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Salifu Maase, the host of Montie FM’s political talk show, has rejected media reports suggesting there was a Twitter war between him and British High Commissioner to Ghana, Jon Benjamin. A previous news story claims the controversial radio host popularly called Mugabe, "started a turf war with the British High Commissioner to Ghana on Twitter over the former’s decision to visit his family in the UK. Mugabe is reported to have told the Commissioner in a tweet that “UK is not heaven”. But according to Mugabe, the said Twitter account does not belong to him even though it is in his name. “I would like to state categorically that I have no Twitter account with the name “Mugabe Maase”. I want to say without mincing words that I do not have or belong to any social media platform. I don’t patronize Facebook, Twitter, Whatsapp, Instagram, Viber, or Tango,” he said in a statement. Read Mugabe’s full statement below  My attention has been drawn to reports that I Mugabe Maase is engaged i

Ghanaian singer and politician, Diamond Appiah has refuted media reports suggesting she lost miserably to her opponents in her bid to become the Member of Parliament (MP) for Trobu Constituency in Amasaman, Greater Accra Region. EIB Network yesterday reported that the artiste’s attempt to be a Member of Parliament ended in miserable way as she polled 429 votes out of the 75, 792 votes casted in her Constituency. The recording actress from a social media post said she performed better than her contenders as she had the third highest of votes collated. “For your information I got the third highest of votes collated and did better than candidates of CPP n PPP which are established political parties with more sympathizers than the new party's ticket I contested on,” she said. According to her, losing the Trobu seat does not worry her because her presidential candidate – Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) managed to secure more votes i

Some popular Members of Parliament (MPs) of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) will be leaving parliament as they have lost their parliamentary seats to candidates of the opposition New Patriotic Party (NPP). The NDC which is currently the majority in parliament won 148 seats in the 2012 general elections. However, in the just ended 2016 presidential and parliamentary elections some NPP parliamentary candidates managed to wrestle the seats belonging to popular NDC MP’s. Foreign Affairs Minister and incumbent Member of Parliament for Awutu Senya West Constituency, Hannah Serwaa Tetteh, lost her seat to George Nenyi Andah of the NPP after she polled 25,664 representing 49 per cents of the total valid votes with her opponent having 28,867 representing 62.72 per cent. Murtala Muhammed Ibrahim, Deputy Minister of Trade and Industry also lost his Nanton Constituency seat in the Northern Region to NPP’s Mohammed Hardi Tuferu. At La Dadekotopon Constituency,

Some of the smaller parties contesting in the 2016 presidential elections have conceded defeat and have sent their congratulatory messages to the New Patriotic Party (NPP) and its flagbearer Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo. Results so far from Wednesday December 7, 2016 presidential and parliamentary elections, showed that the flagbearer of the NPP, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo is leading with NDC’s President John Mahama following. The flag bearer of the Progressive People’s Party (PPP), Dr. Papa Kwesi Nduom in a short statement, said he has conceded defeat to the NPP as results made available to him indicate victory for the NPP. According to him, the NPP has worked hard enough for its victory. He wrote: “The wind of change has blown in his (Akufo-Addo’s) favour. The NPP worked hard for this victory.” Jacob Osei Yeboah, the only Independent candidate in the 2016 presidential elections, has also congratulated Nana Akufo-Addo for his “victory” as he concedes defeat to

Insurance companies have been urged to partner with banks in order to easily penetrate different markets and maximize sales opportunities on Bancassurance products. This partnership according to the Managing Director of NSIA Insurance, Mable Nana Nyarkoa Porbley, will help the banks, the insurers and the clients in many ways. Mrs. Porbley who was speaking at the 2016 Bancassurance Conference in Accra said, "When insurers partner banks it helps in future designing and pricing of products as the banks bring to the partnership a wealth of insights into client lifestyles and expectation; which means that the insurer is able design the right product at the right price for the client". Adding that the banks’ branch network brings the geographical spread - allowing easy access to insurance. “If Bancassurance products are strategically placed in the banking space it brings convenience to the clients as they get the opportunity to do their banking, pay bills and get insurance a

The Head of Communication at the Ghana Water Company Limited (GWCL), Stanley Martey, has alleged that more than 90 percent of sachet water on the market is just raw tap water repackaged by various sachet water producers. This is contrary to suggestions that the sachet water is properly treated and therefore better than the raw resource directly supplied by the GWCL. He made the comment while responding to a Demographic and Health Survey report by the Ghana Health Service and the Ghana Statistical Service that revealed that 29% of Ghanaians rely on sachet water. “More than 90 percent of sachet water producers use water from the Ghana Water Company as their  raw material for the production of sachet water..It is all from Ghana Water Company and not any industry trying to treat its water. “They rather devalue the water because if you look at the conditions under which some of these sachet water producers produce their water, it is rather pathetic. The conditions under which

In spite of his chart-topping hits, exceptional songwriting skills and dominant presence on the music scene a while back, Ofori Amponsah is often criticised for his not-too-appealing stagecraft. To help add good stagemanship to his many accolades, the new management team of the Alewa singer has devised a plan to ensure that he sparkles on his return to the secular scene by putting him ‘under house arrest’. For some months now, the popular musician is being detained at home and taken through rigorous rehearsals and daily aerobics to get him in shape for live performances. Also, a band has been provided for the artiste to ensure that he gets used to performing with a live band for hours. According to sources close to his management team, Ofori initially found it quite difficult coping with the new arrangements but he has since adjusted to the new guidelines. Speaking to Showbiz in an interview last Monday, Ofori Amponsah said he was initially uncomfortable with his ‘house arr