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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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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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Germany pledges €85m for Ghana

Germany has vowed to support Ghana with 85 million Euros in 2019/20. News about the facility, which is targeted at facilitating economic development, agriculture and good governance in Ghana, broke at the just ended 2018 Ghana-Germany bilateral negotiations in Berlin. Commenting on the bilateral agreement Christoff Retzlaff, German Ambassador to Ghana, said: “It’s not about give and take. It’s a ...

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Samira Bawumia leading 6-member delegation to WHO conference

Second Lady of the Republic of Ghana, Samira Bawumia’s delegation to the First World Health Organization Global conference on Air Pollution and Health in Switzerland is made up of six members and not 20. A request for entry visas from the office of the Vice President to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs revealed that the second lady will be going ...

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Interrogate Rawlings on secret mass graves – Former Bodyguard

Ex-Corporal Mathew Adabuga, a former corporal in the Ghana Armed Forces and a bodyguard of former President Jerry John Rawlings has said Rawlings cannot absolve himself of culpability in the murder of the murder of three judges and a military officer in 1982. According to him, Jerry Rawlings gave the order for numerous murders for both soldiers and civilians who ...

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