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Four dead in gory accident on Kumasi-Bawku road

Four persons have been confirmed dead after their vehicle traveling from Kumasi to Bawku crashed into the Nasia bridge in the North East Region Tuesday morning. Thirty others who were on the vehicle have also been hospitalized at the Walewale Government Hospital after they sustained injuries. According to reports, the …

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GIJ closes down as two staff test positive for COVID

The Ringway Estate campus of the Ghana Institute of Journalism has been shut down temporarily after two members of staff tested positive for COVID-19. The closure is to pave way for fumigation of the campus and one other. The school is expected to be reopened on Monday, February 1. Excerpts …

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Police distribute nose masks, sanitisers to residents

The Central Regional Command of the Ghana Police Service, led by its commander, DCOP Habiba Twumasi-Sarpong, took to the streets of Cape Coast to distribute nose masks and bottles of hand sanitisers to residents. The sharing was done together with the Omanhen of Oguaa Traditional Area, Osabarimba Kwesi Atta II, and …

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Anlo Chiefs unhappy about government’s hijacking of Rawlings’s funeral – George Loh

The Volta Regional Vice Chair on the National Democratic Congress (NDC), George Loh says the Chiefs of Anlo are displeased with government’s decision to solely conduct the final funeral rites of Former President Jerry John Rawlings. According to him, the Chiefs say the government did not come to a consensus with them on …

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How and Why Rawlings, Akufo-Addo became inseparable after decades of mutual hatred

Riad Hosiefe, a very good friend of the late former President of Ghana Jerry John Rawlings has made some shocking revelations on how that the late former President became fond of Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo. According to him, Rawlings said the NPP leader rather made him feel like a former Head of State …

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If you kill him, I’ll deal with you! – How Rawlings saved Kweku Baako from being killed

The life of Journalist Kweku Baako Jnr was saved by the late former President of Ghana Jerry John Rawlings. This was disclosed by Riad Hozaife, who indicated that a group of soldiers had decided to kill him. Kweku Baako’s crime according to Riad Hoziefe was that he called the late former President a …

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VIDEO: Watch Pete Edochie’s Final Message to JJ Rawlings

Nigerian actor and filmmaker, Pete Edochie, has sent a final message to the late former President Jerry John Rawlings, barely 24-hours to the final funeral rites and burial of the longest-serving Ghanaian head of state. The actor who bears a striking resemblance to the former leader is seen in a video …

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Assembly Man In Police Grips For Accusing Police Officers Of Stealing Fuel

The Police at Likpe Bakwa in the Oti region has described as false, an allegation that some of their men have been caught siphoning fuel from an accident truck. According to the Police, the accusation made by one Godfred Coffie, Assemblyman for Likpe is intended to cast a slur on …

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VIDEO: Kufuor attends Rawlings’s funeral in wheelchair

It is no secret that former presidents Jerry John Rawlings and John Agyekum Kufuor had a frosty relationship. While they both tried in the public space do downplay suggestions of some hostility between them, their public statements were more than enough to convey such thoughts to Ghanaians. This deep-seated spite between Rawlings and Kufuor …

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Nasia accident: 25 in critical condition, others dead

Five persons have died with about 25 others in critical condition following a car crash at Nasia in the North East region. According to reports, a Bawku bound bus was traveling from Kumasi in the Ashanti region to the Upper East region and upon reaching Nasia, the bus crashed into …

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