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Fire destroys 12-bedroom house at New Edubiase

Fire has swept through a 12-bedroom house at New Edubiase in the Ashanti region, destroying the entire building. The fire, which started around 6:30 pm on Wednesday, November 11, 2020, destroyed property worth thousands of cedis while displacing its occupants. The landlord, Kwame Razak, also lost his passport, green card and …

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Disinfection Has Helped Government To Fight COVID-19 – Deputy Savannah  Regional Minister

The Deputy Minister for Savannah Region, Hon. Samuel Yeyu Tika has stated that, President Akufo Addo’s decision to add disinfection exercise in the fight against COVID-19 since the outbreak entered into the country, has contributed tremendously to reduce the spread of the virus.     The Deputy Minister lamented that, …

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Phase III Disinfection Of Markets Takes Off In The North-East Region

Markets in the North-East regional Capital Nalerigu and its environs have been disinfected as part of measures to combat the Covid-19 pandemic out of the country.    The third phase disinfection exercise  is carried out across the country under the supervision of the Ministry Of Local Government And Rural Development with …

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Ato Sarpong blasts NCA for taking Abusua FM off air before Mahama interview

A former Deputy Minister for Communication Edward Ato Sarpong has heavily chastised the National Communications Authority (NCA) for taking Abusua FM off air Wednesday morning ahead of an interview with the NDC flagbearer. Mr Mahama who is on a tour in the Ashanti Region was booked for an interview on …

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Saved Kwame Nkrumah from bomb explosion, Elizabeth Asantewaa recounts her ordeal

Elizabeth Asantewaa, who suffered a bomb explosion as a kid during the 1964 Independence Day celebration at the Accra Sports Stadium, has been telling about her sorry plight for years but no Ghana GOvernment official has bothered to listen. At age 13, Elizabeth Asantewaa became a bomb victim when she …

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[VIDEO]: I took Manasseh as my son, I never knew he could do this to me – Sacked PPA boss

The dismissed Chief Executive Officer of the Public Procurement Authority (PPA) Mr Adjenim Boateng Adjei has said investigative journalist Manasseh Azure Awuni told him that the work he did against him that led to his sacking was beyond his control. Mr Agyenim Boateng Agyei said he came to the realization that there …

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Otumfuo praises Mahama for heeding his advice

The Asantehene, Otumfuo Osei Tutu II, has lauded former president John Dramani Mahama for listening to his advice ahead of the December 7 elections. It is recalled that when Mr Mahama visited the Otumfuo at the Manhyia Palace in August this year to introduce his running mate, Professor Naana Jane Opoku-Agyemang, to him, …

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I gave Asanteman ‘the most beautiful market’ in West Africa – Mahama woos Otumfuo

Former President John Dramani Mahama has said he built the “most beautiful” market in the whole of West Africa in the Ashanti Region during his first term in office. Listing all his achievements in the Ashanti Region to Asantehene Otumfuo Osei Tutu II on the second day of his 6-day tour of the region, …

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Pokuase Interchange Project: Completion date extended to April 2021

The Ministry of Roads and Highways has approved a proposal by contractors of the four-tier Pokuase interchange for an extension of the completion date of the project from 2020 to April 2021. President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo on August 2, 2019, assured that the project will be completed in 2020. However, …

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Michael Baafi Life Under Threat

The Eastern Regional Criminal Investigation Department (CID) of the Ghana Police Service has launched investigations into alleged death threats against Michael Kofi Okyere Baafi, New Patriotic Party parliamentary candidate for New Juaben South. This came to light when a level 100 student (name withheld) of Koforidua Technical University chanced on …

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