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Tricycle operators kick against NDC’s plans to legalise okada

A group calling itself the Tricycle Operators Association in the North East Region has described former President John Mahama’s promise to legalise okadas as an attempt to put them out of business. Addressing a press conference at Nalerigu on Monday, Makom Binjensheim Abu, the interim president of the association, said …

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GES Automatically Employs Teachers

The Ghana Education Service (GES) has automatically employed all teachers from the Colleges of Education who have passed their Licensure and done with their National Service. According to the Ministry of Education’s Public Relations unit in a statement made available to DGN Online, even teachers who had trailed due to several …

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Govt buying votes with new producer price of cocoa – Mahama

The flagbearer of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), John Dramani Mahama, says the recent increment in the producer price of cocoa by the government is to influence the vote of farmers in the 2020 polls. He said the government failed to heed calls for yearly increases in the producer price …

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VIDEO: 57-year-old JHS graduate featured on BBC

Elizabeth Yamoah, the 57-year-old lady who enrolled at the Odoben Presbyterian Junior High School (JHS) in 2017 and sat for the BECE in September this year has been featured on the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC). In a 2 minutes 15 seconds report by BBC News Pidgin, Madam Yamoah said she …

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Two jailed eight years for stealing Bullion Van Cash

Two persons who stole GHS 1,020,500 from a bullion van in 2017, have been sentenced to four years imprisonment each by an Accra Circuit Court. Bismark Abem, a Cash in Transit (CIT) Officer, and Eric Larbi, a driver were found guilty at the end of trial on the charges of …

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One killed, another wounded in shooting on Cape Town road

One person has been killed and another wounded after they were shot in Brackenfell on Tuesday. According to police, the shooting happened on Tuesday at 12:50 on the corner of Frans Conradie and Kenwill Drive in Brackenfell. Police spokesperson Colonel Andrè Traut said two people have been arrested. The details …

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Man gunned down while sitting in his car

Police in Gauteng are investigating a murder after a motorist was shot and killed in his vehicle in Braamfontein, Johannesburg, on Tuesday morning. According to police spokesperson Brigadier Mathapelo Peters, officers responded to the scene on Rissik and Smith streets around 10:00, following reports. On arrival, the body of an …

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Girl, 11, found stabbed to death in her bedroom

KwaZulu-Natal police are investigating the murder of an 11-year-old girl who was found with stab wounds in her bedroom in Madadeni. According to the police, Olwethu Mdlalose’s body was found on 1 October in Section 5 Madadeni. “Police found the body of Owethu Mdlalose with multiple stab wounds on her …

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Kantanka automobile building fingerprint car ignition

The world is advancing in terms of car technology. In the same fashion, Ghana’s own car making company, Kantanka Automobile Limited is also bringing in the latest technological advancement in the vehicles they produce. Recently, Kantanka Automobile produced its own electronic vehicle which is yet to hit the market. Now, …

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Fongo JHS in dire need of water

Fongo Junior High School (JHS) in the Wa Municipality is in dire need of water to help fight the COVID-19 pandemic. Mr Issah Nanjo Sahid, Head Teacher of the school currently buys water from water tankers out of his pocket to fill hand washing containers placed in the school for handwashing among …

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Names popping up in Belgian embassy saga

Interesting reports of a love triangle and inexplicable sources of funds are emerging around the reasons why the prestigious Belgian Bank, ING Bank decided to close all of the accounts of the Ghanaians Embassy in Belgium it operates. According to insiders, the Ghanaian Ambassador to Belgium, Sena Siaw Boateng, had …

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Soldier jailed after bragging to his girlfriend over this!

A Zimbabwean soldier, identified as Tendai Saunyama Kandima, has bagged a 12-year-jail sentence after bragging about being the mastermind behind the White City bombing in Bulawayo in 2018. The White City bombing, which is also called the Bulawayo bombing, occurred on June 23, 2018, a few weeks before July 2018 harmonized …

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Flooding hits six million people in East Africa

The number of people hit by seasonal flooding in East Africa has increased more than five fold in four years, according to UN figures. Nearly six million people have been affected this year with 1.5 million of them forced from their homes. Parts of the region are recording the heaviest …

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UG, GIJ given 14 days to reverse fee increment

A group identified as Concerned Tertiary Students of GIJ (CTSG) has given the management of two tertiary institutions – University of Ghana (UG) and Ghana Institute of Journalism (GIJ), a 14-day ultimatum to reverse a decision they took to increase school fees for the 2020/2021 academic year. According to a …

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Lightning kills woman two weeks after her wedding

A  24-year-old woman was struck dead by lightning two weeks after her wedding. The deceased, Kamuya Nabirye, died on the spot after being hit by lightning as she sat on a bench inside her house, while carrying her three-month-old daughter during a heavy downpour on Monday, October 5. This incident …

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Hushpuppi’s trial suspended!

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the trial of Ramon Abbas, the Nigerian Instagram celebrity facing wire fraud charges in the United States, has been moved to 2021. According to the chambers orders of Judge Otis Wright released September 23, the jury trial will continue by 9:00 a.m. on May 4, …

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