*TOP GHANA NEWS HEADLINES FOR TODAY – SATURDAY, 24TH AUGUST, 2019…*

*TOP GHANA NEWS HEADLINES FOR TODAY – SATURDAY, 24TH AUGUST, 2019…*

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*>>>General News Headlines…*

*75-year-old woman ‘buried alive’ at Wiawso

*Contracts for sale exposé: I’ll expose Manasseh over GH¢1k bribe – Kennedy Agyapong

*What I would have done if I were PPA boss – Emile Short

*NYA board member Arnold Boateng resigns; says there are issues

*PPA scandal a symptom of Akufo-Addo’s ‘family, friends’ government – Kojo Danquah

*Akufo-Addo shields his ‘corrupt’ appointees by referring them to investigative bodies – Adu Asare

*Ningo Prampram residents protest blockade of access roads by rail lines

*John Boadu ‘tips’ Asiedu Nketia to be Mahama’s running mate

*We’ll be vindicated – PPA board

*Government to decide on Accra Sky train project in November

*Banking crisis due to your inaction – NPP fires back at Mahama

*I’m used to your ‘incompetent tag’ – Mahama jabs Bawumia

*PPA scandal a symptom of Akufo-Addo’s ‘family, friends’ government – Kojo Danquah

*Ningo Prampram residents protest blockade of access roads by rail lines

*Not all Akufo-Addo ministers are being paid – Deputy Information Minister

*Damongo MP fights Jinapor over power project

*Nduom suffering because he mixed politics with business – Asiedu Nketia

*Aspirant donates van to Dome-Kwabenya NDC

*Mahama should shut up on banking crisis – Buabeng Asamoah

*PPA boss scandal shows Akufo-Addo has lost corruption fight – Inusah Fuseini

*Suspended PPA CEO was dismissed in 2003 for ¢72.5m financial loss

*Akufo Addo is committed to ending corruption – Enam Hadzide

*Ghana yet to complete requirements for reopening of embassy in Mexico – Ambassador Ventura

*EC opens register for transfer of votes for District Level and Unit Committee elections

*Manasseh is no different from Anas; survives on bribe – Kennedy Agyapong

*Probe all single-sourced, restricted contracts – Procurement professionals

*Murdered Police woman promoted posthumously to Sergeant

*We won’t allow PPA boss to send NPP to opposition – MP

*Name, shame, prosecute fertiliser smugglers – PFAG

*Blame older generation for youth’s recklessness – Zanetor Rawlings

*PPA saga a test case for Akufo-Addo – GII

*Presby church tells leadership to save Ghana from corruption

*Wontumi commends President Akufo-Addo for suspending PPA CEO

*What John Mahama said about the banking and financial system

*’Corrupt’ Manasseh has no credibility – Kennedy Agyapong

*Your 125 ministers ‘Guinness World Record’ – Mahama to Akufo-Addo

*Mahama and his brother started the banking mess – Chairman Wontumi

*NDC shops for candidates

*What I would have done if I were PPA boss – Emile Short

*NABCO director’s pickup retrieved; robbers escape with car key

*Achimota School’s history threatened

*Akufo-Addo appoints 2nd female general

*12 million girls forced into early marriage annually – Plan International

*3 nabbed over Abokobi Police missing rifle

*Driver, mate jailed 34 years for robbery

*Arrest and prosecute directors of collapsed financial institutions – Obiri Boahen charges gov’t

*Police retrieve vehicle snatched from NABCO boss at gunpoint

*Manasseh commends Akufo-Addo for his swift response to ‘Contract for Sale’ expose?

