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Wenchike clash: 600 displaced, 10 arrested

February 27, 2023

Some 600 local residents at Wenchike in Chereponi, North East Region, have been displaced by the communal skirmishes in the area that led to the death of four people. The police in Chereponi have arrested 10 people in connection with the clash. Some 25 houses were torched in last week’s deadly conflict. Schools have remained […]Continue Reading

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NAELP Reclaims Over 1000 Hectares Galamsey Land

February 27, 2023

The government, through the recently established National Alternative Employment and Livelihood Programme (NAELP), has reclaimed more than 1,000 hectares of land devastated through the activities of illegal miners in the Western North Region. The reclamation exercise, under the auspices of NAELP, is being carried out by Dredge Masters, a subsidiary of the Jospong Group of Continue Reading

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Consultant Throws Out Builsa South DCE

February 27, 2023

A project consultancy firm seeing to the construction of some proposed school projects in the Builsa South District Assembly of the Upper East Region has rejected a unilateral directive to have the projects relocated to a different place. According to FASOTA Limited, it is unable to grant the request of the assembly because it has […]Continue Reading

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AMA Blows GH₵800,000On Xmas Rice & Oil

February 27, 2023

A seven-member committee has been constituted by the assembly members of the Accra Metropolitan Assembly (AMA) to probe into a litany of allegations against the chief executive, Madam Elizabeth Kwaatso Sackey, following a notice of resolution to pass a vote-of-no-confidence on the city mayor. The aggrieved assemblymembers allege thatthe AMA,which could not afford to pay Continue Reading

Business

Fuel prices drop again; petrol, diesel down by about 5%

February 16, 2023

Some Oil Marketing Companies (OMC) have started reducing prices of petroleum products at the pumps from today, February 16, 2023. This is the second time fuel prices have been reduced this year. GOIL has reduced its prices. A litre of petrol is going for ¢14.50. This represents almost 5 percent reduction from the previous price. […]Continue Reading

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Akufo-Addo reconstitutes Hajj Board, Ben Abdallah Banda leads new team

February 16, 2023

President Akufo-Addo has reconstituted the National Hajj Board. The move sees former Offinso South legislator, Ben Abdallah Banda as the board’s new chairman. Ben Abdallah Banda is the new Hajj Board Chairman He is currently the Presidential Coordinator for Zongo and Inner-Cities development. Alhaji Banda takes over from former Chairman, Sheikh Ibrahim Cudjoe (I.C.) Quaye. Continue Reading

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We will resist any attempt to amend Audit Service Act – Dr. Kojo Asante

February 16, 2023

Director of Advocacy and Policy Engagement, CDD-Ghana, Dr. Kojo Pumpuni Asante, has indicated his organisation’s resolve to resist any attempt by the Attorney-General to amend the Audit Service Act. This follows the Attorney-General, Godfred Yeboah Dame, describing the publication of the covid-19 audit report as premature and unconstitutional. He argues that the report Continue Reading

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Resign Or We Push You Out

February 16, 2023

The woes of the embattled Minister of Education, Dr. Yaw Osei Adutwum, are far from over, following the embarrassing corruption issues linked to his office in the 2021 “School Placement ForSale” scandal. Even before the dust could settle, a ranking member of the Education Select Committee of Parliament is urging the minister to resign honourablyand […]Continue Reading

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Fire Guts Structures At Old Fadama

February 16, 2023

Barely a month after fire gutted several structures at the Timber Market at Moose, near Ofankor, in the Ga North Municipality, similar fire has engulfed another timber market, also in the Greater Accra Region. Yesterday’s fire, The Anchor gathered, occurred close to the Timber Market at Old Fadama, popularly called Sodom and Gomorrah, in the […]Continue Reading

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Builsa South MP Donates Delivery Kits To Health Centre

February 16, 2023

The Member of Parliament for Builsa South Constituency, Dr.Clement Apaak,has donated a set of brand-new delivery kits to a critical health facility in the area to facilitate smooth health delivery. The donation was made to the Kasiesa CHIPS Compound on Tuesday, February 14, 2023 at a brief ceremony. Presenting the items on behalf of the […]Continue Reading