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$200m new parliament: Sarkodie slams Ghanaian government

July 5, 2019 12:42 pm

Ghanaian Hip-hop recording artist, Michael Owusu Addo professionally known as Sarkodie has slammed the Ghanaian government over its plan to build a new parliament, which will cost about N72 billion ($200m).

Sarkodie in his reaction described the move of the proposed new Parliamentary complex as a misplaced priority considering that the country and her citizens are facing lots of challenges.

The Parliamentary is expected to have a 450 sitting capacity, house facilities including diplomatic offices, a library, a museum, a church, a mosque, eateries, press conference rooms, galleries, a car park, an upper gallery garden, and a post office. The …

Why Ghanaian authority pulls out of MoU with CRCC – Nigeria

June 5, 2019 12:34 am

Less than three months after it signed Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the China Railway Construction Corporation (international) Nigeria Limited, the Ghanaian Ministry of Railways Development has pulled out of the deal.

Announcing the development in Accra, the Ghanaian capital, the ministry cited alleged breach of confidentiality as reason for the action.

The withdrawal, it was learnt, was triggered by a report titled: “CRCC to construct 560km railway line for $2bn – same cost as 156 Klm Lagos-Ibadan rail.”

Infuriated with the report because it has not signed any contract with CRCC-Nigeria on rail project, the Ghanaian authority called off …

Alledged oil theft: Navy apprehends Ghanaian, 8 Beninoise

May 14, 2019 10:31 pm

The Navy said yesterday that it had arrested nine foreign nationals alongside two boats and seven trucks, for alleged stolen Petrol Motor Spirit (PMS), near Atlas Cove in Lagos.

The Commander, Nigerian Navy Ship (NNS) BEECROFT, Commodore Ibrahim Shettima, who briefed reporters in Apapa, Lagos, said the arrest happened between May 10 and 12 at Atlas Cove Island and Nigeria- Benin Republic border.

He said: “On May 10 at about 2am, a patrol team posted to the Atlas Cove Island discovered two trucks containing about 200 x 25 litre plastic cans around Akaraba area on the Atlas Cove Island.

“Although,

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