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The Criminal Investigations Department (CID) of the Ghana Police Service has officially invited the former Minister of Education, Youth and Sports, in the Kufuor administration, Mr Yaw Osafo-Maafo, to answer questions in connection with the circumstances that led to the payment of GH¢51. 2 million in judgement debt to Alfred Agbesi Woyome, a businessman. [...]
Read the rest of this story »Financing experts at a forum on ‘Financing Business Operations in Ghana’ have agreed that dishonesty in the operations of businesses, particularly small- and medium-scale enterprises (SMEs), largely account for the high interest rate financial institutions slap on them. The Managing Director of Stanbic Bank Ghana, Mr Alhassan Andani, who first articulated the point, stated, “The [...]
Read the rest of this story »Nana Konadu Agyemang Rawlings, one of the aspiring presidential candidates of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), has expressed her preparedness to unite the NDC if she emerges as the presidential candidate of the party at its July congress. She noted that the ugly situation where some leading party members broke away from the NDC after [...]
Read the rest of this story »Four hundred and twenty three thousand public servants will be migrated onto the Single Spine Salary Structure (SSSS) by June this year, the Fair Wages and Salaries Commission (FWSC) has said. The number constitutes 90 per, cent of the 470,000 public sector workforce covered by the Single Spine Pay Policy (SSPP). The Commission is also [...]
Read the rest of this story »One of Ghana’s foremost politicians, Mr. F.A Jantuah, died yesterday, aged 89, a family member has confirmed. A founding member of the Convention People’s Party (CPP), Mr. Jantuah served as Minister of Agriculture in the first Republic under President Osagyefo Dr. Kwame Nkrumah and remained a dedicated member of the party until his death Source: [...]
Read the rest of this story »President John Evans Atta Mills has commended the Togolese security authorities for their role in the re-arrest of the notorious fugitive, Johnson Kombian. In a statement signed by Mr Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa, a Deputy Minister of Information, and issued by the Ministry of Information in Accra on Sunday, the President reiterated his commitment to continue [...]
Read the rest of this story »A $50-million relief package has been provided to thousands of flood victims across the country s an intervention by the government and UN agencies. The World Bank has pledged about $4 million to the post-flood rehabilitation efforts.The Vice-President, Mr. John Dramani Mahama, who announced the package yesterday at a meeting with development partners, said “In [...]
Read the rest of this story »The Supreme Court, by a 6-3 majority decision, Wednesday directed the Member of Parliament (MP) for Bawku Central, Mr Adamu Daramani Sakande, to file his response and statement of case to a writ challenging his nationality. Lawyers for the MP had filed a preliminary objection against an application filed by Mr Sumaila Biebel, a cattle [...]
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