Articles from the ‘News From Other Newspapers’ category

ACP Kofi Boakye for parliament?

Posted by Contributor on August 13, 2007 at 10:33 am in News From Other Newspapers

Former Operations Director of the Ghana Police, ACP Kofi Boakye is reported to be preparing to stand as Member of Parliament for the Manhyia Constituency in the 2008 general elections. A news report in the Gye Nyame Concord quoted sources close to ACP Boakye, who said that since he was asked to go on leave [...]

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Poverty level of Ghana unacceptable-Effah-Dartey

Posted by Contributor on at 9:53 am in News From Other Newspapers

Captain (Rtd) Nkrabeah Effah-Dartey, one of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) Presidential Aspirants on Friday, expressed regret about the country’s poverty level describing it as “highly unacceptable”. He noted that the country abounds in many natural and mineral resources and said that it was objectionable for the people to live and die in abject poverty. [...]

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na: Win an Election!

Posted by Contributor on at 9:51 am in News From Other Newspapers

A R Haruna Attah I was talking to an NPP presidential aspirant recently about goings-on, in and out of the party and prayed that the December congress would be without rancour. His response was swift: There will be! Many other people feel that way, but why is something not being done about it, or is [...]

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Boy, 4, jumps accident car to safety

Posted by Contributor on August 11, 2007 at 3:45 pm in News From Other Newspapers

by: Victor Kwawukume A mother and her four-year-old son last Thursday imitated characters in a classic motion picture by jumping through the window of a vehicle which had run out of control. The Urvan minibus with registration number ER 9905 C, which was travelling from Ho to Koforidua, had reached the outskirts of Ho when [...]

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SCANCEM Bribery: Baako & Gabby Shocked

Posted by Contributor on at 3:43 pm in News From Other Newspapers

… At The Purported Voice Of Ex-Scancem Official Denying His Submissions In Court On ‘Radio Gold’ A purported voice of Gerhard Heiberg, the ex-Scancem official who reportedly mentioned the names of the former first family in the now popular Scancem bribery trial in Norway has been drawn into the fray to corroborate painstaking efforts by [...]

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Pastor in ¢450 million fraud

Posted by Contributor on at 3:40 pm in News From Other Newspapers

A man who claims to be an international evangelist with the Holy Ghost Cathedral in Abuja, Nigeria, is being held by the Ghana police for defrauding two persons to the tune of GH¢45,000 (¢450 million). The man, Rev. Paul Naab Ambek, is currently in custody at the Criminal Investigations Department (CID) headquarters in Accra. He [...]

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Konadu received the cheque

Posted by Contributor on August 10, 2007 at 5:19 pm in News From Other Newspapers

Reports reaching The Crusading GUIDE on the missing $17 million being payment for the off-loading of the remaining Government of Ghana (GoG) shares – 35% – in Ghana Cement Works Ltd., (GHACEM) in 1999, by SCANCEM of Norway, indicate that Nana Konadu Agyeman Rawlings allegedly received the cheque representing the amount. According to the report, [...]

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NPP strongman’s son busted for drugs

Posted by Contributor on at 4:04 pm in News From Other Newspapers

Information reaching the Chronicle newspaper from Kumasi indicates that the Ashanti Regional Police Command is currently preparing to hand over Mr. Andrew Appiah Menkah, son of an NPP strongman, Mr. Appiah Menkah to the Police headquarters in Accra for allegedly dealing narcotics. A highly place police source at Kumasi told The Chronicle on Tuesday that [...]

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