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NDC vrs EC case: Heavy security at Supreme Court

There is heavy security presence at the Supreme Court in Accra today, Thursday, 11 June 2020, as the highest court of the land is expected to rule on a contentious case between the Electoral Commission and the National Democratic Congress (NDC). Scores of armed security personnel from the Formed Police Unit of the Ghana …

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Mother Burnt To Death Together With Her Three Children

On Tuesday, a woman and her three children, including a one-month-old baby, were burnt to death in their apartment in the Nkangbe area of Minna. The woman lived with her husband and Fati, his other wife inside the building. An intense fire immersed the building which burnt her and her …

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TV3 To Lay Off Again; Kicked Out 4 Workers

TV3 Network owned by Media General Group has fired 4 staff in the latest retrenchment exercise embarked on by the company MyNewsGh.com can confirm. Affected staff according to MyNewsGh.com sources include an online person, a sports team member at Onua FM, and two others with more expected to be laid …

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Northern Region Thumps Up for  Zoomlion – Hon. Salifu

Northern Regional Minister Hon. Salifu Said has showered praises on the management and staff of waste management experts  ZoomLion Ghana Limited for their sterling performance in the fight to curb the Coronavirus pandemic in the country.   Launching the Northern Regional Military Garrisons, Senior High and Basic Schools’ Mass Disinfection …

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Six people shot dead, one wounded in rifle attack

Police in Gauteng are searching for three gunmen after six people were killed and one wounded at the Jabulani Hostel in Soweto late on Monday. Initial investigations have found the victims were in a shack on the hostel property when three man armed with “handguns and rifles” opened on the …

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1 dead, 7 in hospital, 14 rescued from collapsed Durban building

One person died and several people, who were trapped in a collapsed building in Durban, have been rescued, paramedics say. Paramedics on the scene successfully rescued all the people who became trapped when the veranda of the Noor Chambers building in central Durban collapsed on Tuesday. News24 reported earlier one …

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Another woman found stabbed and dumped in field – boyfriend arrested

A 36-year-old Eastern Cape man was arrested for allegedly stabbing his 45-year-old girlfriend and dumping her body in an open field last week. According to police spokesperson Captain Khaya Tonjeni, Mthatha detectives in Marhambeni arrested the man on Tuesday, shortly after 15:30. “The body of the deceased was found dumped …

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Two metro cops killed on their way to work

Two eThekwini metro cops were killed in an apparent ambush in Durban on Tuesday, the eThekwini metro police said. According to eThekwini metro police spokesperson Parboo Sewpersad, the two cops were on their way to work when they were killed. “We received a call about a shooting incident at around 05:15,” …

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Rawlings called me a thief but I’m still loyal to him – Woyome

Businessman and member of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC), Alfred Agbesi Woyome says he remains loyal to former President Jerry John Rawlings although the former president abused him verbally. According to Woyome, Rawlings called him a thief during the heat of the GHS51 million judgement debt case. “Jerry John …

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No face mask, no Ghana Card collection – NIA

The National Identification Authority (NIA) has stated that applicants without face mask won’t be given their Ghana Card. In order to heed to the President’s directive on COVID-19 prevention, it said that the NIA would ensure that applicants are well spaced out in accordance with social distancing protocols, adding that “applicants will …

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Two remanded for stealing 64 NIA laptops

The Circuit Court in Accra presided over by His Honour Mr Emmanuel Essandoh has remanded two persons who were arraigned before the court on charges of stealing 15 HP Probook laptops belonging to the National Identification Authority (NIA). The two Frank Nketia, a trader and Victor Maduka, a businessman pleaded …

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Faulty Fuel Pump Caused Kpone Tanker Yard Fire

Mr. Jonas Abladey, Kpone Katamanso Municipal Health and Safety Officer, says a faulty fuel pump the caused the fire out break at a tanker yard in Kpone Kokompe in the Greater Accra Region. Mr. Abladey, further explained that preliminary investigations at the yard indicated that some workers were transferring fuel …

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3 in court for attempting to steal Otumfuo’s Kumasi Club

Three persons Norman Owusu-Bannie, Charles Asabre and Kwame Brenya who are alleged to have defrauded a Turkish businessman by false pretence of an amount of $1.4million with the intention of selling an organisation who’s life patron is His Royal Majesty, Otumfour Osei Tutu II, have been granted bail by the …

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