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Spokesperson of Energy Ministry resigns after firing of Boakye Agyarko

The head of communications for the Energy Ministry, Nana Damoah, has resigned just moments after he hinted of exposing all other government officials who contributed to the controversial Ameri power renegotiation deal. In a deleted Facebook post, Nana Damoah alleged that the sacked energy minister, Boakye Agyarko, was not entirely to blame for controversies surrounding the controversial Ameri deal as ...

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Nine ex-SSNIT staff charged for causing GH¢238,888.78 financial loss to the state

Nine former employees of Social Security and National Insurance Trust (SSNIT) have been put before an Accra Circuit Court for forging school certificates and receiving unjustified salaries to the tune of GH¢238,888.78. They are Sylvia Ama Boh, Brenda Bannerman, Joyce Abena Donkor, Susana Okine aka Tetteh Susana, Eric Dzokoto, Javanael Anthony Asmah, Lawrence Obuoba aka Gbeney Lawrence Obuoba, Richmond Ampah ...

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Mahama government padded $10bn ENI Gas deal

The Sankofa Gas Field, which is operated by ENI, is expected to commence operations in September this year but there are concerns that the price of the commodity is among the highest in the world. Ghana would be saddled with an unmanageable $10 billion liability based on the exorbitant gas price negotiated by the previous Mahama-led National Democratic Congress (NDC) ...

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Five Chinese galamseyers arrested at Jacobu

Forestry Commission Taskforce in collaboration with the Military have arrested five Chinese Miners who are engaged in illegal mining at Oda Forest at Bepotenten a suburb of Jacobu in the Amansie Central District in the Ashanti region. It will be recalled that Chiefs in the Amansie Central District have complained about ongoing Galamsey activities in the District despite the ban ...

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EC staff petition Amidu over Charlotte Osei; demand prosecution

The aggrieved Electoral Commission (EC) Staff whose petition caused the eventual removal of Charlotte Osei as EC Chairperson, have also dragged her to the Special Prosecutor. The two, Forson Ampofo and Godsway Dadjoe, filed a petition at the Office of Special Prosecutor, requesting that the dismissed EC boss be prosecuted for causing financial loss to the State. In their petition, ...

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Presidential staffer plotting to kill me – Energy Ministry PRO

Head of Communication and Public Affairs at the Ministry of Energy, Nana Kofi Oppong Damoah has alleged a presidential staffer is plotting to kill him. His only crime, he explained is defending the Minister of Energy, Boakye Agyarko over the revised AMERI deal. Nana Damoah who revealed this on Adom News Monday, said the suspect is government’s spokesperson on Governance ...

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Nana Addo sacks Energy Minister, Boakye Agyarko

Energy Minister, Boakye Agyarko has been sacked by President Akufo-Addo. A statement from the Communications Directorate of the Presidency copied to citinewsroom.com on Monday said Agyarko’s sack “takes immediate effect.” The statement said MR. Agyarko has been directed to “hand over his office to the Minister for Lands and Natural Resources, Mr. John Peter Amewu, who will act temporarily as ...

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Buschauffeur RET mishandeld op straat ‘vanwege uniform’

Een buschauffeur van de RET is mishandeld op de Zuidhoek in de Rotterdamse wijk Charlois. Volgens het slachtoffer zou zijn uniform de reden zijn. De man werd vrijdagochtend op zijn scooter door een auto klemgereden. De bestuurder stapte uit en sloeg hem meerdere malen hard in het gezicht. Het slachtoffer was onderweg naar huis na een dienst en had zijn ...

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Moeten we met dit weer vrezen voor een overdosis vitamine D?

KOKEN & ETENIn de grauwe wintermaanden loopt menigeen een tekort aan vitamine D op, in de zomer loert het gevaar van een overdosis. Maar de zon alleen kan dat niet veroorzaken. Vitamine D is betrokken bij de calciumopname, het immuunsysteem en de bescherming van onze botten, spieren en hartgezondheid. Veel belangrijke functies, waardoor veel mensen naar supplementen grijpen om zeker ...

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