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I don’t need to make any demands to gel with Akufo-Addo – Mahama

  The Office of Former President John Dramani Mahama has dismissed recent reports captured in the Daily Guide newspaper that he is making certain demands before jibing with President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo. In its Wednesday, April 7 edition, the newspaper reported that the former president is demanding the return of a bauxite …

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Belfast: Rioting ‘was worst seen in Northern Ireland in years’

IMAGE COPYRIGHTCHARLES MCQUILLANimage captionThe gates of one of Belfast’s so-called peace walls were prised open before being set alight Rioting in Belfast on Wednesday night was on a scale not seen in Northern Ireland for years, police have said. During several hours of violence, police officers were attacked, petrol bombs …

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Body of Kasoa ‘ritual murder’ victim released for burial

The body of Ishmael Mensah who was allegedly murdered by some teenagers in Kasoa has been released to his family for burial. The body was released after Police completed post-mortem on it. The family has been unhappy with the delay in releasing the body since it contravenes their Islamic values. …

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Ahafo: Heavy downpour displaces 70 residents at Dwenase

A downpour on Wednesday displaced 70 residents of Dwenase, a farming community in the Tano North Municipality of the Ahafo Region. The Ghana News Agency (GNA) learnt the rains, which accompanied a heavy storm, set in around 1930 hours, lasted for about 30 minutes and razed to the ground about …

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Excavator operator killed in gun attack at mining site

  One person was killed when two unidentified men raided a mining site at Attabrakoso, a community near Jacobu in the Ashanti Region. 30-year-old Richard Arthur, an excavator operator with Tolla Mining Company died when he sustained multiple gunshot wounds during the Tuesday dawn attack. The robbers also shot a …

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GHS worried as farmers use mosquito nets for farm fencing

The Ghana Health Service (GHS) has announced plans to hand out insecticide-treated bed nets from May 18, this year, with at least 275, 967 households in the Upper East Region expected to be covered. The Upper East Regional Health Directorate made this known during a multi-stakeholder meeting it convened on …

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Goat thief lynched at Nsawam

The Nsawam Police in the Akwapim South District of the Eastern Region is investigating a case involving a suspected goat thief, whose beating allegedly resulted in his death. Police Sergeant Francis Gomado, Eastern Regional Police Public Relations Officer, said the police received information about the incident on April 3 and …

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School children without classrooms left stranded

The projects were completed almost a year ago, but the pupils and students are yet to benefit from them, as they have been denied access to the classrooms. The situation is being blamed on the inability of officials to take over the school blocks from the contractor due to the …

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Mahama Wants Ibrahim Bauxite Back

It is turning out that one of the main reasons why former President John Dramani Mahama does not appear to ‘gel’ with President Akufo-Addo and his administration is because of the bauxite concession that the NPP government took from the NDC leader’s brother, Ibrahim Mahama, in 2017. There are unconfirmed …

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Policeman allegedly steals 10 bodies at Gomoa Fawomaye cemetery

A Police officer, Supt. Robert Cobby stationed with the Sefwi Asawinso Police Command has been accused of allegedly exhuming and running away with the remains of over 10 persons who died untimely from accidents at Gomoa Fawomaye Cemetery in the Central Region. The Chief of Gomoa Fawomaye, Nana Okofo Kwakye …

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It’s absurd to get PhD in four months – Ransford Gyampo

Prof Ransford Edward Yaw Gyampo, a Political Science Lecturer at the University of Ghana has said it is an absurdity for any individual to acquire a Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Master and a Bachelor’s Degree in four months. He said anybody who will make such an assumption is making such …

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Somanya: Woman murdered in a Guest House

A young woman has been murdered in cold blood in the room of Janeli Guest House in Somanya in the Yilo Krobo Municipality of the Eastern Region. “The Director of the Guest House David Teye Annor, 63, reported at the Somanya Police station that on April 6, 2021, that, on …

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VIDEO: How Fetish priestess behind Kasoa Ritual Killing arrested

  A fetish priestess has been arrested in connection with the killing of the 10-year-old boy by two teenagers at Kasoa. The fetish priestess was arrested at Amanase, near Suhum in the Eastern Region following police intelligence. According to reports, her docket has been sent to the CID Head Quarters …

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