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Minority wants Parliament to summon BoG Governor over new cedi notes

The Minority in Parliament has served notice of pushing for the Governor of the Bank of Ghana, Dr. Ernest Addison, to be summoned in Parliament over the latest exercise by the Central Bank to release new 100 and 200 cedi notes and 2 cedi coin. According to the Minority, the decision is unjustifiable and thus, […]

‘Internet fraud academy’ busted in Nigeria

Nigeria’s anti-corruption agency says it has arrested 23 people undergoing training in internet fraud scams in a remote village in the south of the country. The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) says the suspects – aged between 19 and 35 – were being trained on how to carry out romance and trading scams, as […]

Farmers’ Day: ‘There is nothing to celebrate’ – PFAG

The Peasant Farmers Association of Ghana (PFAG) has said it would be ridiculous for its members to observe this year’s Farmers’ Day celebrations when most of them are battling with post-harvest losses and lack of market. For PFAG, “there is nothing to celebrate when some members are still counting on their losses,” the association that represents […]

Cold stores now overflowing with bumper fish harvest – Gov’t

The Minister of Fisheries and Aquaculture Development, Elizabeth Afoley Quaye, has indicated that Ghana has recorded a bumper harvest of fish this year. Cold stores, she said, are not even enough to hold the fish glut. The minister said this when she accompanied President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo to present some 6,336 outboard motors and […]

MTN data zap: Compensate subscribers – NCA

The National Communication Authority (NCA) has ordered telecommunication company MTN to “compensate affected customers and inform them of the compensation package” in connection with recent zapping of customers’ data. The NCA also directed MTN to “ensure that over 95% of all calls to your call centres are successful as required by your licence”. A social […]

Corruption “worsening”; Akufo-Addo gov’t doing poorly at fighting it – Afrobarometre report

More than half of Ghanaians have said that the level of corruption in the country has increased and the Akufo-Addo government is doing a poor job at fighting it, a new Afrobarometre survey has said. Approval ratings for the government’s anti-corruption efforts have declined since 2017 despite the setting up of the Office of the […]

Remove EC’s Bossman Asare – Group petitions Akufo-Addo

President Nana Akufo-Addo has been petitioned by a group known as the Centre for Democratic and Accountable Government (CEDAG) to remove a Deputy Chair of the Electoral Commission, Dr Bossman Asare from office for having publicly urged the public to vote YES in the 17 December 2019 referendum which has now been cancelled. According to […]

Newspaper headlines: Wednesday December 4

Today’s front pages By: Akua Nyarko Abronoma/Dinpafm.com

Sefwi Wiawso: Armed men shoot, kill bullion cop

Two armed men on Tuesday, 3 December 2019 shot and killed a police officer accompanying a bullion van in Sefwi Wiawso, the Western North Regional Capital. The armed men fired at the empty van as it manoeuvred a rough patch of the road around 11 a.m. The police guard sustained critical injuries and was pronounced […]

Assembly polls: Go for women– Alima Mahama

The Minister of Local Government and Rural Development, Hajia Alima Mahama, has called for the election of more women in the 17 December 2019 District Assembly elections. The polls will be held across the country. The successful candidates will steer the affairs of the assemblies for four years. Speaking at a press conference in Accra […]