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Paramount Chief of Nyankpala Traditional area passes away

The Paramount Chief of the Nyankpala Traditional Area in the Tolon District of the Northern Region, Alhaji Abdulai Yakubu is dead. Sources revealed that he died at the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital where he was on admission responding to treatment after falling ill in the course of last weekend. He …

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Mahama pledges to continue Atta Mills’ legacy

Former president John Dramani Mahama has pledged to continue the peace and unity in the country which the late president Evan Atta Mills started. Speaking at the 8th anniversary and wreath laying ceremony of the late president, flagbearer of the NDC said Ghanaians are “crying” for the kind of peace, stability and …

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Siblings gang-rape 4-year-old girl in uncompleted building

A baker who took turns with his sibling to sexually abuse a four-year-old girl at Gbegbeyisie, near Dansoman in Accra has been sentenced to 15-years imprisonment in hard labour by an Accra Circuit Court. Jacob Lamptey aged 23 was found guilty on the charges of conspiracy to commit crime and …

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Lands Bill approved by Parliament

The Lands Bill 2019, the Bill seeks to consolidate reforms made so far in Ghana’s land sector following the implementation of the National Land Policy (NLP) in 1999 has been approved by Ghana’s parliament on Thursday July 23, 2020. Chairman of the Lands and Forestry Committee in Parliament, Francis Adabor …

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COVID-19: Dep. Minister Ahomka-Lindsay goes into isolation

Deputy Minister of Trade and Industry, Robert Ahomka-Lindsay says he is going into 14-day isolation after feeling unwell for some time now. According to him, the decision is in compliance with COVID-19 protocol. Some government officials have recovered after contracting the virus. Education Minister Mathew Opoku Prempeh and Regional Integration …

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34 year old illegal miner drowns in mining pit

A 34-year-old illegal miner has drowned in Akateng, a Community in West Akyem Municipality of the Eastern Region. The deceased, identified as Kofi Bantful and other illegal miners sneaked to mine but was trapped and later died in a mining pit filled with water. He was retrieved dead by his …

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Sasabi chief’s son inflict machete wounds on Legon staff

Son of the Chief of New Sasabi, near Oyibi on the Dodowa road, Benjamin Mensah Larteh has allegedly inflicted machete wounds on a staff of the University of Ghana Business School, Atsu Kudohor, leaving his left arm almost falling off. Atsu, aged 39, is currently on admission at the Legon …

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Hand Sanitizers Training Organized By WACOMP Ghana And GSA For SMEs

The West-Africa Competitiveness Programme in Ghana (WACOMP – Ghana), funded by the European Union (EU) and implemented by United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO), organized, on 22 July 2020, an online training on the national standard for hand sanitizers. The training was organized in collaboration with the Ghana Standards Authority …

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Bawumia to open 100-bed Infectious Disease Centre at Ga East today

The Vice President, Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia will today commission Ghana’s first-ever 100-bed Infectious Disease Centre at the Ga-East Municipal Hospital. The project which was undertaken by the Ghana Private Sector Fund at the National COVID-19 Treatment Centre commenced on April 17, 2020. The project which was expected to be completed …

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Lockdown: Check out how much govt spent on cooked food

The Finance Minister has revealed that the government spent GH¢54.3 million on cooked meals distributed during the 21-day lockdown in Accra and Kumasi. According to Ken Ofori-Atta, GH¢50.2 million was also transferred to over 400,000 most-vulnerable individuals under the Livelihood Empowerment Against Poverty (LEAP) Programme. Giving a breakdown in his …

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Juaben Serwaa market burnt down

Juaben Serwaa market in Koforidua in the Eastern Region has gone up in flames. The cause of the fire which started around 3am on Wednesday is unknown and the police and the Fire Service have initiated investigations to establish the cause of the fire. However, some of the market women …

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Stop tagging Ewes as Togolese or have yourselves blamed – Govt warned

The Council of Elders and Political Committee of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) in the Volta region has called on the Nana Akufo-Addo led government and the security agencies to have themselves blamed, should Voltarians be characterised as Togolease or be prevented from participating in the ongoing voter registration exercise. At …

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KNUST commissions an executive campus at Moree, Cape Coast

The Management of Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST), Kumasi, has commissioned the second phase of the Moree Campus on 16th July, 2020. The campus which cost the University fifty million Ghana Cedis (GHC 50,000,000.00) to construct, is located at the beautiful coastal line of Moree, Central Region …

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90-year-old woman beaten to death for being a witch

An old woman believed to be in her late 90’s has been beaten to death after a soothsayer claimed she was a witch. Details remain sketchy at this point but the gruesome lynching and murder is said to have occurred at Kafaba in the East Gonja Municipality of the Savannah …

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UN ‘horrified’ by killing of five aid workers in Nigeria

The United Nations has said it is “utterly shocked and horrified” by the killing of five aid workers by unknown armed groups in northeastern Nigeria. The statement late on Wednesday by Edward Kallon, UN humanitarian coordinator in Nigeria, followed the release of a video showing the murder of the humanitarian …

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Ethiopian Airlines plane catches fire at Shanghai airport

An Ethiopian Airline cargo plane caught fire in China, an aviation news tracking portal reported on Wednesday morning. The incident involved Ethiopian Airlines 777F which was parked at the Shanghai Pudong Airport. The blaze was centralized in the fuselage area. “The aircraft is thought to be ET-ARH, a 5-year old …

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