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The President of the Republic, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, says an important ingredient in a functioning military in a democracy is to ensure that the military is insulated from partisan politics. According to President Akufo-Addo, “we must all be grateful to the Almighty that there is now a firm and widespread consensus in our country that the military takes its powers from the elected civilian government.” It is for this reason, the President stressed, that all Ghanaians must guard against the politicization of the military by political parties. “To borrow a term from a famous British Prime Minister, the greasy…

Enterprise Group Limited (Enterprise Group) has informed the Ghana Stock Exchange that South Africa’s largest insurer Sanlam Ltd has sold its US$ 130 million stake in the company. Sanlam Emerging Markets Proprietary Limited, a subsidiary of the Sanlam Group, acquired the 40 percent stake in Enterprise Insurance in 2014. Enterprise Group has also announced a new strategic partner in place of Sanlam in three of its subsidiary companies: Enterprise Life, Enterprise Insurance and Enterprise Trustees. Enterprise Group will retain its majority stake in each of these subsidiary companies, a statement posted on the group’s website said: “The new strategic partner…

Vice- President Dr Mahamudu Bawumia has inaugurated a 17-member Board for the National Health Insurance Authority (NHIA) with a call on the members to use their expertise and experience to rescue and resuscitate the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS). “We have got to save and resuscitate the NHIS,” he said, adding, “You have got to put your minds and efforts into service so that together with government, we work to rescue and resuscitate the scheme.” Board members The board has Professor Yaw Adu-Gyamfi, a nominee of the President, as the Chairman. The members are Dr Sylvester Yaw Oppong , Madam…

US President Donald Trump says that years of “strategic patience” with North Korea have failed and it is now time for a “determined response”. “Together we are facing the threat of the reckless and brutal regime,” Mr Trump said at a press conference with South Korean President Moon Jae-in. Mr Trump called on North Korea to “choose a better path… quickly”. Separately, Mr Moon said that it was necessary to continue to engage in dialogue with North Korean leaders. The South Korean president added that his country would pursue defence reforms and continue to build up the capacity to defend…

The atmosphere at the Bukom Boxing Arena in Accra was charged during a signing ceremony between Briamah Kamoko, alias Bukom Banku, and Bastie Samir on Friday. Hundreds of supporters from Bukom, Chorkor, Korle Gonno, Mamprobi and their environs trooped to the venue to witness and cheer their respective boxer during the signing ceremony. Amidst drumming, singing and chanting, the enthusiastic supporters could not hide their joy as they traded words of war as to who is the best boxer. The two rival boxers have been throwing challenges to each other over who is the strongest since 2013 after Bukom Banku…

Former President John Dramani Mahama has admonished Ghanaians to be united “and ensure utmost dedication to God and Ghana”. He calls for love for one another which is devoid of discrimination. The former president made these remarks on his Facebook page on Saturday in a message on the occasion of the 57th Republic Day. Ghana became a republic on July 1, 1960, three years after attaining independence. According to former president Mahama, the Day affords all citizens power and oneness as a nation. “I acknowledge the selfless sacrifices of Ghanaians over the years,” he stated in his post, specially saluting…

Argentine football star Lionel Messi has married his childhood sweetheart in his hometown in what has been called the “wedding of the century”. A civil ceremony for Messi, 30, and Antonela Roccuzzo, 29, was held at a luxury hotel in the city of Rosario. Football stars and celebrities were among the 260 guests, with hundreds of police deployed for the event. Messi, the Argentina and Barcelona forward, met Roccuzzo as a child before he moved to Spain aged just 13. Among the guests at Friday’s wedding were Messi’s Barcelona teammates Luis Suárez, Neymar, Gerard Piqué and his wife, Colombia’s pop…

President Akufo-Addo has called for the intensification of the links between Ghanaian and Zambian enterprises as part of efforts to boost trade between the two countries. With Zambia and Ghana recording similar GDP growth rates in 2016, i.e., 3.3% and 3.6% respectively, as a result of high fiscal deficits, low investor confidence, falling commodity prices and low agricultural productivity, President Akufo-Addo explained that the time has come for the two countries to move away from being mere producers and exporters of raw materials. “There can be no future prosperity for our peoples in the short, medium or long term, if…

Two teenagers have been arrested for attempting to transport 30 parcels of some substance suspected to be marijuana to Nkurakan in the Eastern Region. The suspects, 19-year-old Evelyn Adade Kokor and Felix Gyimah, 18 were said to have concealed the package in two sacks of cassava. According to the spokesperson of the Eastern Regional Police Command, ASP Ebenezer Tetteh, the two were arrested upon a tipoff. “We have arrested two teenagers. They were arrested based upon a tip off from the Police. The two suspects were carrying two sacks of dry leaves suspected to be Indian hemp. “They were actually…

President Akufo-Addo, has urged African leaders to hasten the coming into being of the Continental Free Trade Area (CFTA) to boost the development of economies on the continent. According to President Akufo-Addo, “if we remain resolute and see to its realisation, we will obtain a major boost to the development of our economies, and a considerable reduction on our dependence on foreign goods and services. It is the path to collective self-reliance and prosperity.” It will be recalled that Heads of State and Governments who attended the 28th Ordinary Session of the Assembly of the African Union, in January this…