*NDC Polls: Over 1,000 delegates to elect parliamentary candidate in Jomoro

*Suspended PPA CEO: Conflict of interest not defined in constitution – Emile Short

*Akufo-Addo must deal decisively with PPA CEO – Presby PRO

*I ‘regret’ not ‘selling’ my policies properly to Ghanaians – Mahama

*NDC Primaries: No polls in Ashaiman; incumbent MP declared candidate

*NABCO Coordinator’s stolen pickup abandoned in Bolga

*Polio outbreak recorded in Chereponi

*Yilo parliamentary seat not for sale – NDC youth descend on regional executives

*24 to contest NPP primary in Upper West

*Shut down of XYZ, Radio Gold: Akufo-Addo hates critcism – Mahama to Akufo-Addo

*Kante doubtful for Chelsea’s Norwich clash due to ankle injury

*Bale has to be the player we know he is – Zidane

*>>>Sports Headlines…*

*Where were you when Agogo was suffering – Ghanaians fire ‘hypocrite’ Sports Ministry

*Afriyie Acquah completes switch to Turkish side Malatyaspor

*Kano Pillars arrive in Kumasi ahead of Kotoko clash

*Ghana is also an option – Myron Boadu reveals after Dutch national team snub

*Board member resigns over ‘issues’ at National Youth Authority

*Old GFA members must be allowed to contest – George Afriyie

*Afriyie Acquah to receive €1m per season after completing Matalyaspor move

*2019 African Games: Ghana progresses in swimming and tennis

*7th African Fighting Championship launched in Ghana

*B.K. Edusei Foundation launched to support old Kotoko players

*Fernando Torres: Former Liverpool and Chelsea striker retires after final match

*Serena Williams: Carlos Ramos will not umpire Williams sisters at US Open

*Kante doubtful for Chelsea’s Norwich clash due to ankle injury

*Bale has to be the player we know he is – Zidane

*>>>Business Headlines…*

*We don’t influence tender processes – PPA Board

*Tullow Oil meets government over new opportunities

*Trade Minister inaugurates West Africa largest steel factory

*BoG replies former Deputy Governor on banking sector cleanup

*BoG chides apologetic ex-Deputy Governor

*Former Deputy Governor justifies recent comments on banking crisis

*Halt outsourcing of mining contracts – Mine workers Union

*GIPC to review trade laws – Yofi Grant

*Report to us – SEC to disgruntled customers of Fund Managers

*No need for panic withdrawals – SEC assures investors

*2019: Energy awards to focus on industrialization

*Let’s reposition local industries for AfCFTA – AGI Veep

*Avant-Garde hair and styles return with HIBS Africa on September 7

*Investors balk at Ghana debt offering yield above 20%

*>>>Entertainment Headlines…*

*I won’t waste time on you – Kwadwo Safo Jnr replies Ex-wife Juliet Ibrahim

*TV Africa presenter tears Juliet Ibrahim into pieces over her insulting comment

*Wendy Shay speaks dumbly in interviews because her manager Bullet is dumb – Bulldog

*Sonnie Badu blast GFA and former teammates of Junior Agogo

*Ghanaians call Michael Essien a hypocrite for mourning Junior Agogo

*My positivity has made me immune to cyber bullying – Efia Odo

*Yvonne Nelson calls for better policies for Creative Arts Industry

*If your girlfriend doesn’t ask you for money, she is cheating with a rich man – Princess Shyngle

*Juliet Ibrahim says she was raped at age 8 by her grand uncle and cousins

*Jack Daniel’s Partners with Yango for JD Music Fest

*Bullet jabs Prince David Osei for describing Wendy Shay as shallow

*I don’t want to be studied in schools – Obrafour

*Let’s talk bread and butter issues; not who’s best rapper – Obrafour

*Yvonne Nelson’s daughter fits perfectly in her handbag

*>>>World News Headlines…*

*Eggs harvested from last remaining white rhinos

*We are ‘far from a malaria-free world’ – WHO report

*London firefighters tackle fire near Grenfell Tower

*Putin orders reciprocal Russian response to U.S. missile test

*Amazon fires: France and Ireland threaten to block EU trade deal

*US school rebuilt with bulletproof barriers and curved corridors

*Nigerians charged in million-dollar scam

*South Africa pledges fiscal discipline in sweeping health reform

*Scottish university to pay 20 million pounds in slavery reparations

*Trump to square off in court with House Democrats over financial records

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