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Former Chief Executive Officer of the National Entrepreneurship and Innovation Programme (NEIP), Kofi Ofosu Nkansah, has been admitted to hospital following his arrest and questioning by the National Intelligence Bureau (NIB).Source: www.myjoyonline.comRead full article

The Chamber of Digital Assets and Blockchain Innovation (CDABI), led by its President, Caleb Kwaku Afaglo, paid an official courtesy visit to the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Ghana.Source: www.myjoyonline.comRead full article

The US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has closed the airspace surrounding the Texas border town of El Paso for 10 days.Source: www.myjoyonline.comRead full article

Former NEIP CEO Kofi Ofosu Nkansah has been formally charged with publishing false news by the National Investigations Bureau (NIB), his legal counsel has confirmed.Source: www.myjoyonline.comRead full article

The New Juaben South Municipal Police Command has raided a suspected brothel at Dabiasem, a suburb of Koforidua, and arrested 15 young women over alleged involvement in commercial sex activities and human trafficking.Source: www.myjoyonline.comRead full article

Operatives of the Narcotics Control Commission (NACOC) have arrested a senior manager of a manufacturing company for allegedly attempting to smuggle cocaine out of Ghana.Source: www.myjoyonline.comRead full article

The Member of Parliament for Akwatia Constituency, Bernard Bediako Baidoo, has expressed worry over a recent JoyNews Hotline Documentary titled "A Tax for Galamsey," which exposed alleged illegal taxing of galamsey operations in the Amansie Central District of the Ashanti Region.Source: www.myjoyonline.comRead full article

Deputy General Secretary of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Haruna Mohammed, has insisted that allegations of vote-buying must be treated as a criminal offence and investigated by the Ghana Police Service, rather than being handled solely through internal party mechanisms.Source: www.myjoyonline.comRead full article

The country director of Socodevi, a Canadian non-governmental organization committed to improving the lives of farmers through sustainable and inclusive cooperatives, has bemoaned the threat posed by illegal mining on cocoa production. Nicolas Demers-Labrousse observed the cocoa sector is under threat with limited alternative income generation activities available to farmers, especially the youth. Galamsey continues […]Source: www.myjoyonline.comRead full article