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NLA ‘Dashes’ VAG Digital Lotto To New Company

May 24, 2022

The National Lottery Authority (NLA) is planning to digitalize the 5/90 VAG Lotto and award the contract to a new company to take over and, ostensibly compete with banker-to-banker lotto operators, The Anchor has gathered. The new company, known as Zena Technologies Ltd, according to sources, would be given the contract to run the 5/90 […]Continue Reading

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Tarkwa, Australia Begin Sister-City Development Journey

May 24, 2022

Member of Parliament (MP) for the Tarkwa-Nsuaem constituency in the Western Region, George Mireku Duker, continues to seek development supports for his constituents in that part of the region. The latest is that the MP, together with the Austrian government, are set to commence an initiative to develop Tarkwa, a small scale-mining hub, which produces […]Continue Reading

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Anti-Ashanti Agenda Hits NPP General Secretary Race

May 24, 2022

The race for the General Secretary position of the governing New Patriotic Party (NPP), has taken an interesting twist, with intriguing historical and dirty tribal spin against candidates from the Ashanti origin, considered as the ‘World Bank’ of the party. The Anchor is reliably informed some candidates in the race, together with their agents, are […]Continue Reading

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Dangerous Bortianor Hills, Weija Illegal Quarry Sites Shut Down

May 24, 2022

Deputy Minister of Lands and Natural Resources, George Mireku Duker, has cracked the whip on operators of illegal stone quarry, sand winning and construction activities around the Bortianor-Hills, Tuba, Oblogo and Weija enclave under Ga-South and Weija-Gbawe municipalities of the Greater Accra Region, areas even though described as earthquake prone zone and risky to human Continue Reading

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Publishers start printing textbooks for new curriculum; books to be ready in 120 days – President of Publishers Association

May 23, 2022

There is finally a glimmer of hope that the no textbooks syndrome associated with the Standard Curriculum will be a thing of the past. Ghanaian publishers will finally begin printing textbooks for basic schools across the country. Primary schools have been without textbooks for three years since government introduced the new curriculum. The Ghana National […]Continue Reading

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Terrorism threats: What we should lookout for in young adults and children in communities [Article]

May 23, 2022

Terrorists exploit vulnerable groups and use them to their advantage to achieve their goals. Our children and young people fall within these vulnerable groups that can be exploited to our disadvantage and used against us. What are we doing about our young people in the wake of reports of existential threats of terror, and how […]Continue Reading

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Lands Ministry to probe Achimota Forest land allegedly captured in Sir John’s will

May 23, 2022

  The Ministry of Lands and Natural Resources says it will investigate a document making rounds on social media alleging that late former Forestry Commission Chief Executive, Kwadwo Owusu Afriyie, popularly called Sir John, included portions of the Achimota forest lands in his will. According to the ministry, it has requested all documents related to […]Continue Reading

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One dead, 5 arrested in renewed disturbances at Kandiga-Doba

May 23, 2022

  At least one person has died and five(5) suspects arrested in connection with a renewed clash between Doba and Kandiga in the Kassena-Nankana Municipal and Kassena-Nankana West District in the Upper East Region. There were sporadic gunshots between the two communities last night, which threatened the safety of road users plying the Bolgatanga-Navrongo road. […]Continue Reading

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ECG Workers‘Rejects’ New MD

May 23, 2022

There is a simmering tension mounting among the general staff of the state-owned Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG),following the appointmentof Mr. Samuel Dubik Masubir Mahamaby the Presidency as the new Managing Director (MD) of the company. Theydescribed the appointment as retrogressive, considering the challenges bedeviling the company which required more experienced Continue Reading