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Major Mahama trial: State closes case against accused persons

The state has closed its case against some 14 suspects facing trial for the murder of the late Major Maxwell Mahama. Lawyers for the defence have also indicated that they intend to file a “submission of no case” application before the court. That would mean the defence lawyers asking the …

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Communications And Digitalisation Ministry Trains 1000 Girls In Ahafo Region As Part Of The Girls In ICT Programme

The Ministry of Communications and Digitalisation has commenced training for 1000 girls selected from various districts in the Ahafo Region in basic ICT and Coding, having already completed training in Bono East and Bono regions. Two thousand more girls from Savannah and Northern Region will also benefit from the program …

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More women pop up, accuse Tema DOVVSU officers of snatching their husbands

The Director-General in Charge of Welfare for the Ghana Police Service, DCOP Habiba Twumasi-Sarpong, has assured of an investigation into some cases of police officers snatching husbands of complainants in the Tema jurisdiction. Daily Guide on Saturday, May 14, 2022, shared the story of an aggrieved woman whose husband had allegedly …

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We’ll increase number of Ghanaians on pension schemes – Bawumia

  Vice President Dr Mahamudu Bawumia has said a well-regulated and functioning pension system is a major driver for investment and development.Together with the National Pensions Regulatory Authority (NPRA) and all stakeholders, Dr Bawumia said they will work together to accelerate the pace of pension acceptance through the use of …

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Pro-LGBTQ+ groups tried to buy me but I rejected the offer – Sam George

  Lead anti-LGBTQ+ lawmaker Sam Nartey George has said some pro-gay groups in the US tried to compromise him with money in the heat of his anti-LGBTQ+ crusade along with some other MPs who are championing a private-member bill to completely proscribe LGBTQ+ activities in Ghana.  The Ningo Prampram MP …

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From cleaner to gym instructor, to bodyguard – Chairman Wontumi’s untold story

Before becoming a mining magnate, Chairman Wontumi worked in different capacities in his quest to survive and make a name for himself. Having enrolled in Prempeh College and later in a Bible school in Chicago, Wontumi who had earlier aimed at becoming a minister of the gospel had to turn …

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Five cheat death in ghastly accident at Gomoa Akotsi

Five passengers missed death by a whisker after two vehicles collided head-on at sarcon junction between Akotsi and Ojobi in the Gomoa East Municipality of the Central Region. The five including four men and one woman sustained injuries in the crash that occurred on Sunday 15 May 2022 evening involving …

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Building collapse kills 2 children after torrential rains in Bepoase

Two children aged, 12 and 14 died at Bepoase in the Sekyere South District of the Ashanti Region when their house collapsed after a rainstorm. The house, a dilapidated structure collapsed following a rainstorm in Bepoase on the night of Friday, 13 May 2022. One died instantly, while the other …

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Police investigates attack on journalist for filming at NPP constituency polls

The Ajumako Police Command is investigating a case of assault on a reporter of the Ghana News Agency, Mr Prince Acquah, by a mob for filming an altercation during the New Patriotic Party (NPP) Ajumako-Enyan-Essiam Constituency executive election. The altercation, which nearly marred the otherwise peaceful election at the Ajumako Campus of …

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Ga Traditional task force storms Abeka Pentecost, LightHouse for violating noise ban

A Task force from the Ga Traditional Council has seized instruments of some churches in Accra for flouting the ban on noisemaking and drumming in the capital. The churches include the Abeka and Odorkor branches of the Church of Pentecost, the Darkuman branch of  LightHouse chapel among others. The task …

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