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01 Jul

Rapper EL ‘bullies’ Obrafour With His Height

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Rapper EL is known to be among the tallest celebrities in the industry, but he might just be taller than you realized. The 36-year-old rapper on Friday published a photo of himself and the legendary Obrafour at his 2019 Pae Mu Ka @20 concert. Standing over 6 feet tall, EL made it seem like his senior colleague was his son. The throwback image has generated rib-cracking reactions from his Twitter users, who have crowned the rapper as the tallest man in the industry. "Tbt With the Legend @iamobrafour," EL captioned the viral photo with the 'Twe Wo Ho' hitmaker, Obrafour. A Twitter user…

01 Jul

Latex Foam Donates To Sharubutu Islamic Institute

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Foam manufacturer, Latex Foam, has donated 30 pieces of mattresses to the newly constructed Sharubutu Salibu Salam Islamic Institute. The institute, founded by the National Chief Imam, Sheikh Dr Usmanu Nuhu Sharubutu, is intended to promote Islamic upbringing and training towards the improvement of moral and spiritual improvement of society. Located at Djorman, a fishing community near Weija in the Greater Accra Region, its chief goals include helping students to memorise and learn the fundamental teachings of the Quran. The Export Manager of Latex Foam, Dr Yakubu Diomande, who presented the items on behalf of the company, said the gesture…

01 Jul

Airport Company Not Privy To Frontiers, First Atlantic Contract – Transport Minister

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The Minister for Transport, Kwaku Ofori Asiamah, says the Ghana Airport Company is not privy to the details of the contract between Frontiers Health Services and First Atlantic Bank for the collection of charges for COVID-19 testing at the airport. According to him, all the required procurement processes were followed in the award of the contract for the COVID-19 testing to Frontiers Health Services. On the floor of Parliament, the minister said the company followed due process in the matter. “Ghana Airport Company limited strictly followed its established procedures in awarding concessions to our client. The company secured approval from…

01 Jul

Akufo-Addo Instructs Ofori-Atta To Start Formal Engagements With IMF

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President Akufo-Addo has instructed his Finance Minister Ken Ofori-Atta to commence formal engagements with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) inviting the Fund to support an economic programme put together by the Government of Ghana. This follows a telephone conversation between the President and the IMF Managing Director, Miss Kristalina Georgieva, conveying Ghana’s decision to engage with the Fund. The Ministry of Information announced this in a statement on Friday July 1. On Monday June 27, a leading member of the governing New Patriotic Party (NPP), Gabby Otchere Darko said that in principle, he was not against the IMF programme. Gabby…

01 Jul

NDC Came To Steal, Kill And Destroy- Solomon Kusi Appiah (VIDEO)

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A communications team member of the New Patriotic Party,(NPP), Solomon Kusi Appiah, has remarked that as agents of the devil, the NDC came to steal, kill and destroy just because they hate to see others prospering. "The country's economy was in shambles after the NDC and Mahama stayed in power for eight years. But glory be to God that we have a visionary leader who has rescued us from the hardship we were subjected to, and he's moving the country forward; therefore we will not allow the NDC to destroy the good works of His Excellency Nana Akufo-Addo" he stated.…

01 Jul

Today In History

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Sometimes it's better to end something and try to start something new than imprison yourself in hoping for the impossible. *On This Day, 1st July 1960* *(62 years ago):* Ghana becomes a republic and Kwame Nkrumah became its first President as Queen Elizabeth II ceases to be its head of state. https://youtu.be/Tq6jYoyQLa0

01 Jul

You Went To IMF When There Was No COVID…Keep Your ‘Rubbish’ Advice To Yourself- Chairman Wontumi To Mahama

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The Ashanti Regional Chairman for the New Patriotic Party, Chairman Wontumi has pooh-poohed measures coming in from former President John Mahama on how President Akufo-Addo can handle Ghana’s economy. Chairman Wontumi acknowledges that there is global hardship but was quick to point out that President Akufo-Addo, didn’t create the situation. “All world economies came to a standstill due to the outbreak of COVID-19. Ghana’s economy was performing better before COVID-19 hit us and we did well managing the situation. Now there is the war between Russia and Ukraine and it is also affecting everyone. We must not pretend things are…

01 Jul

Gov’t To Commence Talks With IMF For Bailout

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Government is set to commence talks with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) for a bailout following severe challenges with Ghana’s economy. This was announced in a statement issued by the Information Ministry today, Friday, July 1, 2022. “The President of the Republic, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, has authorized Finance Minister Ken Ofori-Atta to commence formal engagements with the International Monetary Fund (IMF), inviting the Fund to support an economic program put together by the Government of Ghana.” “This follows a telephone conversation between the President and the IMF Managing Director, Miss Kristalina Georgievs, conveying Ghana’s decision to engage with the…

01 Jul

Nana Addo Has Rendered John Dramani Mahama And The NDC Useless- Solomon Kusi Appiah (VIDEO)

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A communications team member of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Solomon Kusi Appiah, has stated that former President John Dramani Mahama, doesn't qualify to be the flagbearer of the NDC not to talk more of becoming a President. Reacting to the former President's address on the theme 'Ghana debt burden; reflections and solutions' on Movement In The Morning Show, Appiah stated that "if firing the Finance Minister Ken Ofori Atta is the solution he could proffer, then he doesn't deserve to contest as a Presidential candidate in Ghana. He should just resign from politics- it's not just about speaking but…

01 Jul

You Are Suffering From Retrogressive Amnesia –Solomon Kusi Appiah Tells John Mahama (VIDEO)

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A communicator of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Solomon Kusi Appiah, has stated that President Mahama is suffering from reverting loss of memory. He said after President John Mahama spoke on the economy at the Think Progress Ghana Launch at Gimpa in Accra on Thursday, 30th June, 2022. He made allegations on how the current government has mismanaged the economy bringing hardship to the people of Ghana. Speaking on the issue on Movement In The Morning Political Show, Kusi Appiah said, ''the economy grew at 8% until Covid-19 set in. Ghana would have been a safer economic haven if not…