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We Rioted Over EC Missing Names – Volta Rebels

Some of the ‘rebels’ arrested in connection with the agenda to push for a so-called Western Togoland in the Volta Region are making astonishing claims that they got involved in the melee because of the Electoral Commission (EC) and the fact that there is ongoing discrimination against the Ewe ethnic …

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Police pick up Osudoku sub-chief with links to secessionists

A sub-Chief of the Osudoku Traditional Area in the Shai-Osudoku District in the Greater Accra Region, Nene Tawiah Agblom II is reported to have been picked by the Bureau of National Investigations (BNI) over the weekend for his alleged involvement in the activities of the secessionist group in some parts …

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Ghana’s Embassy in Belgium ordered by ING Bank to withdraw all its funds and close accounts

Ghana’s Embassy in Belgium capital Brussels, has been ordered by its banker to withdraw all its money so that the bank will proceed to close the embassy’s accounts. The ING Bank has not given any reason for the decision to close the embassy’s accounts, but says the decision is irreversible. …

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Don’t consider severing any part of Ghana to Togolanders – OG to gov’t

Pressure group, OccupyGhana (OG) has called on the government of Ghana to deal with all separatist groups using criminality to demand secession from Ghana. OccupyGhana, however, wants the government to address legitimate demands that can be addressed. In a statement issued on Monday, 5 October 2020, the pressure group said …

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Scores of Passengers Injured In Near-Fatal Accident at Suhum – Amanase

Many passengers were seriously injured in a near-fatal accident on the Suhum-Amanase stretch of the Accra to Kumasi highways of the Eastern Region. The accident which occurred last night involved a Toyota Hiace with passengers on board from Kumasi heading to Accra and a Toyota Corolla taxi cab heading towards …

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VIDEO: Ghana’s Drug Lords mad at me over my addiction story – Fmr BBC Journalist

Former BBC Journalist Paa Joe Odonkor says after he shared his grace to grass story and how drugs destroyed his life, he seems to have stepped on many toes as people who sell the substance have cautioned him against such a move. Paa Joe in an interview with SVTV last …

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Power is transient, your endorsements worrying – Gyampo to Chiefs

Professor Ransford Gyampo has raised concerns over traditional leaders in the country endorsing candidates in the 2020 polls. It comes after the Okyenhene and Dormaahene endorsed President Akufo-Addo and former President John Mahama respectively Aside the two popular traditional leaders, endorsement of candidates by other chiefs have been on the rise. In …

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Western Togoland: Attorney-General must explain why Papavi, others were freed – Security Analyst

Security Analyst Adam Bonaa is asking the Attorney-General to explain to Ghanaians why it chose to discontinue the case against some members of Western Togoland secessionist group. The Attorney General in August this year dropped all charges against nine members of the group who were standing trial for declaring Western …

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Achiase to benefit from starch factory under 1D1F – Akufo-Addo

President Nana Akufo-Addo has assured the people of Achiase of the establishment of a starch factory in the area under the one District, One Factory (1D1F) programme to create jobs for the people. The President said Achiase would not be left out in his flagship programmes and disclosed that plans …

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Reject Mahama the ‘Mortuary Man’-Napo tells residents of Juaso

Education Minister, Dr. Mattew Opoku Prmepeh is cautioning indigenes of Juaso in the Asante-Akyem South Constituency of the Ashanti region to desist from voting for former President John Mahama whom he described as a “Mortuary Man”. According to him, the former President has nothing to offer them as he will …

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