Yearly Archives: 2021

Ebony’s driver remanded into prison custody

The driver in-charge of the vehicle that caused the death of the hiplife artiste, Priscilla Opoku Kwarteng, alias ‘Ebony’, has been remanded into prison custody by the Nkawie Circuit Court. Okoh Pinehas Chartey was in charge of the Jeep car with registration number AS-497-16, which was involved in the accident …

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One person shot dead in South Africa student protest

One person was killed on Wednesday after South African police fired rubber bullets to disperse a group of student protesters at Wits University in Johannesburg. Students began sporadic protests in early January over the alleged exclusion of some students by a government-sponsored tuition aid scheme. Wits University spokeswoman Shirona Patel …

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LIVESTREAMING: Koku Anyidoho on Starr Chat

Samuel Koku Anyidoho, a former Deputy General Secretary of the National Democratic Congress is on Starr Chat. Anyidoho is speaking a myriad issues from his time with late President John Evans Atta Mills to Ghana under the Nana Akufo-Addo administration. In recent months, Koku has made some comments which are …

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Reinstate Domelevo – CSOs tell Akufo-Addo

The Coalition of Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) Against Corruption on Wednesday, March 10 held a press conference to state reasons why the former Auditor General should be reinstated. Among other things, the CSOs accused President Nana Akufo-Addo and the Audit Service Board of unfairly targeting and dismissing Daniel Domelevo. The …

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Biden’s $1.9tn Covid relief bill passes US Congress

President Joe Biden’s $1.9tn (£1.4tn) relief bill to help Americans deal with the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic has cleared its final hurdle in Congress. The House of Representatives approved the massive economic aid plan 220-211 on Wednesday along partisan lines, with no Republicans voting in favour. Having already passed …

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Bayport Managing Director resigns

The Managing Director of Bayport Savings and Loans, Nii Amankra Tetteh, has stepped down from his position as Managing Director of the financial institution A statement by the company said Mr Nii Amankra Tetteh opted out to “pursue other opportunities elsewhere”. Mr was appointed by the Board of Directors of …

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Group opposes government’s laptops distribution project

A group of teachers calling itself INNOVATIVE TEACHERS has rejected the government’s plan to procure and distribute 280,000 laptops to teachers across the country with 30 percent cost to the teachers. In a statement issued by the group dated March 10, 2021 and signed by its Secretary, Christian Aidoo, INNOVATIVE …

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REVEALED: Five secret things behind waist beads

Most ladies, growing up, were made to wear beads around their waists, ignorant of its significance or the meaning behind it. Student and Fashion Designer, Abigail Sedufia, in an interview on eTV Ghana’s Girl Vibes, shared per her knowledge, the reasons why ladies from childhood, are made to wear waist …

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2 boys survive in Apam drowning incident

2 out of scores of children survived a drowning incident that happened at the Apam beach on Sunday, March 6, 2021. Godfred Apretse, 14 years and Simon Dadze, 15 years, both from Apam, were the only two, confirmed at the time of writing this story as survivors of the unfortunate …

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Dog meat shortage hits Sandema market

Dog meat sellers at Sandema in the Builsa North Municipality of the Upper East Region were disappointed when they visited the major market in the area to buy dogs and prepare for their customers. When the Ghana News Agency (GNA) at Sandema visited the dog market on which happened to …

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