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After falsely publishing an article about the Universal Merchant Bank (UMB) regarding the banks pledge of $100 million to President Akufo Addo’s One District, One Factory policy, the following media houses have rendered unqualified apologies to the bank for fear of prosecution. The story which was originally generated by the Al-hajj newspaper, was copied and published by yen.com and peacefmonline.com without cross-checking their facts. For fear of being sued for defamation and false publication, the three media houses quickly apologized and retracted the story which sort to twist facts about the bank and its association with Ibrahim Mahama, brother of…

Galamsey operators at Akwatia in the Eastern Region have threatened to vote the NPP-led government out if it implements its decision to collapse the galamsey business. They argued that they made a significant contribution to the government’s electoral victory last year. As part of preparations to ascertain Ghana’s readiness to receive the Kimberly process certification scheme, a deputy minister of Lands And Natural Resources, Benito Owusu-Bio, paid a visit to the diamond market Tuesday morning. During the visit, the minister advised the marketers on the need to keep records. Though was not part of the original plan for the visit,…

The G7 group of nations has failed to reach agreement over threatening new sanctions against Russia and Syria. Foreign ministers were seeking a common position on the Syrian conflict, before the US secretary of state flies to Russia to try to persuade it to abandon its Syrian ally. The nations agreed there was no solution to the Syria crisis with President Assad in power. But UK proposals to target sanctions at senior military leaders were sidelined. The diplomacy in the Italian town of Lucca follows the latest apparent use of chemical weapons in Syria. Syria has denied it carried out…

Former Member of Parliament for Ablekuma Central, Theophilus Tetteh Chaie has described the policy that allows state officials to purchase state assets as an act of corruption. According to the former legislator, it is not right for politicians to deplete the state coffers for the comfort of state officials who pledged to serve the state. His comments followed latest directive by President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo banning public officials from purchasing state vehicles while in office or leaving office. Speaking to the media at the Peduase Lodge on Monday, the President said he will ensure that officials in his government…

The Kumasi Circuit Court Four, presided over by John Ekwow Mensah has pardoned the 13 members of the Delta Force for their actions at the KMA Circuit Court on April 6 2017. The accused persons who were answering charges on conspiracy, assault on public officer, causing unlawful damages and rioting escaped from the court after the judge Mary Senkyere had remanded them into prison custody. Allegedly aided by their supporters, the 13 accused persons defied the court ruling and unlawfully escaped through the back door reserved only for judges. During today’s hearing at the Kumasi Circuit Court Four, lawyer of…

The President of Ghana Rugby, Mr Herbert Mensah, has applauded the Ghana Rugby Family for embracing the values of Rugby by accepting its “Challenge Tournament Challenge” to raise funds for the upcoming World and Africa Rugby Challenge Tournament involving Benin, Ghana and Togo. Ghana Rugby will be hosting one of the Africa Rugby Challenge Tournaments that will see Benin, Ghana and Togo compete between 28 April and 6 May 2017 at the Accra Sports Stadium for an opportunity to advance its chances of eventually qualifying for the much coveted Rugby World Cup. The Challenge Tournament is partly sponsored by Africa Rugby…

In my two previous articles, I commented on the challenge from the rising spate of political volunteerism and the Delta Force’s ‘aboakyer style’ eviction of the President’s appointee for the position of Regional Security Coordinator for Ashanti. I recall describing it the first political test for the IGP who hasn’t been in office for more  than two months. More so, when the President had encouraged him to deliver his job without any discrimination of political colour or position in society. So it came to pass that the Delta Force chaps were arrested and put before court for the criminal act…

South African President Jacob Zuma has branded protesters calling for his resignation “racists”, saying they held placards that were derogatory about black people. Thousands of people took to the streets after he sacked the finance minister. The latest protests protests organised by several opposition parties and civil society groups. “The marches that took place last week demonstrated that racism is real and exists in our country,” he said. Zuma plays the race card – By Milton Nkosi, BBC News, Johannesburg Many South Africans have said President Zuma is blatantly playing the race card on an issue-based protest against his own…

The 10 persons, including five Chinese nationals who were arrested for allegedly engaging in illegal mining activities along the Ankobra River in the Western Region, have for the second time been remanded by the Sekondi High Court. They are Dong Cheng, 30; Hung Jian, 51; Ning Guorui, 42; Yin Biquiang, 46 and Li Zilong, 44; Eric Owusu, 28; Kwabena Adjei, 50; Nana Adu, 42; Kwasi Owusu, 28, and Kofi Darko, 21. The court presided over by Justice Edward Amoako Asante refused bail for the accused persons, and ordered for the seizure of all items that were being used for their…

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has with immediate effect, banned government officials from purchasing state vehicles. The decision has been necessitated by what the President described as an abuse of the policy by previous governments. “That policy will no longer work. No official is going to have the opportunity to buy any official car…Nobody is going to have that capacity anymore,” President Akufo-Addo said at the end of a three day retreat for all his ministers and cabinet at the Peduase Lodge in the Eastern Region. He said ending the policy would put an end to the phenomenon of claims…