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Dr Mahamudu Bawumia[/caption] The  Vice President of the Republic, Dr Mahamudu Bawumia left Accra, Ghana on Friday, 22nd February, 2019 for London, United Kingdom to participate in the UK-Ghana Business Council meetings. While in the UK, Vice President Bawumia will also deliver a lecture at the Royal Institute of International Affairs, Chatham House, on the topic “Ghana’s Inclusive Economic Future:  Approaches to Achieving Transformative Growth”,  and meet with captains of industry including officials of the London Stock Exchange. He will also hold discussions with senior British government officials on ways to boost UK-Ghana relations. Vice President Bawumia returns to Accra…

Founder of opposition National Democratic Congress, Jerry John Rawlings prays dignity, transparency and fairness will reign in the party’s ongoing presidential primary. After suffering two postponements, the largest opposition party is finally voting in all the 275 constituencies across the country to elect someone to oust the New Patriotic Party in the 2020 general elections. Former President John Dramani Mahama, who is the favourite, is facing unbending opposition from six others. They are Second Deputy Speaker of Parliament, Mr Alban Kingsford Sumani Bagbin; former Vice Chancellor of University of Professional Studies, Accra (UPSA), Prof. Joshua Alabi; former Chief Executive Officer…

Delays have characterised voting at some polling stations in Nigeria’s general elections leaving many voters frustrated Saturday morning. Polls were expected to have started 8:00am Nigerian time across the country but as at 10:00am, electoral officials were then setting up for voting to commence, our correspondent, Komla Klutse who is monitoring the election reported a while ago. Officials of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) had arrived at the Durumi Primary School in Garki, Abuja, and started setting up, two hours after voting was originally scheduled to start, he reported Voters who arrived at some polling centres as early as 3:00am Saturday…

Some 280,000 delegates will today, February 23, 2019 pass verdict  on seven stalwarts who manned up to lead the biggest opposition party in Ghana, National Democratic Congress,  into the 2020 general elections. The presidential primary will take  place in all the constituencies across the country under supervision of the Electoral Commission. Election watchers have predicted a straight win for the former president, John Dramani Mahama but the margin, which establishes his popularity in the party, is what they are observing in today’s exercise. However, many have not lose sight on the surprise factor. Elections at party levels have produced interesting…

R Kelly has been charged with 10 counts of aggravated criminal sexual abuse, at least nine of which involve minors. The R&B star, whose real name is Robert Sylvester Kelly, has faced decades of claims of sexual abuse against women and teenagers below the age of consent. He has never been convicted and has previously denied other allegations. An arrest warrant was issued, and the 52-year-old turned himself in to police in Chicago later on Friday. His lawyer says he is “shell-shocked”. Steve Greenberg told The Associated Press that his client was “extraordinarily disappointed and depressed” by the charges and…

File: A truckload of some of the dead fish bound for destruction[/caption] The Chinese-owned farm at Asutuare where large quantities of tilapia fish mysteriously died in October has been ordered to close down. This follows the revocation of the environmental permit issued the company, China Fujian Fishing (GH) Limited. The company was issued with an Environmental Permit No. CA 577/01/17 dated March 15, 2017 by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to operate that aquaculture facility at Asutuare in the Greater Accra Region. “Investigations conducted by the Agency into the operations of the Company revealed that the company faded to comply…

Ghana’s currency slumped to a record against the dollar after a dovish tilt by the nation’s central bank reduced the appeal of fixed-income assets, sapping foreign-investor demand for the country’s bonds. The cedi has weakened 8.6 percent this year, the most among more than 140 currencies tracked by Bloomberg, after the central bank unexpectedly cut its benchmark rate in January and signaled more easing may be in store. Out of the 2.1 billion cedis ($391 million) of two-year and longer-dated maturities sold by the government through Jan. 31 this year, foreign investors bought just 6.3 percent, according to data from…

Controversial Ghanaian actress, Rosemond Brown, popularly known in showbiz as Akuapem Poloo, nearly stripped naked during a live radio interview on Onua FM 95.1 to prove to her critics that she owns her body and that she can use it as she so wishes. The young actress was putting across a strong defense against her critics who alleged she exposes her body on social media to gain popularity. The actress, who is well-known for being very dramatic appeared on Onua FM’s entertainment talk show, “Anigye Mmre” Thursday, together with showbiz pundit, DJ Oxygen. DJ Oxygen alleged the actress trades nudity…

Controversial Ghanaian actress, Rosemond Brown, popularly known in showbiz as Akuapem Poloo, nearly stripped naked during a live radio interview on Onua FM 95.1 to prove to her critics that she owns her body and that she can use it as she so wishes. The young actress was putting across a strong defense against her critics who alleged she exposes her body on social media to gain popularity. The actress, who is well-known for being very dramatic appeared on Onua FM’s entertainment talk show, “Anigye Mmre” Thursday, together with showbiz pundit, DJ Oxygen. DJ Oxygen alleged the actress trades nudity…

The President, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, has presented 140 vehicles, comprising 50 Ankai buses, 40 Toyota Landcruiser Hardbody Vehicles and 50 Toyota Hilux Pickups, to the Ghana Armed Forces, in fulfillment of an October 2018 pledge he made to the military. President Akufo-Addo also indicated that an additional 48 vehicles, representing the second tranche of staff and operational vehicles to the Armed Forces, will be presented soon. The President made this known on Friday, 22nd February, 2019, at an event at Burma Camp, headquarters of the Ghana Armed Forces. He noted that the presentation “forms part of my government’s efforts…