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18 suspected Western Togoland separatists arrested in Bimbilla

Police in the Northern Region have arrested 18 persons suspected to be part of the separatist group, Western Togoland. According to sources within the Police Service in the Region, the arrest followed intelligence that some members of the alleged separatist group from Kpassa were holding a meeting in a primary …

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It is unrealistic to abstain from sex – Dr. Tapang

The former Chief Executive Officer of the Tamale Teaching Hospital, Dr. Daniel Tapang in 2006 questioned the campaign strategy of HIV/AIDS educators who were advising the youth to stay away from sex. Dr. Daniel Tapang argued that “sex is biologically driven” and, therefore, it was impossible to ask the youth …

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Chaos at Bukonor as residents clash with Police

Residents of Bukunor Junction and its surrounding communities in the Upper Manya Krobo District of the Eastern region are demonstrating against what they say is the reckless driving by trucks transporting limestone from Asesewa to Tema. The action by the residents was triggered by the sudden deaths of two residents …

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GRIDco cuts power to Valco over $30m debt

The Ghana Grid Company Limited (GRIDCo) says it has disconnected power supply to the Volta Aluminum Company Limited (VALCO), following the failure of the company to settle over US$30million outstanding debt to it. GRIDco says the decision was made by management after several attempts to get VALCO to honour its …

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Otabil reveals the only reason he ‘quarrels’ with his wife

The founder of the International Central Gospel Church (ICGC), Pastor Mensa Otabil has revealed that his wife’s hardworking nature is the one reason he quarrels with her. In an odic celebratory speech of his wife during church service on Sunday, 29 December 2019, Pastor Otabil said: “I want to thank …

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BoG to auction US$715m in 2020

The Bank of Ghana will auction US$715 million in Forward Foreign Exchange Auctions in the whole of 2020. The months with the expected highest auctions of US$80 million each are January, February and March 2020. In accordance with the Foreign Exchange Forward Auction guidelines issued on the 23 September 2019, …

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Nigeria’s high infant HIV infection rate

Despite new claims of a significant reduction in national Human Immunodeficiency Virus/Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome prevalence rate in Nigeria, it is quite mortifying that the country still tops the mother-to-child transmission rate in the world. This is evidence that a lot needs to be done before the epidemic can be …

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Notable African deaths of 2019

A look back at some of the figures on the African continent who we said farewell to this year. January Oliver Mtukudzi, Zimbabwean musician, 66: He came to prominence in the 1970s as one of voices of the revolution fighting white-minority rule. Affectionately known as “Tuku”, his lyrics often carried …

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Christian women cautioned against make-up and tattoos

Christian women have been cautioned against using make-up and tattooing their bodies as they contravene Christian teachings. Prophetess Ekua Gyanwaah, Co-founder of Rabbi Healing Church, said it was sin for Christian women to engage in such practices. She, therefore, encouraged them to desist from all acts of immorality and other …

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NDC’s Dela Coffie praises Akufo-Addo

Dela Coffie, a fierce critic of the governing New Patriotic Party, has heaped praises on President Nana Akufo-Addo. Dela Coffie, who is a member of the opposition National Democratic Congress, described the president as ‘smart thinking’ for taking the initiative a notch higher with the introduction of the ‘Beyond the …

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Australia : Thousands told to evacuate in Victoria

Soaring temperatures and strong winds have sparked new fires in the Australian state of Victoria, where tens of thousands of people were urged to flee. Many tourists have heeded warnings to leave the East Gippsland holiday region – but others remain. The worsening weather started blazes and fanned existing ones …

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Bawku Naba rejects call to join ‘Western Togoland’

The Over-Lord of the Bawku Traditional Area, Zug-Raan Bawku Naba Asigri Abugrago Azoka II, has rejected calls by some persons to join the ‘Western Togoland.’ “I admit having been contacted by persons advocating for secession of parts from Ghana a number of times, but I want to assure you that …

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59 inmates of Nsawam Prisons enrolled in UCC’s Distant Learning Programme

Fifty-nine inmates of the Nsawam Prisons are pursuing various diploma programmes in Business and Education through the University of Cape Coast’s Distance Learning Programme. Twenty-seven of them are reading Diploma in Commerce, (Management and Accounting options), while the remaining 32 are studying Diploma in Junior High School Education (Science, Mathematics, …

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Former Western Regional Minister Esther Lilly Nkansah dies

Former Western Regional Minister, Esther Lilly Nkansah has passed on while receiving treatment at the Effia Nkwanta Regional Hospital in Sekondi. The late Esther Lily Nkansah was a lawyer and the last Western Regional Minister to serve under the Rawlings’ administration from 1997 to 2000. In 2010, she was named in a 10-member …

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We’ll tackle growing indiscipline in Ghana – Queen Mothers

Leaders and Members of the Queen Mothers Foundation of Ghana have vowed to tackle the growing levels of indiscipline in the Ghanaian society. Addressing a ceremony at the La Palm beach hotel to celebrate the 21st anniversary since the formation of the Queen Mothers Foundation of Ghana, President of the …

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