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Akyem Eshiem residents cry for development

The chief and people of Akyem Eshiem, a farming community in the Asene Manso Akroso (AMA) District of the Eastern region are calling on government and authorities to provide the community with police station, market centre, Senior High School and a permanent dumping site. Nana Kwadwo Koba , Amankrado of …

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Don’t rename UDS after me – Rawlings tells government

Former President Jerry John Rawlings has asked the Akufo Addo administration not to rename the University of Development Studies (UDS) after him. There are reports of a plan to re-name four universities after eminent Ghanaian personalities. But a statement issued by the office of Mr Rawlings said: “The former President …

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NAM1 speaks after victory in court

He was hit with a barrage of criticism, curses hurled at him for allegedly operating a Ponzi scheme and absconding in his bid to escape trial. News of his arrest in Dubai spread like inferno, bringing some sort of relief to aggrieved depositors as they had the conviction their locked …

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NAM 1 will settle customers soon – Ghana Consul in Dubai

Ghana Consul General in Dubai, Gifty Bukari has revealed that embattled CEO of defunct gold dealership firm Menzgold, Nana Appiah Mensah aka NAM 1, intended looking for money to pay aggrieved customers in Ghana prior to his re-arrest by INTERPOL in Dubai. NAM 1 is being held for a misdemeanour …

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Boy, 4, found dead in car; headmistress and husband arrested

A four-year-old boy, Francis Kwasi Ayensu has been found dead in a car which was parked at the C- Family School, a private school at Senchi in the Asuogyaman District of the Eastern Region. He was found dead a day after the police made an intensive search for him. Although …

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Court dismisses contempt application against FDA

The Financial and Economic Crimes Division Court of the Accra High Court on Monday dismissed a contempt application against the Food and Drugs Authority (FDA) by the Cosmetic Association of Ghana (CAG). It, therefore, awarded a GH¢2,000.00 cost against CAG in favour of FDA. The Court, presided over by Justice …

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NAM 1 wins case in Dubai; company ordered to pay him

The CEO of Menzgold Nana Appiah Mensah popularly known as NAM 1 has won his court case in Dubai. The court which pronounced judgment Tuesday morning has also ordered the company, with which he had issues, to pay him all outstanding debts, Starrfm.com.gh has learnt. NAM 1 has been in …

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Why new mining guards should not disgrace President Akufo-Addo

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo Ordinarily, an announcement by the government that 220 new mining guards, specially trained to police activities in mining areas, would be deployed this month to the Western North Region to combat illegal mining should be welcome news. But, it is not because our recent history, …

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2 bodies retrieved from Odaw River

Two dead bodies have been retrieved from the Odaw River in Accra in the past two weeks. The acting Municipal Coordinator of the Klottey Korle Municipal Assembly (KKMA), Mr Dey Kukubor, says poor sanitation is responsible for floods and its attendant deaths. He made the disclosure last Friday during a …

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