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NCCE enters Churches with coronavirus sermons

The National Commission for Civic Education (NCCE) has translated COVID-19 preventive directives into sermons as the Commission’s COVID-19 Civic Educators engages leadership of Local Council of Churches in the Ahafo Region. Mr Eric Adu, NCCE Acting Ahafo Regional Director explained that the church community formed a critical component of the Ghanaian society, and the …

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Abandoned gold pit kills 17-year-old boy in Ashanti Region

An abandoned gold pit at Mfensi in the Atwima Nwabiagya North District of the Ashanti Region has collapsed, killing a 17-year-old boy in the process. The incident occurred just before 13:00 hrs on Thursday, July 30, when the victim, Yahaya Larry went to the site with four others to prospect …

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Symptoms of depression not witchcraft – Dr Akwasi Osei

The Chief Executive Officer of the Mental Health Authority Dr. Akwasi Osei has urged the general public to desist from mistaking symptoms of depression to be witchcraft. According to him, many residents in the northern part of Ghana associate symptoms of depression to witchcraft. Speaking on Agoo FM he said …

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Asantehene Laments Over Abandoned 12-Year-Old KNUST Teaching Hospital Project

The Chancellor of the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST), Asantehene Otumfuo Osei Tutu II, has called on government to complete the KNUST Teaching Hospital project which started 12 years ago. Speaking at the investiture of Prof. Rita Akosua Dickson as the new vice-chancellor of the University, where …

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Parts Of Kumasi Central Market Gutted By Fire – Photos

More than 50 traders have been affected by a fire that swept through some container shops and other structures at the French line section of the Kumasi Central Market. The fire, which started at about 10 pm on Friday, July 31, 2020, destroyed properties running into thousands of cedis. Machines …

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In Akufo-Addo I am well pleased- Otumfuo Osei II praises

The King of the Asante Kingdom, Otumfuo Osei Tutu II has described President Nana Addo Dankwa  Akufo-Addo as a person he is well pleased in, MyNewsGh.com reports. In the Asante’s monarch opening remarks at the investiture of the newly appointed Vice Chancellor of Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST), Prof. …

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AUDIO: Akufo-Addo orders for shops of foreigners trading illegally to be locked-up

The Ministry of Trade and Industry (MoTI) has announced that a Presidential Taskforce would from Monday, August 10, 2020 storm the various major markets in the country to close down shops of foreigners trading illegally in Ghana, MyNewsGh.com reports. MINISTRY-OF-TRADE-PRO This follows the tension at the Abossey Okai Spare Parts Market in …

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Fire destroys apartment at Kasoa, One injured

One person is seriously injured with many properties destroyed after fire gutted a two-storey apartment at Kasoa tollbooth on the Tuba road. The cause of the fire is yet to be known. The incident is said to have occurred on Friday evening. A witness, speaking in an interview with Adom …

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Details of the 7 persons whose demise increased Ghana’s coronavirus deaths to 182

7 more persons in Ghana have succumbed to Coronavirus, bringing the death toll to 182, the Ghana Health Service (GHS) has announced. According to the statistics available on GHS website, 5 of the persons are from the Ashanti region while 2 are from the Greater Accra region. 5 are males; the …

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I was possessed and unaware I was torturing my grandma – Lady who beat the 90-year-old woman

Latifah Bumaye, the lady in the viral video who led the lynching of 90-year-old Madam Akua Denteh has been arrested by the Salaga Divisional Police Headquarters. She was apprehended at Kejewu Bator. The lady upon arrest told the police she was unaware of what she was doing as some men …

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