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Fire guts Electoral Commission office in Accra

Fire that erupted in the early hours of Friday, August 14, 2020 has destroyed several property at the Electoral Commission‘s office in Accra. The fire which started at about 2.30 am, consumed almost everything in the said building located at Sapeiman in the Ga West Municipality which also serves as the …

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Akufo-Addo a great leader? Something must be wrong with Prof. Lumumba – Kwesi Pratt

Veteran journalist and Managing Editor of The Insight Newspaper, Kwesi Pratt Jnr has descended on Kenyan based Pan Africanist and academic, Professor Patrick L.O Lumumba for recognising President Akufo-Addo as a great leader. Prof. Lumumba while speaking on Asaase radio on Sunday, August 9, 2020 mentioned President Nana Addo Dankwa …

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Gov’t releases funds for coronavirus free water

The Ministry of Finance has released the first tranche of funds for the free water supplied to Ghanaians under the COVID-19 pandemic combat and impact mitigation measures. At a media briefing in Accra on Friday,7th August 2020, to throw light on the subject, the Chief Executive of Community Water and Sanitation Agency …

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Three die in fatal accident at Akyem Osino

At least three (3) persons have died in a fatal accident on the Akyem Osino stretch of the Accra to Kumasi Highway in the Eastern region . The accident occurred Thursday Morning. According to an eyewitness, the accident occurred when a Toyota Regius Ace with registration number GX 1250 – …

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Bono Region: Poilce accidentally shoots colleague to death

The Rapid Deployment Force (RDF) of the Bono Regional Police Command has confirmed the death of Corporal Rexford Amoako after he was shot by another police personnel during patrol operations. Speaking to My News Ghana, The Bono Regional Public Relations Officer of the Ghana Police Service, Chief Inspector Augustine Kingsley Oppong,  …

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Kofi ne Ama: Know your Ghanaian leaders since independence and their ‘day born names’

Ghana is blessed with a host of ethnic groups or tribes which have uniquely distinctive values, norms and practices. However, in this diversity lies some strong underlining features that permeates the various Ghanaian cultures. One of such widely-shared cultural features is the naming of children on days they are born. …

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Akufo-Addo hijacks Mahama’s Greenhouse Project and names it after himself

All is set for President Akufo-Addo to commission some 75 Greenhouses and Entrepreneurship Innovative Centre at Dawhenya Irrigation site today Thursday, August 13, 2020, but The Herald’s information is that, what is meant to look like an initiative of the present government, is far from the truth. Electronic fliers, have …

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Group fires Mahama for ‘disrespecting’ Chief Imam’s Office

The Zongo Movement for Development (ZOMOD), a Zongo Development advocacy group, has hit out at former President John Mahama for what it calls “flagrant display of disrespect towards His Eminence Sheikh Osman Nuhu Sharubutu.” In a press release issued in Accra, the group accused Mr. Mahama of disrespecting the National …

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We forgive you for your ignorance on prophecies – Nigel Gaisie to Frimpong Manso

Founder and Leader of the Prophetic Hill Chapel, Prophet Nigel Gaisie, has clapped back at assertions made by President of the Ghana Pentecostal and Charismatic Council, expressing disappointment at the latter. According to Prophet Gaisie, Prof Frimpong Manso’s assertion that pastors who predict election results are fake proves he doesn’t …

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Suspected robbers kill businessman, Juapong residents protest

A businessman, Samuel Nyamador, has been shot dead by suspected armed robbers at Juapong in the Volta Region of Ghana. The incident occurred on Tuesday night, 11 August 2020, when Mr Nyamador and his wife were on their way home from work. According to eyewitness reports, three armed men heckled …

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