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Police, residents rescue four children from suspected kidnappe

Residents at Esumeja in the Bekwai Municipality of the Ashanti Region chased down and arrested an alleged kidnapper, rescuing four children last week, the police said. This was after one of the victims escaped from a cemetery deep inside the sacred Asantemanso Forest where the victims had been held hostage …

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Ashanti Regional Minister halts KMA’s decongestion exercise

Information reaching Modernghana News reveals that the intended decongestion exercise planned by the authorities of the Kumasi Metropolitan Assembly on Monday, February 1, 2021 is reported to have failed. The exercise, according to our source, the Ashanti Regional Minister Mr Simmon Osei Mensah allegedly halted the operation for the Assembly’s …

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18 months-old baby allegedly murdered

A child aged 18 months has allegedly been murdered by an unknown group of assailants at a community called Asonomaso in the Kwabre East District of the Ashanti Region. Confirming the incident to this portal, Silver FM reporter Nana Mintah, said Kofi Sika got missing after playing with friends in …

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Woman mauled to death ‘by dog she rescued’

Woman, 25, chewed to death by her rescue dog that attacked her on her sleep A 25-year-old woman was savaged to death by her family’s rescue dog after it reportedly chewed her arm off as she lay in bed. Keira Ladlow, was alone at a house in the Kitts Green area of Birmingham, …

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Recruitment of doctors, dentists to begin 9 Feb

Recruitment of medical doctors and dentists who have completed their house jobs into the Ministry of Health, will commence on Tuesday, 9 February 2021. This was announced by the Ministry in a statement issued by its Acting Chief Director, Kwabena Boadu Oku-Afari on behalf of the Minister. The statement informed …

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Tomato traders assoc. to embark on strike from 7 Feb.

The Tomato Traders and Transporters Association of Ghana will embark on a strike action effective Sunday, 7 February, 2020. The strike action by the association is in protest against the spate of armed robbery attacks on its members on the Kumasi-Bolga-Burkina Faso road. According to the group, seven of its …

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Thief steals Mosque mats from Nima Police Station

A thief with bravery yesterday stole mats from the Nima Police Station Mosque in Accra. Mosque mats are usually joined together by sewing them, and on which the faithful, as they stand in rows, pray. Worshippers who turned up for the weekly Friday congregational prayers were stunned to learn about …

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Forestry Commission Officials Burn Excavators

Although Professor Frimpong Boateng is no more in office as Minister of Environment, Science, Technology and Innovation, a video has emerged with a young man making unfounded allegations against him. The man popularly known as Ramzy is a known Lord Commey errand boy is stating emphatically that the former minister …

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Fire destroys hospital’s bungalow in Yendi

Fire has destroyed the Bungalow of the Yendi Church of Christ Health Centre in the Northern Region. The four-bedroom bungalow with a hall, kitchen, bathrooms and store was destroyed on Friday when the Medical Officer was in the Health Centre attending to patients. According to witnesses, the fire started with …

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Osu Mantse Nii Kinka Dowuona IV is dead

The Osu Mantse, Nii Okwei Kinka Dowuona VI, reportedly joined his ancestors in the early hours of February 6, 2021, according to a Daily Graphic online report. The cause of death was however not revealed. He was 57-years-old. Nii Dowuona VI was elected President of the Greater Accra Regional House …

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Leaders attend 34th African Union summit virtually

The African Union’s 34th heads of state summit kicked off today, Saturday February 6. But due to the coronavirus pandemic, leaders of the 55-member pan-African bloc are meeting virtually. The theme of the two-day summit is “Arts, Culture and Heritage: Levers for Building the Africa We Want.” But one of …

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Seven file to contest Council of State Election in Upper West

A total of seven candidates have filed their nominations to contest the election of the Member of Council of State position to represent the Upper West Region. The candidates are Kuoro Barecheh Nlowie Baninye II, the Divisional Chief of Niator, Bayon Godfrey Tongu, a former Member of Parliament for Wa …

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Man who bit policeman’s finger remanded

A suspect, Eric Awutey, who reportedly bit a police officer’s finger in an attempt to resist arrest, has been remanded into police custody by the Ofaakor Circuit Court, Kasoa. He has been charged with five counts namely: stealing, resisting arrest, assault on a public officer, causing harm, and causing damage. …

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Are you mad? – Nana Aba Anamoah chides MPs breaking coronavirus protocols

Celebrated television personality Nana Aba Anamoah has taken a swipe at some Members of Parliament who refused to self-isolate despite testing positive for the coronavirus. It came to light on Wednesday, February 3, that some MPs who have been confirmed as coronavirus patients were disobeying the protocols with the ‘impunity of a dying a …

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Muntaka Mubarak apologizes to Supreme Court for alleged bribery comments

The Member of Parliament for Asawase, Mubarak Muntaka, has issued a formal written retraction and apology to the Supreme Court for alleged bribery comments made against an unnamed member of the bench. The legislator and Chief Whip of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) Caucus in Parliament had earlier accused a Supreme Court judge of …

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Two jailed 25 years each for robbery

A Koforidua Circuit court presided by Justice Mercy Adei-Kotei has sentenced Amadu Bukari, 34, herdsman and Haruna Asor, 27, labourer to 25 years imprisonment each in hard labour on three counts of robbery and conspiracy to commit a crime, to wit robbery. They pleaded not guilty to all four counts …

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