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Kennedy Agyapong to know contempt verdict on Wednesday

Members of Parliament (MPs) will tomorrow ( (Wednesday) determine the fate of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) Member of Parliament (MP) for Assin Central, Mr Kennedy Agyapong, as to whether he is in contempt of Parliament for allegedly making contemptuous remarks of Parliament. If the House determines that he is guilty of contempt of Parliament, he could be reprimanded or ...

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NDC chairman butchered by armed robbers

The Suame Constituency Chairman of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) in the Ashanti Region, Umar Saeed has been attacked by armed men, MyNewsGh.com can report. According to the police, the NDC executive said to be in critical condition, suffered several machete wounds on his entire body after the attack and is currently on admission at the health facility in ...

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More troubles for Asiedu Nketia

The Chairman of the Audit Service Board, Prof. Edward Dua-Agyemang, has amended his writ against the General Secretary of the opposition National Democratic Congress, Johnson Asiedu Nketia. The plaintiff, in the amended writ has increased the compensatory damages from GHC15 million to GHC20 million. The amendment follows an order by an Accra High Court urging the plaintiff to amend his ...

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My Uncle J.B Danquah proposed the name ‘Ghana’ – President Akufo-Addo reminds Ghanaians

President of the Republic of Ghana, Nana Addo Danquah Akufo-Addo has said his grand Uncle Joseph Boakye Danquah remains one of Ghana’s extraordinary gifts to the world, MyNewsGh.com has filed. In a series of tweets marking the anniversary of J.B Danquah’s death in Nsawam,the president said so long as Ghana lives, J.B Danquah’s name will live too, as it was ...

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We’ll not shield Kennedy Agyapong if Parliament sanctions him – Majority

The Second Deputy Majority Chief Whip, Matthew Nyindam, has said should Parliament decide to sanction Kennedy Agyapong, over his “Parliament is cheap” and “Parliament is useless” comments, the Majority Caucus of which side the Assin Central lawmaker belongs to, will abide by it. He said the Majority Caucus will not shield Kennedy Agyapong in any way simply for the fact ...

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We are on course to meet the single currency criteria – Bawumia

Vice President, Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia on Friday said Ghana is the most compliant country in the last assessment of the member states of the West African Monetary Zone status of compliance aimed at establishing a single currency by 2020. He added that the nation emerged the second-best performer in terms of trade integration and ECOWAS trade related protocols and looking ...

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Deutsche Bank closes 3 Ghana funding deals worth €162m

Deutsche Bank has closed three transactions worth a combined 162 million euros with Ghana’s Ministry of Finance to fund projects in the West African nation, the lender said in an emailed statement. Since 2012, Deutsche Bank has arranged more than 1.3 billion euros of financing related to infrastructure development in Ghana. First transaction is a 92 million-euro package in which ...

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Opoku Ware School students engage in open defecation on campus

Students of the Opoku Ware School (OWASS), one of the premier second cycle institutions in the Ashanti Region are currently engaged in serious open defecation over lack of and inaccessibility of toilet facilities in the school after numerous cries for help went unheeded, a joint Pure 95.7 FM and MyNewsGh.com investigation has uncovered. As a result of this, the children ...

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