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Former Director General of the Ghana Maritime Authority (GMA), Kwame Owusu, who was accused of conflict of interest and corruption, has been appointed as the Board Chairman of the Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA). He was appointed by President Nana Akufo-Addo in consultation with the Council of State, his appointment letter dated June 18 and signed by the Secretary to the President, Nana Bediatuo Asante, said. “I take this opportunity to congratulate you formally on your appointment,” it said. Mr Owusu was given 14 days from the date of the letter to indicate his acceptance of the appointment. It is not…

Former Director General of the Ghana Maritime Authority (GMA), Kwame Owusu, who was accused of conflict of interest and corruption, has been appointed as the Board Chairman of the Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA). He was appointed by President Nana Akufo-Addo in consultation with the Council of State, his appointment letter dated June 18 and signed by the Secretary to the President, Nana Bediatuo Asante, said. “I take this opportunity to congratulate you formally on your appointment,” it said. Mr Owusu was given 14 days from the date of the letter to indicate his acceptance of the appointment. It is not…

Jeremy Hunt’s new press freedom envoy Amal Clooney advised WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange on how to sabotage the Government’s bid to arrest him, leaked documents have revealed. In her role as a human rights lawyer, Mrs Clooney told Assange, 47, he was ‘uniquely qualified’ to become technology minister of Ecuador, in whose London embassy he was holed up for seven years. The bizarre legal ruse could have won him the right to a safe passage out of Britain so he could avoid being jailed for breaching bail conditions imposed as he fought extradition to Sweden, she said. The revelation will be embarrassing for the Foreign…

NAM1[/caption] Chief Executive Officer of troubled Menzgold Ghana Limited, Nana Appiah Mensah, aka NAM1 is expected to arrive in Accra by 11am today, July 11 via Emirates Airlines after months of wrongful incarceration in Dubai, United Arabia Emirates where he had gone in pursuit of his company’s funds in December 2018. His lawyer, Kwame Akuffo confirmed Nana Appiah Mensah’s arrival today in a brief chat with Graphic Online but said he was unable to discuss the circumstances of his arrival. Police CID sources have also confirmed security operatives would be accompanying him to take him to court to secure his…

Six tourists have been killed and at least 30 other people injured in a violent storm that swept across a region of northern Greece. Gale-force winds, heavy rain and hailstorms lashed Halkidiki, near the city of Thessaloniki, late on Wednesday, officials say. A Czech couple died when their caravan was blown away, and two Romanians and two Russians were also killed. A state of emergency was declared and more than 100 rescue workers deployed. Charalambos Steriadis, head of civil protection in northern Greece, described it as an “unprecedented phenomenon”. The storm followed a spell of very hot weather in Greece…

The Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Korea, Kang Kyung-wha, is expected to visit Ghana from 12th to 13th July, 2019. While in Ghana, she will pay a courtesy call on Ghana’s Vice President Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia and hold bilateral discussions with Minister for Foreign Affairs and Regional Integration, Shirley Ayorkor Botchwey. This is the second time a Foreign Minister of the Republic of Korea is visiting Ghana. First to visit was Ban Ki-moon, the then Foreign Minister and a former United Nations Secretary General in 2006. “Ghana and Korea have had long standing good relations and we hope this…

All form 2 students in public Senior High Schools and their teachers across the country are being recalled from their end of term vacation for extra classes. A June 5 decision from the Ghana Education Service (GES) asked all the students to return to their respective schools on August 19 for their teachers to “give them additional support under the academic intervention scheme”. Regional Directors of Education have consequently been tasked to design the appropriate timetable and also get the teachers involved in applying for funding related to ‘extra classes’ the programme. “The period from now till 19th August should…

All form 2 students in public Senior High Schools and their teachers across the country are being recalled from their end of term vacation for extra classes. A June 5 decision from the Ghana Education Service (GES) asked all the students to return to their respective schools on August 19 for their teachers to “give them additional support under the academic intervention scheme”. Regional Directors of Education have consequently been tasked to design the appropriate timetable and also get the teachers involved in applying for funding related to ‘extra classes’ the programme. “The period from now till 19th August should…

The Ghana Health Service has declared a public health emergency in the country over the detection of poliovirus type-2 in Tamale in the Northern Region. A statement issued by the GHS Wednesday said the virus has been confirmed by the Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical Research. It said measures are being put in place to prevent further spread and protect humans from getting the virus. All regions have been informed and requested to enhance acute flaccid paralysis surveillance and intensify laboratory investigations on suspected cases of poliomyelitis. “Detail field investigation to identify possible source of the infection and determine the…

UBA Foundation, the corporate social responsibility arm of United Bank for Africa, has contributed to boosting the initiative of the government to provide free, quality education in the country by donating copies of books worth thousands of Cedis to the Ghana Library Authority, at their head office in Accra. The Bank donated copies of a novel titled ‘Fine Boys’ written by renowned Nigerian author Eghosa Imasuen to the Ghana Library Authority (GhLA) to furnish libraries across the country. As a pan-African bank, UBA through the its Foundation is playing a leading role in corporate social responsibility(CSR) of which education forms…