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VIDEO: Fire consumes Mampong Technical administration block

The administrative block of the Mampong Technical Institute in the Ashanti region has been gutted by fire, starrfm.com.gh has gathered. The fire reportedly started at about 8:00 am today April 19 from one of the offices. Fire Service personnel have been able to stop the fire after eight offices including …

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Fear grips Breman Asikuma residents as python is found in room

Some residents of Breman Asikuma in the Central Region have been thrown into a state of fear following the discovery of a python in a room in broad daylight. A little girl who is reported to have found the reptile after a heavy rainstorm in the area Sunday afternoon raised …

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Fire destroys 30 shops at Kumasi Central market

Fire has engulfed about 30 shops at the Kumasi Central Market in the Ashanti Region Sunday night. The fire started around 9 p.m Sunday at an area occupied by shoemakers. Items worth thousands of Cedis which were destroyed include finished shoes, wooden and petroleum and wooden products. Firefighters had a …

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PHOTOS: About 700 residents in Yapei rendered homeless after rainstorm

Another rainstorm disaster in the Savannah Region has rendered about 700 residents from three communities homeless with several properties worth thousands of cedis destroyed. The affected communities include, Yapei, Sangkpala and Kusawgu all in the Central Gonja District. According to Central Gonja District Operation Officer, Alhandu Alhassan, officials from the …

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I’ve nothing to hide; bring FBI, CID, NIB to investigate me – KMA Mayor dares petty traders group

The embattled Kumasi Metropolitan Chief Executive, Hon. Osei Asibbey Antwi has indicated readiness to avail himself for the investigation to clear himself of accusations by some individuals who are hiding behind traders in the metropolis to destroy his hard-won reputation “I will avail myself to be to be investigated by …

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Pregnant woman carried on wooden door to CHIPS compound to deliver

A pregnant woman at Effiduase Motokrodua village in the Sekyere East District of the Ashanti Region was carried on a wooden door from her home to the nearest CHPS Compound to enable her deliver. The midwife at the Motokrodua CHPs Compound, Delali Gavoh said there was no vehicle around to …

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Exclusive: Full list of Deputy Ministers

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo will be naming the last batch of ministerial appointments and Deputy Ministerial list this week to complete the formation of his second-term government. Speculation has been rife about who President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo is likely to nominate as deputy minister. GhanaWeb sources state that the Finance, Trade and Industry, …

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Nigerian jailbreakers arrive in Ghana via river Volta, police arrest 9

  Nine (9) persons suspected to be inmates of a Nigerian prison who broke jail recently have been arrested in Ghana at Ada Foah, MyNewsGh.com. According to the Ada District Police Command which confirmed the arrested, they received information that some Nigerians believed to be fugitive jailbreakers were ferried across …

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17-year-old charged with murder in death of Ghanaian in the US

  A 17-year-old, Torian Wilson, has been charged with murder by authorities of St Louis, Missouri, USA, for killing Elijah Newman, 45, a Ghanaian immigrant and a Lyft driver. The suspect who lives at the 8500 block of Mora Lane in St. Louis, was also charged with armed criminal action …

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VIDEO: Two-year-old Ghanaian child dropped at 18-foot US-Mexico border wall

  A two-year-old child from Ghana was dropped over the 18-foot-high US-Mexico border wall by a smuggling cartel, border patrol authorities in the United States have confirmed. Dramatic video footage taken by the US Border Patrol shows a group of people climbing over the wall along the boundary near Imperial …

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