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Akamba Tours Nothern Region, Warns Npp over Attacks on NDC Members

The National Organizer of the largest opposition party, NDC, Hon. Joshua Hamidu Akamba from Wednesday, July 1, 2020, visited some registration centres in the Northern Region to appraise the ongoing voter registration exercise conducted by the electoral commission of Ghana.   He was accompanied by some of the regional executives …

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Breman Asikuma SHS students clash with police, 2 injured

Two students of the Breman Asikuma Senior High School (SHS) have been injured following a clash with the Police. Reports indicate the clash ensued after two house masters allegedly beat a student who used a mobile phone contrary to school rules.  Students, who were witnesses to the ordeal their fellow …

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Police Arrest fraudster who Allegedly infiltrated police in Kumasi

Police in Kumasi have arrested a suspected serial fraudster believed to have infiltrated the ranks of the Ghana Police Service. Francis Ayambilla has been defrauding unsuspecting members of the public using the name of the Upper West Regional Deputy Police Commander. Some of his victims include judges and lawyers. He …

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18-year-old boy kills 100-year-old grandma over wee

A hundred (100) years old “Awoyo” Prophetess, Comfort Aba Otuaa, a resident of Awutu Osardu in the Agona East District has been murdered by her own grandson over her refusal to give him money to buy marijuana (Weed). The sad incident which occurred Wednesday has thrown the entire community into a state of shock …

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Mother of boy who died at KNUST SHS speaks

Mother of the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) Senior High School student, who died on Tuesday, has given a harrowing and chilling account of how her son lost his life. The boy who was suffering from severe stomachache was left in the hands of colleague students for …

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Chief Justice under 14-day self-isolation over COVID-19

The Chief Justice, Kwasi Anin Yeboah on the advice of his doctors is embarking on mandatory 14–day self-isolation on the advice of his doctors. According to a Circular to High Court judges dated July 7, 2020, signed and issued by the Judicial Secretary, Ms Pamela Cynthia Addo, the Chief Justice …

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Stop putting exams ahead of lives – GMA to GES

The  Ashanti regional chairman of the Ghana Medica Association (GMA) Dr Paa Kwasi Baidoo has appealed to the Ghana Education Service to reconsider the decision to put students in schools despite the creeping cases of COVID-19 in secondary schools. According to him, it is surprising to see how Ghana insists …

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Teenager electrocuted while train surfing

A teenage boy has sustained critical injuries after he was electrocuted while train surfing in KwaMashu, outside Durban, on Tuesday. According to KwaZulu-Natal Emergency Services (EMS), they received a call that a male had fallen off a train around 15:00. KZN EMS spokesperson Robert McKenzie said that, when they arrived …

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COVID-19: Ghana records 854 new cases; total now 22,822

Ghana has recorded 854 new cases of coronavirus pushing the country’s total number of  infections to 22,822 as of Wednesday, July 8, 2020. The latest update as announced by health officials put the number of active cases at 5,129. The number of recovery/discharge cases has also shot up to of …

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Burkina Faso: 180 bodies found in ‘killing field’

At least 180 bodies have been found in mass graves in northern Burkina Faso where soldiers are fighting jihadists, a Human Rights Watch (HRW) report says. “Available evidence suggests government forces were involved in mass extrajudicial executions,” HRW says. Over seven months, the bodies had been dumped near the town …

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King Faisal appoints George Amoako as Executive Director

Kumasi-based King Faisal has announced the appointment George Amoako as the football club’s new Executive Chairman. This was made known through a tweet that read “We welcome our new Executive Chairman George Amoako to the club. He brings go to bear a rich vein of experience in the game”. The …

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Stranded Ghanaians in Amsterdam to be evacuated on July 13

Ghanaians who are stranded in Amsterdam due to COVID-19 border closures are expected to be evacuated on Monday, July 13, 2020, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Regional Integration has indicated. In a press statement issued by the ministry, these persons are expected to pay an amount of $646 to …

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‘Banks in Ghana are not serious’ – McDan CEO

Founder of McDan Group of Companies, Dr Daniel McKorley has expressed worry over the cumbersome processes business persons go through in accessing credit from Banks. He noted that the process to access fund is burdensome for ordinary SMEs describing their actions as frivolous. In his post on social media, the …

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COVID-19: Napo discharged from UGMC

The Minister of Education, Dr Matthew Opoko-Prempeh, has been discharged from the University of Ghana Medical Centre (UGMC) in Accra. A statement signed by the Press Secretary to the Minister, Rodney Nkrumah-Boateng, noted that his boss has been discharged “with a positive rapid antibody test result and will be further …

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Old Woman Commits Suicide

The Amasaman Police Command is investigating the circumstances that led to a 35-year-old mother of five take her own life. The late Gladys Laweh, according to sources was spotted by her ten-year-old son hanging in their apartment at Doblo Gonno in the Ga West municipality on July 7. Her husband, …

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