*TOP GHANA NEWS HEADLINES FOR TODAY – TUESDAY, 27TH AUGUST, 2019….*

*TOP GHANA NEWS HEADLINES FOR TODAY – TUESDAY, 27TH AUGUST, 2019….*

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*>>>General News Headlines…*

*Government’s procurement rots split opened

*NDC Primaries: Ras Mubarak runs to BNI over defeat

*Police officer repairs broken down traffic light with personal resources

*BOST becoming a failed national asset – Duncan Amoah

*310 Ghanaians awarded Chinese government scholarships

*Edwin Provencal confirmed as new BOST CEO

*UHAS gets Appeals Board

*Government to show commitment towards agenda 2030 of SDGs

*PCG cautions government on introduction of Comprehensive Sexual Education

*Let’s showcase opportunities in Africa – Oppong Nkrumah

*Elubo-Enchi chiefs, farmers, angry over bad road

*‘Mugabe’ Yieleh Chireh’s defeat good for NDC party – Founder

*The 17 women who sailed through the first batch of the NDC Parliamentary primaries

*‘Government officials buy just for buying’ sake – Auditor-General decries

*These are the 23 women who sailed through NDC primaries

*Hypocrisy hindering Ghana’s fight against corruption – Prof. Adei

*Money and violence marred beauty of NDC’s primaries – John Boadu

*Soldiers allegedly assault taxi drivers in Takoradi, remove car batteries, keys

*Prove that I threatened uniBank’s Receiver – Eurostar boss to government

*I ‘frustrated’ NDC with money in Just ended primaries – Wontumi brags

*Yieleh Chireh yet to congratulate me – Former IGP secretary

*Full list of winners and losers at NDC parliamentary primaries

*Fulani settlement attacked; livestock, houses burnt

*Suspending PPA Boss not enough; dissolve board too – Kabila to Akufo-Addo

*BOST MD’s resignation not surprising – IES Director

*Eurostar Global Limousines CEO invited by police over defunct UniBank debt and threats to receiver

*Illegal rosewood export: Gov’t sets up committee to investigate EIA report

*IYES Foundation awards Great Minds Int. student JHS-University scholarship

*Chinese community in Ghana condemns the West over Hong Kong unrest

*Losing long serving MP’s is weakening parliament – Former MP

*Adenta Defeat: Oye Lithur paying for her ‘sins’ against me – Rachel Appoh

*My opponent either ‘borrowed or stole money’ to win elections – Failed aspirant

*Linking me to kidnapping a political gimmick – Ofosu Ampofo

*UK’s Minister for Armed Forces to visit Ghana

*7-member committee formed to investigate alleged Rosewood smuggling

*Police begin patrol on Nkrumah Interchange

*Akufo-Addo has failed galamsey fight – Mining Engineer

*COA Research Fund launched

*11 NPP members hospitalised after gun attack

*Sosu not a mature politician – Sidi Abubakar

*Leave no one behind in Ghana’s development – Gender Minister

*My people wanted me to give them money – Defeated NDC MP

*2020: We’ll expel ‘skirt and blouse’ masterminds – NDC

*NDC Primaries: Oye Lithur, Daniel Ashiamah fall, Sam George narrowly escapes defeat as predicted by TGR

*Protecting vulnerable persons in society remains a national priority – Chief of Staff

*Asiedu Nketia reacts to vote buying allegations in NDC primaries

*Defeat of NDC MPs not surprising – Asiedu Nketia

*Akufo-Addo names Edwin Provencal as new BOST CEO

*>>>Sports Headlines…*

*Kotoko gross GH¢590K from Kano Pillars clash

*Ayew on top of the world? – Fans excited as Black Stars forwards start season in style

*Fred Pappoe best man for GFA job – Nyaho Tamakloe

*GFA Presidency: Neil Armstrong Mortagbe rules himself out

*Kotoko’s quest to rediscover lost glory in Africa

*’We are determined to beat Gabon’ – Black Queens midfielder

*SS Lazio, Schalke 04 enter race to sign hot-cake André Ayew

*Ghanaian trio Tetteh, Twumasi & Chibsah instrumental in Gaziantep thrashing of Genclerbirligi

*German side Werder Bremen launch bid to sign Andrew Ayew from Swansea City

*Emmanuel Adebayor replaces Asamoah Gyan at Turkish side Kayserispor

*CK Akonnor ready for national team job

*African Games Day 8: David Akwei wins bronze in weightlifting

*Foreign-based trio boost for Queens for Gabon trip

*Kwadwo Asamoah played full 90 mins in Inter Milan 4-0 win against Lecce in Serie A opener

*>>>Business Headlines…*

*SIT invites businessman for allegedly ‘threatening’ receiver of defunct UniBank over unpaid loans

*Government begins talks with IPPS, Gas Producers to reform ‘take or pay’ structure

*GNPC announces 2019/2020 Foundation Local Scholarship

*Citizen Watch commends gov’t for swift action on farmgate price for cocoa

*Government committed to reduce rice importation

*Senior Minister receives progress report on performance-based pay administration

*ComCashew working to make Ghanaian cashew industry internationally competitive – Executive Director

*AfCFTA is game-changer for Africa’s socio-economic development – ECA

*Probe ex-MD of BOST – COPEC to government

*Government collaborates with IPPs to resolve Take or Pay Contracts

*Government to resolve Take or Pay Contracts

*McDan to provide funding to young entrepreneurs

*Controller identifies over 12,000 accounts

*Ghana Alternative Market steps up education on listing for entrepreneurs

*>>>Entertainment Headlines…*

*Akuapem Poloo mocks Wendy Shay over her saggy breast; dares her to prove she doesn’t have a child

*I never had threesome with Shatta Wale and late Junior US – Efia Odo

*NDC Primaries: 3 actors who won in their constituencies

*Meet Joe Mettle’s mother

*Counsellor Lutterodt is crazy; he’s just an attention seeker – Efia Odo

*Maccasio hints of possible unity with rival Fancy Gadam

*I will rise above politics – John Dumelo promises

*Joojo Addison resurfaces with ‘Remedy’ for boredom

*Ghanaian lady quotes Bible to explain why she allows every man to sleep with her

*I’m different from the norm, not controversial – Efia Odo

*Sarkodie ministers at IYES 2019

*Afrobeats songstress Bigail kick-starts the year with new dance jam ‘Koto Mame’

*Relationships now last only ‘3 days’ due to social media – Delay

*Top celebrities join ‘stop violence against children’ campaign

*>>>World News Headlines…*

*Woman files for divorce; says her husband is too helpful and generous after 1 year of marriage

*Zimbabwe state doctors threaten strike over pay

*French man spent five days with head trapped in ladder

*Harvey Weinstein pleads not guilty, rape trial delayed to January

*Real Madrid confirm James calf injury

*McDonald’s faces boycott threats in India for serving halal meat

*Kenya is first African nation to recognise intersex as gender

*Teni hits the studio with Jamaican singer Kranium

*German court suspends restrictions on Facebook data gathering

*Ghana wins the jollof wars … for now

*China central bank urges banks to issue loans on basis of LPR reference rate

*Brazilian women should be ashamed of Bolsonaro for mocking my wife, says Macron

*Amazon fires: Leonardo DiCaprio gives $5m for rainforest

*Nuclear weapons and hurricanes don’t mix, NOAA advises

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