April 2018

About 96 timber companies in the country have collapsed in the last 15 years, leading to the loss of over 75,000 jobs. The crumbled companies represent 80 percent of the vibrant timber firms that operated in the country. According to…
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Zimbabwe’s parliament has summoned former President Robert Mugabe to give evidence about a claim he made about huge-scale diamond theft. Mr Mugabe accused foreign mining firms of “swindling” and “smuggling” in an interview on state-run…
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The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has denied reports that the immediate past Executive Director of the agency, Mr Peter Abum Sarkodie, and two other officials, spent $81,000 on a six-day trip to Finland. The agency stated that…
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A Liberian warlord known as “Jungle Jabbah” has been sentenced to 30 years in prison in the US for lying about his role in his country’s civil war. Mohammed Jabbateh was found guilty of immigration fraud for falsely telling US authorities…
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The suspension of the Managing Director of the Metro Mass Transit (MMT) Limited, Bennet Aboagye, and his personal assistant, Yiadom Kesse, over alleged financial malpractices, is a step in the right direction, Victor Kojoga Adawudu, a…
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The VIP Transport Limited has donated a garbage compactor truck and four tricycles to the Kumasi Metropolitan Assembly (KMA) to support its "Operation Keep the City Clean and Green" initiative. The donation, according to the company's…
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The Inspector General of Police (IGP) David Asante-Apeatu, has said the Police Administration under his watch will not relent on its effort in becoming number one in Africa by the year 2020 with regards to policing. “Come the year 2020…
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Forty-three (43) candidates have filed their nomination to contest the governing New Patriotic Party (NPP) regional elections in the Upper West. Six people are in the race for the Regional Chairman position – Saanbaye B. Kangberee, Ishak…
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Mr Ebbo Botwe, the Chairman of the Plastic Waste Management Programme Ghana (PWMPG), says Ghana’s stream plastic waste has seen a 12 per cent increment from 3 per cent in 2011 to 14 per cent in 2018. He assured Ghanaians that the…
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School authorities, particularly at the basic and second-cycle levels, have been cautioned to be responsive to issues relating to personal hygiene to enhance the wellbeing of their pupils and students. Mr. Frank Duodu, Kumasi…
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