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Obuasi: 3 sustain machete, scissors wounds over chieftaincy dispute

Three persons are currently battling for their lives after they sustained machete injuries in a clash following chieftaincy disputes at Sanso, a suburb of Obuasi, in the Ashanti Region. The chieftaincy clash, according to some residents, was between Chief of Sanso Okatakyie Bawuah Okyere Darko and Chief of Adumanu Nana …

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PHOTOS: Assailants descend on Zacholi in Yendi, shoot 9 men to death, injure others

An attack on residents of Zacholi in the Yendi Municipality of the Northern Region has left nine men dead, while several others, mainly women, were wounded. Some properties were also set ablaze in the attack. According to reports, the attack came after allegations that some armed robbers had attacked and …

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Police arrest alleged Lebanese man captured in viral video threatening to behead unidentified man

The Ghana Police Service has announced the arrest of the Lebanese man in the viral video captured threatening to behead an unidentified man. In a video that went viral on social media on Tuesday, April 12, 2022, the man who is alleged to be Lebanese national is seen shouting and …

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One killed, properties destroyed, many displaced by rainstorm in Bawku West

A violent rainstorm has killed one, destroyed many houses and rendered some residents homeless in the Bawku West District of the Upper East Region. The incident occurred on Thursday 7th April, 2022 at around 5:00pm. The storm ripped off roofs, especially thatched houses, churches, schools, shops and containers including electrical …

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The judicial system has a special court for electricity offenders – Energy Minister

Some public institutions including the Ghana Airport Company limited, University of Ghana and others have made it to the news in recent times for owing exorbitant fees to the Electricity Company of Ghana. The company in an attempt to get these institutions to pay monies they happen to owe, disconnected …

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Meet the justices who ruled on Assin North MP’s case

The Supreme Court, in a 5-2 majority decision, ruled that the Assin North MP, James Gyakye Quayson, is not the Member of Parliament for Assin North. This comes after a citizen of Assin Bereku, by name of Michael Ankomah Nimfah, on January 27, 2022, filed an interlocutory injunction against the MP …

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Assin North MP must face law like Adamu Sakande – Godfred Dame

The Attorney General, Godfred Dame, has said that the Assin North Member of Parliament James Gyakye Quayson must face the law like the former Member of Parliament for Bawku Central, Adamu Dramani Sakande. This comes after the Supreme Court in a majority 5-2 decision, ruled that Assin North MP James Gyakye …

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One dead, four others injured after bus crashed a cow at Gomoa Potsin

One person has died while four others have sustained severe injuries after the commercial bus they were traveling on crashed a cow at Gomoa Potsin on the Kasoa – Winneba Highway in the Gomoa East District of the Central Region. The accident happened at Mustapha Plus junction near Potsin Junction …

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Supreme Court stops Assin North MP from performing parliamentary duties

The Supreme Court has ruled that the Assin North MP, James Gyakye Quayson, is not the Member of Parliament for Assin North. This comes after a citizen of Assin Bereku, by name of Michael Ankomah Nimfah, on January 27, 2022, filed an interlocutory injunction against the MP from performing his parliamentary …

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