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Akufo-Addo reveals biggest regret in 2019

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo says his biggest regret as president in 2019 is over the four girls who were kidnapped and subsequently killed in Takoradi in the Western Region. “My biggest regret from the begining of this year is the kidnapping and killing of the four girls in Takoradi. …

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Akufo-Addo scores himself 72%; says IMANI’s 48% wrong

President Nana Akufo-Addo has said he disagrees with policy think tank IMANI Africa’s recent score of 48 per cent as far as the delivery of his campaign promises are concerned. “I disagree with the 48 per cent assessment”, he told journalists at the Jubilee House on Friday, 13 December 2019, …

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11,000 NaBCo beneficiaries find permanent jobs – Ibrahim Anyars

Some 11,000 beneficiaries of the Nation Builders Corps (NABCo) have so far exited from the programme after successfully securing employment or establishing their own businesses. This is according to the Chief Executive of NABCO, Dr. Ibrahim Anyars. Established in October 2018 to address graduate unemployment, beneficiaries of the programme are …

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FULL VIDEO: ‘Scars of the revolution’, Joy News documentary

Ghanaians embarked on a traumatic and divisive journey into their troubled past starting 2002 when the National Reconciliation Commission began investigating the bloody secrets of dictatorial unconstitutional regimes. The formula was simple: torturers, killers and their political leaders were to come forward and confess their crimes and that if they …

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Otumfuo pledges to resolve outstanding issues in Dagbon chieftaincy

A delegation from the Dagbon kingdom led by the overlod, Ya-Na Abubakari Mahama joined the Asantehene, Otumfuo Osei Tutu II, at the Manhyia palace Wednesday to mark the Awukudae festival. Ya-Na was accompanied by the Chief of Savelugu,Yoo-Na Abdulai Yakubu Andani and the Chief of Mion, Mion-Lana Abdulai Mahamadou. At …

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Gihana’s Finest Veteran Broadcaster, Cyril Acolatse Goes Home

Family and friends of Ghana’s Veteran Journalist Cyril Acolatse will today hold a vigil at his residence in Tema to kick start the funeral celebration of a life well lived across all front! The broadcasting icon that became a powerful household name in the late 80s, through the 90s until …

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SAD: School Bus Runs Over Bus Conductor At Koforidua

Sad reports reaching us indicate that a bus conductor has been run over by a bus at Koforidua. Per what we gathered, the incident happened today at a place called Agartha road in Koforidua. Narrating how the incident occurred, a source said the bus is for the Pentecost JHS students …

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Nana Addo to hold media encounter TODAY

President Nana Akufo-Addo will on Friday, December 13, 2019, meet members of the press at the Jubilee House. The encounter is expected to afford invited journalists the opportunity to ask the President some critical questions on topical issues in the country as far as his three-year-old administration is concerned. This …

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One more killed, another injured in Shaanxi mine accident

Another mineworker has been reported dead at the Shaanxi Mining Ghana Ltd even as Talensi, a deprived-looking district in the Upper East Region is still mourning the loss of two men who died from a mining disaster in the same mine just 3 weeks ago. The latest mishap said to …

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Anin-Yeboah nominated as next Chief Justice

President Akufo-Addo has nominated Justice Anin-Yeboah as Chief Justice subject to Parliamentary approval. JoyNews correspondent, Kwei Parker-Wilson reports that the First Deputy Speaker, Joseph Osei Owusu, has referred the letter to the Appointments Committee of the House. If approved, Justice Anin-Yeboah, who is the fourth longest-serving Justice of the Supreme …

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