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Bidding for oil blocks must be transpent and efficient – President Akufo-Addo

The President of the Republic, Nana Addo Akufo-Addo, has charged the Ministry of Energy, the Petroleum Commission, Ghana National Petroleum Corporation (GNPC) and the Licensing Rounds Committee to co-operate and ensure that activities under the maiden oil and gas licensing round are carried out in a transparent and efficient manner. Speaking at the launch of the “Ghana Oil and Gas ...

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Part of $175m loan to build hospitals spent on NDC re-election research

Joy News’ investigations have revealed the Ministry of Health under the Mahama administration diverted part of a government loan facility on research into the chances of the then governing National Democratic Congress (NDC). The research was a sub-contract under a 175 million dollar project awarded to British infrastructure company NMS for the construction of seven district hospitals and an integrated ...

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D66 en PvdA: Hersteloperatie na vrouwenbesnijdenis in basisverzekering

D66 en PvdA eisen dat hersteloperaties na vrouwenbesnijdenis vergoed worden via de basisverzekering. Het vorige kabinet zegde dat al toe, maar vier jaar later moeten vrouwen de operatie nog uit eigen zak betalen. De vrouwen die hier moeite hebben met plassen of iets vreugde­vols als seks worden aan hun lot overgela­ten Sjoerd Sjoerdsma, D66 Sjoerd Sjoerdsma (D66) © ANP Als ...

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Python valt door plafond bij ochtendvergadering Chinese bank

Bankpersoneel uit de Chinese stad Nanning was afgelopen vrijdagochtend meteen goed wakker. Tijdens de ochtendvergadering viel er een python van anderhalve meter lengte door het systeemplafond, precies tussen twee werknemers in op de grond. Het dier schampt de schouder van een vrouw, die ineenkrimpt. Op een video die inmiddels wereldwijd massaal wordt gedeeld, is te zien hoe het dier op zijn ...

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More revelations in Opuni’s trial

The ongoing trial of former COCOBOD CEO, Dr. Stephen Opuni, and businessman Seidu Agongo on Wednesday, recorded yet another shocking moment, when it emerged that Cocoa Research Institute of Ghana (CRIG), had in several documents dating as far as 2013, described Lithovit Foliar Fertilizer, as a liquid fertilizer and not a powdery fertilizer. One of the documents which was signed ...

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NPP depicting Rawlings as a ‘killer’ – Ade Coker

Greater Accra Regional Chairman of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC), Joseph Ade Coker says the National Patriotic Party (NPP) is on a mission to portray former President, Jerry John Rawlings to Ghanaian youth as a murderer. According to Ade Coker the NPP is bent on staining the former president’s highly earned reputation and tarnishing his image before he makes ...

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Saglemi housing project is ‘white elephant’- Atta Akyea

Works and Housing Minister Samuel Atta Akyea has described as “white elephant”, a 1500 housing unit built under the Saglemi Housing project at Tsopoli in the Ningo-Prampram District in the Greater Accra Region. According to him, the housing units which were inaugurated by former president John Mahama in 2016 were without basic amenities like water, electricity and drainage systems. The ...

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Talks advance on Ghana-Burkina Faso railway project

Ghana and Burkina Faso are in advanced talks to select an investor for the construction of the approximately 1,200km railway project to link the two countries to promote intra-regional transit trade, Deputy Minister for Transport, Titus Glover, has said. An international competitive tender for potential contractors to submit bids has been opened for the project, which is expected to be ...

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