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Former President John Dramani Mahama has given the strongest indication yet that he’s going to contest the Presidency in the 2020 general polls. According to him, he has reflected on the numerous calls by the party’s teeming supporters and sympathizers to declare his intention to contest in 2020; adding “I have listened to your calls”Mahama who has been silent on his intention to contest wrote on his facebook page: “I want to congratulate the rank & file and executives of our party, the NDC, at all levels for the commitment and work we have put into our reorganization efforts. The zeal and determination of the average sympathizer ofour great party is greater and miles ahead of what it was after the December 2016 Elections. We need to keep up with the momentum generated and follow the published timelines. To you the teeming supporters and sympathizers calling and requesting me to declare my intentions for the future, I wish to assure you today, that as a servant-leader, I have l...

Vice President Dr Mahamudu Bawumia is set to launch the mobile money interoperability system next week. This means it will be possible from next week to send mobile money from one mobile phone network to another seamlessly when the mobile money interoperability is launched. The launch to be performed by the Vice President will come as a major relief as sending money across networkshas been a major challenge to many. The mobile money interoperability is however only the first phase of a bigger project that will ensure that the public can also transfer funds from their bank accounts tomobile money networks as well as to e-zwich cards and vice versa in what is being termed the Financial Inclusion Triangle. The move by the Ghana Interbank Payment and Settlement Systems (GhIPSS), Telcos and Banks, was in response to a challenge thrown by the Vice President Dr Bawumia last year for a mobile money interoperability to become a reality in Ghana. While the original plan was to ensure that m...

Suhum Police arrest man for attempting to bribe Police The Suhum Police Command has arrested, Eric Grusah for attempting to bribe the Police to release a suspect who is in custody. The suspect was among a gang who attempted to steal electricity Transformer belonging to the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG). Suspect Enoch Tetteh, 23, a mechanic apprentice was arrested by the Suhum Police Patrol team when the gang jumped off their Kia Pride vehicle with registration number GR 2672 -17 having been stopped by the patrol team. Other gang members managed to escape but Tetteh was arrested. Eric Grusah emerged from nowhere and attempted to bribe the Police to free the suspect but was also arrested by the Police. Items such as 3 rolls of coiled copper, screwdriver, a spinner and hacksaw were retrieved. A follow up to the transformer revealed that it had been tampered with. According to the Suhum Municipal Police Commander, Chief Superintendent Joseph K Owusu, the suspects are being proc...