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Still No Minister At Gender Ministry …As 8,000 Girls Aged 12-17 Are Married Off

October 18, 2022

Nearly three months after President Nana Akufo-Addo nominated a substantive minister and a deputy minister for the Ministry of Gender, Children and Social Protection, the positions remain vacant, as activities at the ministry grind slowly. This is as a result of seeming delay by the Appointment Committee of Parliament,which is responsible for vetting the nominees, […]Continue Reading

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Scrap ‘Problematic’ Buffer Stock Company From Food Supply To Schools

October 18, 2022

The Conference of Heads of Assisted Secondary Schools (CHASS) has rubbished the role of the Buffer Stock Company Limited in the supply of food to senior high schools and called for its immediate scrapping to restore sanity. CHASS, in a communique issued at the end of its 60th annual conference celebration, held in Koforidua in […]Continue Reading

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Small-Scale Miners Adopt Birim River …Declare Area ‘Red Zone’ Until Turbidity Level Is Reduced

October 17, 2022

The Ghana National Association of Small-Scale Miners (GNASSM) is waging a fight to restore the Birim River to its former glory by reducing its turbidity level, which is currently in sorry-state at 33NTU. The group stated that, as an association, they are concerned and committed to the cause, because if there is a ban on […]Continue Reading

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It’s Unreasonable to Demand Ofori-Atta’s Dismissal

October 17, 2022

The president of Concerned Voters Movement (CVM), Razak Kojo Opoku, has said that resignation or being sacked is something that is normal in the body politics of the British and, therefore, it is not reasonable for people to be calling for the dismissal of the Minister of Finance, Ken Ofori-Atta, following the sacking Ghanaian-born UK […]Continue Reading

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Jealous Man Slashes Rival’s Throat …For Marrying His Ex-Wife

October 17, 2022

A jealous man is currently in the grip of the police for killing the husband of his ex-wife at Edwinase-Munsunkwa, a community in the Wassa East District in the Western Region. The suspect, whose name has been given as Kojo Arthur, alias ‘Capo,’ is said to have committed the crime with his friend, by name […]Continue Reading

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MASLOC Assures Youth Of Loans For Startups

October 17, 2022

Hajia Abibata Shanni Mahama Zakariah, the chief executive officer of the Microfinance and Small Loans Centre (MASLOC), has assured young entrepreneurs of the centre’s firm commitment to providing small loans to startups and small businesses in the country. She said the MASLOC is committed to supporting SMEs and start-ups to grow their businesses in the […]Continue Reading

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Private Lotto Operators To Pay 20% Commission

October 17, 2022

Private Lotto Operators (PLOs) across the country are expected to pay a 20 percent commission to the National Lottery Authority (NLA). This directive, slated to take effect last Friday, October 14, was determined by the Board of the NLA and agreed by the PLOs, pursuant to Section 28 of the National Lotto Act, 2006 (Act […]Continue Reading

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Vicious Attack To Scuttle Galamsey Fight Out

October 13, 2022

It has emerged that the ongoing attack on the Deputy Minister for Lands and Natural Resources, George Mireku Duker, was deliberately orchestrated by some angry illegal mining kingpins, whose concessions were raided by the government’s anti-galamsey taskforce and their equipment decommissioned recently. The kingpins also include some vicious small-scale mining operators Continue Reading

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Review Free SHS To Share Cost

October 13, 2022

A coalition of Civil Society Organizations (CSOs) in the education sector has joined growing calls on government to review its flagship Free Senior High School (FSHS) policy, suggesting a cost-sharing argument. Speaking under the umbrella name ‘National Education Campaign Coalition,’ the coalition said it is the most prudent way for government to ease the financial […]Continue Reading

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NDC Communication Porous, Remove Sammy Gyamfi

October 13, 2022

A Communication Officer-hopeful of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) has argued that the party’s communication system is porous and needs to be handled in a different way to help the party win back power. Godwin Kwasi Ametowogo, who is promising the incumbent Communication Officer, Sammy Gyamfi, a good run for his money in the […]Continue Reading