Author Archives: edwardkanawu

Minister gives Telcos 4-week ultimatum to compensate subscribers

Communications Minister, Ursula Owusu-Ekuful, has issued a directive to Telecommunication Operators to compensate their subscribers following the upfront deduction of the Communication Service Tax (CST) within the next 4-6 weeks. Ursula Owusu stated that failure on the part of Telcos to adhere to the instruction will result in a sanction per the law emphasizing that “if you flout the regulations ...

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Menzgold releases payment timetable

Menzgold Ghana Limited has released a schedule it claims is the process that will lead to the settlement of its financial obligations to its customers. The announcement comes after more than a year of legal troubles encountered by the company’s Chief Executive, Nana Appiah Mensah, aka NAM1, in Dubai and Ghana where he is still on trial. A statement signed ...

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GRA uncovers massive rot at Chinese food company in Tema

The Ghana Revenue Authority, as part of its regular revenue collection exercise across the country, has uncovered a massive case of tax evasion by a Chinese-owned food and beverage company. DADA Food Company Limited is located on the outskirts of Tema and fully owned by Chinese nationals. Two Chinese nationals – a managing director and his accomplice – have been ...

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Auditor-General orders Osafo-Maafo to refund GH¢5.5m ‘paid’ to UK consultancy firm

The Auditor-General (AG) has ordered Senior Minister Yaw Osafo Marfo to refund about GH¢5.5 million allegedly paid to UK based consultancy firm M/S Kroll and Associates within sixty-days. Mr Osafo Marfo is accused by the Auditor-General of paying the private firm more than GH¢4 million cedis for no work done. According to the Auditor-General, the Senior Minister did not seek ...

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Bright Akwetey cites Akufo-Addo for contempt

Beginning tomorrow, private legal practitioner, Bright Akwetey, will be seeking to flaw President Akufo-Addo, at the Supreme Court, over his unpopular decision to build a national cathedral to fulfill a private pledge he made to God, while in opposition. The respected senior lawyer, will commence with a contempt charge argument against the President, before moving on to the main issue ...

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Ghanaian products containing Aflatoxin being banned on international markets – GSA

Some agricultural exports from Ghana are being banned by the international market due to the presence of Aflatoxins in them, the Ghana Standards Authority (GAS) has disclosed. This came to light after the GSA toured some parts of the country to sensitize and educate farmers on Aflatoxins. Aflatoxins are poisonous carcinogens and mycotoxins mainly found in commodities such as maize, ...

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Matilda Amissah-Arthur exposes Okyenhene on husband’s death

Former Second Lady, Matilda Amissah Arthur has exposed what could pass for lies allegedly peddled by Osagyefo Amoatia Ofori Panin II about how the late former Vice President, Paa Kwesi Bekoe Amissah-Arthur was transported from the Airforce gym to the hospital. The Okyenhene Osagyefo Amoatia Ofori Panin in his account of events leading to the demise of former Vice president, ...

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Management of Ekumfi Fruits and Juices Ltd to sue Osofo Kyiri Abosom, UTV for defamation

The Management of the Ekumfi Fruits and Juices Ltd has described comments by one Osofo Kyiri Abosom the founder and leader of Life Assembly Worship Centre on a UTV programme, “Mpu ne Mpu” and widely circulated on social media over the weekend, as malicious, blatantly false, misleading and a calculated attempt to run down a promising Ghanaian business for political ...

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Similar ‘routine’ Asutuare training happened under Mahama – National Security

The National Security Secretariat has refuted allegations that the New Patriotic Party (NPP) government is training militiamen at a military base in Asutuare for the 2020 polls. “The makers of these allegations who are immediate-past government officials are very familiar with these training programmes, even including similar ones conducted during their tenure. It is, therefore, unfortunate for such persons to ...

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