June, 2023

• 6 June

  Politicians making cash from failed G4O hence difficult to stop – Ben Boakye

  

  The Executive Director for the Africa Centre for Energy Policy, Ben Boakye says the government has found it difficult to stop the infamous Gold for Oil policy despite its myriad of challenges as the policy only lines money in the pocket of politicians. The International Monetary Fund (IMF) in its report has called for a review of the Gold for …

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• 6 June

  Ghana Police fined GH¢100k for ignoring RTI Commission’s orders

  

  The Ghana Police Service has been fined GH¢100,000 for its refusal to comply with the Right to Information (RTI) Commission’s directives, which required granting an applicant access to requested information. The Commonwealth Human Rights Initiative (CHRI), Africa, had sought information on the status of cases involving police brutality. Despite addressing the request to the Inspector General of Police, the Police …

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• 6 June

  Ange Postecoglou appointed new Tottenham head coach on a four-year deal

  

  Ange Postecoglou has been appointed Tottenham’s head coach on a four-year deal. Postecoglou will join Spurs on July 1 after two years at Celtic in which he won back-to-back Scottish Premiership titles and a domestic treble this season. Tottenham confirmed the appointment of Ange Postecoglou, with the Celtic boss becoming the first Australian to manage a Premier League club Postecoglou …

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• 6 June

  Accra West ECG recovers GH¢675,313.00 from illegal connections

  

  The Accra West Region of the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG), has recovered GH¢675,313.00 from 94 customers found to have engaged in various forms of illegal connection of power. The illegalities the customers engaged in included meter bypasses, meter tampering, unauthorized service connections, and direct connections. Their activities were identified during the company’s one-week nationwide revenue mobilization exercise embarked upon …

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• 6 June

  Minority clears air over Supreme Court judgment on Hon. James Gyakye Quayson’s case

  

  Minority at a press conference today Tuesday, June 6, 2023, clears air over Supreme Court judgment on Hon. James Gyakye Quayson case. The nominee for the post of Chief Justice (Justice Gertrude Araba Essaba Torkornoo) told the whole world that she is a textualist in her preferred approach to interpreting the Constitution of Ghana 1992. What was the text in …

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• 6 June

  Patients in danger as Ghanaian nurses head for UK’s NHS

  

  The recruitment of nurses by high-income countries from poorer nations is “out of control”, according to the head of one of the world’s biggest nursing groups. The comments come as the BBC finds evidence of how Ghana’s health system is struggling due to the “brain drain”. Many specialist nurses have left the West African country for better-paid jobs overseas. In …

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• 5 June

  Supreme Court releases full judgement on NDC’s expunged Assin North MP

  

  The Supreme Court has finally released its full ruling on the most controversial issue on Mr Gyakye Quayson’s election as member of parliament. As a result of a case of dual citizenship, the Supreme Court ruled that Mr Quayson was unqualified to contest as a member for the Assin north constituency. Defying the odds, he won the seat but the …

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• 5 June

  Lasmid becomes latest artiste to exit highly spiritual Music Label

  

  After rumours of the ‘Friday Night’ singer leaving Highly Spiritual Music, renowned music producer and the Chief Executive Officer of the label, Kaywa, has confirmed that the artist has indeed parted ways with the label Kaywa revealed in an interview that there was a back-and-forth conversation about his intention to leave way before the 2023 VGMAs The chief executive officer …

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• 5 June

  Lands Minister meets stakeholders over invasion of Anglogold shaft in Obuasi

  

  The Minister of Lands and Natural Resources, Samuel Abdulai Jinapor, has led a government delegation to Obuasi to meet with various stakeholders to find ways to address the issue of illegal mining in the area. The minister’s visit to the mining town comes a week after some illegal miners invaded Anglogold Ashanti Obuasi Mine’s concession and got trapped in the …

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• 5 June

  NHC to set guidelines for chiefs to supervise engagement with political actors

  

  The National House of Chiefs says it will soon set guidelines for Chiefs to supervise their engagement with political actors following the Supreme Court judgment declaring as unconstitutional endorsement of political parties and candidates by traditional rulers. President of the National House of Chiefs, Ogyeahoho Yaw Gyebi II, says though they are satisfied with the court’s judgement they will soon …

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