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Wife, kids of nurse who threatened to burn Supreme Court beg for clemency

The family of Simon Ayamga, the 33-year-old nurse who was arrested by operatives of the National Security for allegedly threatening to burn down the Supreme Court is on a hunger strike. Children of the embattled nurse are said to have refused intake of food since the arrest of their father. …

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Police stops disability group’s intended march

The Accra Regional Police Command has secured a restraining order prohibiting members of the Ghana Federation of Disability Organisations (GFD) from embarking on a planned demonstration scheduled for Thursday, 18 February 2021. The Accra High Court, under Justice Elfreda Amy Dankyi, prohibited members of the group from embarking on the …

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Ghana Railway Development CEO dead

Richard Dombo, the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Ghana Railway Development Limited (GRDA) is dead. According to a Joy News report monitored by GhanaWeb, he died of COVID-19 complications on Wednesday, February 17, 2021. Since he tested positive for the virus, Richard Dombo, was on self-isolation at his home until his …

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Chantelle Kudjawu sues Eugene Arhin’s wife for GHS3.5m

Ms Chantelle T. S. Kudjawu, a private investigator, wife and mother-of-three, has sued Mrs Gloria Arhin, the estranged wife of Mr Eugene Arhin, the Acting Communication Director at the Presidency, for GHS3.5 million in damages for defamation. She has taken issue with Mrs Arhin’s claim in her divorce petition that …

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Court adjourns treason trial due to Covid-19 upsurge

The Accra High Court hearing the case of Dr Frederick Yao Mac Palm and ten others, being held over alleged treason, has adjourned the hearing to April 13, 2021, due to the upsurge of Covid-19 cases in the country. Justice Samuel K. Asiedu, an Appeal Court Judge with additional responsibility …

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LGBT’s ‘criminality non-negotiable’, culturally ‘unacceptable’, – Adwoa Safo

The Minister-designate for Gender, Children and Social Protection, Sarah Adwoa Safo has taken a bold stance against the lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) practice in the country. Taking her turn before the vetting panel at the Appointments Committee of Parliament on 17 February 2021, the Member of Parliament for the Dome-Kwabenya …

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VIDEO: Fire rages Mallam Attah market

Another market in Accra has recorded a fire incident. The Mallam Atta market, located at Accra New Town, shortly after noon on Wednesday, February 17, 2021, was filled with screams alerting traders to safeguard their wares as part of the market was up in flames. When GhanaWeb visited the scene, some traders …

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Man, 41, impregnates his two stepdaughters at Weija

A 41-year-old known as Kwaku Boateng has impregnated his two stepdaughters (names withheld) aged 15 and 13 years at Weija, SCC in Accra. The older girl has given birth to a 6-month-old baby boy, while the 13-year-old is 6 months pregnant. According to the girls, when their stepfather was having …

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Rescuers helpless as attempt to salvage broken ferry fails

Several attempts to salvage the ferry which has ran aground on the Volta Lake at Ekye Amanfrom in the Kwahu Afram Plains District has been unsuccessful. Rescuers have become helpless after another Pantoon, Yapei Queen Ferry dispatched from Akosombo failed to pull the stuck ferry. Scores of passengers and goods …

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