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Fire razes tissue paper manufacturing factory in Budumburam

Fire has ravaged K.T Investments, a tissue paper manufacturing company located at Gomoa Budumburam in the Central Region. The incident which occurred Saturday afternoon, completely burnt down the facility including its warehouse, Adom News Seth Ankomah Adjei reported Saturday. Three fire tenders called to the scene could not bring the …

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Rev. Obofour fights back

The Founder of Anointed Palace Chapel, Francis Antwi, aka Rev. Obofour, claims his church members did not assault officials of the Tema West Municipal Assembly. He said it was rather the assembly that sent about 23 heavily-built men to attack his members. Reacting to last Wednesday’s fracas that ensued on …

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You can’t forget this Mahama dance during his 60th birthday

Former President John Dramani Mahama celebrated his birthday in style by jamming to the popular ‘Bobolebobo’ song. The NDC flagbearer aspirant turned 60-years-old on Thursday, November 30, 2018. As part of his birthday, Mahama exhibited some dance moves by jamming to the refix of the ‘Bobolebobo” song. Crowded by friends …

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Nigerian traders in Ghana appeal for protection

The leadership of the National Union of Nigerian Traders Ghana (NUTAG) say they have picked information about plan attack on their members by their counterparts in Ghana; the Ghana Union Traders Association (GUTA) urging security agencies in Ghana to be proactive to save lives and properties “We are taking their …

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24-year-old teacher found dead in his room at Breman Brakwa

A 24-year-old Teacher at Breman Brakwa Presbyterian Basic School in the Asikuma Odoben Brakwa District of the Central Region has been found dead in his room on Friday morning. According to a colleague Teacher of the deceased who’s also a tenant in the same house, Byron Akufo Ampofo never complained …

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18 remand prisoners at Ho Central Prison freed

Some eighteen (18) remand prisoners in the Ho Central Prisons have been set free by the Justice For All (JFA) programme at its sitting today the 29th of November 2019. The eighteen remand prisoners were in prison on remand for various offences mostly murder and possession of narcotics. The special …

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Over 5,800 basic school leavers in Ghana’s prisons

Basic school leavers top the list of prisoners in the country, according to the Prisons Service’s 2018 Annual Report. The report shows that out of the 9,034 persons who were convicted last year, 5,888 had only completed basic education, while 1,427 had attained secondary or post-basic education. The report also …

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High unemployment, cause of drug abuse in Ghana – Psychologist

Ms Crescensia Baarkoh, a Psychologist at Total Life Enhancement Centre Ghana (TOLEC GH), a mental health advocacy Non-Governmental Organisation (NGO) operating in the Northern region, has attributed the rampant abuse of drugs among the youth to high unemployment in the country. She noted that the frustration of highly qualified graduates …

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Audit Service asked 2 assemblies to refund money

The Audit Service has instructed the Wa West and the Nadowli Kaleo District Assemblies to refund an amount of Ghc2,955.00 and GHC8,702.18 respectively being overpayments of contracts. The Service gave the instruction during separate town hall meetings in Kaleo and Wechiaw organised by the Ghana Strengthening Accountability Mechanism Project (GSAM) …

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$993m Pwalugu dam will end Bagre dam disasters – Akufo-Addo

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has broken ground for the construction of the Pwalugu Multipurpose Dam and Irrigation Project. The project, according to President Akufo-Addo, “will be the single, largest investment ever made by any government in the northern sector of the country”, and is in fulfilment of a pledge …

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