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‘You’ve gone from being an imbecile to mentally unstable’ – Ernest Owusu Bempah tears Kevin Taylor apart

Ernest Owusu Bempah has labelled Kevin Taylor a psychopath for calling Former president Rawlings a “puppet on a midget’s Lab” because he (Rawlings)has been ‘hesitant’ in commenting on the ongoing corruption in the current government. The Director of Communications for Ghana Gas Company Limited descended heavily on Kevin Taylor for what he termed as ‘verbally attacking’ the former president on ...

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Nana blasts BoG for 30 rotten banks

  President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo says the Bank of Ghana (BoG) should take part of the blame for sitting down unconcerned for the country to suffer the current banking sector predicament. He said if the Central Bank in years past had acted ‘responsibly’, the country would not have faced a situation where about 15 banks are going out of ...

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Ghana blessed to have a listening President – Council of State

The Council of State has described President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo- Addo as a listening President who takes his advisors seriously. This, according to the Council of State is based on the expeditious manner in which the President accepted and implemented the recommendation for a downward review of the tariff regime at the country’s port of entry. The Council said ...

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Judges frustrating my Galamsey fight – Akufo-Addo

President Nana Akufo-Addo has said the amended illegal mining law has had to take away some discretions of judges because they have not been helpful to the fight against galamsey. At a meeting with the Council of State on Monday, 19 August 2019, the President said he gave his assent to the Minerals and Mining (Amendment) Act, 2019. The Act ...

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50 warehouses ready

The Akufo–Addo government, through the Minister for Special Development Initiatives, has constructed 50 warehouses at various locations across the country as part of government’s ‘One district, One warehouse’ initiative. The 1000 metric tonne prefabricated warehouses initiative was funded from the $1 million per constituency allocation under the agriculture infrastructure component of the government’s Infrastructure for Poverty Eradication Programme (IPEP). The ...

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GN Bank siphoned $62m – BoG

The clean-up of the banking, specialized deposit-taking (SDT) and non-bank financial institutions (NBFI) sectors in the country by the Bank of Ghana (BoG) is opening the Pandora’s box with regard to how some of the owners illegally transferred customers’ savings and investments without traces. The Central Bank last Friday struck once again when it announced a revocation of the licenses ...

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Asamponhene’s killing: Close confidant arrested

A man identified as a close confidant of the Otumfuo’s Asamponhene, Nana Kwadwo Afoduo who was killed on Sunday has been arrested. His arrest comes barely less than 24-hours after the 46-year-old direct relative of the Asantehene, Otumfuo Osei Tutu II was murdered in what police suspect to be contract killing. Though police are tight-lipped on details of the man ...

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