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04 Aug

Akufo-Addo Appoints Former Ambassador To China Edward Boateng As TOR MD

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President Nana Akufo-Addo has appointed Ghana’s former Ambassador to China, Edward Boateng as Managing Director of the Tema Oil Refinery (TOR). Mr. Boateng is expected to spearhead the transformation of the company. Edward Boateng who served as Ambassador from 2017 to 2020, takes office at the Tema Oil Refinery at a time when workers of the state institution have been up in arms against the previous management of the refinery for what they say is gross mismanagement of the organization. Following the agitation by the workers, the then Managing Director of TOR, Francis Boateng and his deputy, Ato Morrison, were…

04 Aug

ISSER Reiterates Need For Assessment Of Newly Introduced Taxes

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The Institute for Statistical, Social and Economic Research (ISSER) has called for a critical assessment of the new taxes imposed on the country in the early part of this year. The government, as part of its revenue mobilization drive, introduced some levies and taxes in the 2021 budget, a move many criticized. The taxes include the COVID-19 Health Recovery Levy which imposes a one percent levy on the supply of goods and services made in the country other than exempt goods or services, the Financial Sector Recovery Levy which imposes a five percent levy on the profit before tax of…

04 Aug

Hushpuppi Threatens To Bring 6 Senators, 3 Federal Ministers And Others Down With Him

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It’s about to go down! If you thought you have heard the last of Hushpuppi, you are definitely mistaken. He is determined to bring others down with him and he means business. In a tweet made by a Nigerian blogger, Hushpuppi has agreed to indict 8 Senators, 3 Federal Ministers, 3 Super Cops and a few prominent Nigerians. This does come as a shock to some because these are people who should know better. Others are also of the view that it’s the people you do not expect to be involved in cases like this who are low key involved. With how extravagant he…

04 Aug

Anal Sex, Blow Job And LGBTQI+ Are All The Same – Says Afia Pokua

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Despite Media broadcaster and host of ''Egyaso Gyaso'' on Okay FM, Afia Pokuaa has spat venom on Ghanaians opposing the LGBTQ+ community. Talks about either legalizing or criminalizing homosexuality in Ghana have since become one that the country's leaders and many Ghanaians cannot agree over. The President of the Republic, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has pledged not to legalize homosexuality but there seems to be a turf war over whether or not to criminalize homosexual activities. Social media has gone ablaze over the topic with some known celebrities like Vanessa Deborah, Wanlov, Lydia Forson among others blasting the country's legislators, specifically…

04 Aug

Ashanti Regional Security Council Outlines Measures To Sanitize The Region

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Ashanti Regional Security Council Outlines Measures To Sanitize The Region The Ashanti Regional Security Council headed by Hon. Simon Osei-Mensah has outlined measures to sanitize the Region. Speaking at a presser monitored by Wontumionline, the Deputy Commissioner of Police, David Agyemang Adjem, stated that approximately 400 people lose their lives to road accidents annually. With this, COP David Agyemang Adjem has said, the Police would be deployed to ensure road users adhere to traffic regulations. "We have realized indiscipline on the roads is the biggest menace so we are urging motorists to respect the rules of the roads else they…

04 Aug

Fmr. Metro TV ‘Good Evening Ghana’ Host Charles Sam Has Died

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Motivational Speaker and Development advocates, Charles Sam, has died. The media practitioner who worked with the EIB Network at some point in time is reported to have died on Friday at the Nyaho Hospital after suffering from kidney complications. Family sources say Mr Sam has been unwell for some time now. The motivational speaker whose clever way with words inspired many young Ghanaians to stop looking for shortcuts to success — and instead earn it the old-fashioned way by rolling up their sleeves and getting to work was also concerned about leadership on the African continent. The passionate youth advocate…

04 Aug

Tokyo Olympics: Akufo-Addo Lauds Samuel Takyi For Making History

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Tokyo Olympics: Akufo-Addo Lauds Samuel Takyi For Making History The President of the Republic,Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has congratulated Ghanaian boxer, Samuel Takyi for winning bronze medal at the ongoing Tokyo Olympic games. The President noted in a Facebook post sighted by Wontumionline that, the medal is Ghana's first Olympic medal in 29 years. Full post below...

03 Aug

Double Salary MP; You Have The Nerves To Bastardize The Court? Abronye Fires Haruna Iddrisu

Kakra NunuFeatured, NewsAbronye, Haruna Iddrisu, NPP, Tamale South

The Bono Regional Chairman for the New Patriotic Party, Kwame Baffoe Abronye has taken Haruna Iddrisu to the cleaners for bastardizing the Judiciary. The Member of Parliament for Tamale South, Hon. Iddrisu is in the news for describing the Judiciary as being manipulated to “tilt the balance of power” simply because a Cape Coast High Court canceled results of the parliamentary elections in the Assin North constituency for the 2020 elections. According to the NDC MP, “what is worrying, we don’t want to believe, is that the courts of Ghana have been captured, and that the courts have become a forum being used surreptitiously to…

03 Aug

Asiedu Nketia Took Bribe From James Gyakye Quayson- Abronye

Kakra NunuFeatured, NewsAsiedu Nketia, Assin North, James Gyakye Quayson

The General Secretary for the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Mr. Johnson Asiedu Nketia, has been accused by Kwame Baffoe Abronye of receiving heavy bribe from James Gyakye Quayson, to field him as the NDC’s Parliamentary candidate in 2020. The Bono Regional Chairman for the New Patriotic Party (NPP) openly stated on Wontumi TV that the bribe Asiedu Nketia received, made him force James Gyakye Quayson on the NDC knowing very well that he isn’t a Ghanaian national. Just recently, a Cape Coast High Court canceled results of the parliamentary elections in the Assin North constituency for the 2020 elections. https://youtu.be/LTxvqhJhws0…

03 Aug

Mahama Is An Arse, We Can’t Give Him Another 4 Years- Abronye (Video)

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John Mahama’s own biography that he is a ‘dead goat’ gives Ghanaians a million of reasons to always vote against him, the Bono Regional Chairman for the New Patriotic Party, Kwame Baffoe Abronye, has said. The NPP Chairman in a monologue on Wontumi TV, stated that the 2020 flagbearer of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) is an arse and would be a difficult person to deal with if he is given another four years as President. “He is now an arse and his posture would mean that we would need to put hot rod in fire and burn him with it before he would react to our call if…