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31 Dec

Cristiano Ronaldo Signs Mega-deal With Saudi Arabian Club Al Nassr

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Soccer superstar Cristiano Ronaldo has agreed to join Saudi Arabian club Al Nassr on a two-year deal that will make him the highest-paid soccer player in history with a reported annual salary of approximately $200 million. The club announced the signing on Friday. Ronaldo became a free agent in November after leaving Manchester United by "mutual agreement." The 37-year-old forward returned to United in the summer of 2021 but was never able to reach the heights he did in his first stint with the club. As a result, new manager Erik ten Hag removed him from the first team. Ronaldo was also benched by…

31 Dec

The World Needs Peace In 2023 – UN General-Secretary

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António Guterres, the United Nations Secretary-General, says the world needs peace in 2023 more than ever. The Secretary-General in his Annual New Message, which was made available to the press by the UN, said every New Year was a moment of rebirth and that in 2023, people must put peace at the heart of their words and actions. Mr Guterres said in 2022, millions of people around the world literally swept out ashes; saying from Ukraine to Afghanistan to the Democratic Republic of the Congo and beyond, people left the ruins of their homes and lives in search of something…

31 Dec

Actress Rita Dominic Reacts To Allegations Of Wrecking Fidelis Anosike’s Former Marriage

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Nollywood actress, Rita Dominic, has reacted to claims of dating her husband, Fidelis Anosike, while he was still married to his ex-wife. A lady identified as Winter Berry, on Twitter alleged that Rita is among the female Nollywood stars who have wrecked people’s homes. The Twitter user also made reference to Mercy Johnson, Rosy Meurer, and Ivy Ifeoma, the new girlfriend of Nigerian singer, Paul Okoye. According to the Winter Berry, the aforementioned female celebrities perfectly played the roles of side chic before they wrecked the home of their current husband. The tweet read: “Rita Dominic was dating Fidelis while the…

31 Dec

GRA To Roll Out E-Platform For Property Rate Payment On January 1

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The Ghana Revenue Authority has said it is commencing the implementation of a unified common property rate platform from New Year’s Day. It is doing so in conjunction with the Metropolitan, Municipal and District Assemblies. “Effective January 1, 2023, the Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) will be partnering the Metropolitan, Municipal and District Assemblies (MMDAs) in the collection of property rates in the country using a Unified Common Property Rate Platform”, the GRA announced in a statement. The Unified Common Property Rate Platform, also known as Myassembly.gov.gh, is a complete end-to-end district revenue collection and administration platform designed to enhance the collection and accounting…

31 Dec

Government To List Qualifying SOEs On Ghana Stock Exchange – Minister

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Minister for Public Enterprises, Mr Joseph Cudjoe, says the government plans to list qualifying State-owned Enterprises on the Ghana Stock Exchange next year. The Member of Parliament for Effia Constituency said that the listing would lead to greater participation of private investment in the selected entities and improve the country’s capital market. “…we are working to provide an opportunity for Ghanaians to participate in owning parts of selected state-owned enterprises that are doing well,” he disclosed. Mr Joseph Cudjoe said this at a press soiree to recount the performance of the Ministry of Public Enterprises. He said that listing the…

31 Dec

Carpenter Jailed 12 Years For Defilement

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An Adentan Circuit Court has sentenced a 30-year-old carpenter to 12 years imprisonment for defiling and impregnating a 15-year-old girl at Abokobi Boi, in the Greater Accra Region. Martin Yaw Vivor, charged with defilement, pleaded guilty when he appeared before the Court presided over by Mrs Abena Amponsah Buansi on Thursday. Vivor’s sentence was however deferred to Friday December 30, 2022. Vivor is said to have lured the victim with GHS70.00 after proposing to her. He blamed his action on excessive alcohol intake. Appearing before the Court on Friday, the court convicted Vivor on his own plea and sentenced him…

30 Dec

There’ll Never Be Another Like Him – Akufo-Addo Mourns Pelé

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Ghana’s President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has paid glowing tribute to world football legend Pele. The ex-Brazilian footballer died on Thursday, December 29 at the Albert Einstein Hospital in Sao Paulo. He was 82. Tributes have poured in for the only man to have won the FIFA World Cup three times. President Akufo-Addo on Friday, December 30 took to his official Twitter page to express condolences, on behalf of the people of Ghana, to Pele’s family, the Brazilian people, the Brazilian government and football lovers in general. There has been a 3-day national mourning declared in Brazil with the funeral scheduled for…

30 Dec

We Have Created More Jobs Than Any Other Government Since 1957 – Dr. Bawumia

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Vice President Mahamudu Bawumia has declared that the government of Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has an unmatched record in terms of public infrastructure in the history of Ghana. According to him, in the last six years, the government he has served as Vice President in has undertaken among others, more roads, airports and interchanges than previous governments. The Second Gentleman was speaking at a thanksgiving service organised by the governing New Patriotic Party (NPP) in Accra on Thursday, December 29, 2022. "We have built more roads..., there is no government that has built more roads than the government of Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo. "We have built more…

30 Dec

NPP Is The Best Government To Tackle Ghana’s Economic Challenges – Bawumia

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The Vice President of Ghana, Dr Mahamudu Bawumia, has urged Ghanaians to have complete faith in the NPP administration in the hope of better times. Dr Bawumia claims that although the country’s economy is having problems, Ghanaians should look to the NPP government as their sole hope for relief. The vice president outlined various policies the NPP administration has implemented to alleviate the problems of Ghanaians' during his remarks at the NPP annual thanksgiving service at the party’s headquarters on Thursday, December 29, 2022. "We have built more factories than any other government since independence. We have built more airports…

30 Dec

GRA Scraps Benchmark Value Policy

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The Ministry of Finance through the Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) has scrapped the benchmark value policy on import duties at the country’s ports in its entirety. A memo from the Commissioner to all sector commanders signed by Iddrisu Iddisah Seidu, Ag Commissioner, Customs Division sighted by DGN Online says effective January 2023, the 30 percent discount on import values of general goods and 10 percent discount on home delivery value (HDV) of used vehicles will no longer apply. As a result, valuation of all goods will continue to be done in line with the World Trade Organization (WTO) valuation agreement,…