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The Ghana/Togo Diaspora has donated relief items to Togolese asylum seekers in Chereponi in the Northern Region.  The refugees numbering 502,  majority being males as well as about  47 children, fled their Mango Province following political unrest in Togo after opposition protestors began mounting pressure on President Gnassingbe and the Gnassingbe family to end the over their fifty years political rule. The items including bags of rice, sugar, gari, beans, mats, buckets, plates, detergents, cooking oil, mosquito coils, clothes and kettles among others were presented to them. The donation was made possible through the instrumentality of Patron of the Diaspora…

Former CEO of the National Health Insurance Authority, Mr. Sylvester Mensah, who has expressed interest in leading the National Democratic Congress into the 2020 general elections, says decision by the party’s regional chairmen to back the candidature of former president Mahama was unnecessary. He was however emphatic that the move would not affect him or any person’s decision to contest the party’s presidential primary. About five bigwigs in the NDC have made their intention to run on the ticket of the opposition party as its presidential candidate for the next general elections known. But after a meeting with the former…

Vice President Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia says the interoperable payment system for Ghana is at the completion stage and would hopefully be launched this year. The implementation of an interoperable payment system between the mobile companies and the banks will make room for financial inclusion and allow, for instance, a lot of people in both the rural and urban areas to pay their taxes with ease, he remarked. “As far as the technical work is concerned, work is completed on an interoperable payment system for Ghana. Now we have to go through a number of issues including the governance framework and…

The decision to return ex-President John Dramani Mahama for 2020 by the ten Regional Chairmen of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) has largely been criticized as ‘needless’, but the party Chairman in the Brong Ahafo Region Opoku Atuahene has defended the decision. According to him, the ten Regional Chairmen of the party, have only done what the grassroots want and since they have not breached any provisions of the party, “I don’t think we have done anything wrong”. He insisted that it was a collective decision taken by persons at the branch, constituency and regional levels which they (ten…

The President of the Republic, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, has expressed satisfaction with the operations of the Accra Compost and Recycling Plant, at Adjen Kotoku, explaining that the Plant is helping in bringing to bear an efficient, modern model of sanitation disposal. At a visit to the Plant, on Friday, 10th November, 2017, President Akufo-Addo noted that “what we are witnessing here is the modern way of providing service, the collaboration between the State and private sector to deliver public goods. And, in this case, the most important in any city is sanitation.” With Greater Accra’s population estimated at between…

About 34 customers of the Nsawam branch of the GN Bank are gearing up to demonstrate against the bank over ‘disappearance’ of their deposits. According to the customers, in spite of depositing various sums with the bank, they are unable to make withdrawals as they are told that their accounts are empty. Florence Ake and Bismark Nketia who are victims told Onua News they have been saving with the banks for years now. Bismark Nketia said he has saved up to GHS3,100 while his wife has also saved GHS 1,300 in their various savings accounts. He said in the month…

Minister for the Interior,  Ambrose Dery, has been summoned to appear before Parliament to brief MPs on circumstances leading to the death of two suspected armed robbers in Kumasi. Mr.  Dery is expected to be in the House anytime between 22nd  and 27th November, 2017. This follows a directive by the First Deputy Speaker of Parliament, Joseph Osei Owusu who presided over Friday’s sitting in Parliament. The directive by the First Deputy Speaker was spurred by a request by the Member of Parliament for Asawase and Minority Chief Whip,  Mohammed Mubarak Muntaka who expressed worry over developments leading to the death of the…

Security analyst, Emmanuel Kotin feels the security agencies have been disappointing in their attitude towards criminal activities in the country. “I think our security agencies are letting us down,” he told TV3’s News360 on Thursday, considering the many unresolved security issues. In the face of growing acts of terrorism,  the Executive Director of African Center for Security and Counter Terrorism wanted to know how sophisticated the security agencies are to protect the nation. Emmanuel Kotin’s comments come on the back of the revelation by former Lands and Natural Resource Minister, Alhaji Inusah Fuseini that he was yet to be invited after…

Former President John Dramani Mahama has emphasised that it would be premature for him to make known if he has any intention to contest the 2020 presidential election. He was reacting to calls on him by all the ten regional chairmen of the National Democratic Congress to consider leading the party into the next general election. The chairmen had issued a communiqué after a meeting with Mr. Mahama on Thursday where they “discussed a number of issues”. READ MORE But a statement issued by Joyce Bawah Mogtari, Special Aide to  the former president, on Friday suggests he is more interested…

The former Second Lady, Mrs. Matilda Amissah-Arthur, continues to ‘break the myth’ by helping the less privileged in society.  In consistent with her promise to spend time with underprivileged kids as part of her social responsibility to children, Mrs. Amissah-Arthur, through the Breaking the Myth Foundation, visited the Kokrobite Chiltern Centre, an orphanage and a school in Accra. She donated food items – bags of rice, cooking oil, candies, drinks, and other consumables – to support the children. Donating the items, Mrs. Matilda Amissah Arthur said, she was keeping with her commitment towards the well-being of the children at the…