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Two Arrested In Agbogbloshie With 500 Pounds Of Ammunition

Two persons have been arrested at Agbogbloshie by the Greater Accra Regional Police command for possessing 500 rounds of ammunition. They are Imoro Abdul Wahab, 25, a scrap dealer, and Kwaku Amankwa, 58, a self-acclaimed registered arms dealer. The arrest, according to the command, was executed based on intelligence it had picked up Tuesday, April 18 2017 with the help ...

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Why Former Dep. Attorney General is Wrong on AMERI

IMANI principals have been locked in a debate over the last week with the former Deputy Attorney General (“ex-DAG”) who led the Ghanaian side in the AMERI deal. Our exchanges with the former Government functionary on Facebook in recent days have however brought us to the sudden realisation that the ex-DAG may be completely confused about certain fundamental aspects of ...

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Bond saga: Minority deceiving public – MoF

A deputy Finance Minister Abena Osei Asare is accusing the minority of deception over claims of conflict of interest against her boss Ken Ofori-Atta. The minority at a press briefing on Tuesday, April 18, 2017 cited the finance minister for conflict of interest and lack of transparency in the issuance of $2.25 billion 15-year bond. Government issued 15 and 7-year ...

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C/R: Land guards stab police officer, two others

Some persons suspected to be land guards on Wednesday stormed the Ojobi Police Station in the Central region and brutally assaulted some police officers on duty. Information gathered by Starr News indicate that two other civilians were also attacked in the process. It is unclear what triggered the attack Wednesday morning. Kasapa FM’s Benjamin Amuzu narrated that a police officer ...

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Kwakye Ofosu, Anyidoho, others will vote for NPP in 2020 – Ayisi Boateng

Come the next general elections, leading members of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) including a former deputy communications minister, Felix Ofosu Kwakye will vote President Akufo-Addo or any candidate the New Patriotic Party (NPP) will put forward for a second term in office, a party official has observed. A founding member of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Mr. George Ayisi ...

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NOTICE TO ALL LEVELS 400 STUDENTS ON THE NATIONAL SERVICE SCHEME

TEPS TO YOUR MANDATORY NATIONAL SERVICE Step 1: Enrollment Pin The National Service Scheme(NSS) will generate an enrollment pin (Personal Identification Number) for you using final year class list obtained from your educational institution. As a prospective national service personnel(NSP), you are required to check with the Students Affairs Office/Students Representative Council/ Office of the Dean of Students at your ...

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What Mahama told Bugri Naabu when they met at Sawla

Former President John Dramani and outspoken Northern Regional Chairman of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) Daniel Bugri Naabu came face to face for the first time after allegations of attempts by the former president to bribe him. At the 41st National Congress of the Gonjaland Youth Association held at Sawla in the Sawla-Tuna-Kalba District of the Northern region, both met ...

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$2.25bn bond didn’t need parliamentary approval – Akoto Osei

The US$2.25 billion domestic bond issued recently by the government of Ghana did not need to go to parliament for approval, Minister of Monitoring and Evaluation, Dr Anthony Akoto Osei has said in response to a demand by the Minority in Parliament that the bond issue should have gone to the chamber. Also, the Minority in Parliament said Mr Trevor ...

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Akufo-Addo on track – IMANI

The Vice President of IMANI Ghana, Kofi Bentil has stated that the Akufo-Addo-led government is on the right track. According to him, even though, the government in its first 100 days had been fraught with some challenges security-wise, it has performed creditably in the policy think-tank’s assessment. “Our view is that generally speaking, the government is on track. There are ...

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