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How Ghana switched to colour TV in 1985 with Japanese grant

• Ghana started coloured TV transmission in 1985 • Funding for the transition was secured via a Japanese grant • A former GBC DG spoke about the conditions that led to this feat  Ghana’s transition from black and white to colour television took place some 36 years ago under the …

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Hawa Koomson punishes Elmina fishermen indefinitely

• Elmina fishermen will continue to observe the closed season • This is because they refused to heed the minister’s directive on illegal fishing • The minister explained it has become necessary for her ministry to keep the fisherfolks in check As a form of punishment for the fishermen to …

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Free tertiary education coming – President Akufo-Addo hints

• President Akufo-Addo has touted the success of the Free SHS policy • He says the policy has granted more people access to education • He said that government is considering making tertiary education free President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has dropped hints of a replication of the Free Senior High School …

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‘I’m coming back like a striptease’ – Gaddafi’s son Said talks Libyan politics

Saif Muammar Gaddafi, son of Libya’s former ruler overthrown in 2011, has announced- as the New York times says- his intention to re-enter politics. The New York Times claimed its columnist Robert Worth interviewed Saif last May inside a closed complex in Zintan city, about 136 kilometers southwest of Tripoli. …

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10 facts about Sammi Awuku: Youngest lotto boss in Ghana’s history

Sammi Awuku arguably becomes the youngest Director-General of the National Lottery Authority (NLA) since its establishment. The NLA is a statutory agency of Ghana and it is under the Ministry of Finance. As a governmental organization, the NLA is responsible for organizing raffles for the nation, for a chance to …

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HOT VIDEO: Suspected thief was made to drink chilled beer and desilt gutters in Sekondi-Takoradi

In a typical Ghanaian society, when suspected thieves are grabbed, they are either handed over to the police or in extreme and illegal cases mobbed by the people who accost them. Whiles the former is encouraged by law enforcement agencies and Ghanaian society at large, the latter is seen to …

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Boxer Samuel Takyi wins Ghana’s first Olympic medal since 1992

• 29 years ago, Ghana won her last Olympic medal • 29 years later, Ghana is awaiting a medal in boxing, it’s fourth • This is thanks to the feat of 20-year-old boxer Samuel Takyi  In an action-packed encounter of a 20-year-old Ghanaian boxer versus 32-year-old Colombian opponent, it was …

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Lack of fuel at BOST depots renders tanker drivers jobless for months

The Ghana National Petroleum Tanker Drivers Union has appealed to President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo to intervene in the operations of the Bulk Oil Storage and Transportation Company Limited (BOST) as its operations were taking a nosedive. They argued that for close to a year now majority of the Tanker …

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Student converts hostel room into mini-mart

A student turned his off-campus hostel room into a mini-mart for selling foodstuffs and household items Ezidiukwu Chinemerem Prosper now in his 300 level had started the business in his first year at the university At the initial stage, he had difficulty combining the business with academic work but balanced …

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Cobra attack helicopter: Why US Lawmakers block helicopter deal wit Nigeria

U.S. lawmakers don put di proposed sale of attack helicopters to Nigeria goment on hold. Di Senate Foreign Relations Committee don also delay di clearing of a proposed sale of 12 AH-1 Cobra attack helicopters and oda defence systems to Nigeria military. Tori be say di deal worth some $875 …

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