NEWS
West African leaders are threatening to use force to oust Ivory Coast President Laurent Gbagbo if he does not accede to international calls for him to relinquish power after losing last month's presidential election.
The heads of state, after a meeting Friday in Nigeria, demanded that Mr. Gbagbo leave office. They said if he did not, neighboring countries “would be left with no alternative” but to take other measures, including “legitimate force,” to enforce the election results
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Pres. Mills Will Succeed Because He Is Not A Womanizer
A business tycoon and member of Council of State, Alhaji Asoma Banda, has said that the Mills administration will succeed because the President is not a corrupt person and a womanizer.
“The level of honesty and the integrity of President Mills will enable him to do goods thing for Ghana”, he said
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WAEC releases 2010 November/December WASSCE results
The Management of West African Examinations Council (WAEC) on Thursday announced the release of the provisional results of 133,867 out of 134,635 candidates who took the 2010 November/December West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE)
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United Nations Recognizes Ouattara As Ivory Coast President
The United Nations General Assembly has recognized Alssane Ouattara as the winner of Ivory Coast's presidential election.
The 192-nation world body adopted a resolution Thursday that accepted Mr. Ouattara's choice for the country's ambassador to the United Nations. The move gives a boost to Mr. Ouattara's bid to unseat Laurent Gbagbo, who has refused to step down after last month's disputed election
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Canadian man loses $50,000 in Ghana gold scam
An unemployed Ghanaian lady who deceived a 49-year-old Canadian into believing that she owned 75kilogrames of gold, being a treasure bequeathed to her by her late father, has ended up defrauding the man after a traditional wedding held at Haatso in Accra
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China trade with Africa up 43 percent in 2010
China says its trade with Africa surged by 43 percent during the first 11 months of this year.
A central government report released Thursday says the value of China-Africa trade was $114.8 billion from January to November
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Passenger on ‘mass rape’ bus Refuses Bail
A young man who said he was on a bus with Amina Mohammed and others when the alleged mass rape and robbery took place in October 2010 yesterday prayed the Accra Circuit Court to refuse him bail.
Michael Frimpong did not give any reason for his request but the presiding judge, Mr Kyei Baffour, declined his weird request and granted him bail in the sum of GHC10,000 with three sureties
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Ivory Coast: Over 170 people killed in post election violence
Diplomats at the United Nations say more than 170 people have been killed in violence following Ivory Coast's disputed election.
They say there are substantiated reports of the killings, as well as instances of torture and other mistreatment. The situation in Ivory Coast was discussed Thursday by the U.N. Human Rights Council in Geneva
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Mills sends Christmas message to Ghanaians
Fellow Ghanaians, my brothers and sisters, sons and daughters; let us give thanks to God Almighty for giving us another Christmas and festive season.
"For Unto us a Child is born, unto us a Son is given, and the Government shall be upon His shoulder, and His name shall be called Wonderful."
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Rawlings and Mills in secret meeting
President John Evans Atta Mills and his political god-father, ex-President Jerry John Rawlings and former security capo, Captain Kojo Tsikata are said to have met last Tuesday in a secret engagement at the Flagstaff House (Jubilee House) to mend their frosty relationship, the Daily Guide newspaper has learnt
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Finance minister and deputy are Embarrassing Government – NDC MP
NDC Member of Parliament for Shai Osu Doku, Hon David Tetteh Assuming, has slammed the Minister of Finance and his two deputies, accusing them of continuously embarrassing government on the floor of Parliament.
His outburst follows a string of inconsistencies by way for figures that bedevilled the passage of the Appropriation Bill for 2011
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Sheikh Imam Predicts Doom for Ghana and the world in 2011
The Spiritual Leader of the Salawatia Muslim Mission of Ghana, Sheihu Imam Rashid Hussein Salawat Qutubu Az-zamaan, has revealed that natural disasters such as landslides, earthquakes, storms, thunders, volcanic eruptions and floods would occur in the country and entire world in 2011
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Spio Congratulates Mills’ Government
Dr Ekwow Spio-Garbrah, a Vice Chairman of the National Democratic Congress, has congratulated the Government of President John Evans Atta-Mills for publishing a booklet in which 50 concrete achievements of the Mills government are highlighted
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Court remands Nigerian Penis thief
A Tamale Circuit Court has remanded 48-year-old Alex Ikege, a man suspected of making some persons’ genitals disappear, into police custody to re-appear on December 23, 2010.
The suspect, a Nigerian, facing charges of indecent assault, is alleged to have caused the disappearances of the male genitals of four persons but has pleaded not guilty
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Telecom Companies Must Pay For Painting Structures: Minister
The Eastern Regional Minister, Mr. Samuel Ofosu-Ampofo, has appealed to Municipal and District Assemblies to collect levies from telecommunication companies for painting structures with their logos
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Parliament Passes TOR Amendment Bill
Parliament yesterday passed the debt recovery of the Tema Oil Refinery (TOR) Company Fund Amendment Bill, 2010, to make way for levies on some petroleum products to be increased marginally by early 2011.
By the amendment, the current levy of two pesewas on every litre of premium petroleum and gas oil would be increased to eight pesewas
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