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GFA to sue betting companies over illegal odds on GPL

The Ghana Football Association (GFA) has stated its intention to take legal action against betting companies which offered odds on the opening round of the Ghana Premier League season without approval. In a statement issued Friday, the GFA added that further warned companies to desist from offering odds on the …

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Ghana Medical Association wants govt to ban ‘Okada’

To reduce the rate of accidents and casualties caused by commercial motor riders, popularly called “Okada riders”, the Ghana Medical Association (GMA) has called for a total ban of their operations. Dr Frederick Kwarteng, the Head of the Accident, Emergency and Orthopaedic Department, Korle-Bu Teaching Hospital made the call in …

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Ghana to set up Diasporan Savings and Investment account – Ofori-Atta

Ghana is to establish a Diasporan Savings and Investment Account to attract people of African American descent to invest in the various sectors of the country. The plan, which is at its infant stage, will explore how to target retail other than institutional investors. According to the Minister for Finance, …

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Bank of Ghana driver arrested for allegedly shooting lover to death in a hotel

Police in Kumasi are investigating the circumstances under which a driver of the Bank of Ghana allegedly shot to death his lover in a hotel room in the Ashanti regional capital. Edwin Awuku and Maame Yaa, believed to be lovers, reportedly checked into the hotel in the evening of New …

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3 fuel tankers go up in flames near BOST depot at Buipe

Three fuel tankers parked close to a Bulk Oil Storage and Transporation Company (BOST) depot at Buipe in the Central Gonja District of the Savannah Region have been totally razed by fire. The inferno struck the tankers and their contents Friday evening around 7 pm but firefighters were helpless to extinguish …

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New JHS uniforms not compulsory – GES

The Ghana Education Service (GES) has dismissed reports that it has contracted a foreign firm to design the new school uniforms to be used in junior high schools from the 2019/2020 academic year. It said, “it has not imported, neither, has it contracted any individual, locally or internationally to bring …

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CID boss Maame Tiwaa sacked, Ken Yeboah takes over

The Director-General of the Police Criminal Investigations Department (CID), Maame Yaa Tiwaa Addo-Danquah, has been relieved of her post in a major shakeup at the top hierarchy of Ghana’s Police administration She has been moved to head the Police Welfare Department as the Director-General while Commissioner of Police Isaac Ken …

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Baby dumped in public toilet rescued at Atebubu

A newborn baby dumped in a public toilet at Atebubu in the Atebubu-Amantin District of the Bono East region has been rescued. The baby, according to reports, was discovered in the Atebubu English/Arabic school toilet by a security man. The Assembly Member for the Atebubu Zongo Electoral Area, Takiyudeen Issah, …

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Shakeup in Police service: CID boss Tiwaa, 23 others reassigned

The Director-General of the Criminal Investigations Department (CID), Maame Yaa Tiwaa Addo-Danquah, has been reassigned by the Inspector General of Police, James Oppong-Boanuh. She is now the Director-General in-charge of Welfare at the Ghana Police Service. COP Isaac Ken Yeboah, formerly the Director-General in-charge of Admin is now the new …

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Anger as single-track SHSs teachers, students are to spend 5 months in school

Teachers and students of Senior High Schools running the single-track system are demanding an explanation from the Ghana Education Service over the new time table for 2019/2020 academic year describing it as unfair. Teachers and Students of the single track SHSs have been in school since September 15, 2019, and …

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