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Curtis James Jackson III, American rapper and producer popularly known as 50 Cent, has announced plans to release a movie series based on notorious Nigerian internet fraudster, Ramon Abass. Best known as Hushpuppi, Abass was arrested in Dubai, the United Arab Emirates in June 2020, for defrauding over 1.9 million people, majority of whom were Americans. He was afterwards extradited to the United States for trial on July 3, the same year. As earlier reported by The PUNCH, a United States District Court sitting at the Central District of California on Monday sentenced Hushpuppi to 11 years and three months’ after he was…

Mr Appiah Kubi, a cold store operator at Dormaa-Ahenkro, has appealed to the government to restrict and eliminate black market currency operators to prevent hoarding of foreign currencies. He reiterated the need for the government to streamline the activities of forex bureau operations through the implementation of pragmatic measures by the Central Bank. That, he said, would determine the correct identities of individual operators, to curb speculative foreign currency buying, contributing to the weakening of the cedi. The businessman observed the current rising cost of items in the market resulted from artificial inflation being created by some unpatriotic, inconsiderate, avaricious…

The Defence Minister, Dominic Nitiwul, has revealed that an amount of 400 million dollars is needed on a monthly basis to import fuel into the country. This, he said, is the extent to which the economy has grown. “The economy has grown to the extent that we need 4 billion dollars to import fuel alone a month,” he said. He made this revelation in an interview on Asempa FM’s Ekosii Sen on Wednesday. According to him, as a result of the growth, “if the Bank of Ghana is not able to raise over 4 billion dollars in a year, of foreign exchange…

The Ghana School of Law has asked students to submit their social media handles for monitoring to ensure that they maintain a character befitting the legal profession. According to the Director of the School, Yaw Oppong, this will help many students willing to be called to the bar to maintain a good character. “Everybody will have to provide their social media handles. We are going to look at it and you will be monitored in terms of conduct. We are required by law to make recommendations. We don’t want to stampede you. “You are going to reapply beyond the pass…

The Ministry of Employment and Labour Relations has referred the three striking teacher unions to the National Labour Commission (NLC). The unions have embarked on an industrial action over the appointment of the new Director-General of the Ghana Education Service (GES). They insist Dr. Nkansah is not an educationist but rather a banker. However, a second meeting between the unions and the Ministry involved on Monday ended in a stalemate. This has compelled the Ministry to run to the NLC.  Already some government officials have spoken against the strike action. For instance, Deputy Majority Leader, Alexander Afenyo-Markin has said that…

Organisers of the ‘Kume Preko Reloaded’ demonstration say they have started collecting signatures to petition Parliament for the impeachment of President Akufo-Addo and his vice, Dr Mahamudu Bawumia. They also want Parliament to finalise processes towards the removal of the Finance Minister, Ken Ofori-Atta. This has become incumbent over what they have described as a worsening economic situation in the country. Hundreds of Ghanaians were on the streets of Accra last Saturday, urging the three to resign latest by Wednesday, November 9, 2022. With less than 24 hours to the day, and no sign of any resignations, the organisers of the…

The Minister of Defence, Dominic Nitiwul has given Ghanaians the assurance that President Akufo-Addo will hand over power to a duly elected President on January 7, 2025. “That is the assurance, we in the security sector on behalf of the Government, will give you. That is the assurance.” Mr. Nitiwul said this on Tuesday at a press conference in Parliament House in his reaction to an earlier press conference by the National Democratic Congress (NDC) Minority Caucus on the current state of insecurity in Ghana in the wake of the economic meltdown. During the Minority’s press conference, the Ranking Member…

The education sector of the country is currently at a standstill as teachers in public kindergarten, primary, JHS, SHS, and university are all on strike for various reasons. The Ghana National Education Campaign Coalition (GNECC) is attributing the labour unrest in the sector to the lack of effective communication between government, through the Education Ministry, and teacher unions. The National Coordinator of GNECC, Bernice Mpere-Gyekye, described the situation as a crisis in education that needs urgent attention for resolution. She added that if the causes of the labour unrest is not addressed immediately, its impact on teaching and learning will…

National Executives of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), have engaged Chief Executive Officers (CEO) of state institutions in the renewed efforts to bridge the gap between government appointees and the party. Dubbed “Time with the CEOs”, the meeting offered the national executives the opportunity to interact with the CEOs and present expected future challenges and how to address them as the party gears for the 2024 elections. Addressing the CEOs in his welcome address in Accra, the National Treasurer, Charles Dwamena popularly known as Dr. China asserted that empirical evidence from recent general elections indicates the NPP is the party…

Some delegates of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) in the Ashanti Region have said that the intent of Dr. Kwabena Duffuor to contest the party’s flagbearership is inconsistent with the choice of Ghanaians.  The delegates said the former Finance Minister’s bid may affect their 2024 agenda of regaining power. They contended that the NDC appreciates a democratic contest, but are more inclined to the candidature of former President John Mahama. Dr. Kwabena Duffuor, in a press statement stated his intention to run for the NDC’s ultimate leadership. The former Finance Minister and Governor of the Bank of Ghana is likely…