TOP GHANA NEWS HEADLINES FOR TODAY – THURSDAY, 29TH AUGUST, 2019…

TOP GHANA NEWS HEADLINES FOR TODAY – THURSDAY, 29TH AUGUST, 2019…

By: SV KPODO
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>>>General News Headlines…

*How a father slept with his four daughters in 10 years – 27-year-old recounts experience

*Rawlings not influenced by government support for his charity works

*Here are the ‘Akufo-Addo boys’ gearing up for parliamentary seats

*I will continue to project gender issues – Pusiga MP

*Ghana is on the right economic track – Akufo-Addo

*Adwoa Safo’s Ministry is useless – NDC lawyer

*Free SHS has caused 5,500 teenage pregnancies – Otokunor reveals

*Underrate ‘hardworking’ Wontumi at your own peril – Yamoah Ponkoh warns NDC

*GES releases GH¢7.6 million for curriculum training

*’Banking crisis developed under your watch; you did nothing about it’ – Bawumia replies Mahama

*Child poverty in Ghana up by 70% – NDPC

*Immigration Service gets vehicle, fraud detection equipment from British High Commission

*Suspended PPA CEO a scapegoat to hide criminals in government – NDC

*Bawumia chastises Mahama for not showing leadership to resolve financial crisis

*IGP sends team from Police headquarters to investigate killing of 2 officers

*Footballer remanded for allegedly possessing Indian hemp

*Reduce foreign trips; fix Ghana’s insecurity- Adam Bona to Akufo-Addo

*Ras Mubarak, Vicky Hammah, others were ‘not prepared’ – Otokunor

*13 arrested over attack on police officers in Northern Region

*NDC apologises for beating up Adom TV journalist

*Combating corruption: 21 officials before court – Oppong Nkrumah

*Christians have made the church a boring place – Eastwood Anaba

*I’m broke – John Dumelo

*NIA postpones Volta region Mop-Up registration exercise

*Media freedom under no attack – Oppong Nkrumah

*NPP has fulfilled 70% of their promises – John Boadu

*Akufo-Addo is not corrupt but some of his appointees – P.C Appiah Ofori

*Presidency agency for looting and milking Ghana ‘dry’ – Sammy Gyamfi

*I lost because I could not share money but I’II come well prepared in 2023 – Sellas-Mensah

*Akufo-Addo’s ‘inferior’ dams are my ‘dugouts’ – Mahama

*Presidency now an organized crime agency – NDC reacts to ‘Donkomi’

*Owusu Bempah jabs Mahama for ‘wasting’ tax payers’ money on crude oil for Karpowership

*Where was your concern for Indigenous firms during your four years of dumsor? – Bawumia asks Mahama

*Banking crisis developed under your watch and you did nothing about it – Bawumia to Mahama

*Arrest and prosecute suspended PPA Boss – NDC

*‘You caused the banking sector mess’ – Bawumia fires Mahama

*Government’s 100,000 Affordable Housing Project a game-changer – Bawumia

*Bank crisis: What did you do for local firms during dumsor? – Bawumia to Mahama

*3 grabbed over killing of two police officers at Gomoa Buduburam

*Woman, 27, found dead in lover’s room

*Fertiliser smuggling not on the rise – U/W police insist

>>>Sports Headlines…

*Asante Kotoko sign former AshantiGold defender Samed Ibrahim

*African Games 2019: Ghana wins gold in Men’s 4x100m

*Crystal Palace’s Jordan Ayew is changing opinion after Man Utd display

*Inter Milan sweat over Kwadwo Asamoah injury ahead of Cagliari showdown

*Christian Atsu cameos as Newcastle United suffer Carabao Cup elimination

*Dante Amadou to replace departing Gideon Mensah at Red Bull Salzburg

*Ghanaian youngster Abdallah Basit close to Benevento move

*Joseph Amoah ruled out for six months after successful operation to correct hip injury

*Samuel Tetteh cameos as LASK Linz fail to reach UEFA Champions League Group stage

*Joseph Agbeko to face Julias Kisarawe on October 5

*African Games: Grace Obour grabs bronze medal in 400m race

*Kotoko will find it difficult beating Etoile du Sahel – JE Sarpong

*2019 African Games Day 10: Obour wins bronze in women’s 400m

*Tokyo 2020 qualifier: Black Queens beat Gabon 3-0 in first leg

>>>Business Headlines…

*BoG approves 13 remittance products for 8 banks

*Adopt ‘East Asian Magic’ for Africa’s economic success – President

*20-year bond not under-subscribed – Government

*SSNIT to issue statements of account starting October 1

*ADB to secure GHC127m through GAT to meet BoG’s GHC400m minimum capital requirement

*Boycott traders using ‘Olonka’ and other primitive measuring, weighing tools – GSA

*1D1F: GCB Bank supports rice production and processing factory in Sekyere South District

*1D1F: Western Deedew sets up rice production and processing factory at Agona

*Banks must leverage technology for effective growth – Victor Yaw Asante

*Internet bankers fall by 12% – Bank of Ghana

*Oxglow Trader provides safe and faster online marketplace in Ghana

*Development without borders: a global partnership for Africa

*Number of E-Zwich card holders up to 2.77m – BoG

*Gold Fields sells shareholding in Gold Road

>>>Entertainment Headlines….

*I’m not sure Sarkodie is ‘flexing’ me; I think he’s busy – eShun

*Be vigilant as 2020 elections approach – Lydia Forson to voters

*It’s not natural to go through hell in a relationship – Benedicta Gafah

*I suffer pain whenever my husband is upset with me – Mercy Johnson

*Comedians have not benefited from ‘Year of Return’ – Jacinta

*Lilwin, Stonebwoy, Shatta Wale nominated for NCA Brand Ambassador Award

*Slay queen is not a bad tag – Efia Odo

*Most Ghanaians live beyond their means – CEO of Kikibees laments

*Listen to our songs because we invest a lot – Lil Win

*Star boy Kwarteng is my crush – Kim Maureen claims

*Kofi Adjorlolo angry about decision to site Film Village in Kyebi

*I’m not dating Bella Mundi; stop the rumours – Joe Mettle

*Kelvyn Boy reacts to rumours Stonebwoy unfollowed him for being ungrateful

*Becca wears hot bikini for private boat cruise with hubby in Miami

>>>World News Headlines…

*China donates 30,000 bags of rice to Kenya, Twitter users outraged

*Hurricane Dorian grazes Puerto Rico

*Parliament suspension sparks furious backlash

*South Africans outraged as US journalist describes president as ‘unidentified leader’

*Jessi Combs: US race car driver killed in high-speed crash

*Parliament suspension: Queen approves PM’s plan

*Thieves target bronze bells from French churches

*Australia to tackle foreign interference at universities

*French cyberpolice, Avast and FBI neutralize global ‘botnet’

*Apple says to restart Siri reviews with new controls

*Spain ‘werewolf syndrome’ child cases linked to wrong drug

*Mexico bar attack leaves 25 dead

*Millions of Kenyans facing starvation

*Amazon fires create image nightmare for Brazil

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