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Dr. Yaw Adu-Ampomah who is the state’s third prosecution witness in the trial of former COCOBOD boss Dr. Stephen Opuni and businessman Seidu Agongo has been cited for perjury. The Accra High Court presided over by Justice Clemence Honyenugah, an Appeal Court Judge, sitting as an additional High Court Judge has set January 9, 2020 to hear the perjury case. The court had initially fixed December 17 for Samuel Cudjoe, the lawyer for Dr. Opuni, to move the motion for the perjury. However, due to the indisposition of counsel for Seidu Agongo who was to cross-exam the witness right after the…

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo will on Friday hold a media encounter to allow journalists in the country interrogate him on key national issues in all sectors of the economy for the year 2019. It will be his first media encounter for 2019, and fifth since assuming office on January 7, 2017 for a four year term. Nana Akufo-Addo introduced the media encounter in 2017 and promised to engage the Ghanaian people through the media twice a year. As has been the case in the previous encounters, the President is expected to address a gathering of selected journalists at the…

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo will on Friday hold a media encounter to allow journalists in the country interrogate him on key national issues in all sectors of the economy for the year 2019. It will be his first media encounter for 2019, and fifth since assuming office on January 7, 2017 for a four year term. Nana Akufo-Addo introduced the media encounter in 2017 and promised to engage the Ghanaian people through the media twice a year. As has been the case in the previous encounters, the President is expected to address a gathering of selected journalists at the…

The Controller and Accountant General’s Department (CAGD) says the last batch of 1,200 staff of the Ghana Education Service (GES) who qualify for the legacy arrears would be paid by Thursday, December 19, 2019. That figure will bring to a total of 88,756, staff qualified to be paid under the arrears. So far, a total of 87,566 names validated and approved for payment have been paid, Graphic Online has gathered. Last Monday, members of the Ghana National Association of Teachers (GNAT), the National Association of Graduate Teachers (NAGRAT) and the Coalition of Concerned Teachers-Ghana (CCT-GH) began a nationwide strike due…

The Controller and Accountant General’s Department (CAGD) says the last batch of 1,200 staff of the Ghana Education Service (GES) who qualify for the legacy arrears would be paid by Thursday, December 19, 2019. That figure will bring to a total of 88,756, staff qualified to be paid under the arrears. So far, a total of 87,566 names validated and approved for payment have been paid, Graphic Online has gathered. Last Monday, members of the Ghana National Association of Teachers (GNAT), the National Association of Graduate Teachers (NAGRAT) and the Coalition of Concerned Teachers-Ghana (CCT-GH) began a nationwide strike due…

Militants have killed at least 73 soldiers in an attack on a military base in western Niger, the army says. Twelve soldiers were injured in the attack on Tuesday in Inates – the deadliest for several years. Niger’s defence minister Issoufou Katambe told the BBC “a large number of terrorists” had been “neutralised”. No group has said it was behind the killings, but fighters linked to the Islamic State group and Nigeria-based Boko Haram are active in the area. Mr Katambe told the BBC that there were “a fierce battle” Inates, near the border with Mali. He said that “several…

Militants have killed at least 73 soldiers in an attack on a military base in western Niger, the army says. Twelve soldiers were injured in the attack on Tuesday in Inates – the deadliest for several years. Niger’s defence minister Issoufou Katambe told the BBC “a large number of terrorists” had been “neutralised”. No group has said it was behind the killings, but fighters linked to the Islamic State group and Nigeria-based Boko Haram are active in the area. Mr Katambe told the BBC that there were “a fierce battle” Inates, near the border with Mali. He said that “several…

A coalition of customers by the closure of some savings and loans companies in the country have threatened not to vote in the 2020 general elections if they do not receive their locked up investments. The group numbering over 600 organized at a news conference in Kumasi expressed their displeasure about government’s inability to pay them. According to them, the situation is having adversely impact on the members of the group. Spokesperson of the group, Ezekiel Annor Akagbo, said trust is gradually being lost by the citizenry in the country’s financial institutions following recent developments in the sector. The Bank…

A coalition of customers by the closure of some savings and loans companies in the country have threatened not to vote in the 2020 general elections if they do not receive their locked up investments. The group numbering over 600 organized at a news conference in Kumasi expressed their displeasure about government’s inability to pay them. According to them, the situation is having adversely impact on the members of the group. Spokesperson of the group, Ezekiel Annor Akagbo, said trust is gradually being lost by the citizenry in the country’s financial institutions following recent developments in the sector. The Bank…

Gospel musician Alex Acheampong, who made waves with his popular hit track Emmanuel 22 years ago, has resurfaced with a new single that is calling on God to have mercy on sinners. Titled Hu Me Mmɔbɔ (Have Mercy on Me), the song was inspired by the Biblical story of how King David took Bathsheba who was someone’s wife and later became remorseful after he was rebuked by God’s prophet Nathan. “The song is for sinners,” Alex who has been away from the Ghana music industry over two decades said at the release of the single. A video of the single…