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Military truck runs into traders; one dead

A military truck has run into people seated by the roadside in Zebilla leading to the death of one in the Upper East Region. Others were also injured in the accident. An eyewitness disclosed that the car coming from the Bolga stretch towards Bawku veered into the people. It is …

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Ex-Gratia: Kufuor’s parting gift that has come back to haunt Akufo-Addo

During the second term of John Agyekum Kufuor’s presidency, he set up a commission called the Chinery Hesse Commission that was to, among other things, draw up an emolument package for officeholders captured in Article 71 of Ghana’s constitution. The report, when made public, became a contentious one with many people …

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The Manasseh Azure post that is causing controversies on social media

A social media post by ace investigative journalist Manasseh Azure Awuni has generated controversy on social media as a tribal twist has been given to it. Manasseh appears to have stepped on the feet of some people with his post which posits that a certain chief would have received different treatment if …

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US$10 million committed to refurbishing Kwame Nkrumah Park, Cape Coast castle, others

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has reiterated government’s plan to renovate existing and construct some new tourist sites in the country. According to the president, an amount of US$10 million is being set aside to undertake the project. Part of this will be used to renovate the Cape Coast Castle, and the Kwame …

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Mahama’s aide tackles GBC over lack of airtime for anti-National Cathedral proponents

Joyce Bawah Mogtari, an aide to Former President John Dramani Mahama, has called out state broadcaster, Ghana Broadcasting Corporation (GBC), over the lack of airtime for persons against the construction of the national cathedral project. Taking to her social media page, Madam Joyce Bawah Mogtari indicated that the conduct of GBC was tantamount …

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Meet the 13-member Board of Trustees of National Cathedral

One of the top priorities of the Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo’s government is the building of a 5,000-seater Cathedral in fulfilment of a pledge made by the President to God before winning the 2016 elections. According to the President, the construction of the National Cathedral is pivotal to the development …

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UK Parliament invites MPs in Ghana for a meeting over anti-gay bill

UK Parliament has invited members of the Constitutional, Legal and Parliamentary Affairs Committee of Ghana’s Parliament to a meeting over the anti-gay bill, Chair of the Committee, Kwame Anyimadu-Antwi, has revealed. He told TV3 in an exclusive interview that the lawmakers will be leaving Kotoka International Airport (KIA) on Sunday June 12 and then walk into the …

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12 soldiers discharged, four in stable condition after accident

Twelve out of the 16 military personnel who sustained various degrees of injuries after being involved in a road crash along the Suhum – Anum Apapam Road, have been discharged. The remaining four are in a stable condition and responding to treatment. A statement signed by Naval Captain M.A Larbi, …

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Zebilla: Military truck kills one, injures many

One person has been killed with others injured after a military truck rammed into shops and containers in Zebilla, near the Custom Barrier in the Bawku West District of the Upper East Region. Eyewitnesses told modern Ghana reporter that the truck was on top of a speed from Bolga direction …

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Severe head injuries sustained from motor accidents top list of deaths at Tamale Teaching Hospitals

The Tamale Teaching Hospital (TTH) has disclosed that severe head injury was the leading cause of death in the hospital in 2021. Data from the hospital shows that 73 patients who arrived at the emergency unit died from severe head injuries in 2021, while 16 died on admission over the …

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