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Parliament empty as NPP primaries nears

    The impending parliamentary primaries of the governing New Patriotic Party, NPP has compelled Parliament to truncate its sitting for today and set aside that of tomorrow Friday, June, 19. This follows a near-empty chamber owing to some majority MPs fighting for their seats in various constituencies. Wa West MP Joseph Yileh …

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Retiring Chief of Defence Staff gets six months contract

      Ghana’s Chief of Defence Staff (CDS) Lieutenant General OB Akwa is due for retirement on Saturday, June 20, 2020, but will stay in office until January 2021. Lt. Gen. Akwa, who will be 65 years – the mandatory retirement age – over the weekend, has been given …

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Zoomlion Disinfects 3,000 Military Facilities In Ashanti Region Again

  About three thousand (3,000) military facilities and installations in the Ashanti Region received disinfection again.   The two-ay exercise, carried out by waste management company, Zoomlion Ghana Limited, began last Tuesday and ended on Wednesday, June 17.   The exercise covered military facilities including barracks, offices, parade grounds among …

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Coronavirus: 224 Stranded Ghanaians Arrive From UK

Some 224 Ghanaians have arrived in Ghana from the UK as part of the government’s efforts to evacuate Ghanaians stranded abroad due to covid-19. Of the persons who arrived on Wednesday evening, 108 were men, 106 were women, nine were infants and four were babies. They were checked in by …

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December polls: Don’t kill us for power – Albinos beg politicians

Persons with Albinism in Ghana say they are living in fear as the December 7 Presidential and Parliamentary elections draw nearer. According to the albinos, their safety is not guaranteed in many areas of the country where primitive customs and beliefs make people tend to perform rituals with the blood …

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Ibrah One Threatens To Kill Kennedy Agyapong

Young Ghanaian millionaire Ibrahim Dauda, popularly known as Ibrah One has threatened to eliminate the Member of Parliament for Assin Central Kennedy Agyapong after he was exposed as a money launder. For some time now, Ibrah One on social media has been attacking the Member of parliament, calling him out …

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Boy,15, drowns in river at Ajumako

A 15-year-old boy named Emmanuel Essuon has lost his life after he got drowned in a river at Ajumako Ocheso in the Ajumako Enyan Essiam District of the Central Region. Reports indicate that the deceased who’s JHS 2 student had gone to weed someone’s farm and on his return decided …

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Ibrah One will be arrested in less than 48-hours – Kennedy Agyapong hints

Self-styled anti-corruption campaigner and Member of Parliament for Assin Central, Kennedy Agyapong says in less than 48 hours, Ghana’s Security operatives will arrest Ibrahim Dauda popularly known as Ibrah One. Speaking on “The Seat” show on Net 2 TV, the MP hinted that Ibrah One has been using cars which he has …

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Two dead after VIP buses crash on Asiakwa-Kyebi road

A bus driver and one passenger have been confirmed dead after two VIP buses crashed in the Eastern Region. The two buses – headed from Accra to Kumasi to Accra- crashed when they attempted to carry out an overtaking at the Akyem-Adukrom stretch of the Asiakwa-Kyebi road. According to the …

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Offinso traditional council performs rituals to pacify river god

The Offinso Traditional Council has performed a ritual to pacify the Offin River god on behalf of some NPP youth group who called its name to invoke curses on their leaders. The chiefs, led by Nana Kwaku Wiafe, chief linguist of the traditional area, gathered on the banks of the …

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