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Just In: Ferry sinking in Mankango River [Photos]

Information reaching Joy News suggests a ferry loaded with three cargo trucks is currently sinking in the Makango River, located in the East Gonja District of the Savannah Region. Ferry accident Reports filed by Isaac Nongya, Joy News’ Regional Correspondent, indicated that the ferry, which travels between Makango and Yeji, …

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Two Supreme Court judges in hot race over Chief Justice chair

In about 37 days, Sophia Abena Boafoa Akuffo, turns 70, and leaves office as the second female Chief Justice (CJ) of Ghana, it also ends her career on the Supreme Court bench, which started in 1995 through the instrumentality of ex-President Jerry John Rawlings. But who should succeed her, is …

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I welcome inclusion of Volta roads in 2020 budget – Ablakwa

National Democratic Congress Member of Parliament for North Tongu says he feels appeased by the decision of the Finance Minister to amend the 2020 Budget to include the Volta region in a list christened “Critical Regional Roads Projects.” In a Facebook post on Friday, the Former Deputy Minister of Education, …

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Rawlings’ ‘sexy’ photo with 8 packs that set the internet ablaze

Former President Jerry John Rawlings has once again received some admiration from the social media community, not for something he has said or done, but for an old black and white photograph of himself that has resurfaced. The photograph making the rounds on Facebook and on WhatsApp statuses shows the …

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Oxford University’s assault of blind Ghanaian student sparks protests and anger

The man-handling of a blind Ghanaian student studying at the University of Oxford has set the entire African student community on the campus against the Oxford Union, with protests about to be launched in solidarity with the blind Ghanaian, MyNewsGh.com has learnt. Ebenezer Azamati is a former student of the …

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Ghana making great economic strides under Akufo-Addo – Ban Ki Moon

Former United Nations (UN) Secretary General, Ban Ki Moon, says Ghana is making great economic strides under the leadership of President Akufo-Addo. The celebrated diplomat made the assertion at the Jubilee House when he paid a courtesy call on President Akufo-Addo ahead of his participation in the prestigious Africa Netpreneur …

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5 Ghanaians kidnapped by Somali pirates since 2010

Pirates operating in the Gulf of Guinea and Somali have kidnapped at least five Ghanaians who were working in a ship on the Gulf of Guinea near Somali waters since 2010. One of the survivors of the Somali pirate kidnapping, Mr Jewel Ahiable, in an interview with Atiewin Mbilla-Lawson on …

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Halt 2020 BECE registrations – GNACOPS

The National Executive Council of the Ghana National Council of Private Schools (GNACOPS) has called on all private schools in the country to hold on with the Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE) registration process until the promise made by President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo that the government will absorb half …

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Ofori-Atta runs to parliament to fix Volta roads gaffe

Finance Minister Ken Ofori-Atta has rushed to parliament to amend the 2020 budget statement barely 48 hours after his presentation. The move is to satisfy Chiefs and People of the Volta Region who had accused government of neglecting their roads by refusing to mention them among the list of roads …

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‘Sex for grades’: Gyampo, Butakor report ready – UG V-C

The committee set up by the University of Ghana (UG) to investigate allegations of sexual harassment made by the BBC against two lecturers of the University of Ghana has submitted its report to the management of the school, Vice-Chancellor Prof Ebenezer Oduro Owusu has revealed. Professor Ransford Gyampo and Dr …

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