Yearly Archives: 2019

Defence lawyer for alleged coup plotters explains why they had guns

Defence counsel for seven treason felony suspects who have denied plotting a coup has explained why his clients were found with guns. According to Victor Adawudu, his clients bought the guns to protect members of a group, Take Action Ghana, not to stage a coup, as maintained by the state prosecutors. …

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Ghana now imports flowers from South Africa – Senior Minister laments

Senior Minister Yaw Osafo Marfo is worried about the alarming rate of the country’s importation of goods. He said the country currently importing flowers thrice in a week from South Africa is an absurd situation which is unacceptable. Speaking at a gathering on behalf of President Akufo-Addo at the opening of …

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23-year-old man electrocuted in Sunday downpour

A 23-year-old man, Ebenezer Drah, was on Sunday night, 10 November 2019, electrocuted during a heavy downpour at Dome Crossing in Accra. According to eyewitnesses, the deceased left the safety of his room to help a group of men salvage a kiosk that was being washed away by the floods …

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Teacher trainee drowns in suspected suicide

A young man believed to be in his late twenties (20s) has drowned in a pond close to the Notre Dame Senior High School near Nayagenia near Navrongo Kassena-Nankana District in the Upper East Region The man, identified as Justine Bellengo ( alias Dickson), is suspected to have staggered into …

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Murder of NPP treasurer: Key suspect arrested

The Western Regional Police Command has arrested a key suspect in relation to the murder of a New Patriotic Party (NPP) Treasurer, Mark Ofori, of the Takoradi Constituency. Anthony Mensah was arrested on Sunday, 3news.com has reported. According to the report, the suspect is believed to have supplied the guns …

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GMA reveals health crisis in Ghana prisons

The Ghana Medical Association (GMA) has raised the alarm over the health crisis in Ghana’s prisons and called for urgent and comprehensive healthcare for inmates in various prisons across the country. It has identified overcrowding, drug abuse, poor diet and hygiene, infections and substandard healthcare as the cause of the …

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UN demands answers from Ghana over ACP Agordzo’s treason trial

The United Nations (UN) is demanding answers from authorities in Ghana over emerging issues relating to the treason trial of the Director of Transformation of the Ghana Police Service, Assistant Commissioner of Police (ACP), Dr Benjamin Agordzo. Sources reveal that the international body wants to know why the senior police …

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Akufo-Addo leaves for South Africa

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo left Ghana on Sunday for Johannesburg, South Africa, to attend the Second Edition of the Africa Investment Forum PRESS RADIO can confirm. The Forum, organised by the African Development Bank and its partners, is the largest multi-stakeholder and multi-disciplinary marketplace in the world, aimed at …

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