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PHOTOS: Commercial bus driver knocks robbers

   The vigilance of a commercial driver prevented two robbers from running away with their booty. The suspects had earlier robbed a fruit seller and jumped on their motorbike to escape, but luck eluded them when the driver knocked them into a nearby storm drain. DSP Effia Tenge, Head of …

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VIDEO: Speeding driver escapes unhurt as car crashes into tree on UG campus

Driver and a passenger in a Honda Accord saloon car escaped unhurt when they crashed into a tree Wednesday evening on the campus of the University of Ghana. The accident occurred on the stretch from the Mensah Sarbah Hall annexes to the Fire Station. According to eyewitnesses, the driver of …

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Akufo-Addo signs Book of Condolence for Prince Philip

 LISTEN   15 HOURS AGO   0 President Akufo-Addo Wednesday signed the Book of Condolence for Prince Philip, the Duke of Edinburgh, opened at the British High Commission in Accra. Prince Philip, husband to Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom, and the longest-serving royal consort in British history, died in Windsor Castle at …

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Mahama signs book of condolence for Prince Philip

John Dramani Mahama Former President John Dramani Mahama on Wednesday, 14 April 2021signed a book of condolence opened at the British High Commission in Accra for Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh. “He lived a long and fulfilling life during which he touched the lives of many across the world, especially …

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Stop linking me to Akuapem Poloo’s case – NAM 1

Nam 1 has asked Ghanaians on social media to stop linking him to the case involving actress Akuapem Poloo in court. The CEO of the defunct Menzgold was trending on Twitter Wednesday after the actress was convicted in the misdemeanour charge by the Accra Circuit Court. She pleaded guilty to …

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Bono: Bus carrying 260 slabs of ‘weed’ en route to Niger impounded

  The Drug Law Enforcement Unit (DLEU) of the Ghana Police Service has intercepted a bus carrying 260 slabs of compressed dry leaves suspected to be Indian Hemp. Two people; a 32-year-old driver Awudu Yakubu and Ibrahim Haruna, aged 37 are being investigated for possessing the drugs. Deputy Bono Regional Police Commander …

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Accident claims 12 lives including 8-year-old

Twelve (12) people have perished, whilst seven others are in critical condition after two buses collided on the Buipe-Tamale highway. The eleven died on the spot, including an eight-year-old girl at the accident scene at Alipe in the Central Gonja District of the Savannah Region on Tuesday, April 13, 2021, …

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Eleven die in Tamale-Buipe highway crash

A file photo of an accident Some eleven people have died on the spot after they got involved in a crash involving a Toyota minibus and DAF tipper truck on the Tamale Buipe highway at about 7:30 pm on Tuesday, 13 April 2021. Five survivors are in critical condition and …

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Police puts GHS10K bounty on Takoradi murder suspects’ heads

The Western Regional Security Council (Western REGSEC) is offering a reward of GHS10,000 to anyone who volunteers information that would lead to the arrest of the suspects who murdered Mr Charles Kwakye on 12 April 2021 at Amanful, a suburb of Takoradi. The regional command is on a manhunt for …

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PHOTOS: Akufo-Addo Opens National Consultative Dialogue On Small Scale Mining

President Nana Akufo-Addo has opened the two-day national consultative dialogue on small-scale Mining. The Dialogue on Small Scale Mining which started on Wednesday, April 14, 2021, is being held at the Accra International Conference Centre. It will end on Thursday, 15th April, 2021. It seeks to solicit views, proposals and …

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