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How six Lower Manya Krobo residents sustained gunshot wounds in clash with military: The inside story

At least six persons have allegedly been shot by military personnel assisting personnel of the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) on Monday, August 22, 2022 when the ECG personnel went to disconnected a transformer at Nuaso, a suburb of the Lower Manya Krobo Municipality in the Eastern Region. Soldiers allegedly …

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Delta Airline number N195DN banned from flying to Ghana

The Ghana Civil Aviation Authority, GCAA, has banned a Delta Airlines aircraft with registration N195DN, from flying to Ghana. The Authority said, the decision follows the failure of the Airline company to investigate and address technical issues regarding the aircraft in question, which left several Accra-bound passengers, including Ghanaians, stranded …

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4 govt appointees whose stay in office was extended after reaching retirement

By constitutional powers, the president of the Republic of Ghana is allowed to extend the employment of a public official who has attained retirement age for a period. This discretionary power has often been exercised by the president whenever he deems a person fit for an office. However, this has …

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GES: Post retirement contract of Dep. Dir. General extended again

The tenure of office for the current Deputy Director-General of the Ghana Education Service (GES), Anthony Boateng has been extended. “I am pleased to inform you that the President of the Republic has granted you a further one-year of the contract of service as Deputy Director-General (Management Services) of the …

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VIDEO: Odumase Krobo residents mobilizing amidst tension over alleged military brutalities

Residents of Odumase Krobo in the Eastern Region are alleging that they are being brutaliised by some military personnel. Currently, the residents are mobilizing on the streets of Odumase Krobo right from Nuaso community and they are chanting songs while the military and police are patrolling the area. Meanwhile, the Electricity Company of Ghana …

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Gunmen attack Odike’s office; cars vandalised

The Patase office of the Founder and Leader of the United Progressive Party (UPP), Akwasi Addai “Odike” has been attacked by gunmen. The thugs who fired gunshots also vandalised vehicles parked within the premises of Odike’s office in Kumasi Monday. Odike who was not around during the incident has reported …

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VIDEO: Young ‘galamseyer’ boasts about ‘medicinal’ benefits of drinking mercury

A young man captured in a video at a galamsey site in the Western Region has boasted about how medicinal the use of mercury can be for a person. In the video captured by one of Ghana’s foremost drone pilots and documentary producers, Edem Srem, the young man, popularly known …

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We can’t prosecute NAM 1 – EOCO boss

Executive Director of the Economic and Organised Crime Office (EOCO), COP Maame Yaa Tiwaa Addo-Danquah, says there is “insufficient evidence” to prosecute Nana Appiah Mensah, popularly called NAM1, who was accused of running a Ponzi scheme. Chief Executive Officer of the defunct Menzgold Ghana Limited is currently on bail following …

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Presidential Candidate Aspirant Joe Ghartey To Address Student Leaders At University of Ghana

    New Patriotic Party’s Presidential candidate aspirant and veteran politician, Hon. Joe Ghartey, is billed to address student leaders at the University of Ghana. On Wednesday, August 24, 2022, the University of Ghana Students’ Representative Council (UGSR) will host a program titled: ‘The Dissect.’ The event is to be …

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