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Pregnant women receive treatment on plastic chairs at Ejura hospital

Health workers at the Ejura Municipal Government Hospital in the Ashanti region have been forced to admit and treat pregnant women on plastic chairs over lack of space in the hospital’s maternity ward. Ejura Government Hospital, which is the largest hospital in the Ejura-Sekyedumasi Municipality, has a lot of challenges including …

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I Will Never Lobby For An Appointment – Kwesi Appiah

Former Black Stars coach, James Kwesi Appiah says he has never lobbied for a national team appointment in his entire coaching career. The former Black Stars captain who has been replaced by Charles Kwablan Akonnor after exhausting his 2-year contract with the senior national team has been accused severally of …

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Ghanaian pastors are poor – Bishop Salifu Amoako

The Founder and Leader of the Alive Chapel International, Bishop Salifu Amoako has described Ghanaian Pastors as a group of poor professionals. According to him, the public perception that some Ghanaian pastors have amassed wealth by fleecing their congregation is not true. Many people have cited the likes of Rev …

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I like the seriousness of this NPP government – Franklin Cudjoe

Policy analyst and Chief Executive Officer of Imani Africa, Franklin Cudjoe, has praised the NPP government’s seriousness to validate its claim of having delivered or being on track to deliver at least 72% of its manifesto promises. Writing on his Facebook wall, Cudjoe expressed his admiration for the government’s effort …

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Dompoase road crash: 29 bodies identified by families

The Cape Coast teaching hospital says 29 of the 35 remains of persons who perished in the Dompoase road crash last Tuesday have been identified by families. “Out of the 35 bodies, 29 have gone through the process of identification and a good number of them have been released to …

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Harry and Meghan will not use HRH titles – palace

Prince Harry and Meghan will no longer use their HRH titles and will not receive public funds for royal duties, Buckingham Palace has announced. The couple will also no longer formally represent The Queen. The Duke and Duchess of Sussex intend to repay £2.4m of taxpayer money for the refurbishment …

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Somanya: Armed Police storm NDC office as irate youth rampage

Armed Police officers led by the Somanya District Commander DSP Isaac Otsin have stormed the Yilo Krobo constituency office of the Opposition National Democratic Congress following attack on the office by a group of irate youth suspected to be supporters of the Party. The irate youth on Saturday vandalized the …

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59 inmates of Nsawam prison matriculated into UCC

An initiative by the University of Cape Coast to encourage education in the country’s prisons has seen some 59 inmates benefitting. The University opened a prison campus inside the Nsawam prisons to help inmates qualified for diploma courses to also enroll and 59 of these persons have been welcomed already …

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SHS girl arrested over kidnap hoax

The Fomena District Police Command has arrested an 18-year-old student of T I Ahmadiyya Senior High School for allegedly faking her own kidnap. Esther Boadiwaa, according to the police, hatched a plan to visit her boyfriend at Hohoe in the Volta Region and in the process lied to her parents …

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Man killed by ‘armed’ chicken

A 55-year-old man was accidentally killed after a sharp blade tied to a rooster cut his abdomen during a cockfight in India. The said fight took place in Pragadavaram village in West Godavari, in the state of Andhra Pradesh despite a ban on the practice by the Supreme Court. The …

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Fuel prices go up again

Prices of fuel in Ghana have this week gone up marginally, vindicating the prediction made by the Chamber of Petroleum Consumers (COPEC) on Tuesday, January 14, 2020. Petrol as of Friday, January 17 was selling at GH 5.50 per litre at various pumps, up GHC 9 pesewas from its previous …

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Furious Minister orders burning of galamsey equipment

The massive destruction of the Oda River Forest Reserve in the Bekwai Forest District of the Ashanti Region by illegal miners has infuriated the Minister of Lands and Natural Resources, Kwaku Asomah-Cheremeh. The illegal miners believed to be Chinese, in collaboration with their supposed Ghanaian facilitators, are using heavy-duty pieces …

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NPP loses treasurer in Dompoase accident

It has emerged that the Essikado-Ketan Constituency treasurer of the ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP) was among those who died in the gory accident that occurred at Dompoase, near Komenda in the Central Region on Tuesday dawn. The deceased, Hajia Hadijah was a business woman who was dealing in paints, …

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Today in 2014: Komla Dumor dies

It’s exactly 6 years since the unfortunate demise of Komla Dumor, an astute international journalist of Ghanaian descent. Although death is inevitable and is no respecter of persons, news of his sudden departure shook the world, courting tributes from prominent figures across the world. Below is how BBC, an organization …

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Make StarTimes proposal public – NMC tells GFA

Mr Yaw Boadu-Ayeboafo, Chairman of the National Media Commission (NMC) has challenged the Ghana Football Association (GFA) to publish the StarTimes proposal that won the bid to cover the Ghana Premier League (GPL) matches. The NMC boss made the remark at the inauguration of the new Board Members of GBC …

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Work on Eastern Corridor Roads resumes

Contractors have resumed work on the Eastern Corridor road and users are assured of a facelift on that stretch soon. The Roads and Highways Minister, Kwesi Amoako Atta, announced this on the last day of the Results Fair. The Sector Minister said the completion of the road would shorten the …

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Kwadwo Asamoah signs bumper apparel deal with Puma

Ghana midfielder Kwadwo Asamoah has signed a bumper multiyear sponsorship deal with Puma. The Inter Milan star did not disclose the size of the deal, but according to a grapevine source, the terms are lucrative than what he was getting from German sportswear giants, Nike. The versatile midfielder could showcase …

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55-year-old driver dies in Nigerian hotel after sex

A 55-year-old commercial bus driver has been found dead in a hotel at Ibusa, Oshimili North Local Government Area of Delta State, after allegedly having sex with a single mother of three. Saturday PUNCH gathered that the deceased was accompanied by a lady into a hotel along Ibusa bypass, close …

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