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Charles Bissue Sues OSP, Anas And Tiger – Eye To Pause Galamsey Investigations

The former Secretary of the defunct Inter-Ministerial Committee on Illegal Mining (IMCIM) wants the court to prevent the Office of the Special Prosecutor from investigating him. Charles Bissue has secured an injunction at an Accra High Court seeking to do so. On October 10, Special Prosecutor Kissi Agyebeng started investigating …

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Ghana Was Held In ‘Own Captivity In Babylon’ But Gradually Coming Out – Akufo-Addo

Ghana’s President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has expressed optimism that with hard work and dedication, Ghana will rise again. Already, he said, the signs are clear that the country is emerging out of the difficult economic challenges it was faced with over the past three years. In his Christmas message …

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Dr. Bawumia Commissions Ultra-modern Facilities, Operational Vehicles For Ghana Fire Service

The Vice President, Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia, has commissioned infrastructure projects and operational vehicles for the Ghana National Fire Service and the Fire Academy and Training School respectively, in Accra on Friday December 23, 2022. Dr. Bawumia commissioned two (2) two-storey dormitory blocks, two storey classroom block and a dining hall …

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Ghana Rolls Out Visa-On-Arrival For Inbound Travellers This Christmas

The Government of Ghana has waived pre-arrival visa acquisition for travellers to Ghana effective Thursday, December 22, 2022 to Sunday, January 15, 2023. Passengers would rather receive their visas upon arrival into the country. The Transport Minister, Kwaku Ofori Asiamah made this known in a press release issued on Thursday. …

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TUC Suspends Strike Action

The Trades Union Congress (TUC) has rescinded its plan to embark on an indefinite nationwide industrial action from December 27. The move was for the Union to demonstrate its opposition to earlier plans by the government to include pension funds in the debt exchange programme. The union has also cautioned …

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Prof. Kwesi Botchwey Goes Home [Photos]

Ghana’s longest-serving Finance Minister, Professor Kwesi Botchwey, has been laid to rest. A state funeral service was held for the late National Democratic Congress stalwart at the State House on Thursday, December 22, 2022, after which a private burial service was organised for him. Several dignitaries including President Nana Addo …

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President Akufo-Addo’s Tribute To Prof. Kwesi Botchwey

The death of my good friend, Dr. Kwesi Botchwey, is a very sad development. My contemporary, in the mid-1960s, at the University of Ghana, Legon, Dr. Botchwey was a longstanding public servant, who discharged his duties thoughtfully and with dignity, and became Ghana’s longest-serving Minister for Finance and Economic Planning. …

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Ahmed Suale’s Killers Will Be Found – President Akufo-Addo

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has assured the families of Ahmed Suale and the media fraternity of his resolve to find the killers of the investigative journalist. He said, so long as he remains in office, the perpetrators of the heinous crime will be brought to book. President Akufo-Addo said …

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We Have Not Shut Down – Databank CEO

Investment and fund management firm Databank has not shut down its operations, the chief executive Kojo Addae-Mensah has said. Addae-Mensah said staff of the company are being attacked and threatened by some clients and in order to preserve their lives they have been asked to work remotely, effective Thursday (22 …

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