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Gas tanker filled with LPG crashes on Tema motorway

A gas tanker filled with Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) has crashed on the Tema motorway. According to a 3new.com report, the accident occurred on the dawn of Thursday, April 28, 2022. Personnel of Ghana Fire Service are reported to be on the ground ensuring the tanker does not explode. Also, …

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Week-old baby, 3 others injured in fire at Korle-Bu

A week-old baby and three other persons have been severely injured in a fire outbreak at the Korle-Bu Police barracks in Accra. The week-old baby and three others got burnt when fire gutted parts of the Police barracks on Wednesday, 27 April 2022. According to eyewitnesses, the inferno started after …

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FIFA/CAF disapproved Ghana stadiums because there is no facility manager – Expert

A Committee Member of the International Facility Manager’s Association has disclosed that the stadiums in Ghana were unable to meet the requirement of the world and African football governing body because there are no facility managers in charge of management. According to Prince Botchway, the idea of constructing stadiums and …

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Prof Mike Oquaye calls for reforms in appointment and removal of judges

Professor Aaron Michael Oquaye, former Speaker of Parliament, has called for reforms in the appointment and removal of judges in the 1992 Constitution to strengthen the country’s judicial system. Prof Oquaye recommended the appointment of two retired Supreme Court Judges nominated by the Roll of Retired Supreme Court Judges, two …

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D-Black’s night club disconnected by ECG for power theft

Oasis Pool and Shisha Lounge in Accra has been cut off from the national grid for power theft. The night club, which is said to be owned by popular hiplife musician D-Black, is located at Cantonments behind the police headquarters in Accra. Operators were caught red handed by the National …

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Please buy Ghana – Kofi Bentil ‘begs’ Elon Musk

Vice President of IMANI Africa, Kofi Bentil, has made a passionate plea to billionaire Elon Musk to buy Ghana. In a post on his social media handle, the lawyer noted that the billionaire was worth more than the country’s total Gross Domestic Product (GDP). He asked Musk to buy one of …

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Fire all striking workers, replace them with military – Prof Adei on ‘neutrality allowance’

Professor Stephen Adei has proffered a drastic solution to an ongoing strike by the Civil and Local Government Staff Association of Ghana, CLOGSAG. According to the former rector of GIMPA, the government should fire all striking workers and replace them with the military as a stop-gap measure as it recruits …

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Police investigate death of officer who allegedly shot himself while on duty in Accra

The Ghana Police Service has said it is investigating the circumstances surrounding the death of a Police officer. The Police in a release signed by the Director-General of Public Affairs, DCOP Kwesi Ofori indicated that the Police Officer “allegedly shot himself while on duty on Wednesday, April 27, 2022, at …

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Court files can get stuck but doesn’t mean they’ve been stolen, destroyed – Rtd judge on unfair US report

Retired Court of Appeal judge, Justice Isaac Duose, has described as “very unfair”, the U.S. Department of State’s 2021 Annual Country Reports on Human Rights Practices released on 12 April 2022, in which Ghana’s judiciary is accused of being replete with corruption. The report said while the constitution and laws …

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President has too much power in selecting members of Council of State – Former Speaker of Parliament

A former Speaker of Parliament, Prof. Aaron Mike Oquaye, has said that no president should be allowed to appoint the people who form the Council of State. He explained that seeing that the primary role of the Council of State is to offer advice to the president, there the need …

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