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Wa Naa condemns flogging of youth seen in leaked sex video

The Wa Naa has distanced his Palace from the public flogging of a girl and boy at the forecourt of the Palace on Tuesday afternoon. Through his spokesperson, he has disassociated himself and condemned the floggers of persons seen in a leaked sex video. The Ghana News Agency (GNA) reports that Naa …

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These 19 Akufo-Addo appointees never declared their assets – Report

It has emerged that some appointees of the Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo government never declared their assets as required by law. GhanaWeb sighted a report by Accra-based online portal – The Fourth Estate – indicating that 19 of the minister’s President Akufo-Addo swore into office during his first term violated the law. According …

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IGP-UK diplomat saga: Kwakye Ofosu, Kwaku Azar drag Jon Benjamin into the fray

A one-time deputy minister, Felix Kwakye Ofosu has waded into the Inspector General of Police, IGP George Akuffo Dampare’s protest against British High Commissioner, Harriet Thompson. The Police chief via a May 20 statement accused the diplomat of being biased and meddlesome in her tweet commenting on the arrest of …

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Dampare’s letter was written for him – Barker-Vormawor alleges

Convener of the #FixTheCountry Movement, Oliver Barker-Vormawor, has questioned the rationale behind a response issued by the IGP to the British High Commissioner over comments she made regarding his arrest. According to him, the IGP’s response was quite unnecessary considering the issue was a diplomatic issue and should have been …

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‘I wasn’t after a response from the IGP at all,’ – British High Commissioner speaks

Harriet Thompson, the British High Commissioner to Ghana, has spoken for the first time since the Ghana Police Service published a four-paged letter addressed to her over a tweet she made last month. The tweet of May 17 bordered on the arrest of #FixTheCountry campaigner, Oliver Barker-Vormawor for a road …

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We’ll carry our weapons to June 4 demo – Captain Smart, Okatakyie, Oliver write to Police

A group of Ghanaians seeking to demonstrate for three days beginning June 4 have written to the Accra Regional Police Command to allow them to demonstrate with their own private security. The individuals including broadcasters Captain Smart and Okatakyie Afrifa are also asking the Police to allow demonstrators to carry …

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Emeritus Catholic Archbishop of Tamale has died

Most Reverend Gregory Ebo Kpiebaya, Emeritus Archbishop of Tamale, has died, MyNewsGh.com has confirmed. The current Archbishop of Tamale, Most Reverend Philip Naameh, who confirmed his death to the Apostolic Nuncio to Ghana in a letter dated May 31, 2022, indicated that he died at the Tamale Teaching Hospital. The …

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Dampare puts 15 questions to British High Commissioner, asks her to ‘mind her business’

The Inspector General of Police, COP Dr. George Akuffo Dampare, has had cause to send a four-page response to the British High Commissioner to Ghana, Harriet Thompson, over a tweet she made on May 17, 2022, expressing interest in the case of the arrest of Oliver Barker-Vormawor. The convener of the …

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Lightning-boy’s body abandoned over thundergod fears

The body of a 17-year-old coconut seller who was struck by lightning on Monday, 30 May 2022 during a rainstorm, has been left in the open untouched over fears of a thundergod curse.The teenage boy was struck along with two others at Bankoe in the Volta regional capital, Ho. He …

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ICT Has More Career Paths –  Ama Pomaah To Ahafo Girls

The Deputy Minister for Communications and Digitalisation, Ama Pomaah Boateng has charged basic school pupils to pursue ICT for global positioning.  Speaking at the mentorship session of the Girls in ICT event in the Ahafo region, Mrs. Pomaah Boateng affirmed government’s resolve to support students pursuing STEM/ICT programs. “Traditional businesses …

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