Author Archives: larryehu

‘Power-drunk’ Mahama doing everything to win power – Kojo Oppong-Nkrumah

Minister for Information and Member of Parliament for Ofoase-Ayerebi constituency, Kojo Oppong-Nkrumah, wants President Nana Addo Dankwah Akufo-Addo lauded for his fight against corruption. According to him, though the fight has not been won entirely, he believes that the strides he has chalked in the corruption fight are unprecedented. Speaking on Okay FM’s ‘Ade Akye Abia’ program, he intimated that ...

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Mankessim herbal centre attracts long queues

The Odopee Herbal Research and Learning Centre in Mankessim in the Central Region is recording a surge in patient consultation for its herbal eye treatment. More than 300 patients, an average of about 50 a day, visited the facility between December 7 and 10, after the Daily Graphic had first reported on the centre’s unique herbal treatment for various eye ...

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Akuapem North: Hydrogeologists discover toxic chemicals in groundwater

Hydrogeologists at Community Water and Sanitation Agency (CWSA) in the Eastern Region are alarmed at the high proportion of heavy metals found in groundwater in Akuapem North and Okere Districts. Groundwater samples collected from different farming communities for water quality laboratory test conducted by the Water Resources Institute for the CWSA identified the high presence of cyanide, iron, ammonia, and ...

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Meet and Greet wasn’t in my contract – Cardi B

AMERICAN rapper Cardi B who has come under fire for ignoring some Ghanaian celebrities on Sunday has stated that there was no Meet and Greet in her contract. A tall list of Ghanaian celebrities including Wendy Shay, Hajia 4Real, Victoria Lebene, Sandra Ankobiah, Deborah Vanessa, Afia Schwarzenegger, Moesha Boduong, Becca and Lydia Forson were reportedly invited for a Meet and ...

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Give us Film Authority now – Industry players demand

PLAYERS in the Ghanaian film industry are demanding the immediate establishment of the National Film Authority (NFA) after three years of what they say has been promise and fail on the part of the government. The players picketed at the premises of the Ministry of Tourism, Arts and Culture on Tuesday, December 10, to express their displeasure at the delays ...

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Music producer nabbed for narcotics possession

A 296-year-old music producer, Ola Adanakan Kabiru, has been arrested for transporting dried leaves suspected to be Indian hemp. The suspect, who was arrested in a joint operation by the Aflao District police and the mobilisation taskforce of the Ketu South Municipal assembly attempted crossing into Togo with a 28kg gas cylinder. Volta Regional Police Public Affairs officer, Corporal Prince ...

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Joy FM misled me – Gabby cries out after ‘low bar’ comment on Auditor General

Monumentally influential member of the governing New Patriotic Party( NPP), Gabby Asare Otchere-Darko has blamed his much-criticized comment that the bar for the measure of integrity, which won the Auditor General the prize as the Integrity Personality of the Year on a misleading report by Joy FM. Following the award of the Integrity Personality of the Year to Auditor General ...

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Court orders striking teachers to resume work

The National Labour Commission (NLC) has secured an injunction to compel the striking teacher unions to immediately resume work. The court order also barred the teachers from continuing with the strike which has been in effect since Monday.   Meanwhile, the teachers say forcing them to the classroom in spite of their concerns will be inimical to the state. Background ...

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Inflation jumps from 7.7% to 8.2%

Inflation shot up by 0.5 per cent in the month of November to reach 8.2 per cent, the highest since the rebased Consumer Price Index three months ago. According to the Ghana Statistical Service, Alcoholic Beverages, Tobacco & Narcotics (13.4%) and Transport (12.3%) were the divisions with the highest rates of inflation. But due to its relative importance in consumption, ...

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