GENERAL NEWS

VIDEO: Fire Service personnel arrive in taxi to douse flames at Akyem Begoro

Social media has been inundated with a video of fire service personnel arriving at an emergency scene in a chartered taxi to douse flames at Akyem Begoro in the Eastern Region. The video has since sparked many reactions as the fire-fighting specialists arrived at the scene without their fire trucks …

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Angry youth block Accra-Kumasi highway, police fire warning shots

The angry youth of Amanase, a community near Suhum along the Accra to Kumasi highway Thursday evening blocked the Accra to Kumasi Highway amidst the burning of tyres in a spontaneous protest after a vehicle crushed an elderly man to death The man was knocked down by a speedy vehicle …

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Sad video of a caregiver maltreating an 11-month-old baby leading to her death hits social media

• The video was captured on CCTV • The caregiver identified as Clara Ayani-Ampah forcibly tried to push food down the throat of the 11-month-old baby • The victim is said to have died after the ordeal A female caregiver, Clara Ayani-Ampah is reportedly in the grips of the police …

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Galamsey: The big faces in the picture?

A question everyone wants answers to. Everyone is looking for who is behind the canker which has become one of Ghana’s biggest threats. Illegal small scale mining popularly referred to as Galamsey didn’t begin now, in fact, per information from the nationalgeographic.com, it can be traced to the 80’s where …

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PHOTOS: Day-old-baby found near girls’ dormitory of Pong-Tamale SHS

A day-old-baby girl has been found in a bush close to Pong-Tamale Senior High School’s (SHS) Girls’ Dormitory in the Savelugu Municipality of the Northern Region. A 14-year-old boy is reported to have found the baby with the mother yet-to-be identified. The baby has since been admitted at Pong-Tamale Clinic …

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Unemployment and conflict: how COVID-19 has affected women in Morocco

In Morocco, most women's lives, choices and mobility are controlled by men. – Source: FADEL SENNA/AFP via Getty Images Across the world, COVID-19 has completely disrupted lives. This includes the activities and social affairs within households. I wanted to explore how exactly it had affected gender roles, and the relationship …

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  Harruna Attah writes: A surfeit of dodgy honorary doctorates!

I must come clean: I love honorifics. Anything that imparts or implies respect must be cherished. I cherish my Alhaji, Ambassador and MOV and flaunt them proudly. Ambassador (Actually High Commissioner) was earned when I served my country in Namibia and Botswana as envoy from July 2014 to January 2017, having …

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Akufo-Addo spends Ghc2.8m on private jet to Paris, Johannesburg – Ablakwa alleges

The Member of Parliament for North Tongu, Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa has alleged that President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo spent a whopping Ghc2.8m on a private jet on his recent trips to France and Johannesburg. In a piece on his Facebook page, the ranking member on the Foreign Affairs Committee of …

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Sam George backs Twene Jonas

Member of Parliament for Ningo-Prampram Samuel Nartey George has thrown his support for social media influencer Twene Jonas for speaking the hard truth on the fight against galamsey. In an exclusive interview with Giovani Caleb on the 3FM Drive on Wednesday, May 25, National Democratic Congress (NDC) MP backed the ‘Glass Nkoaa’ …

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Police probe fuel tanker accident at Onyinanumfo

The Mankranso District Police Command has commenced investigations into last Monday, May 24 fatal accident at Onyinanumfo in the Ahafo-Ano South-West District of the Ashanti Region. Three people, including a two-year-old boy, perished in the accident, while five others, who sustained injuries, were sent to the hospital for treatment. The …

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