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Ghana marks coronavirus first anniversary

A year today, Ghana recorded its first COVID-19 case in the country. Two cases were confirmed on March 12, 2020, when two persons, one from Norway and the other, Turkey, came to the country. Consequently, the government instituted measures to contain the spread of the virus. By the end of March, Ghana …

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Akufo-Addo retires NLA boss Osei Ameyaw, fires deputy

President Nana Akufo-Addo has asked the Director-General of the National Lottery Authority (NLA), Mr. Kofi Osei Ameyaw, to go on his compulsory retirement. The President has also terminated the appointment of Mr. Osei Ameyaw’s deputy, Mr. Yaw Amoakohene Baafi. The correspondence from the President to the two men was signed …

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LIVESTREAMING: Final day of parliamentary debate on 2021 SoNA

Parliament is today concluding its debate on President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo‘s State of the Nation Address, SoNA; which was delivered on Tuesday, March 9, 2021. The president appeared before parliament and delivered his first SoNA since his re-election in 2020. First Deputy Speaker Joseph Osei-Owusu is presiding over the debate. Members are continuing …

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Apam drowning: Another dead body retrieved

A 16-year-old boy has been retrieved from Apam sea this morning Thursday morning. The boy Emmanuel Ansah was found lying along the seashore and have been deposited at St.Luke’s Hospital at Apam waiting autopsy. This has increased the number of dead bodies to 14 while two are currently receiving treatment …

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Police discover decomposing body with missing fingers and feet

  A 35-year-old man, Vie Adama, has been found dead in a bush at Kotosaa, a farming community in the Juaboso district of the Western North region. Some residents told Adom News that the victim, a local mechanic, left home about two weeks ago and never returned. Searches launched to locate his …

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I’m ready to give Akufo-Addo $1m to buy covid vaccines – Ken Agyapong

Assin Central lawmaker Kennedy Agyapong has said he is against the free supply of coronavirus vaccines to Ghana. He said the free supply of the vaccines to developing countries by the developed economies will further increase the overreliance on them by 3rd world countries for support. Speaking on his television station on …

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Apam drowning: Boys who survived open up about the scary experience [VIDEO]

March 7, 2021, will perhaps be the most memorable and horrid day yet in the lives of two teenage boys at Apam in the Gomoa West constituency of the Central Region. What started as a regular fun-packed, “Sunday Special” ended up being a black Sunday, for Simon Dadzie, Godfred Apretse …

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Election Petition: Deepening Ghana’s Democratic tenets processes through Election — Save Ghana Foundation.

Twenty eight years on, Ghana has deepened not just her electoral process but it developing democracy. Having practiced a multi-party system of government over the past two decades, we have witnessed presidential elections which has resulted in a number of presidents with varying political ideologies. In all, Ghana has been …

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Another policeman drops dead in Accra

Another policeman has dropped dead by the roadside at Antie Aku near Awoshie Abrantie in Ga central and Ablekuma North Municipal Districts of the Greater Accra Region. Sergeant Timothy Jabuni with the Rapid Deployment Force Headquarters was found lying lifeless at the scene close to his residence with no visible …

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