Monthly Archives: January 2021

Nana Fredua blasts Ghanaians over coronavirus protocols

NPP Stalwart, Nana Fredua has admonished Ghanaians to heed the President’s call to comply with the COVID-19 safety protocols. President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, in his 22nd nation address on COVID-19, cautioned Ghanaians against another lockdown if they don’t strictly adhere to the protocols to curb the transmission of the pandemic disease. He said; “We do not want to go ...

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Akufo-Addo scraps ministries; reduces ministerial appointments by a third – Report

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has done away with eight of the new ministries he created in his first term. It is trite knowledge that the President has no space to create a large number of ministries and appoint 123 ministers because of Ghana’s hung parliament status. In the end, there were 59 ministers with various designations; 16 regional ministers; ...

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Mahama files another motion demanding original collation forms, others

Lawyers of former President John Mahama in the ongoing election petition case have filed another motion at the Apex court demanding the Electoral Commission to provide them with original copies of the collated presidential results of the various constituencies among others. It comes after the Supreme Court dismissed their interrogatories today. Today in court In court on Tuesday, Lawyers of ...

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Twitter erupts with trolls as Mahama’s lawyers allegedly commit another mistake in election petition

John Dramani Mahama, the flagbearer of the National Democratic Congress is being trolled on social media following supposed errors committed by his lawyers in the amendments they made to their initial petition which was filed at the Supreme Court on December 30, 2020. A request by the team to rectify the errors was granted by the Supreme Court in its ...

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Peperdure kankermedicijnen voortaan veel sneller beschikbaar

Duizenden Nederlandse kankerpatiënten hoeven komende jaren minder lang te wachten op behandeling met de nieuwste generatie peperdure medicijnen. Daar hebben kankerspecialisten, de overheid en zorgverzekeraars afspraken met elkaar over gemaakt. David Bremmer 19 jan. 2021 Laatste update: 16:44 Momenteel staan talloze veelbelovende kankermedicijnen jarenlang in de wacht. Omdat fabrikanten vaak minstens 100.000 euro per patiënt per jaar rekenen, wil de ...

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Election Petition: Mahama presses EC to admit to errors made in the declaration

John Dramani Mahama, the flagbearer of the National Democratic Congress has amended his petition before the Supreme Court by further coaxing the Electoral Commission to admit to the errors its Chairperson made during her 9 December 2020 declaration of Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo as President-elect. On Thursday, January 14, 2021, when the case was first heard, the Supreme Court granted ...

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We are relooking at $150 COVID-19 test cost – Okoe-Boye

“We are taking a relook at the cost of $150 for mandatory testing for COVID-19 at the Kotoka International Airport.” That was the assurance of former Deputy Health Minister, Dr. Bernard Okoe-Boye. Following directives by President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo for the reopening of international airports in the country, the management of the Ghana Airport also announced a fee of $150 to be paid by ...

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Lilianne Ploumen nieuwe lijsttrekker van de PvdA

PvdA-Kamerlid en oud-minister Lilianne Ploumen (58) wordt de nieuwe lijsttrekker van de PvdA. Vanmiddag wordt ze door de partij voorgedragen in haar woonplaats Amsterdam. Politieke redactie 18-01-21, 10:46 Laatste update: 11:44 Ploumen volgt Lodewijk Asscher op, die vorige week opstapte na aanhoudende discussie over zijn rol in de toeslagenaffaire. De PvdA zette Ploumen eerder als nummer drie op de kieslijst, achter Asscher en ...

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GIHOC to revive Aboso Glass Factory

The Management of GIHOC Distilleries led by the Managing Director, Mr. Maxwell Kofi Jumah, has paid a working visit to the Aboso Glass Factory located at Tarkwa in the Wassa West District of the Western region of Ghana. This was the first batch of a management team visit to the glass factory. The aim of the visit, according to the ...

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