to extradite British fugitive David McDermott for allegedly smuggling 400 kilogrammes of cocaine to the United Kingdom (UK). According to the judge Merley Efua Wood, Ghana has an extradition treaty with the UK and that the crime is not …
Read More »Ghana Mission blows £93,000 on 5 students
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Regional Integration is having an uphill task of retrieving an amount of £57,085 from the scholarship secretariat after the Ghana High Commission in London had come to its aid to pay £93,395 for five Ghanaian students who were facing ejection from their various campuses …
Read More »Stop BNI’s lawlessness – OccupyGhana to Mahama
Unless President John Mahama “arrests the growing lawlessness of the security agencies and forces a U-turn of the totally anti-democratic abuse of authority, this country will lose its lead as a foremost democracy in Sub-Sahara Africa,” pressure group OccupyGhana has warned. The group said in a statement issued Tuesday April …
Read More »353 Ghanaians deported
A total of 353 Ghanaians have been returned from various countries around the world in the first three months of 2016 as a result of immigration-related issues. Reasons for the return of the affected persons to Ghana include illegal stay, over-staying of permits, crime and inadmissibility. Other reasons are use …
Read More »Accounting to the people tour: Mahama won’t visit Okyehene – Gov’t
President John Dramani Mahama will not visit Okyehene, Osagyefo Amoatia Ofori Panin II, when he calls upon Paramount Chiefs in the Eastern Region including the Akyem area beginning today (Tuesday), government has said. There exist a feud between the Eastern Regional branch of the ruling National Democratic Congress (NDC) and …
Read More »Panama Papers: T.B. Joshua’s tax haven company revealed
Temitope Joshua is arguably the most influential preacher in Africa. The founder of the Synagogue Church of All Nation (SCOAN) attracts huge numbers of people from across Africa and beyond, many of them seeking faith healing from ailments and exorcism from demonic possession. On September 12, 2014, a guesthouse within …
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