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2 shot dead as Police engage armed robbers in shootout

The Edo State Police Command, on Monday, announced the death of two armed robbery suspects in a gun duel with its men during an operation in Benin. Two teenage car snatchers were killed in a similar circumstance last week. Monday’s incident took place at the Ekehuan community near the Asoro …

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Woman allegedly beheads her mother, drops head outside neighbour’s house

An Australian woman charged with murder has been sent for a medical assessment amid reports she decapitated her mother and left the head outside a neighbour’s house. Police said the body of a 57-year-old woman was found inside her Sydney home on Saturday night, in what they described as one …

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UEW staff sues Afful-Broni; wants Avoke to takeover as Vice-Chancellor

The seeming tension at the University of Education Winneba (UEW) is far from over as a Senior Staff of UEW has sued the university and its Vice-Chancellor, Anthony Afful-Broni. Kingsley Amoakwah, an accountant by profession and Chairman of the Senior Staff Association Union is seeking an order restraining Afful-Broni from …

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Akufo-Addo cuts sod for Phase 2 of KEDA ceramics company

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo today, Tuesday, 23 July 2019, cut sod for the second phase of expansion work of KEDA Ceramics Company Limited, a tile manufacturing company in Aboadze, in the Shama District of the Western Region.The expansion is to support the company’s capacity to meet local and export …

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W/R: House of chiefs condemn kidnap of Dixcove chief

The Western Regional House of Chiefs has condemned what they describe as “the abysmal violence” in the abduction of the Paramount Chief of Lower Dixcove, Nana Kwesi Agyeman IX on Sunday, 21 July 2019.The Chiefs in a statement said they are “intensely outraged by the utter violation of traditional values, …

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RTI Law: Oppong Nkrumah’s plans good but ambitious – Akoto Ampaw

A member of the Coalition on the Right to Information Law, Mr Akoto Ampaw, has noted that the Minister of Information Kojo Oppong Nkrumah has commenced preparations towards the implementation of the Right to Information Act (ACT 989).However, he said, Mr Nkrumah’s plans are ambitious and face possible threats because …

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I’ll not allow mass production of Lawyers – CJ

The Chief Justice of Ghana, Justice Sophia Akuffo, has signaled that as long as she supervises legal education in Ghana and the Judicial System, she will not allow the mass production of lawyers in the country. According to her, the mass production of lawyers poses a great danger to the …

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Missing Savannah Vehicle: GhC10k reward for informants

The Savannah region has announced a GhC10, 000 reward for any person or group who can provide information about the whereabouts of its missing vehicle. The vehicle was allegedly snatched by armed men in Tamale early July. “The Savannah Regional Coordinating Council has announced a Ten Thousand Ghana cedis (10,000) …

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Woman, 33, poisons husband’s soup with weedicides in Upper West

The police in Hamlin in the Upper West Region are on a man-haunt for a 30-year-old woman for allegedly poisoning the husband to death. The suspect, Mariam Yakubu, reportedly prepared a meal for the husband and allegedly poisoned it with weedicides. Disclosing the circumstances which led to the action of …

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Henry Rotich: Kenyan finance minister denies corruption charges

Kenya’s finance minister has pleaded not guilty to charges of corruption in court, after spending the night in police custody. Henry Rotich is accused of flouting procurement procedures in awarding a contract worth more than $450m (£405m) for the construction of two dams to an Italian firm, CMC de Ravenna. …

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