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Akufo-Addo [L], Ghana’s president and Boris Johnson [R], UK Foreign Secretary[/caption]An economist Courage Kinsley Martey says government should discuss opportunities for creating trade avenues with visiting Britain’s Foreign Secretary, Boris Johnson, rather than soliciting for aid. “What we need currently should be, more of trade and less of aid, I believe that when he arrives, the two parties must discuss how to make trade in great volumes rather than soliciting for aid which comes with conditions which are sometimes not favorable to our economy,” he emphasized. Britain’s Foreign Secretary, Boris Johnson would be in Ghana on February 15, 2017 to…

Ghanaian comedian, DKB has added his voice to the bribery allegations involving George Quaye, Head of Communications at Charterhouse, and some music industry stakeholders. He has described as lies claims that George Quaye has been demanding bribe from stakeholders in the music industry to get awards at the Ghana Music Awards. According to him, he had on a number of occasions chased George Quaye with money to appreciate him for deals he got through him. However, he said on all those occasions, George rejected his offers. He said claims that George Quaye has been demanding money from musicians could not…

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Vice President Mahamudu Bawumia has scheduled a meeting with the Commissioner General of the Ghana Revenue Authority, George Blankson, who has applied to proceed on leave as he quits the job, deep-throat sources have told 3News. Mr Blankson who was appointed by the late president John Mills in 2010 for a four-year tenure, had his appointment renewed by former president John Mahama in 2014. His tenure was said to have ended in August 2016. Sources within the Authority told 3News Tuesday that Mr Blankson on February 13, 2017 wrote to the Finance Minister, Ken Ofori-Attah, requesting to begin his accumulated…

Regent of Bimbila, Yalimogo Andani Dasana, has appealed to the Minister for Gender, Women, Children and Social Protection, Madam Otiko Hafisa Djaba, not to let the death of women and children killed in last Thursday’s chieftaincy clashes be for nothing. Yalimogo Dasana premised his appeal on the fact that perpetrators of a similar incident sometime ago were not brought to book due to what he termed as government interference. A total of eight women including four year old Mpaha were murdered in cold blood by supposed protestors of an enskinement process which the Regent believes, should not be swept under…

At age 70 years. Mr Donald Trump, 45th President of the United States of America, is an epitome of a successful human being in our present-day world. Having lived through the immediate post – Second World War era places him in a position to appreciate better, what a chaotic world would look like. Nobody can take it away from him, he was forthright from the beginning. He told Americans and the world what he intended to do if elected President of the most powerful country on Planet Earth. Candid President Trump has started implementing what had been his platform and…

The President of the National House of Chiefs of Togo and Paramount Chief of Notsie, Togbe Agorkoli IV, has paid a courtesy call on Ghana’s president, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo; the first of its kind by a Togolese chief. Togbe Agorkoli IV was accompanied by the President of Ghana’s House of Chiefs, Togbe Afede XIV, and 9 other paramount chiefs from Togo and the Volta Region. Tuesday’s historic visit was to afford Agorkoli IV the opportunity to extend fraternal greetings from the people of Notsie, the ancestral home of Ewes, and the people of Togo, to Ghanaians. Togbe Agorkoli noted…

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has appointed legal luminary, Sam Okudzeto, former Accra mayor, Stanley Adjiri Blankson, Dr Margaret Amoakohene and eight others to the Council of State. The eight are Nana Otuo Siriboe II, Juabenhene, Nana Kofi Obiri Egyir II, Mrs Alberta Cudjoe, Alhaji Aminu Amadu, Alhaji Sahanun Moqtar, Mrs. Georgina Kusi, Alhaji SuleYiremiah, Mr. Paa Kofi Ansong. President of the National House of Chiefs, TogbeAfede XIV, becomes an ex-officio member of the Council in furtherance of Article 89(2)(b). Meanwhile, the president has in accordance with Article 89(2)(a)(ii) and (iii), appointed General J.B. Danquah, a former Chief of Defence…

The new Police Commander for the Tema Region, DCOP George Tuffuor, is promising to bring the armed robbery menace in the region under control through the adoption of stringent security measures. DCOP Tuffuor is seeking to achieve this feat with the help of the public, noting that modern day policing require an all hands on deck approach in order to fight crime. A statement signed and issued by the public relations officer of the Tema Police, Juliana Obeng, said the new commander would reinforce the measures put in place by his predecessors, noting that where necessary, some of these measures…

The Ghana international midfielder has committed his long-term future to the La Liga club by agreeing a three-year extension in the Spanish capital Thomas Partey has signed a new contract with Atletico Madrid that will tie him to the club until June 2022. ?⚪️? @Thomaspartey22 has extended his contract until 2022 ? Congratulations! ?? ➡️ https://t.co/cBVvb7UimR #Thomas2022 #GoAtleti pic.twitter.com/ZptbTr3Ztr — Atlético de Madrid (@atletienglish) February 14, 2017 The Ghana international’s previous deal was due to expire in 2019, but he has now opted to commit his long-term future to Atletico by inking a three-year extension. “I am very happy with…