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We’re not recruiting – GRA

The Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) has described as false, recent notices on social media that it is recruiting. The GRA said such notices should be disregarded, as it is not recruiting. The GRA has, therefore, advised the public not to engage any person or group of persons claiming to be recruiting on its behalf. “Those who deal with such individuals ...

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They threatened my life with acid attacks – Efia Odo explains absence at #FixTheCountry demo

Efia Odo made some damnatory allegations against unknown persons fighting against the #Fixthecountry movement. She said she couldn’t be present for the demonstration because they threatened to disfigure her face with acid bombs. Speaking on PeaceFM, Efia Odo finger sympathizers of the current government as probably suspect because her speeches went against them. She said, “I started to get death ...

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Govt to assign PROs to MMDCEs – Oppong Nkrumah

Government has announced plans to assign Spokespersons and Press Secretaries for Metropolitan, Municipal, and District Chief Executives across the country. According to information minister Kojo Oppong Nkrumah, this will enable MMDCEs to focus on their core job and also help them provide timely and adequate information to the public. The information minister made this known when he met journalists in ...

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Minerals Commission withdraws Shaanxi’s registration as mine support service company

Shaanxi Mining (Ghana) Ltd’s, a company which has been providing support services to local partners Yenyeya Mining Group and Pubortaaba Mining Group at Gbane in the Talensi District of the Upper East Region, is expected to leave the mining sites following the withdrawal of the company’s registration. The Minerals Commission in a letter to the Managing Director of the company ...

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Stop asking married women to have children – Sociologist

A Sociologist has called on the public to stop putting undue pressure on women to have children, suggesting that such demands can force some women to do absurd things to satisfy society. Justice Siaw speaking on the Morning Starr on Monday said the case of the Takoradi woman who faked a pregnancy could have been due to societal pressure. “What ...

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Ghana receives 1.5m doses of AstraZeneca from Germany

The Director-General of the Ghana Health Service Dr. Patrick Kumah Aboagye has revealed that the Ghana Health Service has taken delivery of a total of about 3.2 million doses of AstraZeneca vaccines with another 1.5 million doses arriving in the country on Sunday from Germany. This brings the total number of vaccines received so far to nearly 5 million doses ...

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Takoradi woman to appear before court today over fake pregnancy, kidnapping

The Takoradi woman who has confessed to faking her pregnancy and kidnapping will appear before a Takoradi Circuit court today. She was arrested on Friday after confessing to the crime following interrogation by police. She was discharged from the Effia-Nkwanta hospital before the arrest. Reports of her pregnancy and kidnapping have caught the attention of the nation for the past ...

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Making IPAC decisions binding would compromise EC’s independence – Dr Afari-Gyan

A former Chairman of the Electoral Commission (EC), Dr Kwadwo Afari-Gyan is concerned that if the Inter-Party Advisory Committee (IPAC) is made a statutory body with its functions backed by law, it will amount to an interference with the commission’s work. This, he said, will be in contravention of the constitutional provision which guarantees the independence of the Electoral Commission. He made ...

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BOST reduces $624m debt to $39m within four years

The Bulk Oil Storage and Transportation Company Limited (BOST), has reduced its $624 million trade debt to $39 million within the past four years. Seventy-three per cent of the debt was paid from the company’s internally generated funds. This was disclosed by the Managing Director of BOST, Mr. Edwin Alfred Provencal at a press conference in Accra on Sunday, 26 ...

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CLEMENT C. BLAY FOUNDATION; “SHAIP AFRICA FOUNDATION” SPONSORS MOCK EXAMINATION FOR 12 SCHOOLS IN ELLEMBELLE

Shaip Africa Foundation led by its Chief Executive Officer, Mr. Clement Clinton Blay has paid the cost of this year’s Basic School mock examination for over 500 students in 12 schools in Ellembelle district of the Western region. This according to the Non-governmental Organization, the mock is to prepare the students for all the nine subjects of the main BECE ...

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