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EIU projects victory for NDC in 2024 polls

The Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU) has projected victory for opposition NDC in the 2024 elections even though the polls are years away. The EIU however says it expects the opposition to present a fresh face for the presidential contest despite reports that former President John Dramani Mahama will contest to lead the …

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Ethiopia says it won’t delay second round of filling Nile dam

Ethiopia said it will not delay a planned second round water filling of its controversial hydroelectric dam project known as the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD). Dr Sileshi Bekele, Ethiopia’s Minister of Water, Irrigation and Energy, said the second round of water filling will be conducted next summer as scheduled. …

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Woman loses 3 grandchildren in Kpando canoe accident

A farmer, Madam Olivia Adzah, has lost two out of her three grandchildren in the canoe accident, which occurred on Tuesday on the Volta Lake, around the Kpando enclave in the Volta Region. She said Evelyn Gadagoe and Prosper Gadagoe were part of the four males and two females who …

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GES directs Achimota School Headmistress to admit Rastafarians

The Ghana Education Service(GES) has directed the headmistress of Achimota School to admit the two teenage students whose admissions were withdrawn because of their dreadlocks. This comes after an intensive and sustained online campaign barely 48 hours in protest against the decision of the Achimota school authorities. A former Member …

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Lake Bosomtwe may shrink significantly by 2032 – German study

Asante Kingdom Landscape Restoration Programme has cautioned that Lake Bosomtwe is likely to lose 75 percent in the next 11 years. Project Coordinator Fred Kyei Sarpong explained the projection was based on a German study, which revealed that “the fast rate of the ongoing deforestation and other human activities around …

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Three arrested for stealing and selling COVID-19 vaccines

Stephen Dzisenu, a 37-year-old Disease Control Officer of the Greater Accra Regional Hospital is in the grips of the Gt. Accra Police for stealing 36 vials of Covishield. Cosmos Allotey a 42-year-old Occupational Health and Safety Officer, is said to have received the stolen Covishield from Pabitey and Dzisenu. Allotey …

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Why #Obuasi is topping Twitter trends on a Saturday

There’s ecstasy on social media platform Twitter as the town of Obuasi in the Ashanti Region has topped the trends on Saturday, March 20, 201. The development comes amid a rather interesting but humor-filled love story shared by one Abena Manokekame on Facebook. Narrating the ordeal, Abena Manokekame shared details …

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Suhum Police arrests woman for allegedly torturing stepson over theft

Police in Suhum in the Eastern Region have arrested a 45-year-old woman, Beatrice Amo, for battering her 13-year-old stepson for allegedly stealing her Ghc300. Beatrice, who is heavy with pregnancy, allegedly subjected her stepson to inhumane treatment over allegations which the boy now hospitalized at the Suhum Government Hospital, has …

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Falling ‘chop-box’ causes ghastly accident, 8 dead

Information reaching the DAILY GUIDE indicates that on March 18, 2021 a road accident occurred near Sawla, the District Capital of the Tuna-Sawla-Kalba Constituency of the Bole–Bamboi Municipality in the Savannah Region. DAILY GUIDE gathered that the accident claimed eight lives; 6 of whom died on the spot, to be …

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Akufo-Addo presents 40 vehicles to NADMO

The President of the Republic, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, on Friday, 19th March 2021, presented 40 vehicles to the National Disaster Management Organisation (NADMO), at a brief ceremony at the Organisation’s Headquarters at Kanda, Accra. The vehicles presented comprised one Toyota Landcruiser, one Toyota Camry, one Toyota Hiace ambulance, one …

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Government settles almost 90 percent of Ameri power debt

The Government of Ghana has settled almost 90 percent of the total cost of the 250 Megawatts Ameri power plant procured from UAE-based Africa & Middle East Resources Investment Group, energynewsafrica.com can report. The Ameri power plant was procured in 2015 by the previous administration when the West African nation …

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Strongman out with new single ‘Stress’

Strongman does not seem to be slowing this year with back to back releases. Ghanaian rapper Strongman is back again with a new single with accompanying visuals dubbed ‘Stress’; video directed by Kobbyshots. This comes off as a His third release this year after chart toping singled Facts and No …

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Kumasi traders sue KMA on market redev’t project

Some traders at the Central Market in Kumasi have sued the Kumasi Metropolitan Assembly in an attempt to stop the second phase of the Kejetia-Central Market redevelopment project. The eight traders, all belonging to the Kumasi City Market Traders Union, want to stop the demolition of more than 1,000 stores …

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