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Special Prosecutor freezes Sir John’s assets

The Special Prosecutor has frozen all assets of the late Chief Executive Officer of the Forestry Commission, Kwadwo Owusu Afriyie. The deceased CEO popularly known as Sir John is the subject of investigations after his Will which contains state lands at the Achimota Forest and the Sakumono Ramsar Site was …

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NDC, NPP ‘connived’ to capture Achimota lands – Martin Amidu alleges

Former Attorney General, Martin Amidu has said both the National Democratic Congress and the New Patriotic Party connived to capture the Achimota forest land. According to him, the consummation of the state capture by a bi-partisan political elite of the natural resources for private profit is the only ‘rational reason acreages of land were released to …

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VIDEO&PHOTOS: 30 pupils involved in accident at Oyoko

About 30 pupils, a female teacher and driver of the Pentecost Preparatory School in Koforidua have been involved in a near fatal accident Thursday morning . Only few sustained injuries but all victims have been rushed to the Eastern Regional Hospital in Koforidua. The accident occurred at about 7:00am while …

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List of all 97 soldiers who ransacked, brutalised residents in Wa

The final Investigative report of the Committee on Defence and Interior on the Incident of the Military-Civil Brutality in Wa has been made public. In the report, it recommended that more experienced hands in the military be sent to the 10 Mechanised Battalion to help with the execution of the …

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  Ghana’s ‘Living Lab’: AstraZeneca and partners building community and ecological resilience through the Atebubu and Wiase Forest Landscape Restoration

 [Accra, 01 June 2022] To farmers and their families living in the Bono East Region in central Ghana, the Atebubu and Wiase Forest Landscape Restoration (FLR) Living Lab offers a more resilient food system, greater income and the opportunity to restore nature.  The first Circular Bioeconomy Alliance (CBA) Living Lab …

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GBA to provide legal aid to flogged victims of leaked sex tape

The Ghana Bar Association (GBA) says it has taken over the incident involving the flogging of two persons alleged to have had a sexual encounter, recorded and leaked the video on social media. The Association’s Women and Minors Rights Committee has been tasked to “closely monitor and offer the necessary …

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Record-breaking events under Akufo-Addo that will go down in history

There is a history in all men’s lives; William Shakespeare’s once said, and such history has definitely been created with some events that have happened during the 6-year term of President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo. From fracas between individuals, to the construction of projects, to controversies by government appointees, President Nana Addo …

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Minority calls for public inquiry into COVID-19 expenditure

The Minority in Parliament has accused President Akufo-Addo of presiding over what they describe as “gargantuan fraud in the spending and disbursement of COVID expenses”. According to Haruna Iddrisu, the Minority is vindicated by the fact that a leading member of the NPP disclosed publicly to the effect that, COVID Funds …

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NAPO meets the National Association of Queen Mothers

The Minister of Energy, Dr Matthew Opoku Prempeh, has charged queen mothers in the country to join the call of putting in place comprehensive and viable plans to cater for the transition from fossil fuels to renewables. The minister noted that as traditional leaders, they are in better and strategic …

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UN Ambassador consoles Ghanaian family over UK mass killing

United Nations Ambassador and Founder of Zoe Christian Centre in the United Kingdom, H.E Rev Atta Badu Snr, has commiserated with the family of four persons who were gruesomely murdered by a knifeman in Bermondsey, South East London on April 25, 2022. The family of the deceased victims, Dolet Hill, …

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