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Abandoned bridge kills girl in Keta Municipality

An abandoned bridge, located at Anlo Afiadenyigba on Afiadenyigba-Havedzi road, in the Keta Municipality has killed a little girl and left three other persons badly injured. The girl, Ablor Shikakpe, believed to be between 6-7 years met her untimely death Saturday night, February 22, 2020 after the motorbike carrying her …

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Illegal miner trapped to death in galamsey pit

An illegal miner has died after a mining pit collapsed on him at Akyem Ekorso, a community in the Atiwa West District of the Eastern Region. The incident happened Monday afternoon around 12:45 pm. Starr News has gathered that the victim identified only as Dogbeda went to the abandoned mining …

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Man jailed wrongfully for 15 regains freedom

An accounts clerk of a school in Accra who was sentenced to 15 years’ imprisonment for allegedly defiling a 12-year-old pupil of the school and impregnating her in the process has been acquitted and discharged by the Court of Appeal. According to the Daily Graphic newspaper, Mr Charles Twumasi, 38, …

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Ghana High Commission In South Africa To Organize Cocoa Trade Show On 63rd Independence Anniversary  

The 63rd Independence Anniversary Celebration of the Republic of Ghana would be hosted by the Ghana High Commission in Pretoria, South Africa at the Sheraton Hotel on Friday, 6th March, 2020. The independence anniversary is being celebrated on the theme: “Consolidating our gains” and the climax would be graced by many dignitaries. …

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Osofo Kyiri Abosom banned from campaigning in Elmina because he once destroyed the chief’s gods

The Paramount Chief of Edina (Elmina) in the Central Region, Nana Kojo Kondua XI has banned the Flagbearer of the Ghana Union Movement(GUM) Rev. Christian Kwabena Andrews, popularly known as Osofo Kyiri Abosom from campaigning in his (Chiefs) jurisdiction. This decision comes after Osofo Kyiri Abosom who says he has …

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Update: Three Sogakope protesters hit by stray bullet

Three people have reportedly been hit by stray bullets discharged by the police to scare the rampaging crowd at Sogakope. The youth of Sogakope who are angry over the killing of a prominent businessman and assemblyman in the area Sunday have blocked the bridge over the Volta river as they …

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South Tongu Assembly places ¢10,000 bounty on heads of Assemblyman’s killers

The South Tongu District Assembly in the Volta Region has placed a ¢10,000 bounty on the heads of killers of Mr Marcus Mawutor Adzahli, the Sogakope South Assemblyman who was allegedly murdered by unknown assailants Sunday morning at Toklokpo, near Sogakope. Dr Archibald Yao Letsa, the Volta Regional Minister, announced …

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I see fire outbreak at EC office – Owusu Bempah

The Founder and leader of Glorious Word Power Ministry International, Reverend Isaac Owusu Bempah has charged the security agencies protecting the Electoral Commission (EC) headquarters not to drop their guard as he’s warned of a possible arson at the offices before the December 7, 2020 general elections. According to him, …

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Coronavirus: One person with suspected symptoms dies in Kumasi – Dr Badu Sarkodie

Director of Public Health at the Ghana Health Service (GHS), Dr. Badu Sarkodie has revealed that one person who showed symptoms of the deadly coronavirus died in Kumasi over the weekend, though he tested negative for the Covid-19 test. The deceased according to Dr Badu Sarkodie, the deceased arrived in …

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Angry residents block Sogakope Bridge after killing of Assemblyman

The killing of a Sogakope South assembly member has sparked protests from Sogakope residents who are outraged by the perceived lack of action from Police. After earlier massing up at the Sogakope police station, residents blocked the road leading to the Sogakope Bridge to express their displeasure with recent robbery attacks and …

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