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Akufo-Addo leaves for Angola on 2-day official visit

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, left Ghana on Thursday, 8 August 2019, for a two-day official visit to the Republic of Angola, at the invitation of President João Manuel Gonçalves Lourenço. The visit, the first by a Ghanaian President, is aimed at deepening and strengthening the ties that exist between the …

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Boy, 14, loses eye after bat attack

A 14-year-old boy has lost an eye after a white bat attacked him at Breman Asikuma in the Central region. The victim, after the attack, started experiencing excruciating pains in his right eye. But, according to reports, his parents, instead of taking him to the hospital, sent him to a …

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Finance Ministry begins steps to unfreeze bank accounts of PDS

Government has directed the Power Distribution Services (PDS) to provide ECG with a detailed revenue collection and expenditure report on a weekly basis. This comes as the finance ministry begins steps to unfreeze bank accounts of PDS. The financial and intelligence centre last week froze the bank accounts of PDS …

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Ordeal of 4th missing Takoradi girl’s family

The family of 19-year-old Ruth Abakah, who has been missing in Takoradi since July 29, 2018, has been torn apart as her biological mother has blamed the slow pace of investigations on the grandfather with whom she lived. According to the grandfather, Mr Emmanuel Cobbinah Anzah, his daughter, Ayisah (Ruth’s …

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‘NDC’s comments on Volta region Ghana card registration unfortunate’ – NIA

The National Identification Authority (NIA) has dismissed claims by the National Democratic Congress (NDC) that it is deliberately frustrating the Ghana Card registration process in the Volta Region to denationalise residents there. The Head of Corporate Affairs at NIA, ACI Francis Palmdeti said such assertions are unfortunate because statistics from …

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Christian C’cil condemns Badu Kobi’s tribalistic comments

The Christian Council of Ghana (CCG) has criticised the bigotry statement by Founder and General Overseer of the Glorious Wave Ministries International Church, Prophet Emmanuel Badu Kobi.Prophet Kobi at a sermon described women from certain tribes as unwise and unmarriageable and admonished prospective husbands to avoid marrying from those tribes.He …

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Replacement of Voter ID card begins tomorrow – EC

The Electoral Commission (EC) of Ghana has announced that it would resume issuance of lost Voter ID cards to qualified Ghanaians from Thursday, 8 August 2019.The exercise will take place at all district offices of the EC located across the country.Chairperson of the EC, Mrs Jean Mensah revealed in a …

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Your appointees will send you to opposition – Angry contractor tells Nana Addo

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has been cautioned to check the attitude and expertise of his appointees or risk going back to opposition, MyNewsGh.com reports. According to Akoa Kofi Owusu Achiaw, the Founder of Progressive Contractors Association, the posturing, utterances and general attitude of the appointees of this government are …

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Ghanaians with ordinary passports need visas to enter South Africa – Ayorkor Botchway

The Minister for Foreign Affairs and Regional Integration, Shirley Ayorkor Botchway has revealed that Ghanaians with ordinary passports are required to get visas in order to enter South Africa contrary to claims that it was no longer required. Early July, the South African government in a twitter post announced that …

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Youth in Afforestation demo: One arrested

A beneficiary of the Youth in Afforestation Programme, Joseph Atakora has been arrested by the police for unlawful possession of a handcuff as the group gathered at the Kumasi Jubilee Park to demonstrate.Mr Atakora was arrested by the Manhyia Police command at the converging point on Wednesday, 7 August 2019.Mr …

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