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VIDEO: Meet the 23-year-old student who farms to pay his university fees

From picking inspiration from his own father, 23-year-old Perry Appoh is currently seeing himself through university education from farming. The Geography student of the University of Ghana who hails from Ziave in the Volta Region, says he acquired the skill and love for farming from the age of 15 when …

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Friends of NAPO donate educational materials to Manhyia schools

Friends of NAPO, a social group in the Manhyia South constituency in the Ashanti region, have presented educational materials to cluster of schools in the Manhyia South constituency in the Ashanti region. The items included boxes of exercise books, pens, pencils, sewing machines and assorted drinks. Schools that benefited from …

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Agyapa deal: ‘Don’t mortgage our resources for meagre sum’ – Ga Mantse to Government

Traditional ruler of the Ga Kingdom, Boni Nii Tackie Adama Latse II, and the Ga Dzase have expressed their displeasure over Akufo-Addo-led government’s determination to approve the controversial “Agyapa Mineral Royalties Deal”. It came in wake of notice of the deal’s reintroduction to parliament after some revisions were made, following …

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One dead after armed men attack gold dealer’s shop at Enyinam on Accra-Kumasi highway

JoyNews has picked information about a robbery attack at Enyinam on the Accra-Kumasi highway. The attack allegedly took place at a gold dealer’s shop. Sources say the armed robbers made away with an undisclosed sum of money. Again, one person was reportedly shot dead. Giving more details, an eyewitness, Ibrahim …

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PHOTOS: Two injured as truck crushes tollbooth at Tema

A tipper truck on Friday morning crashed into two abandoned toll booths at the Tema end of the Tema-Accra Motorway. Two people were injured in the accident. The accident occurred in the early morning (May 27, 2022) when the truck heading towards Accra from the Afienya section crashed into the …

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‘There are too many corrupt cases that are going on unattended to’ – Domelevo

Former Auditor General, Daniel Yao Domelevo has spoken about the spate of corruption in the country. He said in a JoyNews interview on Wednesday, May 25, 2022; that he is unable to run an assessment of corruption and the corruption fight by this government but that he was worried by …

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Parliament shoots down €75m loan as Bagbin summons Ofori-Atta over COVID funds

The Speaker of Parliament Alban Bagbin has summoned Finance Minister Ken Ofori-Atta to appear before the House with details of all funds received and used in the name of Covid-19. The directive followed the shooting down of a 75 million Euros loan agreement between the government of Ghana and European …

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Fire guts three-storey building at Aboabo

     A three-storey building which houses Police officers at Aboabo in the Ashanti Region is on fire. The cause of the inferno is not immediately known. The ravaging fire has destroyed several properties. The fire started around 2:30pm, Thursday afternoon. Source: 3news.com

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‘Parliament has no money to function’ – Bagbin fumes

The Speaker of Parliament, Alban Bagbin, has lamented the dire financial constraints Parliament is currently facing. According to the Speaker, he has stopped approving financial commitments of the house due to the constraints. Speaking in Parliament, the Speaker called out the Minister for Finance for starving the House of funds. …

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