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Corrupt Nigerians Hiding Stolen Money In Caskets, Remote Villages

The Senate, yesterday, alerted the nation to the fact that corrupt politicians now hide stolen money in caskets and...

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GHC16billion Will Be Allocated To Wages, Salaries – Ofori-Atta

GH¢16billion will be used for wages and salaries alone in 2017, Finance Minister Ken Ofori-Atta has told parliament as...

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Grace Mugabe’s WhatsApp Texts Exposed In Diamond Ring Row

The row between Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe's wife and a Lebanese businessman over a $1.3 million diamond ring...

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President Barrow’s First Foreign Travel, A 3-Day Visit To Senegal

Gambian President Adama Barrow is expected in Senegal for a three-day official visit. It is Barrow’s first official...

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GHC456m Budgeted For ‘1-District-1-Factory’ Project

The government has estimated Gh¢456.3 million to roll out its much talked about One-district-One-Factory policy, the...

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Free SHS Policy Speech Writers Are ‘enemies’ of Akufo-Addo

The former Deputy Coordinator of the National Disaster Management Organisation (NADMO), Joseph Yamin has lashed out at...

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GHS400m For Free SHS – Government

Government has budgeted GHS400million to fund its Free Senior High School policy, which starts September this year,...

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Government To Roll Out NPP Version of ‘operation Feed Yourself’

The last time Ken Ofori-Atta presented a budget it was perhaps before a small group of NPP bigwigs and he did so as...

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Accra Marine Drive Project To Start In 2017

Work on the Accra marine drive investment project will finally start in 2017. This forms part of the Akufo-Addo...

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Wizkid Signs Multi-Album Deal With RCA Records/Sony Music International

Nigerian music star, Wizkid, has signed a multi-album worldwide deal with RCA Records/Sony Music International. This is...

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We’ll Not Tolerate Waste In Government Spending – Ofori-Atta

Finance Minister, Ken Ofori-Atta, has pledged to clampdown on “inefficiencies and waste” in government spending,...

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Bawumia Storms Parliament To Observe 2017 Budget Statement

Vice President Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia is in Parliament to observe the Finance Minister’s presentation of the first...

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Post-Mortem Underway Within CPP — Ivor Greenstreet

The 2016 flag bearer of the Convention People’s Party (CPP), Mr. Ivor Kobina Greenstreet, has said a post-mortem is...

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Finance Minister Outlines Steps To Reduce Ghana’s Suffocating Debt Burden

The Minister of Finance has painted a rather gloomy picture of the country's indebtedness which has resulted in a...

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Sudan’s First PM Since 1989 Coup Takes Oath

A former army general and top aide to President Omar al-Bashir was sworn in Thursday as Sudan's first prime minister...

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Akufo-Addo To Roll Out 7 Programmes In 2017

Finance Minister Ken Ofori-Atta has said the government of the New Patriotic Party will roll out seven of its many...

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Reducing Statutory Fund Allocations Will Slow Development – James Avedzi

Deputy Minority Leader in Parliament, James Klutse Avedzi, has kicked against the possible review of the law to reduce...

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Ofori-Atta Identifies 5 Constraints To Economic Growth

Finance Minister Ken Ofori-Atta has identified five main challenges the Akufo-Addo government will overcome in order to...

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Eight Injured In NPP, NDC Clash At Alabar

Over 20 armed police officers have taken over the Aboabo bus station at Alabar in Kumasi after a brawl ensued between...