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Police staff killed in accident on Tema-Aflao road

A staff of the Ghana Police Service met his untimely death at Tema Community 25 Estate Junction on the Dawhenya stretch of the Tema-Aflao road on Sunday, July 24. The Motorway Command of the Ghana National Fire Service received a distress accident call at 9pm and got to the accident …

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I will make Russia an ally in my government – Kyiri Abosom

The founder and leader of the Ghana Union Movement (GUM) party, Pastor Kwabena Andrews, popularly known as Osofo Kyiri Abosom, has indicated that Russia would be an ally of his government when he becomes President. According to the politician cum founder and leader of the Life Assembly Worship Center, the …

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35-year-old man trapped to death in a well at Wassa Akropong

The Police in Wassa Akropong in the Western Region are investigating circumstances that led to the death of a 35-year-old, in a well in which he was working. Kwabena Boateng is alleged to have been working on a well constructed for a client at Wassa Akropong when the misfortune happened. …

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NABCO to end in September 2022 – Ofori-Atta

The Minister for Finance, Ken Ofori-Atta, has disclosed that one of the government’s youth employment initiatives Nation Builder’s Corps (NABCO) programme will end on September 1, 2022. “Mr Speaker, our iconic National Builder’s Corps (NaBCo) programme, which was initially to run for three years and extended for an additional year, …

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Woman killed as car rams into chop bar

A Kia private car with registration number AS 7369-21, has killed a 48-year-old woman at Asante Akyem Juaso in the Ashanti Region The car is reported to have ran into a chop bar after the vehicle’s brakes failed. The woman, according to eyewitnesses, was selling her goods near the chop …

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Being broke isn’t holy

After a stressful workout in Paris and Monaco, Sir Wicknell had this conviction: “No matter how evil you all say money is, don’t ever think being broke is Holy.” There are people among men whose thoughts are that once a person has taken his religious life at heart, he mustn’t …

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BOST workers declare strike as MD blows Ghc14million on 2-week Harvard Course & brand new PRADOs

Workers of the Bulk Oil Storage and Transportation Company Limited (BOST) have declared a sit-down strike over poor, incompetent management decisions they say is affecting the general performance of the company. The aggrieved workers manning various depots and facilities of the company resolved not to work starting this week after …

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Girl tagged as a witch for clocking an aggregate 30 in BECE

Ghanaian women’s rights activist, Margaret Brew-Ward, has shared the plight of a young girl who was branded a witch by her community folks for getting an aggregate 30 in her Basic Education Certificate Examination. According to the Campaign Manager for Action Aid Ghana, the girl was branded a witch for …

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Gov’t owes us 7-months allowance – Teacher trainees

The Teacher Trainees Association of Ghana (TTAG) has decried delays in the payment of allowances owed its members by government. According to the TTAG, the delay in the payment has worsened the living conditions of its members amidst the unbearable prevailing economic conditions in the country. National President of the …

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‘Criminal syndicate’ comment: Kpebu’s apology to Akufo-Addo triggers social media reactions

Social media users, especially on Twitter, are ingesting the circumstances surrounding which lawyer Martin Kpebu issued a July 24, 2022 apology to President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo. The private legal practitioner had made comments over the weekend suggesting that the president was a member of a criminal syndicate at the …

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