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Posted by Contributor on December 5, 2007 at 9:34 am in News From Other Newspapers
THE LEGAL battle between the Republic and former First Lady, Nana Konadu Agyeman Rawlings, took a dramatic twist on Monday when she made another appearance at the court trying her for fraudulently acquiring the Nsawam Cannery. A larger than usual crowd of supporters and well-wishers stormed the premises of the Accra Fast-Track High Court amidst [...]
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Posted by Contributor on at 9:33 am in News From Other Newspapers
•Blow By Blow Retired Chief Superintendent Jacob Jebuni Yidana, a former renowned detective in the Ghana Police Service, in his book, “Who killed The Judges?â€, revealed that dropped New Patriotic Party (NPP) presidential hopeful, Captain (rtd) Nkrabeah Effah-Dartey was arrested and tried at the Nsawam Medium Security Prison for his attempt to overthrow the government [...]
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Posted by Contributor on December 4, 2007 at 11:08 am in News From Other Newspapers
`We will take the cash` …but vote according to what is good for Ghana… Our lead story yesterday must have hit the right chords or touched on raw nerves, judging by the responses we have been getting. Some of the responses have come from constituency executives, especially the three northern regions who called us to [...]
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Posted by Contributor on at 10:48 am in News From Other Newspapers
After six days of intensive debate, Members of Parliament (MPs) yesterday drew the curtain down on the arguments for and against the financial policy of the government for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2008. Among the MPs who wound up the debate was the Minister for Water Resources, Works and Housing, Abubakar Saddique Boniface, [...]
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Posted by Contributor on at 10:43 am in News From Other Newspapers
By: Adu Koranteng Defense Minister, Albert Kan Dapaah has added his voice to calls for a reduction on the tariffs on petroleum products to ease the burden of rising crude oil prices on consumers. Kan Dapaah, first Minister of Energy in the New Patriotic Party government told The Statesman in an exclusive interview that there [...]
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Posted by Contributor on at 10:41 am in News From Other Newspapers
By. Nana Obeng-Danquah The bustling Central Region town of Kasoa was painted in a sea of red, blue, and white on Sunday when the New Patriotic Party created a platform to outdoor its seventeen presidential aspirants to party members ahead of the December 22 delegates’ congress. As The Statesman exclusively published before the rally, the [...]
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Posted by Contributor on at 10:39 am in News From Other Newspapers
Daavi Ama remembers Adu Boahen and his successor The Statesman “Now that the world has seen and heard from the galaxy of presidential aspirants of the NPP, the message should be sent out loud and clear that we need to ensure an environment that will allow President Kufuor and whoever is elected to work healthily [...]
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Posted by Contributor on at 10:34 am in News From Other Newspapers
THE ATTORNEY-GENERAL (A-G), Hon. Joe Ghartey, yesterday told former First Lady Nana Konadu Agyeman Rawlings that the option is still open for her to return the GIHOC Nsawam Cannery assets or she and her co-accused persons should pay the ¢21billion they have caused the state to lose for which they are standing trial. According to [...]
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