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From Ghana to Nigeria: Little pieces of home

The young Ghanaian men and boys who come to this farm in Osun state, Nigeria, each year to find work mostly say they do it in order to improve their lives once they return home. They have been brought into the country in groups by a “master” – usually an …

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Three burnt to death in Anloga junction accident

Three people have died in gory accident at Anloga Junction in Kumasi Thursday evening. The incident involved a Hyundai vehicle with registration number GC-3897-20 and a tricycle, popularly known as ‘Pragya’. The deceased, a woman and a kid believed to be her child and another young man were all in …

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Fire guts offices of Ghana Business News in Accra

The offices of Ghana Business News (GBN), was on Thursday, razed down by fire in the Greater Accra regional capital, Accra. The Accra High Street-based edifice was home, not only to the online media portal but other administrative offices and a health facility. Although no casualty has been recorded, several …

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Ghanaian Christians refused to pray for me- Amoabeng laments

Chief Executive OfficerCEO) for the defunct UT Bank Kofi Amoabeng says he expected Ghanaians Christians to pray for him to be a good enough Christian when he said he does not believe in tithing. Kofi Amoabeng is on record to have said that he does not believe in paying tithe …

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Akufo-Addo cuts sod for US$330m Boankra inland port

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has cut the sod for the commencement of work on the US$330 million Boankra Integrated Logistics Terminal project, popularly referred to as the Boankra Inland Port Project, which has been on the drawing board for some eighteen (18) years. The idea of the Boankra Integrated …

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77-year-old farmer alleges rigging in ‘Best Maize Farmer’ selection process

A retired army officer and farmer has accused organisers of the National Best Farmer Award Scheme of sidelining him in this year’s awards. The 77-year-old farmer with 33 years of experience told Nyankonton Mu Nsem on Rainbow Radio 87.5Fm that persons were assigned to come and observe his maize farm …

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Akufo-Addo opens Asokore-Mampong affordable housing project

The President of the Republic, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, on Thursday, 5th November 2020, commissioned three hundred and twelve (312) completed units under the Asokore-Mampong Affordable Housing Project. The Asokore-Mampong Housing Unit, now referred to as Osei Tutu II Housing Estates, is part of six (6) housing projects started by …

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VIDEO: Fire guts Cathedral Clinic and Laboratory in Accra

The Cathedral Clinic and Laboratory on the Atta Mills High Street in Accra has been gutted by fire. According to eyewitnesses, the cause of the fire is not known as they only saw smoke emanating from the health facility around 6 pm on Thursday, November 5, 2020. Speaking to Citi News, …

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Three die in fire after loaded truck collides with tricycle at Anloga Junction

Three persons have been burnt to death after a loaded truck collided with tricycle at Anloga Junction in Kumasi in the Ashanti Region. According to eyewitnesses, the loaded truck failed its brake and hit the tricycle and as a result, all the occupants in the tricycle got burnt and died …

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Ammunitions impounded by custom officers at Tema port turn out to be gas pistols

The Director of the Criminal Investigative Department (CID) COP Ken Yeboah has revealed that the ammunition that was impounded by the Customs Division of the Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) has turned out to be gas pistols. This was after a close examination of the weapons, he said. The Customs Division …

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