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W/R: 15 people were killed in road accidents in Jan. – Police

15 people have died while over one hundred people sustained injuries in road accidents in the Western Region in the month of January 2020. The Western Regional Commander for Motor, Traffic and Transport Department (MTTD) of the Ghana Police Service Chief Superintendent, Richard Appiah, told Empire FM’s Emmanuel Ohene Gyan  …

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Court Issues Warrant Of Arrest For Zuma

The Pietermaritzburg High Court has issued a warrant of arrest for South Africa’s former President Jacob Zuma after be missed a scheduled court appearance. Mr Zuma, who has been charged with a string of crimes including corruption, racketeering and money-laundering was expected at the pre-trial hearing on Tuesday but was …

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Voters register: US warns citizens as Parties stage 3rd demo

The Inter-Party Resistance against the New Voter Register is today holding its third demonstration Accra in opposition to plans by the electoral commission to compile new voters register for the December 7 polls. A leading member of the group Hassan Ayariga has told Morning Starr that the “EC has a …

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Missing excavators traced to fresh galamsey sites

It has been discovered that scores of the allegedly missing excavators seized from illegal miners are currently being used again for illegal mining by unknown persons, MyNewsGH.com reports. This comes after Professor Kwabena Frimpong-Boateng, the Minister for Environment, Science, Technology & Innovation and also Chairperson for the Inter-Ministerial Committee on …

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[VIDEO]: Zoe Embassy pastor curses his colleague pastors

Kelvin Kwesi Kobiri, the embattled pastor of Zoe Outreach Embassy Church, who is struggling hard to refund locked up investments in his defunct EL Real Estates and Tikowre Capital has rained curses on his pastors in a viral video. The “man of God” who was behind his pulpit preaching later …

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Kotoko counting the cost of playing in empty stadium

Asante Kotoko are counting the cost of their home ban handed to them by the Ghana Football Association (GFA) recently, saying the development had affected their performance in the 2019/2020 Ghana Premier League (GPL). “We have missed the support of the teeming Kotoko faithful,” Coach Maxwell Konadu told sports journalists …

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Airbus Scandal: Martin Amidu Is Not God – Anita Desoso Jabs Gov’t

NDC’s Anita Desoso has said her party is not jolted by allegations leveled against their flagbearer, John Dramani Mahama and questioned the credibility of Mr Martin Amidu who has been tasked to investigate the former president. Anita Desoso was emphatic on NEAT FM’s morning show ‘Ghana Montie’ that Martin Amidu is not someone …

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GES shuts down Buipe SHS after fire razed school

Nearly 300 students of Buipe Senior High School have been asked to go home after they lost all their personal belongings in a fire that burnt down their dormitory, Monday, February 3, 2020. Public Relations Officer (PRO) of the Ghana Education Service (GES) in the Northern Region, Kanzoni Donald, in a …

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Kenya’s longest-serving leader Daniel arap Moi dies

Kenya’s longest serving President Daniel arap Moi who died on Monday rose to power in 1978 upon the death of Kenya’s first President Jomo Kenyatta. This was his first major political victory having outmaneuvered Kenyatta’s inner circle to rise to the top. This shrewdness became the hallmark of his 24-year …

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GES shuts down Buipe SHS after fire razed school

Nearly 300 students of Buipe Senior High School have been asked to go home after they lost all their personal belongings in a fire that burnt down their dormitory, Monday, February 3, 2020. Public Relations Officer (PRO) of the Ghana Education Service (GES) in the Northern Region, Kanzoni Donald, in a …

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Floods, landslides kill 13 in Rwanda capital Kigali

At least 13 people died in Rwanda’s capital, Kigali, in overnight heavy rains and others were injured, government officials said Monday. The East African nation has seen dozens of deaths caused by torrential rains in recent weeks. The latest downpour began Sunday evening, causing flooding and mudslides that swept away …

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Ghana Education system defective – Catholic Priest

A Kumasi based Catholic Priest, Rev. Father Mary James Opoku Ware, has described the current educational system in Ghana as defective. According to the renowned Radio preacher, the new curriculum introduced by the Ghana Education Service (GES) will gradually take away the mutual respect between a teacher and a student. …

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Malawi election: Court orders new vote after May 2019 result annulled

Malawi’s constitutional court has annulled last year’s controversial election, which saw President Peter Mutharika narrowly re-elected. The judge found there had been widespread irregularities in the 21 May vote. This is the first election to be legally challenged since Malawi’s independence in 1964. A new vote will take place within …

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NPP ‘reveals’ famous Intermediary 5 involved in Airbus scandal

The NPP claims one Samuel Adams Mahama is the true face behind the “Intermediary 5” in the famous Airbus scandal. According to the party, Samuel Mahama is the long lost brother of former president Mahama who played “go-between” services between Airbus and “Government Official 1”. Airbus, apart from admitting to …

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NPP Vice Chair arrested over missing excavators

The Central Regional Vice Chairman of the governing New Patriotic Party (NPP), Horace Ekow Ewusi, is in the grips of the Criminal Investigations Department (CID), according to Adomonline.com. He is being interrogated over his alleged role in some missing excavators and other equipment seized from illegal mining operators. His arrest follows a request made …

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Mahama Will Collapse Free SHS Policy- Napo Reiterates

The Minister of ’Education Minister, Dr.Matthew Opoku Prempeh aka ‘Napo’, has reiterated that the free Senior High School (SHS) policy will not survive under John Mahamah Presidency and his National Democratic Congress (NDC) government. Hon. Opoku Prempeh who also the MP for Manhyia South Constituency has therefore, admonished Ghanaians to …

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