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Newspaper headlines for November 21, 2019.         Source:Myjoyonline Share on: WhatsApp

Government will not rule the possibility of building a national shrine for traditional worshippers, the Minister of Chieftaincy and Religious Affairs, Samuel Kofi Dzamesi has said. According to him, some traditional groups have been canvassing for a national shrine and government will explore the possibility of constructing one. “Since I took office, as I said, we have a national mosque ...

Deputy Minister of Defence, Major Derrick Oduro (Rtd) has said the state will deal with members of the secessionist movement Homeland Study Group Foundation (HSGF) which recently declared the Volta Region as an independent state of Western Togoland. According to him, their action has the propensity of destabilizing Ghana, hence they will be dealt with according to the law. Mr ...

Five members of the Western Togoland group have reportedly been remanded for treason felony. This was after 11 members of the group were arrested following their decision to declare the Volta region independent of Ghana. Those remanded are Peter Godfriend Edem, Mkpe Tornyi Kudjo, Kofi Agbeko, Agbenyega Akudzia and Ibrahim Tofa. The suspects include the master of ceremony on the ...

The Vice President, Dr Mahamudu Bawumia, has strongly rejected attempts by the NDC to accuse the Akufo-Addo administration of neglecting the infrastructure needs of the people of the Volta and Oti Regions, especially in the area of roads. Describing the erstwhile government’s record in the provision of roads as “very embarrassing”, Dr Bawumia challenged the NDC to provide evidence of ...

The Commercial High Court presided over by Justice Eric Kyei Baffour, has rescheduled the case management conference of the case of the Republic verses William Ato Essien and three others to the 16th of December 2019 after State Prosecutors told the Court that they have had to file additional documents together with a pen drive in support of the charges ...

The embattled former Director of Operations at the Ghana Police Service, ACP Dr Benjamin Agordzo, must be handed to the Inspector General of Police, the Kaneshie Magistrate Court has ordered. ACP Agordzo together with nine others have been arraigned for their respective role in an alleged case of destabilising the state. In court on Wednesday when the case was consolidated, ...

Barely a day after it was reported that winner of Atinka Media Village’s plus size women reality show, ‘Di Asa’, was kicked out of Emirates’ plane to Dubai because of her size, the airline company has responded justifying its actions. In a statement copied to Ghanaweb, the organization said it “places the highest standards on in-flight safety and as part ...

Groupe Nduom has asked government to do due diligence by paying monies it owes them to facilitate payment of their customers. In a statement released by the Corporate Affairs department of the company, they noted how delays on the part of government is stalling processes. They believe each party will have its peace if their monies are paid by the ...

The prosecution in the case in which embattled Chief Executive Officer of Menzgold Ghana Limited Nana Appiah Mensah (NAM1) is standing trial has demanded a long adjournment following “recent discoveries.” The state was expected to substitute the old charges with a new one where 48 new charges are expected to be added to the 13 that were earlier slapped on ...