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The Commission on Human Rights and Administrative Justice (CHRAJ) is expected to take up and conduct an independent probe into the thievery and corruption allegation against Ghana’s deputy chiefs of staff, Francis Asenso-Boakye and Samuel Abu Jinapor. A youth-oriented group, the Dynamic Youth Movement of Ghana (DYMOG), Friday petitioned CHRAJ to take up the case following the controversy that has characterized a police investigation and subsequent revelation of a possible cover-up by the Police CID. Allegation, leaked tape Controversial musician Kwame Asare Obeng (A-Plus) leveled allegations of corruption against Mr. Asenso-Boakye and Abu Jinapor but the Police CID on September…

The Government of Ghana, through the book-building process, issued the third 3-Year Bond for this year on 25th September at a coupon rate of 18.25%. Even though the announcement for the issuance did not give an indicative amount, the Ministry of Finance intended to raise GHC500m per the issuance calendar for 3Q17. Out of the GHC940.83m worth of bids tendered, 94.90% of that amount was accepted (GHC892.83m). Prior to this issue, two other 3-Year bonds were issued this year in March and June at coupon rates of 21.5% and 18.5% respectively. Yields on Government securities have trended downwards from the…

The Veterinary Services Department is working at stopping stray dogs from giving birth as a means to fight the spread of rabies. According to the service, stray dogs are a major cause of rabies infection and reducing their numbers will boost the fight against the disease. As Ghana joins the world to mark the World Rabies Day today, the service has revealed plans to give stray dogs contraceptives. Ghana recorded 55 deaths through the rabies virus last years as against 34 in 2015. So far 500 cases have been recorded with 10 deaths. Veterinary experts say the figures show that…

Over 300 Togolese have arrived in Ghana to seek refuge from an ongoing political unrest in their country, the Northern Regional Director of the National Disaster Management Organisation (NADMO), Alhaji Abdullah Hindu has revealed. They arrived in Chereponi and Bunkpurugu, two border towns in the Northern Region. NADMO gave the number of the refugees who have arrived in Chereponi as 295 and those in Bunkpurugu as 76. Alhaji Hindu said the refugees in Chereponi were made up of 110 men, 96 women and 89 children, comprising 43 males and 46 females. He said the security agencies are currently taking them…

Some anonymous National Democratic Congress (NDC) members have initiated an online campaign to gauge the popularity of three of their key members whose names have come up as the best candidate to lead the party into the next presidential election in 2020. Among former president John Mahama, second deputy speaker Alban Bagbin and former vice chancellor of the University of Professional Studies Prof. Joshua Alabi, the faceless NDC people are seeking to identify the one who is “a charismatic, visionary and decisive” and has the wherewithal to win power from the New Patriotic Party. It is unclear who the initiators…

The Deputy Director of Police CID, Mrs Maame Yaa Tiwaa Addo-Danquah, says the leaked tape revealing a possible cover-up in the report of the Police on the allegation of corruption against Ghana’s two deputy chiefs of staff has been doctored. While admitting the voice on the tape was indeed hers and that of Kwame Asare Obeng, the musician who made the corruption allegation, she said she never stated their investigations confirmed the corruption allegation as suggested in the audiotape. The audiotape conversation between the senior police officer and the musician popularly referred to as A-Plus emerged Wednesday, in which the…

As part of activities to commemorate the Founder’s Day of Royal Seed Chapel International at Atico Junction in Accra,  the General Overseer, Rev Kwabena Anyimadu Boateng celebrated his birthday with the inmates at Teshie Children’s Home over the weekend. Rev Anyimadu Boateng donated items and cash amounting to about GHc3, 000 to the Children’s Home. The donation was necessary to give a lending hand to the under-privileged in society and put smiles on their faces. Speaking during the donation, Rev Boateng said the essence of Christianity is to share the love of God through lightening the burdens of the less…

The Council of Chiefs and Queenmothers of Ahafo, in the Brong Ahafo Region, have expressed their gratitude to the President of the Republic, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, for the implementation of policies aimed at improving the living standards of Ghanaians. The Omanhene of Yamfo Traditional Area, Nana Ansah Adu Baah, who is also Chairman of the Ahafo Council of Chiefs, he told President Akufo-Addo that “we are equally delighted at the introduction of the Free SHS initiative that has hit the spine of the entire nation.” He assured the President further that “we pledge to assist you to actualise this…

Mr. Anthony Kwaku Amoah, a Public Relations Officer (PRO) of the Ghana Education Service (GES), has urged the general public to support the government’s Free Senior High School (SHS) programme to succeed. Speaking at a town-hall meeting, which was organised by the Akatsi North District Assembly recently, Mr. Anthony Amoah said the programme would enable most children to acquire SHS education, noting, “We have to support the government to run the Free SHS programme. Most children are in school now due to this fee-free programme and we must support it to succeed.” “There is no way that the Free SHS…

Ghana must intensify efforts to get the maximum yields from existing farmlands under the Planting for Food and Jobs programme, experts have advised. This is because wanton cultivation of new lands would lead to degradation of the environment, depletion of the soil nutrients and loss of biodiversity, which would not be in the interest of future generations. Mr Foster Mensah, the Executive Director of the Centre for Remote Sensing and Geographic Information Services, at the University of Ghana, Wednesday, cautioned: “For the next 10 years or 15 years, if we do not manage what we have, we will still be…