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‘I’ve targeted him for very long’ – A Plus threatens to have CID boss removed

Kwame A Plus, musician and political activist, has vowed to see to the removal of Director General of Police, Ken Yeboah, from office. His reasons were not made clear when he made the disclosure via a Facebook live session in which he speaks extensively about his recent public spat with …

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Ukraine-Russia conflict: Stop calling to scare us – Parents told

Public relations officer of the National Union of Ghana Students (NUGS) in Ukraine, Benjamin Boateng, has stated that Ghanaian parents can be prayerful and supportive to their wards in Ukraine. Speaking in an interview on SVTV Africa, Benjamin indicated that parents must avoid calling and putting fear in their children …

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Russia-Ukraine War: It’s Not Easy! Even America And Britain Haven’t Evacuated Their Citizens – Gov’t

Deputy Minister for Foreign Affairs and Regional Integration, Kwaku Ampratwum-Sarpong says it will be difficult for the government to evacuate Ghanaians in war-hit Ukraine. He explained that Ukraine is now a ‘no flight zone’ for any country to evacuate its citizens. ” . . Evacuation from the country is not easy …

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CHRAJ bans former PPA boss 10yrs; ordered to refund over GH¢5m

The Commission on Human Rights and Administrative Justice (CHRAJ) has slapped former Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Public Procurement Authority (PPA) Adjenim Boateng Adjei with further sanctions. He has been disqualified from holding public office for the next 10 years while he is to refund to the state GH¢5,697,530 …

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Driver dead, another in critical condition in tricycle accident

A tricycle rider has been confirmed dead and another seriously injured after his car failed brake on the Sawla road. The tricycle, which was plying a lone road from Jelinkong heading towards Sawla, was fully loaded with wood. It is said that the tricycle somersaulted and landed on the driver, …

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¢27.5m from Capital Bank’s ¢620m liquidity support was my commission – Ato Essien

The Founder of defunct Capital Bank, William Ato Essien, has said that he received some ¢27.5m as finder’s fee, out of ¢620m given to his bank as a liquidity support According to Ato Essien who is standing trial for embezzlement, he earned the payment as commission, having facilitated payment of …

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Ada West records 357 teenage pregnancies in 2021

The Ada West District in the Greater Accra Region recorded 357 teenage pregnancy cases and seven cases of abortion in 2021. The pregnancies were among girls between 10 and 19 years. In 2020, 317 cases of teenage pregnancy and 18 cases of abortion were recorded in the district as against …

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Mass burial for Appiatse explosion victims slated for March 11

The Appiatse Disaster Relief Committee has set March 11 for the mass burial of persons who lost their lives in the Bogoso-Appiate explosion in the Prestea-Huni-Valley Municipality of the Western Region. The explosion occurred on January 20, 2022, after a truck carrying explosives owned by Maxam Limited got involved in …

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Soldiers allegedly kill two-year-old child at Ntoboroso

The Association of Small Scale Miners in the Ashanti Region have said some suspected military men have allegedly burned a two-year-old child to death at Ntobroso in the Atwima Mponua District of the Ashanti Region. The two-year-old child according to them was allegedly burnt after fire from an excavator which …

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Foreign students in Ukraine are being evacuated to Poland, Romania, Slovakia – Ghanaian student reveals

Foreign nationals in Ukraine are being evacuated to Romania, Slovakia, and Poland due to the Russia-Ukraine crisis, a Ghanaian student in Ukraine, Nana Kwame Appiah Denis, has revealed. He said most of these foreign nationals are students. They have been asked not to carry too much luggage on them in …

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