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Massive corruption at Ports

Vice President Dr Mahamudu Bawumia believes that there must be something juicy at the ports of the country that almost everybody who comes to him for job wants to work there. Addressing major stakeholders at a ‘Port Efficiency Conference’ in Accra on Wednesday, he averred, “Since we came to office, …

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Puma Energy backs First Lady to save mothers’ lives

against infant and maternal mortality at the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital by donating generously to the ‘Save A Child, Save A Mother’ campaign. The campaign – the brainchild of Multimedia Group and Mrs Rebecca Akufo-Addo, First Lady of the Republic of Ghana – sought to raise an initial amount of …

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ActionAid calls for concerted efforts against child marriage

STATE agencies, such as the Social Welfare Department, have been urged to speed up processes intended to curtail child marriages. The Programme Manager of ActionAid Ghana for End Child Marriage Campaign, She-Vera Anzagira, said these institutions hardly follow up on reported cases of child marriages and that enables the people …

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Agencies at ports to be reduced – Dr Bawumia

The government has announced plans to cut down on the number of agencies working at the various ports and borders as a means of eliminating inefficiencies and reducing the man hours spent in clearing of goods at the ports. Although it is not immediately known the number of agencies that …

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Shake-up hits Immigration Serivce

45 senior officers of the Ghana Immigration Service (GIS) have been transferred. They include two Deputy Commissioners of Immigration (DCOI), two Assistant Commissioners of Immigration (ACi), 18 Chief Superintendents of Immigration (C/SUPT.), eight Superintendents of Immigration (SUPT.), 11 Deputy Superintendents of Immigration (DSI) and four Assistant Superintendents of Immigration (ASI). …

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Mahama meets fmr. High C’ssners, ambassadors

Former President John Mahama has held a meeting with former ambassadors and High commissioners who were appointed by him. The meeting comes on the back of reports that Mr. Mahama met some key National Democratic Congress figures in the Ashanti region over the last weekend. It is unclear what was discussed …

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Delta 8: We’re not “fools” – MFWA boss to gov’t

The decision by a Kumasi Circuit Court to release the eight members of the notorious vigilante group, Delta Force for want of evidence Wednesday is sickening, according to the Executive Director of the Media Foundation for West Africa (MFWA) Sulemana Braimah. The news of the release of the eight who raided …

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I won’t leave post – Ridge Hospital boss

The Medical Director of Ridge Hospital Dr. Thomas Anaba has served notice he will not vacate his post, despite orders from the health minister Kwaku Agyeman Manu that he should leave. Dr. Anaba, who was appointed in 2016 was given his marching orders by the Public Services Commission on Monday, …

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Akua Donkor protests money retrieved from her assailants

Madam Akua Donkor nearly caused a stir at the Accra Circuit Court ‘One’ yesterday when a police investigator was about to hand over to the Court as exhibit 4,900.00 dollars, he retrieved from one of the four persons who allegedly robbed her. The founder of the Ghana Freedom Party, raised …

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Tamale traders cry as Mayor decongests city

Traders on the main streets of Tamale, are seething with anger after a massive decongestion exercise in the Northern regional capital early Monday morning. The exercise in the Tamale Metropolitan Assembly led by the Mayor, Musah Iddrisu Superior, has displaced scores of traders. According to city authorities, the exercise is …

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