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A former Goldman Sachs banker, Ellias Preko, who has been ordered by a UK court to pay back £7,3million or face 10 years more in jail, says he used a chunk of the money to fund his campaign as NPP candidate. Preko, who represented himself, told the court in a previous hearing that, much of the cash had been spent ...

The Women’s Wing of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) has named two former appointees of the John Mahama administration and another close confidante of the ex-president as persons who are sabotaging his chances of a comeback in 2020. A press statement signed by the Ashanti Regional Women Organizer Gloria Huze, copied to MyNewsGh.com says former Deputy Ashanti Regional Minister, ...

Ghana’s Black Queens have progressed to the next stage of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic qualifiers after defeating Gabon 2-0 in the second leg at the Accra Sports Stadium. In both legs the Queens progressed on a 5-0 aggregate. Black Queens will now face Kenya in the third round of qualifiers for the 2020 Olympic Games. Kenya on the other hand ...

Richard Joojo Obeng, one of the two deputies at the National Youth Authority (NYA) who have been dismissed says he advised his boss against the contract that has caused their removal. In a statement hours after they, including the chief executive Emmanuel Sin-nyet Asigri, had been sacked by the president, said he refused to sign the payment voucher to the ...

An Audit report in possession of Starr News has revealed that the National Youth Authority (NYA) hastened to procure Vocational and Technical tools and equipment at the cost of Ghc2,374,497.27 without the necessary infrastructure to accommodate them. The lack of Proper warehouse for the safe keeping of the items coupled with the fact that workshop Infrastructures for its installations at ...

President Akufo-Addo has sacked the CEO of the National Youth Authority (NYA), Emmanuel Sin-nyet Asigri, and his two deputies over procurement breaches. The two deputies are Mr. Richard Ebbah Obeng and Bright Acheampong. “I regret to inform you that the President of the Republic has terminated your appointment,” the sports minister Isaac Asiamah who has oversight responsibility on the Authority ...

The National Democratic Congress (NDC) Functional Executive Committee has officially disqualified Massawudu Mubarick from contesting the Asawase constituency primaries. According to a statement issued by the General Secretary of the party, Johnson Asiedu Nketiah, the development means Muntaka Mubarak, the incumbent MP, will go unopposed. “By the decision, Hon. Muntaka Mubarak goes unopposed and for that matter stands elected as ...

Junior Agogo is the latest Ghanaian football personality to die untimely after battling with stroke for years. Following the death of Junior Manuel Agogo whose death has broken Ghanaians hearts, Pulse Sports has compiled a list of sports personalities whose passing were very saddening and premature. Baba Yara Sudden death of football personalities The man arguably rated as the finest ...

The West African Examinations Council (WAEC) says it is yet to release the results for this year’s Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE) for School Candidates. A message from the council said it “would duly make an announcement when the results are released”. It, therefore, asked the public to ignore messages on social media platforms that the results had been released. ...

As part of the processes initiated by the President and Chairman of Groupe Nduom (GN), Dr. Papa Kwesi Nduom through the Gold Coast Fund Management (GCFM) in court to recover investment funds and pay aggrieved customers of their locked-up investments, a list of companies and individuals indebted to GCFM has been released. The list includes construction companies and top firms ...