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Re-registeration of sim with Ghana Card to begin July – Bawumia

Vice President Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia says Ghanaians will have to re-register their sim cards with the Ghana Card beginning July or lose them. According to him, the  move is part of efforts to digitize the economy for enhanced accountability and economic growth “I expect that the minister for communication and …

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Minister weeps over galamsey destroying water bodies

Minister for Sanitation and Water Resources, Cecilia Dapaah has expressed anger over the level of pollution of rivers by illegal miners in the Eastern Region. The Minister who toured some of the illegal mining sites during an inspection of the Water Treatment Plants at Kyebi, Bunso, and Osino on Monday expressed …

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Politicians, other influential people interfering in our work – Effia Tenge

The Public Relations Officer (PRO) for the Greater Accra Regional Police Command, Deputy Superintendent of Police, Effia Tenge, has disclosed that most often, the work of the Police is disrupted by interference from influential people such as media personalities and politicians. She told Nana Romeo on AccraFM’s mid-morning show, ‘Ayekoo …

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VIDEO: ‘Shut up or we’ll kill you’ – Concerned Drivers PRO threatened at gunpoint for making govt ‘unpopular’

  • The PRO for Concerned Drivers Association of Ghana said persons who believe he is making government unpopular came to his home to threaten him and his family. • David Aguadu has been leading the charge in demanding an increase in transport fares. • His crusade comes on the …

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List of NPP bigwigs alleged to be galamsey kingpins

• The government has renewed its fight against the galamsey menace after it encountered some challenges in its first attempt • Allegations have been rife that some leading government and NPP officials being either owners of galamsey concessions or acting as enablers of galamsey activities • This report highlights the …

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Twitter suspends account of #FIXTHECOUNTRY ‘founder’ KALYJAY

  Twitter has suspended the account of KALYJAY, the social media influencer who started the #FIXTHECOUNTRY protest online. It is unclear the reason for the suspension. Twitter suspends accounts when it is reported by multiple accounts. The decision to suspend is even faster if the accounts filing the reports are …

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22-year-old lady killed by hit-and-run driver at Sefwi Atronsu

A 22-year-old hotel attendant has allegedly been killed by a hit-and-run driver at Sefwi Atronsu in the Bibiani Anhwianso Bekwai Municipality of the Western North Region. Eyewitnesses told Adom News that the unfortunate incident occurred when the deceased, Regina Anarfi was crashed on the Atronsu- Bibiani highway after she had …

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Burning of excavators disheartening but necessary – Okyenhene

The Okyenhene, Osagyefuo Amoatia Ofori Panin, says the burning of excavators by the military task force clamping down on illegal mining is disheartening but a necessary evil in the fight against the canker. He said illegal mining is a threat to the environment, agriculture and sustainable development and therefore must …

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Police await final report on two-year-old boy sacrificed by father

 Police Sergeant Apewe Achana told the Kaneshie District Court that the Police had been informed that the cause of death was “severe injury.” The prosecution said the final report of the cause of death would also enable the Police to prepare a duplicate docket to be forwarded to the Attorney …

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Two die in car accident, one electrocuted

Three people died in two separate accidents in the Kadjebi District. The first, which happened at Mempeasem, a farming community along Nkwanta-Kadjebi highway involved two people, whose tricycle crashed into KIA Hyundai vehicle at Poase-Cement and the second was a 14-year-old boy of Menuso, who was electrocuted. Mr Damian Abofua, …

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