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Malawi’s President Lazarus Chakwera has stripped his Vice-President Saulos Chilima of all his delegated powers after the latter was named in a $150m (£123m) corruption scandal involving government contracts.The vice-president has not yet responded to the allegations.A report by the country’s Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) named 53 current and former officials as having received money from… Continue reading Malawi president strips deputy of powers over graft

The Liverpool striker is set for a new start after six seasons at Anfield. Sadio Mane has completed a medical at Bayern Munich as the Senegal striker closes on a move from Liverpool worth an estimated €41 million (£35m/$43m).Mane, 30, has become a firm favourite at Anfield over the last six years.But he now embarks on… Continue reading Mane undergoes Bayern Munich medical as €41m transfer from Liverpool nears

The President of the Republic, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, has urged the global community to increase its efforts to help developing countries withstand the devastations caused by the deadly coronavirus pandemic. In a keynote speech delivered at the 15th Edition of the European Development Days (EDD) in Brussels, Belgium, on Tuesday, 21st June 2022, President… Continue reading Help Africa recover from impacts of Covid-19, Russia/Ukraine War – Akufo-Addo

The Finance Minister Ken Ofori-Atta has given a breakdown of the Covid-19 expenditure in Parliament on Wednesday June 22.In the area of free water and electricity for lifeline consumers, for instance, he told the lawmakers that an amount of “¢200m was made available for free water and electricity for lifeline consumers, out of this, ¢143m… Continue reading Covid Spending: We spent ¢200m on free water, ¢143m on electricity – Ofori-Atta

The Majority in Parliament has rejected a call by the opposition lawmakers for an ad hoc committee in Parliament to interrogate the Covid-19 spending by the government.In the view of the Majority, the Finance Minister, Ken Ofori-Atta has adequately explained how the funds were utilized in Parliament on Wednesday June 22.Dissatisfied with the explanations of… Continue reading Covid-19 Funds Saga: Majority rejects Minority’s call for ad hoc C’ttee to probe spending

The Minister of Finance, Mr Ken Ofori-Atta, has assured Parliament and the public that the government and the Bank of Ghana (BoG) are on top of efforts to slowdown the depreciation of the cedi against its major counterparts.Mr Ofori-Atta said the 30 per cent in public spending this year was meant to augment policies by… Continue reading We’ve adequate measures to slowdown cedi depreciation – Ofori-Atta brags in Parliament

The Akufo-Addo led Government is making conscious effort to ensure that indigenous Ghanaian businesses flourish, the Member of Parliament for Mpraeso constituency, Davis Ansah Opoku has said.The Mpraeso constituency Legislator has made a passionate call to the Ghanaian populace to make a conscious effort to patronize Dzata cement if the country wants to achieve President… Continue reading Let’s patronize Dzata Cement to complement Akufo Addo’s industrialization agenda – MP

A Lecturer at the Ghana School of Law, Dr Isaac Annan has asked the Lands Commission to set up a Customary Land Secretariat that will be responsible for explaining to prospective buyers which lands are available for sale and which ones are not.In his view, this will be one of the effective ways of dealing… Continue reading The best way of buying land in Ghana is to get from the state – Law Lecturer

The National Alternative Employment and Livelihood Programme (NAELP), under the Ministry of Lands and Natural Resources, has paid a courtesy call on the Paramount Chief of Akyem Abuakwa traditional area, His Majesty Osagyefo Nana Amoatia Ofori Panin II, to put him in the know of the commencement of the national land reclamation programme in the… Continue reading NAELP calls on Okyehene as land reclamation begins in E/R

Government will continue to encourage and partner with private sector organisations in the quest to meet the needs of the disabled and disadvantaged in order to ensure greater societal inclusion.“It is my firm belief that with the collective support of social and economic actors, the active participation of the various representative associations gathered here, we… Continue reading Bawumia joins Charismatic Evangelistic Ministry in prioritising plight of PWDs