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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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Akufo-Addo launches rural telephony project

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, on Friday launched the rural telephony project, in Abenaso, in the Eastern Region, which will connect the town and surrounding communities with ICT facilities and telecommunication services. Speaking at the inauguration ceremony, President Akufo-Addo noted that despite the significant spread of telecommunications services across the country, the distribution of necessary telephony infrastructure is still very ...

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Jewel Ackah laid to rest

It was a solemn atmosphere at the Community 11 school park in Tema today, as family, friends and sympathizers of veteran hi-life musician, Jewel Ackah gathered to bid a final farewell and to pay their final respects. Being a highlife legend and an active National Democratic Congress member, the ceremony was largely attended by members of the Musicians Union of ...

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Why are Volta stalwarts against Mahama? – Boakye-Djan quizzes

Major (rtd) Kwadwo Boakye-Djan, spokesperson for the defunct Armed Forces Revolutionary Council (AFRC), has questioned why most of former president John Mahama’s opponents in the National Democratic Congress (NDC) are from the Volta Region. According to him, all executives of the party from all the regions support the candidature of Mr Mahama apart from those from the Volta Region. This ...

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AMERI Energy rejects new deal

AMERI Energy has rejected the controversial novation and amended agreement aimed at handing over the $510million power contract it signed with the government in 2015 to a new entity. The novation and amendment agreement, seeking to buy out the deal Ameri Energy has with the government and handed over to a third party Mytilineos for 15 years received approval from ...

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