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NCCE to reverse voter apathy trend ahead of 2020 general elections

The National Commission for Civic Education (NCCE) has raised concerns over the growing trend of voter apathy which had been evident in past elections. According to the Commission, its study has revealed the worrying trend which needs to be tackled. Some elections held recently including the local level elections have …

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Guinean envoy weeps at Jubilee House

Outgoing Guinean Ambassador to Ghana, Arafan Kabine Kaba, on Wednesday shed tears as he bade goodbye to President Akufo-Addo. Arafan went to the Jubilee House for a short but a colourful farewell ceremony with his other colleague ambassadors from India, Shri Birender Yadav, and Olifemi Michael Abikoye from Nigeria, after …

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US killing of Qasem Soleimani is good news for IS jihadists

US President Donald Trump’s decision to assassinate Gen Qasem Soleimani, the head of Iran’s Quds Force, has set off a chain of consequences. One of the first was on the unfinished war against jihadists. Almost immediately the US-led coalition fighting the Islamic State group suspended operations in Iraq. The US …

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NLC orders striking TUTAG members back to classrooms

The National Labour Commission has on Friday ordered striking members of the Technical University Teachers Association of Ghana (TUTAG) end their action and resume full academic activities. It has also directed government to pay members of TUTAG all arrears by January 29 without delays. The decision of the labour adjudicator …

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Independent Presidential Candidate Welcomes EC New Voter Roll

The Independent Presidential Candidate in 2012 and 2016, Jacob Osei Yeboah has welcomed the move by the Electoral Commission of Ghana to compile a new voters’ register for the December polls. According to him, the woeful delay in Ghana Identification Card registration by the National Identification Authority (NIA) would be …

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I’m Not A Celebrity – Efia Odo

Ghanaian actress, Efia Odo has admitted that she is not a celebrity. According to the ‘Royal Diadem’ famed actress, she has no desire to be referred to as such. The thespian, known for sharing rauuchy pictures of herself via Instagram has often faced the wrath of Ghanaians for being a …

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Niger army base attack kills 25 soldiers

At least 25 soldiers have been killed in a suspected jihadist attack on a military camp along the western border with Mali, Niger’s army says. More than 60 militants were also killed when the army – supported by partners – responded with air power, it says. Last month, 71 soldiers …

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Man kills father over cooked yam

An Ebonyi State Magistrates’ Court sitting in Abakaliki, on Thursday, remanded in a correctional centre a 37-year-old man, Chibueze Iduma, for allegedly killing his father with his walking stick. It was learnt that the suspect and his father, Mr Emmanuel Iduma, had an altercation over a piece of cooked yam …

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VIDEO: 31-acre maize farm of National Best farmer burnt

A 31-acre maize farm belonging to the 2019 National Best maize farmer Mr John Dimah in the Sissala West District of the Upper West Region has been burnt. Mr John Dimah who is still counting his loss, told Tumu-based Radford Fm in an interview monitored by MyNewsGh.com that the incident …

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AU confident of peaceful elections in Ghana

The African Union (AU) is optimistic Ghana will hold a peaceful and successful general election this year. While acknowledging that the contest will be intense and fierce, the AU remained “confident that Ghana will pull it off successfully since we have no doubts about the country’s credentials as far as …

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3 persons confess to stealing from GRA

At the Kpetoe District Court on Wednesday, 8 January 2020, three persons arrested by the Kpetoe District Police for stealing from the Ghana Revenue Authority premises in Kpetoe confessed to the crime. The three, Badawusu Kwadzo James aged 18, Bedu Godsway aged 21 and Agbowali John aged 21, pleaded guilty …

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Sammy Gyamfi ‘curses’ NPP communicators supporting Hawa Koomson

National Communications Officer of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC), Sammy Gyamfi has criticized communicators of the ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP) who are backing some comments made by Hawa Koomson in 2019. The Minister for Special Development Initiative, Mavis Hawa Koomson, while she was being interviewed about the delay …

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Former Chief of Defence Staff Quashie is dead

A former Chief of the Defence Staff (CDS), Vice-Admiral Matthew Quashie, passed away in the wee hours of Thursday. According to a senior military officer who disclosed the news to the Daily Graphic on condition of anonymity, Vice-Admiral Quashie passed away at the 37 Military Hospital, where he had been …

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