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The former Member of Parliament for Asunafo South Constituency, George Boakye, has said that his 37-year-old daughter tricked him into taking her to London under the pretext of going to see her uncle, but disappeared on their arrival in the UK. According to him, although he knew he was being irresponsible by not reporting his daughter’s disappearance once he couldn’t ...

A Takoradi District Court presided over by Her Worship, Madam Angela Atachie has sentenced two persons who attempted to stowaway. Two others were also cautioned by the court over a similar act Thursday. The accused persons; Isaac Ekuban, popularly known as ‘Ballack’, 26, Isaac Quainoo, also called ‘Rider’, 30, Charles Anarquah,26, and Benjamin Assifuah, 26, were charged with conspiracy to ...

Ghana’s Speaker of Parliament Prof. Mike Oquaye has served notice he will deal with the three Members of Parliament who have been fingered in a Visa fraud. The UK High Commission has banned three Ghanaian lawmakers and a former MP from entering the European country over their alleged involvement in visa fraud with their Diplomatic passports. The MPs are Richard ...

The President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has stated that he is more focused on fulfiling God’s purpose and not moved by threats by some ‘Galamseyers’ in voting against him in 2020 general elections. The Akufo-Addo government has given a 40-day window period to miners in the country to move their machines from their sites. Speaking at Soabe in the Eastern ...

A former Local Government Minister in the erstwhile Kufuor administration, Kwadwo Adjei-Darko has been explaining why some people have been denied their ambition to become District Chief Executives (DCEs) indicating that some of the decision were taken based on their religious beliefs. “When I was in the Local Government Ministry we came to a point where we were appointing some ...

The Trump administration in America is set to deport seven thousand Ghanaians who have abused the terms of their Visas. The Ghanaians are currently at different stages of the deportation process, the US ambassador to Ghana Robert Jackson has revealed. “In fact about 7000 of them are currently at different stages of the deportation process. And we are not apologetic ...

Hajia Kande, the Savelugu constituency Women’s Organiser of the governing New Patriotic Party (NPP), has warned she will resign if the president’s nominee for District Chief Executive for her area, Hajia Ayishetu Seidu, is maintained. According to her, the president’s nominee is not known to constituency executives, therefore, they cannot work with her in prosecuting the NPP’s agenda for change. ...

Former President John Agyekum Kufuor has been appointed a Senior Grand Warden of the United Grand Lodge of England (UGLE). He was on Wednesday April 26 appointed by the United Grand Lodge of England Grand Master, Prince Edward, the Duke of Kent, who is the longest serving Grand Master. “Congratulations to Right Worshipful Brother, His Excellency John Kofi Agyekum Kufuor, PGSwdB, ...

The Public Accounts Committee (PAC) of parliament yesterday grilled officials of the Ministry of Food and Agriculture (MoFA) and an auctioneer to the ministry for grossly contravening the auction laws and auctioning 24 vehicles to mostly staff of the ministry at ridiculous prices. The auctioneer, Alex Adjei, side-stepped all the laws governing the proper disposal of government vehicles and disposed ...

The entrance of the Builsa North NPP Office, vandalized All is not well in the Builsa North District in the Upper East Region as some youth of the New Patriotic Party have been demonstrating over the nomination of David Afoko, for the position of District Chief Executive. The NPP Youth of the district, led by the Constituency Youth Organiser of ...