January 2023 - Page 25 of 81

23 Jan

Sarkodie Replies Shatta Wale’s Troll That He Featured Bob Marley’s Ghost

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Award-winning rapper, Sarkodie says he has received an outpour of love and support from industry players since his collaboration with Bob Marley was released. Industry colleague Shatta Wale in a tone some have said is cynical that Sarkodie should be applauded for being featured by a ghost on the song ‘Stir It Up.’ During an interview on Luv FM’sDrive Time, not only did Shatta mock the project, but he also downplayed the significance of Sarkodie being featured on a Bob Marley classic. ” don’t think it should be a problem. As we hear, Sarkodie has featured Bob Marley, it’s so beautiful,…

23 Jan

Information Ministry Paid Itself ¢151k As Covid-19 Allowance For Working During Lockdown – Auditor-General

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The Auditor-General, Johnson Akuamoah Asiedu, has directed that the Information Ministry refunds some ¢151,500 to its own management and staff without approval. This was revealed in Mr Asiedu’s audit of Covid-19 transactions for the period March 2020 to June 2022. The development reportedly ensued in 2020 during the lockdown at the height of the coronavirus pandemic in Ghana. “During our review, we noted that senior management staff and other supporting staff of the Ministry of Information paid themselves a total amount of GH¢151,500.00 as COVID-19 risk allowance for coming to work during the lockdown,” the report stated. President Akufo-Addo at…

23 Jan

Dr Kofi Amoah Had No Respect, He Threatened To Sack Me – Kwasi Appiah

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Former Black Stars coach, Kwasi Appiah, has described Dr Kofi Amoah, president of the now-defunct Normalisation Committee as a man who lacked respect for him during his tenure as head coach of the national team. Speaking on Prime Take with Muftawu Nabila Abdulai on the Joy News channel, Appiah said Dr Amoah tried pushing him to have Sulley Muntari and Kevin Prince Boateng in his team for the 2019 African Cup of Nations (AFCON) in Egypt. “He [Dr Kofi Amoah] suggested that [I bring back Sulley Muntari and Kevin Prince Boateng to the Black Stars].” Sulley Muntari and Kevin Prince…

23 Jan

Paramount Chiefs Received ¢450k Out Of Unaccounted ¢605k Funds – Auditor-General

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The Auditor-General’s audit of Covid-19 expenditure has revealed that a sum of GH¢605,962 has been unaccounted for at the height of the pandemic. Breaking it down, the Audit Service noted that government contrary to the public financial management regulation distributed GH¢451,800.00 directly to the Paramount Chiefs of the Traditional Councils. This, according to the report, was to help Ghana’s fight against the pandemic. The report reveals that GH¢154,161.97 of the funds transferred was misapplied. “The Registrars of Ashanti and Central Regional Houses of Chiefs explained that the amounts were disbursed to the Paramount Chiefs upon directives from the Presidents of…

23 Jan

COVID-19: 26 Ambulances Bought For $4m Yet To Be Supplied – Auditor-General’s Report

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The Auditor-General’s report on Covid-19 has disclosed that the Ministry of Health agreed to buy 26 Toyota Hiace Deluxe ambulances for US$4,049,460.12 in December 2021, but the ambulances were never delivered. The report on expenditures for Covid-19 between March 2020 to June 2022, indicated that a total of US$607,419.02 out of US$4,049,460.12 was paid for the ambulances to be delivered by January 15, 2022. According to details of the report, as of November 28, 2022, no ambulance had been delivered. In the report, the Chief Director explained that the supplier for the ambulances applied for an extension of delivery date…

23 Jan

Clothes Hangers Are Now A Tool For Abortion By Some SHS Girls

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Shock grips social media users as a dishearting revelation is been made about some SHS girls using cloth hangers as a tool to terminate a pregnancy. In a posted question on Twitter “Apart from hanging cloth with this, what else do girls use it for?”. A gist dropped in the comment box by a lady griped social media followers. As explained by the lady who dropped this cringy gist on social media, the ladies either sterilize the neck of the cloth hanger by using either a lighter or fire in the kitchen. After sterilizing the neck and pointed side of…

23 Jan

Allow Me To Die – Akrobeto Reacts To Death Prophecies Over His Life

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Popular Ghanaian actor, Akrobeto says he is not afraid to die and as such wouldn’t panic at the sound of any false prophecies. According to him, death is the ultimate reward of any believer hence he is ready to embrace it anytime, noting that even Jesus Christ and Prophet Mohammed are all dead. The Veteran Ghanaian actor was reacting to a man of God who prophesied his death during an episode of his show ‘The Real News’, Akrobeto slammed the prophet and labelled him fake. The prophet in a viral video claimed to have seen in the spiritual realm that…

23 Jan

First-Ever Tax Appeals Board Constituted

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The country's first-ever Independent Tax Appeals Board has been inaugurated, with a call on the members to ensure speedy adjudication, accuracy and fairness in tax dispute resolution and transform the country's domestic revenue mobilisation efforts. The 11-member board is chaired by Justice Lawrence Mensah, a retired Court of Appeal Judge, with members including the President of the Chartered Institute of Taxation, Nii Ayi Aryeetey; a retired Deputy Commissioner in charge of Special Duties at the Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA), Customs Division, Peter Kwame Abebrese; a retired Justice of the High Court, Justice Kwabena Asumanadu, and the Managing Partner, Tax and…

23 Jan

Maltese Minister Of Foriegn Affairs And Trade Pays A Working Visit To The NLA

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The Maltese Minister of Foreign, European Affairs and Trade, Dr Ian Borg, has assured that his country remains committed to enhancing the partnership it enjoyed with Ghana and the National Lottery Authority (NLA) for the last 60 years. He explained that the collaboration must be expanded to cover other areas of national development for the benefit of the peoples of both countries. Dr Borg stated this when he unveiled the bust of the first Director General of the NLA, Mr Francis William Brennan, a Maltese who helped in establishing the authority and organised its first draw in 1962. Dr Borg…

23 Jan

UPSA Must Clarify Issues On Admissions

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Dear Sir, I wish to appeal to the current Vice Chancellor of the University of Professional Studies (UPSA), Accra, to issue a statement to clarify issues regarding a news item that went viral a few weeks ago that UPSA has plans to limit ‘2023/24 admissions to aggregate 6’. I have noted that since this widely disseminated news item was published, there has not been a retraction or rejoinder, either from the Vice Chancellor or the UPSA as an institution. This leads to the assumption that the publication was factual, and the intention contained therein is meant to be carried out.…