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Ghana will soon be a giant in ICT- Ama Pomaah

Ghana is progressing steadily in becoming a tech-force around the globe as it has received several proposals from development partners to undertake ICT initiatives. The deputy minister of Communications and Digitalisation, Mrs. Ama Pomaah Boateng has said. According to her, the quest by the Ministry of Communications and Digitalisation to …

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Otumfuo, Chief Imam and 5 other non-politicians who command a lot of power

There is a story that is commonly told of how powerful a certain Ghanaian traditional leader is, so much that not even the powers and authority vested in the country’s Head of State by the constitution can overshadow his, especially within that leader’s immediate jurisdiction. In fact, if it is …

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500 life guards deployed to protect lives on Volta lake

A total of 500 trained lifeguards passed out on Sunday at the Eastern Naval Base in Tema New Town. The trained lifeguards, drawn from about nine regions in the country, comprised both males and females, and they will be deployed to save lives on Ghana’s water bodies in the country. …

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‘This country needs a Messiah’ – Lawyer Badombie’s last Facebook post

The death of lawyer Richard Badombia has dominated news headlines since the news broke out on Saturday, May 28. He was shot and killed whiles travelling on the Bole-Bamboi Highway in a private vehicle heading to Jirapa. The Ghana Bar Association has tasked the Police to do all it takes …

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Empire FM’s Naa Ayorkor reported dead

A sad news has hit EIB Network following the death of one of its broadcasters, Naa Ayorkor. Naa was a popular broadcaster with Takoradi-based Empire FM, a subsidiary of the EIB Network. Naa reportedly died Monday morning, May 30, 2022, after a short illness. The cause of her death is …

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Ghana needs a leader with late President Mills’ qualities—Archbishop Naameh

0 Menu › Most Reverend Philip Naameh, the Metropolitan Archbishop of Tamale, said the current political atmosphere in the country requires a leader, who has qualities of former President Atta Mills, to rally along all the citizenry for national development. There was politicisation of the judiciary, the security services, use of …

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Cabinet rejects price-control mechanism – Gabby Otchere-Darko hints

New Patriotic Party stalwart, Gabby Asare Otchere-Darko, has said that the government considered introducing price control mechanisms to stop the recent increases in prices of goods and services in the country. Otchere-Darko, however, indicated that President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo and his cabinet opted not to introduce the price control system in Ghana after …

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Tension brews in Sekyikrom after one shot at chief’s palace

     One person has been shot in the leg at Sekyikrom in the Nsawam Adoagyri Municipality of the Eastern Region. This was after some persons attacked the Palace of the Apagyahene, Oheneba Nana Asante Okorie I, Sunday afternoon. The attackers, after shooting several times in the Palace, also destroyed some …

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This is good news for Ghana – Bawumia tells newly-appointed Cardinal of RC church

Vice-President Mahamudu Bawumia has congratulated the newly-appointed Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church, Bishop Richard Kuuia Baawobr, M.Afr. Bishop Baawobr who was the Catholic Bishop of the Wa Diocese, has been elevated to Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church of Ghana by Pope Francis. In a Facebook post, Vice-President Bawumia …

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Ho: Lightening kills 1, two others injured

A lightning incident that occurred in Ho late Monday afternoon has killed one person and left two other persons injured. The deceased has been identified as Emmanuel Torli, 17, who sold coconut on a pavement opposite the office of the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) in the Volta regional capital. …

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