GENERAL NEWS

One killed, several wounded in renewed clashes in Kandiga-Apimpingo

A 75-year-old farmer has been killed and several others wounded at Kandiga-Apimpingo in the Kassena Nankana Municipality of the Upper East Region following renewed clashes related to land. A majority of residents of Kandiga-Apimpingo have fled their homes with their belongings to near-by communities in the Bolgatanga municipality. The police …

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Lotto winner kills 5 whilst jubilating

The joy of winning a lottery has led to the unfortunate death of some 5 persons. The tragic incident which happened at Tegbi Vakpomda in the Anlo District of the Volta Region has thrown the affected family and the entire community into a state of mourning. A 30-year-old unemployed man, …

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Dan Botwe is alive – Okere DCE

  The Chief Executive of Okere District Assembly, Daniel Kenneth, has dismissed rumours that Member of Parliament (MP) for Okere Constituency Daniel Botwe has died. The DCE said Dan Botwe is fine and the rumours should be treated with all the contempt they deserve. Dan Botwe, who is also Minister …

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Factcheck: Was Akufo-Addo’s WHO ‘discharge’ policy claim misleading?

  Claim In a televised broadcast to the nation on Sunday June 21, 2020 President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo claimed Ghana’s COVID-19 recovered cases had seen more than a 100% increase. According to him, this was based on a new ‘discharge/recovery’ policy meted out by the World Health Organisation (WHO) and adopted by Ghana …

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Pay your arrears to remain connected – ECG to customers

    Mr Benjamin Quarcoo, the Western Regional Public Relations Officer of the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG), has cautioned customers who were due for disconnection before the Government’s relief to urgently pay their arrears to remain connected. He said the month of June marked the end of the President’s …

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Strained relationship between Domelevo and Osafo-Maafo cause of his ‘sack’ – Avedzi claims«

    The Chairman of the Public Accounts Committee and the Member of Parliament(MP) for Ketu North, James Klutse Avedzi, has said that the strained relationship between the Auditor-General, Daniel Domelovo, and Senior Minister, Yaw Osafo-Maafo was the main reason behind the exit of Mr. Domelovo. According to him, issues between him and …

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Akufo-Addo goes into 14-days isolation after exposure to person with coronavirus

    President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo is going into a 14-day self-isolation after getting exposed to someone who tested positive for COVID-19. “On the advice of doctors, the President of the Republic, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, is from today, July 4, 2020, taking a 14-day precautionary self-isolation measure in compliance with COVID-19 protocols,” Kojo Oppong-Nkrumah, …

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Fisherman, 15-year-old boy drown at Sea at Gomoa Fetteh

    Fisherfolks at Gomoa Fetteh in the Gomoa East District of the Central Region are in a state of mourning after a fisherman and his fifteen-year-old boy assistant who went fishing drowned in the sea this morning. The canoe of the fisherman was spotted by another group of fishermen …

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You don’t understand law; your leave now 167 days – Presidency to Domelovo

    The Presidency has responded to the Auditor-General, Daniel Yao Domelovo, stating that the latter lacks understanding of the law, hence his failure to understand that the president has the power to direct him to proceed on his accumulated leave. In an open letter signed by the Executive Secretary …

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One killed, several wounded in renewed clashes in Kandiga-Apimpingo

    A 75-year-old farmer has been killed and several others wounded at Kandiga-Apimpingo in the Kassena Nankana Municipality of the Upper East Region following renewed clashes related to land. A majority of residents of Kandiga-Apimpingo have fled their homes with their belongings to near-by communities in the Bolgatanga municipality. …

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