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26,956 teachers promoted to various ranks

The Management of the Ghana Education Service (GES) has released the results of the promotion test to various grades in the service. In all 26, 954 candidates representing 67.5per cent of the 39,918 candidates were successful. The grades involved are deputy director, assistant director l, assistant director II. A statement …

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Fetish priest wins NPP constituency chairmanship race after ‘punching’ three other contenders

Nana Kwame Antwi, a fetish priest who contested for chairmanship position in the Nsuta-Kwaman- Beposo constituency on the ticket of the ruling New Patriotic Party has shocked other contenders after giving them a hands-down defeat. The NPP as part of its quest to break the eight in 2024 is currently electing party …

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FULL TEXT: Elizabeth Ohene’s letter to BBC on their opinion on Ghana’s free speech

Dear Mike, Back in January 1982, I was forced to leave Ghana in a hurry because I heard on the car radio, a directive from the new authorities that had overthrown the constitutionally elected government that I should report at the Military camp. I had written an article in the …

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My fearless, fierce attitude is from hefty slaps my dad gave me – Ken Agyapong recalls

Assin Central Member of Parliament, Kennedy Agyapong has explained how he came by his fierce and fearless attitude. According to him a very strict and rather harsh upbringing by his father, a teacher in Kumasi, meant that he always transferred the aggression meted to him on others. He said, after receiving hefty slaps …

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One person killed, others injured in renewed Yong Chieftaincy clash

One person has died with three others, sustaining various degrees of injuries in a renewed chieftaincy clash at Yong Dakpema Yile, a farming community in the Tamale Metropolis of the Northern Region. The Ghana News Agency gathered that four houses belonging to the combatants were set ablaze. Mohammed Chimsi, one …

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Five NPP bigwigs who could partner Bawumia for 2024 elections

Despite nearly a dozen men throwing in their hats to contest the 2024 Presidential primaries of the governing New Patriotic Party, the race as per experts’ view is between Vice President, Dr Mahamudu Bawumia and Trades and Industry Minister, Alan Kyerematen. The two are expected to go head-to-head for the position …

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PHOTOS: Fire guts dormitory at St. Paul Technical School, 60 students displaced

Fire at St. Paul Technical School (SPATS) in Akyem Kukurantumi in the Eastern Region has displaced over 60 students. The fire which occurred in the boys dormitory also burnt books, trunks ,mattresses ,monies and other educational materials of the students . No casualty was recorded because the fire outbreak occurred …

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Boy, 14, commits suicide at Assin Fosu

A 14-year-old boy Kofi Senyo Mensah has allegedly committed suicide by hanging at Assin Fosu Abisewa in the Central Region. The incident happened on Thursday, April 28, 2022, around 11 PM when the Form 3 student of Roman Catholic School left his room to urinate only to be found hanging. …

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Ghanaian member of ISIS jailed for life in US

A British-born terrorist of Ghanaian descent, Alexander Kotey has been sentenced to life by a federal judge in Virginia, United States of America. Alexander Kotey, was sentenced by a federal Judge, Thomas Selby Ellis at Alexandria District Court in Virginia on Friday, April 29, 2022 The 38-year-old was condemned to …

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Watching porn at work is unacceptable – UK Prime Minister

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has stated that watching pornography would be unacceptable in any workplace. The Premier’s views shared on Thursday was in response to a question about an investigation into allegations a lawmaker was seen watching explicit videos on his phone in the House of Commons. “It’s obviously …

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