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Ras Mubarak, Okyem Aboagye Clash Over Scrapping Of MPs Common Fund

Former Member of Parliament for Kumbungu, Ras Mubarak has called for the scrapping of the MPs Common Fund. This follows the Auditor-General’s indictment of former Nhyieso MP, Kennedy Kankam. Speaking on Luv In The Morning on Kumasi-based Luv FM, he told host David Akuetteh that abolishing the Fund will allow …

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‘Agbogbloshie Onion Sellers Want A Spiritualist To Kill Me; But I’ll Still Move Them – Henry Quartey

The Greater Accra Regional Minister, Henry Quartey, says he has uncovered a plot by some onion sellers at Agbogboshie here in Accra to have him killed spiritually over plans to relocate the sellers to the abandoned Adjin Kotoku site. Speaking on Accra-based NET 2 TV, Henry Quartey said nothing will stop …

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Election 2020: Families Of Casualties In Techiman South Violence To Get 4-Bedroom House

Techiman South Member of Parliament (MP), Martin Adjei Mensah Korsah, says the families of two persons who died as a result of violence in the Techiman South Constituency during the 2020 general election are being given four-bedroom houses as compensation. He says support has also been extended to those who …

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Kennedy Kankam Threatens To Sue Media Houses GH¢50m For Defamation

The embattled former Member of Parliament for Nhyiaeso Constituency, Kennedy Kwasi Kankam, has cautioned some media outlets to retract and apologize on what he describes as inaccurate facts leveled against him. There seems to be a looming record sue on some media houses as Kennedy Kankam has hinted his lawyers …

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Auditor-General’s Report: KMA clears ex-Nhyiaeso MP Kennedy Kankam

The Kumasi Metropolitan Assembly (KMA) has cleared the embattled former Member of parliament for Nhyiaeso Constituency, Kennedy Kwasi Kankam, of alleged misapplication of the his share of the Common Fund. Chief Executive Osei Assibey Antwi in an interview on Akoma FM‘s current affairs and political show GhanAkoma explained to host …

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Sekou Nkrumah Describes Kufuor As A ‘Snake Under Grass’

Dr Sekou Nkrumah, one of the sons of Osagyefo Dr Kwame Nkrumah has described former President John Agyekum Kufuor as being a “snake under grass”. According to him, Kufuor during his time in detention after Ignatius Kutu Acheampong overthrew Busia in the 1972 coup was running his father, Osagyefo Dr Kwame Nkrumah, down. …

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John Boadu Petitions CID Boss Over Allegations He’s Involved In Galamsey

The General Secretary of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), John Boadu, has petitioned the Director-General of the Criminal Investigations Directorate (CID) of the Ghana Police Service to launch full investigations into allegations that he is neck-deep in illegal small-scale mining in the country. A video that went viral on social …

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Minority Leader Faults Akufo-Addo For Rise In Shootings In Ghana

Minority Leader Haruna Iddrisu has insisted that it is the primary responsibility of the president to ensure the safety and security of all citizens. “If what we are reading is anything to go by, then we all must collectively express our disappointment at the presidency and his handling of matters …

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Okudzeto Ablakwa In Trouble For Question During Hawa Koomson’s Vetting

Brother of Minister for Fisheries and Aquaculture Development Mavis Hawa Koomson has written to the Chairman of the Appointments Committee of Parliament to ask North Tongu Member of Parliament Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa to apologise for portraying him as “barbaric” among others during her vetting. Under the instructions of his lawyers, …

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Former Nhyieso MP Indicted By Auditor General For His Failure To Recover ¢500k of Assembly’s Common Fund

The Auditor-General has directed the former Member of Parliament for Nhyieso in the Ashanti region, Kennedy Kankam who was a former accountant with the Kumasi Metropolitan Assembly to immediately take steps to recover an amount of GHC500 000 granted as a loan to over 300 people in his constituency. The …

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