The Ghana National Petroleum Tanker Drivers Union will on Monday, August 1, 2022, embark on a sit-down strike. The Union added that the Government refuses to open some gas stations that were closed after the 2017 gas explosion at Atomic junction in Accra affected its members. In an interview with Joy news, monitored by Baina...
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KNUST lecturer charged over wife’s disappearance granted GH¢300k bail
The Kumasi High Court has granted bail to a senior lecturer at the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST), Dr. Wilberforce Aggrey who is standing trial over the disappearance of his wife, Rhodaline Amoah-Darko, a staff of the Lands Commission in Kumasi. He has been granted bail of GH¢300,000 with one surety to...
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Ex-child bride among 3 women executed in Iran for murdering their husbands
Iranian authorities put three women to death on Wednesday for murdering their husbands, a human rights charity says. According to the Iran Human Rights Group they were among 32 people executed in the past week alone. A former child bride, convicted of later killing the man she had married at the age of 15, was...
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Akufo-Addo in Dome-Kwabenya barely 24 hours after sacking Adwoa Safo
Barely 24 hours after a crucial decision on the Adwoa Safo’s status as Gender Minister, President Akufo-Addo is in her constituency. Yesterday, a statement from the Presidency relieved the Dome-Kwabenya legislator of her duties at the Ministry following her absence from post for about a year. In a statement signed by the Communications Director at...
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Black Stars to focus on World Cup as CAF postpones September Afcon qualifiers
The Confederation of African Football (CAF) has postponed qualifying matches for the Africa Cup of Nations, which were scheduled for September, in order to assist Ghana and other African teams in preparing for the 2022 World Cup. According to AFP, the games have been pushed back to March 2023. The decision to postpone the qualifiers was made...
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COPEC PREDICTS A FALL IN FUEL PRICE
Prices of petroleum products are expected to go down between 3% and 6% from August 1st, 2022. The Chamber of Petroleum Consumers (COPEC), says the reduction would have been bigger if not for the depreciation of the cedi against the U.S dollar. This reduction in fuel prices will be the second consecutive time since oil...
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MINORITY CALLS FOR EXTENSION OF SIM RE-REGISTRATION.
The Minority in Parliament is requesting for another extension for the deadline for the registration of SIM Cards in Ghana. Deputy Ranking Member on the Communications Committee of Parliament, Sam Nartey George, says the President must ensure that, the registration goes beyond the 31st July deadline. According to him, several factors have prevented many in...
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Your corruption research is heavily challenged and corrupt– IGP to GSS, CHRAJ & UNODC
Inspector general of police, Dr. George Akuffo Dampare, has taken an exception to a latest research on corruption, which put the Ghana Police Service Number 1 on the rankings. In a letter to the research institutions, Dr Dampare quized the methodology used, by the Ghana Statistical Service (GSS), Commission of Human Right and Admimnistrative Justice....
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Supreme Court quashes review application by Assin North MP
The Supreme Court has dismissed a review application filed by embattled Member of Parliament for Assin North Constituency James Gyakye Quayson. The Assin North MP was praying the apex court to overturn the Court of Appeal’s decision to strike out his appeal against the High Court’s decision to remove him as a legislator. A 3-2 majority ruling...
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Close to 500,000 companies operating illegally
The newly launched Office of the Registrar of Companies (ORC) is set to delete close to 500,000 companies from its database for not renewing their existence following the expiration of their registration, the Registrar of Companies, Jemima M. Oware, disclosed. The exercise, Ms. Oware explained, would encourage good corporate governance, as well as reduce the...