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Heads of public institutions sacked in Akufo-Addo’s tenure

The Managing Director of the Ghana Airports Company Limited (GACL), Yaw Kwakwa, was dismissed from his job. Journalists broke his dismissal to him while he was on an official assignment. No reason was given for his dismissal. He is, however, not the first head of a state institution to have …

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What TD Jakes saw in Ghana seven years ago when he visited

Bishop Thomas Dexter (TD) Jakes, has been in the news lately after he praised President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo for what he described as transformational leadership. According to the Bishop of Potter’s House, a non-denominational American megachurch, when he first travelled to Ghana less than a decade ago, “there were a …

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Manhyia shines with bright colours as Queenmother marks Awukudae

It was a festival of tradition, culture and costume as a sea of people gathered at the Manhyia Palace in Kumasi to celebrate Awukudae with the Asantehemaa, Nana Konadu Yiadom III. The ceremony, which was attended by the Vice President, Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia, and the First and Second Ladies, coincided with …

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Woman, 33, Jailed 7yrs for Stealing a Child at Boadua

A 33-year-old unemployed woman, Priscilla Owusua has been sentenced to seven years imprisonment in hard labour by the Asamankese Circuit Court for stealing a three-month-old child in Boadua. Priscilla Owusua, also known as Haggar was charged for child stealing, contrary to section 23(1) and 93 of the Criminal offenses Acts …

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Call Kenyasi No.1 chief to order for demolishing police station I built — Akua Donkor to Asantehene

The 2020 flagbearer for the Ghana Freedom Party, Madam Akua Donkor has appealed to Asantehene Otumfour Osei Tutu II to call the Chief of Kenyasi No1, Nana Osei Kofi to order for allegedly demolishing a police station she built for the residents of Mmim Kenyasi No1. According to the Ghana …

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Snakes, weeds, miscreants have taken over Trade Fair site – MP laments

The sorry state of the Trade Fair centre redevelopment project has left some residents and their Member of Parliament (MP) in the La-Dadekotopon Constituency of the Greater Accra Region seething with anger over the manner the project has been abandoned by the government. According to the MP, since the Trade …

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58-year-old man found dead in river at Abesim

A body of a 58-year-old man, identified as Pascal Moro, has been discovered in River Wakoa at Wakogyamu, a suburb of Abesim near Sunyani in the Bono Region. The deceased, believed to be a Burkinabe national, had lived in the community for the past three years. Co-tenant and an eyewitness, …

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Accident at Bawjiase kills woman

An accident involving a cargo truck with registration number GE-819-Y on Tuesday, February 15 run over a woman believed to be in her early 20s killing her instantly at Bawjiase in the Central Region. The accident, according to eyewitnesses, happened in front of the Bawjiase Police station after the cargo …

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No amount of Dampare’s populist incarcerations will stop me from speaking – Abronye

The Bono Regional Chairman of the ruling New Patriotic Party, Kwame Baffoe, alias Abronye DC, has spoken following his release from police custody. Charged with two counts of publication of false news and offensive conduct, Abronye DC, who was arrested on Tuesday, February 15, 2022, was arraigned before an Accra Circuit Court on …

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FULL LIST: The most-watched TV station in Ghana

A globally acclaimed research agency named IPOS has furnished Ghanaians with its survey on Ghana’s most-watched television stations, with TV3 and UTV coming out on top as No.1 & 2 respectively. The study, which covered the months of January to December 2021, discovered that TV3 is the most-watched local television …

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