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03 Aug

Donald Trump due in court to face election 2020 charges

Evans ManassehNews

Former US President Donald Trump will be formally charged at a court hearing later for allegedly plotting to overturn his 2020 election defeat. Mr Trump, 77, is due to appear at a federal courthouse in Washington DC on Thursday at 16:00 EDT (20:00 GMT). It is expected that he will attend in person and plead not guilty. On the eve of the arraignment he slammed the case as proof of the “corruption, scandal, and failure” of the US under Joe Biden’s presidency. Mr Trump already faces two other criminal cases as he campaigns for the White House next year. In…

03 Aug

NPP Chairman Identifies The Easiest And Cheapest Seat To Reclaim In Bono East

Evans ManassehNewsBono East, Nkronza North, NPP

As the governing New Patriotic Party (NPP) gears up for its parliamentary primaries to elect potential candidates to represent the party at the constituency level, the Nkoranza North Chairman of the NPP, Emmanuel Amofa-Adjei has said that the easiest and cheapest seat the party could reclaim in 2024 election in the Bono East is the Nkoranza North . "In the whole of the Bono East Region, the easiest and cheapest seat to win for the NPP is Nkoranza North so the executives are very much determined to make this a reality." He boasted. Mr Amofa-Adjei has therefore pledged his total…

03 Aug

GIBA Drags Communications Ministry, KNet To Court Over DTT Operations

Wontumi2NewsGhana Independent Broadcasters Association

The Ghana Independent Broadcasters Association (GIBA) has, on behalf of its members, taken the Ministry of Communications and Digitalisation (MoCD) to court for mandating KNet Ghana Ltd, to unilaterally provide what they refer to as “contribution link services” and charge fees they refer to as “contribution links fees” to itself, with the added authority of disconnecting broadcasters from the National DTT Transmissions platform on account of nonpayment of the fees, without any legal basis or Parliamentary approval. The suit, which cites KNet as a co-defanfant, also relates to the ministry's establishment and charging of arbitrary fees to be paid into…

03 Aug

ADISCO Viral Video: Case Adjourned To Sept. 27

Wontumi2NewsADISCO viral video

The case involving the infamous bully of Adisadel College in Cape Coast will continue after the end of the 2023 West Africa Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE). The case has, therefore, been adjourned to Wednesday, 27 September 2023. In court on Wednesday, 2 July 2023, parents of the of the bully and victim were present to witness proceedings. The bully, however, did not admit the charges of assault and causing harm levelled against him. The case has since been adjourned to enable the teenagers write their final exams. The infamous bully of Adisadel College was arraigned on Friday, 28 July…

03 Aug

Gabriel Jesus To Miss Start Of Premier League Season

Wontumi1SportsGabriel Jesus, Premier League

Arsenal striker Gabriel Jesus has had minor knee surgery and will miss the start of the Premier League season. Jesus did not play in Wednesday’s pre-season win over Monaco and manager Mikel Arteta confirmed afterwards that the Brazil forward will be out “for a few weeks” after a “little procedure”. The 26-year-old’s injury is related to the knee problems he had last season, which also required surgery. “It’s a big blow because we had him back to his best,” said Arteta. Speaking after Arsenal beat Monaco 6-5 on penalties following a 1-1 draw at Emirates Stadium, the Gunners boss said…

03 Aug

Manchester City Agree £77M Fee With RB Leipzig Josko Gvardiol

Wontumi1SportsJosko Gvardiol, Manchester City, RB Leipzig

Manchester City have agreed a 90m euro fee (£77m) with RB Leipzig for Croatia defender Josko Gvardiol. The deal for the 21-year-old does not include add-ons, meaning the £80m Manchester United paid Leicester City for Harry Maguire in 2019 remains the British record for a defender. He has been a key player for Leipzig in the 87 games he played for them since signing from Dynamo Zagreb in 2021. It is expected Gvardiol will fly to England for a medical later this week The deal looked unlikely to be agreed last week when Leipzig insisted they would not sell for…

03 Aug

I Have No Preferred Candidate In NPP Presidential Primaries – Akufo-Addo

Wontumi2NewsNana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo said on Wednesday that he had no favourite candidate in the New Patriotic Party’s (NPP) presidential primaries, emphasising that delegates will determine who leads the party in next year’s election. He would, however, vote for a candidate “who, I believe, can best unite the Party, and, above all, who can win the presidential election of 7th December 2024, and inflict a third successive defeat on the perennial NDC Presidential Candidate, John Dramani Mahama.” In a meeting with party communicators at the Jubilee House, Accra, the President noted that the actions by a few members close…

03 Aug

Optimism And Realities Of The 2023 Mid-Year Budget Review

Wontumi1BusinessIMF, Ken Ofori-Atta

The government is upbeat about the mid-year revisions it has made to the 2023 budget following Ghana’s entry into a new International Monetary Fund bailout programme. However, reality is not quite so bright. … examines the prospects offered by the first budgetary adjustments made under the country’s latest IMF programme. Inordinate optimism has been widely recognised by politically non-partisan public policy analysts and commentators as a particularly strong forte of the incumbent President Nana Akufo-Addo administration and this is illuminated most vividly in its take on Ghana’s economic circumstances. On Monday, July 31, 2023, this tendency was on show again…

03 Aug

ECG Records ¢1.9Bn Loss In 2021 – Auditor General Report

Wontumi1Business2022 Auditor General Report, current assets, current liabilities, ECG, Loss, total income

The Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) recorded a loss of ¢1.913 billion in 2021 as against a profit of ¢822.549 million in 2020. This represented a 332.7% deterioration in the company’s financial performance. According to the 2022 Auditor General Report, total income of the company decreased by 13.7% to ¢12.104 billion in 2021. The fall in total income, the report said, was mainly due to the decrease in government grants. The grants were payments made to power producing companies by the government on behalf of Electricity Company of Ghana. The company also incurred a direct cost of ¢12.104 billion in…

03 Aug

GRA Petitioned To Conduct Comprehensive Tax Audit On Cecilia Dapaah

Wontumi1BusinessCecilia Abena Dapaah, GRA

Former President of the Chartered Institue of Taxation Ghana and a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants, Mike Kofi Aflu, has petitioned the Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) to conduct a comprehensive tax audit on the former Minister of Sanitation and Water Resources Cecilia Abena Dapaah. “I hope this letter finds you in good health and high spirit. I am writing to draw your attention a matter of utmost importance and public interest. “As a citizen of Ghana, I am deeply troubled by recent revelations regarding the discovery of various sums of cash in different currencies at the residence of…