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IGP okays WhatsApp communication among top officers

The Inspector General of Police (IGP), David Asante-Apeatu, has said it is “normal” for top police officers to resort to WhatsApp and SMS messages in communication. He disclosed that he is even on the same page with all regional commanders and they communicate frequently. The IGP was responding to questions …

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Chereponi SHS students flee campus over attacks; pregnant women stranded

Information reaching D?GN Online indicates that some students of the Chereponi Senior High School in the Chereponi District of the North East region have fled campus over possible reprisal attacks between the Chokosis and Konkombas. D?GN Online gathered that some parents called their wards to move out of campus back …

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Video: Wind of ‘civil uprising’ blowing over West Africa – Duncan-Williams warns politicians

Presiding Archbishop and General Overseer of the Action Chapel International Ministry, Nicholas Duncan-Williams, says the animosity in African politics and high levels of youth unemployment are setting the stage for chaos. He predicts an uprising akin to the Arab Spring after 2020 in West Africa if political leaders do not …

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Adisadel College set to boil again as Board and GES collide

A Security Analyst with the Kofi Annan Peace Keeping and Training Centre, Dr. Kwesi Aning has bemoaned the helplessness of the Ghana Police Service in executing its core mandate. He argued that the mandate and independence of the Service has been so undermined such that it makes it difficult for …

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No plans to privatise education – Adutwum

The Education Ministry has dismissed claims that plans are underway by the government to privatise education at the basic level in the country. Under the supposed Ghana Partnership Schools (GPS) Project, a total of 100 selected public schools in the Ashanti, Northern, Central and Greater Accra Regions would be handed …

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Eni, Government of Ghana launch Okuafo Pa project

The Minister of Planning, Prof. Gyan Baffour, in representation of the President of Ghana, Nana Akufo-Addo, the Krontihene of Dormaa Barimah Ansu Agyei, and Eni’s Executive Vice President for Sub-Saharan Africa Guido Brusco cut today in Kyeremasu, Dormaa East, Bono Region, the sod of a new training center for diversified …

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Rawlings urges Burkinabe to work towards Sankara’s ideals

Former President Jerry John Rawlings has commended President Roch Marc Christian Kabore of Burkina Faso for supporting the quest to create a lasting memorial for late Burkinabe leader, Captain Thomas Sankara. The former President also called on the people of Burkina Faso not to allow the pain of the tragic …

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Government protests CNN’s child slavery documentary

The Government of Ghana has protested a Cable News Network (CNN) documentary for its poor reflection of efforts by government to address the detestable practice of child labour on the Volta Lake. CNN, in the past week, has been airing a documentary which highlights the history and impact of the …

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Once lost, hearing doesn’t come back – World Health Organization

Worldwide, some 466 million people have disabling hearing loss, and the WHO estimates that by 2050 that figure will almost double, affecting one in 10 people. The cost of unaddressed hearing loss is believed to be around US$ 750 billion. To mark World Hearing Day 2019, WHO has launched a …

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Mahama explains leaked tape in church

The 2020 National Democratic Congress (NDC) flagbearer John Mahama has stressed the opposition party has no problems with the National Peace Council despite a leaked tape that called for insults on the Council’s chairman. Calls for verbal abuse on the chairman of the Council Rev. Prof Emmanuel Asante was made …

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