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Lawyer exposes Yaw Osafo-Maafo’s role in Opuni, Agongo trial

  Lawyer Nutifafa Nutsukpi, counsel for the second and third accused persons in the ongoing trial of Dr Stephen Opuni, former COCOBOD CEO and Seidu Agongo, businessman, says Yaw Osafo-Maafo, the former Senior Minister directed the Criminal Investigations Department (CID) of the Ghana Police Service to take over the investigation because …

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Residents besiege police station over shooting of taxi driver by Military

Angry residents of Asamankese in the Eastern region on Monday, April 5, 2021, mounted roadblocks and later besieged a Police station over the shooting to death of a taxi driver who is also a lumber dealer by Military officers. The deceased -Yaw George, 33, was shot Monday morning while driving …

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I won’t allow Community Mining in Akyem – Okyenhene to gov’t

Okyenhene Osagyefuo Amoatia Ofori Panin says the Akyem Abuakwa traditional council will no longer tolerate the community mining policy introduced by the Akufo-Addo government. According to the Okyenhene, the policy is illegal and causes destruction to lands and water bodies in the Akyem area. President Akufo-Addo on Wednesday, 25th July …

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Conduct assessment on cars that must ply our roads – Otumfuo

  Asantehene, Otumfuo Osei Tutu II has told the Ministry of Transport to immediately conduct a Transport Impact Assessment (TIA) to determine the number of vehicles that must be allowed and imported into Ghana. This exercise, he noted, should be done in collaboration with the Ministry of Roads and Highways to determine …

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Newscaster Natalie Forte resigns from TV3

  Newscaster Natalie Forte has parted ways with Media General owners of TV3 and its affiliates. This was made known in a post shared on her Facebook page some hours ago. The newscaster whose voice has been one of the most unique on television for these four years she has …

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Canadian govt announces big package for Ghanaian women

The Canadian government has supported the country with developmental projects worth about 50 million Canadian dollars over the last couple of years. According to the Canadian High Commissioner to Ghana, Kati Csaba, about 150,000 dollars would be channeled into the agricultural sector and other support schemes to help the country …

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Meet Kobena Sekyi, the educated elite who never wore European clothing

  Fashion, they say, is like eating; you shouldn’t stick to the same menu, but that is where this educated elite from the Gold Coast era in Ghana’s history, broke the cycle. Even more, Kobena Sekyi, who was a nationalist lawyer, dared to be different, sticking only with his traditional …

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VIDEO: Pastors to be exposed by Net2 TV: Obinim, Ogya Nyame, Opambour others listed

Nana Osei Bonsu Hoahi II, a supposed palm wine tapper of the Otumfuo has revealed that over 30 pastors have been lined up to be exposed by Kennedy Agyapong’s Net2 TV as fake pastors. The Assin Central Member of Parliament recently announced reigniting his series of exposés aimed at exposing …

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FDA deploys team to markets to prevent sale of fish washed ashore at Osu

Authorities of the Food and Drugs Authority (FDA) have dispatched an inspection team to markets in parts of the capital, Accra following the washing ashore of some fish at the Osu Castle beach. The team has been sent to monitor the Osu Mandela market in the Korle-Klottey Municipal Assembly, in …

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Okyenhene’s concerns against government’s community mining genuine – Small scale miners

The Ghana National Association of Small Scale Miners is backing Okyenhene, Osagyefo Amoatia Ofori Panin who has threatened to resist the government’s community mining program. According to the Okyenhene, the program which was introduced to regulate illegal small scale mining nationwide has rather degraded lands and caused pollution to water …

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