Articles from the ‘News From Other Newspapers’ category

Unregistered SIM cards can’t be used after March 3

Posted by on February 2, 2012 at 11:45 am in Business, News From Other Newspapers, Other Business Stories

The Subscriber Identity Module (SIM) Registration Regulation, 2011 (Legislative Instrument 2006) which was presented to Parliament on November 30, 2011 comes into force, February 2, 2012 after the House had adopted the report of the Subsidiary Legislation Committee on the instrument Wednesday. By the coming into force of the instrument, a framework has been provided [...]

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ECG Board Blows $250,000

Posted by on at 10:40 am in News From Other Newspapers, Politics

The woes of the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) continue to deepen as new revelations have unfolded on how the board, led by Dr Kwabena Osafo, blew huge sums of money as sitting allowances. The board, which was expected to supervise the company’s management and check it against the perpetration of any financial malfeasance, could [...]

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Okudzeto Accused Of Bribery

Posted by on at 10:24 am in News From Other Newspapers, Politics

…As More revelations emerge from NDC’s primaries in the North Tongu Constituency Complaints from the five defeated aspirants, Hon. Charles Senama Hodogbey, Mr. Christian Akaho-Tay, Mr. Etse Asem, Mr. Kwame Alorvi and Mr. Elebrue are that Mr. Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa bribed the delegates to vote in his favour. The bribes, they said, were given to [...]

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Kufuor calls for public enquiry into Woyome scandal

Posted by on February 1, 2012 at 3:59 pm in Local News, News From Other Newspapers, Politics

Former President John Agyekum Kufuor has explained that the refusal of some ministers under his government to appear before the Economic and Organized Crimes Office (EOCO) does not mean they have something to hide. According to him, his government did not enter into any contract agreement with Alfred Agbesi Woyome to find money for Ghana, [...]

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State-owned media must be fair to all – NMC

Posted by on at 3:55 pm in News From Other Newspapers

A member of the National Media Commission (NMC), Mr Akoto Ampaw, has called on the state-owned media to stand above sensationalism, misleading headlines and gross fabrications as found in some sections of the media. “Even as the pressure to compete for audience might be great, our state-owned media have no business copying the crass sensationalism [...]

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Woyomegate: Letter from Betty Mould to Dr. Duffour on 29th April, 2010

Posted by on at 8:20 am in News From Other Newspapers

The Hon. Minister Minister of Finance & Economic Planning Ministries, Accra Attn: Dr. Kwabena Duffour SETTLEMENT OF CLAIMS INVOLVING THE REHABILITATION OF THE OHENE DJAN, BABA YARA AND EL WAK SPORTS STADIA This is in response to your letter dated 12th April, 2009. In that letter, you stated that Austro-Invest by its letter dated 16th [...]

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Duffuor reveals paying Woyome GhC51m under ‘pressure’

Posted by on at 8:18 am in News From Other Newspapers

In the wake of the ongoing controversy surrounding ‘the Woyome judgment debt payment saga’, The New Crusading GUIDE newspaper has intercepted a document which indicates that the Ministry of Finance and Economic Planning was virtually ‘pressurized’ by the Attorney General (AG) in a letter dated April 29, 2010, to pay Mr. Alfred Agbesi Woyome “what [...]

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We won’t risk Jubilee Field – Tullow

Posted by on January 31, 2012 at 5:25 pm in News From Other Newspapers

Oil exploration giant, Tullow Oil Plc says Ghana’s lack of infrastructure to process the natural gas associated with the Jubilee Field is not the reason for its failure to reach the production target of 120,000 barrels of oil per day, as claimed by some industry players. “This is a new field; we cannot rush it. [...]

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