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Former MP involved in car crash

The former Member of Parliament for Upper West Akim Constituency in the Eastern Region, Derick Ohene Assifu Bekoe, was involved in a motor accident in the late hour of Sunday. The accident occurred at Sukunu Bethlehem, near Asuokow on the Asamankesse-Nsawam highway, in a head-on collision. The MP is currently receiving …

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Govt, labour, face off over public sector wages

After nearly two decades of a cosy relationship between the central leadership of organized labour and government, a deep dispute is brewing following the announcement of a plethora of new taxes in the 2021 budget proposals and a subsequent warning from the Ministry of Finance that the resultant erosion of …

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US Defence Secretary Lloyd Austin on unannounced Kabul visit

US Defence Secretary Lloyd Austin has made an unannounced visit to Afghanistan, weeks before a planned withdrawal of all remaining US troops. After meeting President Ashraf Ghani in Kabul, he called for a responsible end to the war but would not say whether the deadline would be met. Mr Austin …

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Ex-convict gets 40 years for attempted robbery

The Adenta Circuit Court ‘B’ has sentenced an ex-convict of Ankaful Prisons to 40 years imprisonment in hard labour for assault and attempted robbery. Stephen Senam, 25, pleaded guilty on all counts and was convicted on his own plea. He was sentenced to 20 years on each count for attempted …

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EIU report: We’re working to ‘break the eight’ – Oppong Nkrumah

Information Minister Kojo Oppong Nkrumah says the Akufo-Addo administration intends to break the cycle where political power changes every eight years since the 4th republic constitution came to being. It comes after the Economist Intelligence Unit  (EIU) projected victory for opposition NDC in the 2024 elections even though the polls …

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Heartbreaking picture of renowned photographer Bob Pixel emerges

Pictures, they say depict a thousand words but some images leave lasting impressions. One such is an image of the late Emmanuel Bobbie also known as Bob Pixel, which has surfaced online. The image which has been shared numerous times on various social media platforms depict the photographer slumped by …

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Living with Monkeys: The story of Boabeng-Fiema

The story of monkeys living with the inhabitants of two twin communities in the Nkoranza North District, Boabeng and Fiema is not a fairy tale but a real story. The two communities are home to two monkey species and over one thousand monkeys who are spread across a 4.5 kilometre …

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Military men on rampage at Asutuare, civilians assaulted

Some men believed to be military personnel with the Ghana Airforce Saturday afternoon allegedly bullied some innocent civilians near Asutuare Junction in the Shai Osudoku District of the Greater Accra Region. GhanaWeb gathered that the purported military personnel went berserk in the area and allegedly assaulted five labourers working on a …

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Albinos in Mozambique ‘still going missing’

At least 114 people with albinism have disappeared in Mozambique over the past seven years, the southern African country’s human rights commission says. There are 55 ongoing criminal proceedings related to the disappearances. People with the condition are often killed in East and southern Africa, their body parts used in …

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GWCL debunks claims it has increased cost of water

  The Ghana Water Company Limited (GWCL) has dismissed claims suggesting that it has increased the cost of water supply in the country. According to the Water Service provider, water tariffs are not increased unless approved by the Public Utility Regulatory  Commission (PURC). “Tariffs used in billing customers are only …

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Man loses arm after police assault at Asutsuare

The arm of a 30-year-old resident of Juapong injured by a Police officer has been amputated at St. Joseph’s Hospital in Koforidua, the Eastern Regional capital. The victim Felix Kwame Nortey is demanding justice. Richard Manyo, brother of the victim explained to Starr News that on February 21, 2021 while …

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Sarkodie will receive Grammy award soon – Sherifa Gunu predicts

Sherifa Gunu, a Ghanaian Soul music star, has predicted that rapper Sarkodie will soon receive a Grammy award since the latter is better than some of the Nigerian musicians who received the Grammy award this year. “Sarkodie will receive Grammy award soon because recently I watched his short videos and the way …

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I never targeted Domelevo — Akufo-Addo

President Akufo-Addo says he never targeted nor hounded the immediate former Auditor-General Daniel Domelevo out of office. Rather, he extended the necessary support, encouragement and resources to Mr Domelevo during his tenure as the Auditor-General and demonstrated his commitment at all material times to work with him (Domelevo) even though …

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NDC needs new flagbearer for election 2024 — Moshake

Mr Stephen Ashitey Adjei, member of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) in the Tema East Constituency has suggested that the party must work towards marketing a new Flagbearer for Election 2024. He said, the party presented a particular flagbearer for both Elections 2016 and 2020, but the Ghanaian electorates …

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