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30,000 people allegedly sign petition for Kwesi Nyantakyi to be freed

Thirty-thousand people have allegedly signed a petition for the former Ghana Football Association (GFA) president and Confederation of African Football First Vice President, Kwesi Nyantakyi to be freed. Mr Kwesi Nyantakyi was banned for life by FIFA from all football-related activities, following the ‘Number 12’ expose released by investigative journalist, Anas Aremeyaw Anas and the Tiger Eye productions. The Court ...

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Election 2020: Government giving out over 4000 weapons to vigilantes – Asiedu Nketia alleges

General Secretary of the NDC, Johnson Asiedu Nketia, has alleged that the government of Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo is distributing over 4000 weapons from the state armoury to some vigilante groups associated with the incumbent NPP. According to him, this is part of the many ploys the incumbent NPP is taking to disrupt the December 7 elections. “We are aware that the government ...

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436 ‘illegal’ pistols & ammunition impounded at Tema Port

The Customs Division of the Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) on Friday, October 9 impounded a consignment said to contain pistols illegally imported from Turkey. The ammunitions were concealed in the consignment of personal effects. They belong to one Felix Wallace, who has been arrested by the marine police. He had come to clear his 1X20 footer container of household goods ...

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Only the ignorant are complaining about size of Akufo-Addo’s govt – Kufour

Former President of Ghana, John Agyekum Kufour has backed Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo in what many have described as an elephant size government According to him in an interview with Oman Fm’s Kwabena Kwakye monitored by MyNewsGh.com, considering the nature of the work Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo came to meet, there was the need to have broken down some Ministries to get these Ministers ...

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Alles wat je moet weten over de griepprik, vooral nu in coronatijd

Vanaf begin oktober krijgen zo’n 6 miljoen Nederlanders een uitnodiging voor een griepprik, die het risico op influenza verkleint. Hoogleraar moleculaire virologie Ron Fouchier: ,,In coronatijd zijn er extra redenen om de prik te halen.’’ Carin Röst > 03-10-20, 19:00 Is de griepprik in coronatijd anders dan anders? ,,Nee. Over de griepprik brengt het netwerk van de Wereldgezondheidsorganisatie in februari of ...

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Grote kans op stemmen per post voor verkiezingen volgend jaar

Het kabinet onderzoekt de mogelijkheid om bij de Tweede Kamerverkiezingen in maart volgend jaar per post te stemmen, vanwege het coronavirus. Volgens Haagse bronnen is de kans groot dat er een vorm van ‘briefstemmen’ wordt ingevoerd. Peter Winterman 9 okt. 2020 Laatste update: 09:20 Bij ‘briefstemmen’ kunnen kiezers hun stem een paar dagen of enkele weken vóór de verkiezingen van 17 maart per ...

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232 out of 260 1D1F factories on track – Alan Kyerematen

Government says 232 out of 260 factories under its flagship 1D1F industrialization program are near completion with some operating at full capacity. Trade and Industry Minister, Alan Kyerematen who announced this at the Nation Building Updates held in Accra on Thursday, September 8, 2020 also disclosed that “through the 1D1F government’s initiative, 76 projects have been completed and are in ...

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‘You politicians have made the country very hard to live in’ – Eyewitness recounts how Mfantseman MP was shot

Ekow Quansah Hayford, the Member of Parliament for Mfantseman in the Central Region was shot dead by unknown assailants, according to reports. Sources say the MP of the incumbent NPP was shot on the Abeadze-Dominase-Abeadze Duadzi-Mankessim Road while returning from a campaign trip. The MP, according to eyewitness accounts, had visited four communities within his constituency to campaign for reelection for another ...

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NPP exposes Mahama over inflated cocoa road projects

The ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP) has said it has in no way neglected cocoa road projects as being claimed by former president John Mahama. Speaking at a press conference in Accra on Monday, 05 October 2020 as part of its leadership series, the director of communications of the NPP, Yaw Buaben Asamoa, said the projects had to be suspended ...

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Parliament approves US$243.6 million Supplier’s Credit for trains

Parliament has approved an amount of US$243.6 million, being Supplier’s Credit Agreement between Ghana and Dongfang Electric International Corporation, for the procurement of Standard Gauge rolling stock (trains). The terms and conditions of the Agreement are that the facility amounts to US$243,600,000, repayment period of 10 years, tenor of 12 years, grace period two years, interest rate of six months ...

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