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Call for Presidential Debate: IEA replies Mahama’s campaign

Politics of Monday, 22 July 2024 Source: www.ghanaweb.com     IEA Director of Research Dr. John Kwakye and Mahama’s campaign spokesperson Joyce Bawah Mogtari The Institute for Economic Affairs (IEA) has reacted to criticism levelled against it by the campaign team of the flagbearer of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), John Dramani Mahama, after it announced its intention to hold presidential and vice-presidential debates ...

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GRA targets 2 million informal sector taxpayers

Business News of Monday, 22 July 2024   Source: thebftonline.com   Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) The Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) has said it is finalising processes to capture some two million potential informal sector taxpayers into the tax net. Speaking to the B&FT at a media briefing in Accra, Commissioner, Domestic Tax Revenue Division, GRA, Mr. Edward Gyambrah said plans are far ...

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Deputy NPP Communications Director sues A Plus, demands GH¢5 million in damages

General News of Tuesday, 16 July 2024 Source: www.ghanaweb.com Afia Akoto (left) and A Plus (right) Alberta Afia Akoto, Deputy Communication Director of the ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP), has filed a lawsuit against Kwame Asare Obeng, also known as A Plus, an independent parliamentary candidate for Gomoa Central, for allegedly making defamatory statements against her. In the writs of summons, which GhanaWeb has ...

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Govt withdraws L.I allowing MPs, Judges use sirens, speed limit exemptions

by Citi Newsroom  July 16, 2024 The Minister for Local Government and Rural Development, Martin Adjei Mensah Korsah, has officially withdrawn the controversial Legislative Instrument (L.I.) on behalf of the Minister for Transport. This L.I. sought to grant Members of Parliament (MPs), Judges, and Ministers the privilege to use sirens and exempt them from speed limits while performing their official ...

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I’m unaware of L.I. granting MPs use of sirens, speed limit exemptions – Bagbin

by Citi Newsroom  July 16, 2024   The Speaker of Parliament, Alban Bagbin, has denied knowledge of a Legislative Instrument before the House seeking to amend the Road Traffic Regulations. The L.I on Road Traffic Regulations Amendment offers lawmakers, among other state officials, the opportunity to use sirens and be exempted from speed limits. The L.I. has received backlash, with ...

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Go and kneel before Kufuor with your hands behind you – Nyaho Tamakloe admonishes NAPO

Politics of Friday, 12 July 2024 Source: www.ghanaweb.com NPP founding Member, Dr Nyaho Nyaho Tamakloe A founding Member of the ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP), Dr. Nyaho Nyaho Tamakloe, has asked the party’s running mate for the 2024 general election, Dr. Matthew Opoku Prempeh, to apologise to former President John Agyekum Kufuor. In an interview with 3FM, Dr. Tamakloe asked the former energy minister to ...

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Prez Akufo-Addo introduced Free Senior High School

Politics of Friday, 12 July 2024 Source: peacefmonline.com   Professor of Linguistics at the University of Ghana, Kofi Agyekum   Professor of Linguistics at the University of Ghana, Kofi Agyekum, has affirmed that the pro-poor policy, Free SHS, is the brainchild of President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, not former President John Dramani Mahama. Sharing his opinion on the raging topic on ...

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NAPO resigns as Energy Minister, Akufo-Addo expresses gratitude for his service

General News of Thursday, 11 July 2024 Source: www.ghanaweb.com NPP running mate Dr. Matthew Opoku Prempeh   The Minister for Energy, Dr. Matthew Opoku Prempeh, has tendered his resignation. According to a statement dated Thursday, July 11, 2024, and signed by the Director of Communications at the Presidency, Eugene Arhin, his resignation, which will take effect from July 18, 2024, has ...

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Watch as contractor Kofi Job offers libation with anointing oil to curse employees

General News of Thursday, 11 July 2024 Source: www.ghanaweb.com   Kofi Job invoking the curse amidst in his employees   The Chief Executive Officer of Kofi Job Construction Limited, Kofi Gyebi, popularly known as Kofi Job, has invoked curses on employees who are pilfering from his business. In a video seen by GhanaWeb, the contractor is surrounded by his employees while ...

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