Monthly Archives: February 2019

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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President Akufo-Addo to give Constitutional Instruments to new regions Tuesday

The President of the Republic, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo- Addo, will from Tuesday, February 12, 2019, publicly present Constitutional Instruments (C.I.s) to give effect to the creation of the six (6) new regions. This was contained in a statement issued Saturday, February 9, 2019, by the Minister of Information Kojo Oppong Nkrumah. The president, through the Ministry of Regional Reorganisation ...

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Ghanaian passport validity returns to 10 years, from 5 years

The government has extended the validity of an ordinary Ghanaian passport from 5 years to 10 years, effective March 31, 2019. The Ministry for Foreign Affairs and Regional Integration in a letter dated February 6, 2019 and addressed to all heads of Missions notified them of the government’s decision. “MISSIONS ARE HEREBY THAT GOVERNMENT HAS DECIDED TO EXTEND THE VALITY ...

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COCOBOD floors Agongo in $46.4m fertilizer deal

Seidu Agongo, the businessman who is currently on trial for allegedly conspiring with ex-Cocobod Chief Executive, Dr. Stephen Kwabena Opuni, to cause financial loss to the state, has lost a matter of arbitration he initiated against the Cocobod. Had he been successful at the arbitration, Seidu Agongo’s three companies were going to take home not less than a whopping $46.460 ...

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