GENERAL NEWS

Farmer loses 120 acres of cashew to bushfire

  Mr. Jordan Owusu, Chief Executive Officer of De Jordan Agro and investment has lost 120 acres of his cashew farm at “Torgbui Kope” near Kparekpare in the Krachi East Municipality of the Oti Region as a result of bush fire. Mr. Owusu told the Ghana News Agency (GNA) that …

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Police to block roads ahead of ECOWAS summit on Thursday

    The Accra Regional Police Command has announced a temporary closure of some principal roads in the city ahead of the Extraordinary Summit of ECOWAS Heads of State on Thursday, February 3, 2022. ECOWAS leaders are meeting in Accra to discuss the political situation in Burkina Faso. A press statement …

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Captain Smart granted GH¢50,000 bail

  Captain Smart charged with extortion Captain Smart, one other in court Captain Smart pleads not guilty to the charge of extortion Captain Smart has been granted a GH¢50,000 bail with two sureties by an Accra Circuit Court. The controversial radio talk host whose real name is Blessed Godsbrain Smart …

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Former Prez Kufour blocks public road for estate project

Ashanti Regional Director of the Urban Road says the road was constructed illegally   Former President John Agyekum Kufour has allegedly blocked a major road that connects commuters to other areas with a wall ostensibly for an estate project. The blocked road connects State Experimental Basic School, Ashanti Regional Coordinating …

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Obinim arrested, fined GH₵1,200 for fixing a siren on his ‘V8’

File photo: Bishop Daniel Obinim when he arrestted for an offense in 2016   Police caution against unapproved sirens and strobe lights Police remove strobe lights and siren on Obinim’s Toyota Landcruiser Stop fixing strobe lights and sirens on your cars, Police to public The founder and leader of International …

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Captain Smart charged for extortion

Captain Smart is being charged with two counts of extortion   The host of Onua TV’s breakfast show, Blessed Godsbrain Smart, popularly known as Captain Smart, has been charged with two counts of extortion. The two charges according to the prosecution are in relation to December 23, 2021, and January …

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Two times Ursula Owusu’s E-levy comments courted controversy

  Ursula Owusu-Ekuful, Communication and Digitization Minister Ursula Owusu twice courts controversy over E-levy defense Majority and Minority standoff over E-levy persists E-levy contained in 2022 budget Communication and Digitalization Minister, Ursula Owusu-Ekuful has in the last three months courted controversy over the controversial Electronic Transactions (E-levy) tax contained in …

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Paramount chief of Offinso ‘goes home’ Feb 24; funerals banned

The late Nana Wiafe Akenten III The burial and final funeral rites of the late paramount chief of Offinso would take place from February 22 -24, the Traditional Council has announced, as it imposes a ban on drumming and noisemaking in the area. The remains of Nana Wiafe Akenten III …

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Asantehemaa’s 5th anniversary celebration: Kumasi shops to be closed down on Saturday February 5

The Kumasi Kejetia/Central Market together with Concerned Central Market Traders Association have agreed to closed all shops in the Greater Kumasi City for a special cleanup exercise ahead of the 5th anniversary celebration of the Asantehemaa Nana  Konadu Yiadom III.   The exercise which is expected to come off on Saturday …

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I bought US$151,000 Mercedes with excess cash after my US surgery – Kennedy Agyapong

Kennedy Agyapong, Assin Central MP   Kennedy Agyapong confirms having brain surgery in US Assin North MP motivate Ghanaians to accept E-levy He recounts buying a new car to celebrate a successful surgery Assin Central Member of Parliament, Kennedy Agyapong, has disclosed one way he ‘celebrated’ his successful surgery to …

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