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CEO Dr K.K. Sarpong[/caption] A turf war at the Ghana National Petroleum Corporation (GNPC) has gotten the Chief Executive Officer and Board Chairman entangled in a disturbing leadership brawl. Available evidence points to the two leaders holding each other’s throat over the controversial hiring of a Procurement Manager. The CEO Dr K.K. Sarpong is angry that the chairman of the board, Mr. Freddie Blay, bypassed him to make appointment at GNPC through the Chief Finance Officer. In a letter addressed to Mr. Blay dated February 5, 2019,  Dr. Sarpong wrote, “I wish to reiterate that the responsibility for hiring personnel…

Ghanaian Gospel musician, Gifty Osei says she met her husband at a funeral where they both kicked things off immediately. The Award-winning songstress who recently married politician and New Patriotic Party member, Hopeson Adorye, said they first came into contact with each other when they met at a funeral in the United States to support a mutual friend. “I met my husband at a funeral. I was in US and I met a friend of mine, and she said she had lost her dad and wanted me to come. Apparently, the friend has a relationship with my husband, and we…

Ghanaian Gospel musician, Gifty Osei says she met her husband at a funeral where they both kicked things off immediately. The Award-winning songstress who recently married politician and New Patriotic Party member, Hopeson Adorye, said they first came into contact with each other when they met at a funeral in the United States to support a mutual friend. “I met my husband at a funeral. I was in US and I met a friend of mine, and she said she had lost her dad and wanted me to come. Apparently, the friend has a relationship with my husband, and we…

Newly crowned International Boxing Federation (IBF) Lightweight world champion, Richard Oblitey Commey, has said, he was not surprised by his latest landmark achievement, because he was “destined” to be a world champion. Commey, 31, received a red carpet treatment on his return to his homeland on Thursday, February 14, after he won a world title for the first time in his career and became the ninth Ghanaian world champion. Addressing the media at his arrival, Commey said he was a natural winner who was in the waiting for a bigger glory. “For me winning a world title is no doubt,…

File: President Akufo-Addo prepares his notes whilst the Vice President looks on[/caption] President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo will next week, Thursday, February 21, 2019, present the state of the nation address in Parliament. The statement, titled “Message of the State of the Nation” (SONA) is in accordance with Article 67 of the 1992 Constitution of Ghana which states: “The President shall, at the beginning of each session of Parliament and before dissolution of Parliament, deliver a message on the state of the nation.” The delivery would be the third under the governing New Patriotic Party (NPP), since it regained power…

Old-fashioned romantics might have the wrong idea about love. Strong beliefs in true love could be blinding you to both the good and bad in your partner, with sometimes toxic results. Have you ever explained issues you have with your partner to your friends, only for them to think they are not worth worrying about? Or have you seen a friend start a new romance with someone you think is completely unsuitable but they seem to go from strength to strength? Psychologists have found two scales that influence how we start and maintain relationships. One measures how much importance we…

Old-fashioned romantics might have the wrong idea about love. Strong beliefs in true love could be blinding you to both the good and bad in your partner, with sometimes toxic results. Have you ever explained issues you have with your partner to your friends, only for them to think they are not worth worrying about? Or have you seen a friend start a new romance with someone you think is completely unsuitable but they seem to go from strength to strength? Psychologists have found two scales that influence how we start and maintain relationships. One measures how much importance we…

File picture[/caption] The late hour postponement of Nigeria’s general elections on Saturday was occasioned by a number of factors that seemed to be above the control of the country’s electoral body, including overwhelming law suits. Chairman of Nigeria’s Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Professor Mahmood Yakubu told a press conference Saturday that his outfit has as many as 640 cases in court arising from the nomination of candidates. He said as of Saturday there were 40 orders against the Commission to drop or add a candidate. The Commission pulled a surprise on Saturday when it postponed African’s most populous country’s…

A former Roman Catholic cardinal has been defrocked after historical sexual abuse allegations. Theodore McCarrick is the most senior Catholic figure to be dismissed from the priesthood in modern times. US Church officials said allegations he had sexually assaulted a teenager five decades ago were credible. Mr McCarrick, 88, had previously resigned but said he had “no recollection” of the alleged abuse. “No bishop, no matter how influential, is above the law of the Church,” Cardinal Daniel DiNardo, president of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops said in a statement. “For all those McCarrick abused, I pray this judgment…

The convoy of Ghana’s  Vice President, Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia was involved in a deadly accident at Asem Asa on the Takoradi – Cape Coast highway. The Vice President was returning from the Western Region on Saturday, February 16 when the “unfortunate” happened around 6:30pm. “Vice President  Dr Mahamudu Bawumia escaped unhurt,” Dr. Gideon Boako Spokesperson of Dr. Bawumia said in a statement Saturday evening. The spokesperson said the Vice President was in the Western Region to participate in “some activities”. “The driver of a commercial vehicle which was also involved in the accident unfortunately, however passed on,” Dr. Boako said.…