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GES to publish performances of second cycle schools – Dr. Adutwum

Deputy Minister of Education, Dr. Yaw Osei Adutwum has revealed that his outfit would soon be publishing the performances of second cycle schools to the public. Speaking at an education forum on the theme, ‘Ghana’s transformation agenda on education, basic and Secondary’, Dr. Osei Adutwum said the objective is for …

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Unexplained wealth to be criminalised – Special Prosecutor

As part of its anti-corruption programme this year, the Office of the Special Prosecutor is pushing the agenda for the criminalisation of unexplained wealth. When successful, it will lead to the amendment of the Special Prosecutor’s law to place the burden of proof on public servants and private individuals to …

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200 NPP supporters defect to NDC at Singa/Daboya

About 200 members of the governing New Patriotic Party (NPP) in the Daboya- Mankarigu Constituency of the Savanah Region have defected to the main opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC). Enumerating their reasons for defecting to the NDC, the defectors said their community is lagging behind in development after voting massively …

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Fire consumes 17 stores, Bible escapes unscathed

Fire has ravaged 17 stores – 15 of them made of freight containers and the other two built from traditional materials – at Asokwa Tunsuom in the Bekwai municipality of the Ashanti Region. The inferno started around 6 p.m. on Monday, 6 January 2020 and destroyed properties worth thousands of …

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Anin Yeboah sworn-in as 14th Chief Justice of Ghana

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has sworn into office the 14th Chief Justice of the Republic of Ghana, Justice Anin Yeboah, marking the beginning of a new era in the history of the Judiciary. Addressing the investiture ceremony of the Chief Justice of the Republic at the Jubilee House, after …

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See citizens as partners – Bureau of Public Safety to Police

Security experts have urged the Ghana Police Service to improve its relationship with civilians and strive to maintain strong communication with other security agencies. Executive Director of the Bureau of Public Safety, Nana Yaw Akwada, said the solution to this is not far from training police on civilian interaction. “The …

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Zimbabwe vice-president’s wife freed on bail

A court in Zimbabwean has freed the estranged wife of Vice-President Constantino Chiwenga on $50,000 (£38,000) bail following her arrest last month on charges of attempting to murder him, and of being involved in fraud and money laundering. Marry Mubaiwa was ordered to surrender her diplomatic passport and the title …

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Cardi B asks fans to choose her Nigerian name

The US rapper Cardi B has asked her fans on Twitter to choose her new Nigerian name several days after saying she was filing for Nigerian citizenship. In her post, which has already been retweeted more than 10,000 times, she gave them two options: Chioma B or Cadijat. Social embed …

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Mahrez, Mane and Salah in contention for 2019 Caf award

The Confederation of African Football (Caf) will crown its 2019 Player of the year at its awards ceremony in the Egyptian coastal resort of Hurghada on Tuesday. Algeria’s Manchester City star Riyad Mahrez is up against the Liverpool duo of Sadio Mane of Senegal and Egypt’s Mohamed Salah for the …

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Today is Constitution Day

Today, Tuesday, 7 January 2019 is Constitution Day, a public holiday set aside to mark the coming into effect of the 1992 Constitution and the birth of the Fourth Republic. First observed last year, the newly-designated holiday is to remind Ghanaians of their commitment to uphold the tenets of the …

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Over 40 kiosks, cars burnt to ashes at Achimota

Over 40 kiosks, some cars and a bar have been burnt to ashes at a slum under the Achimota overhead bridge. Residents at the slum located between Eden Securities and Makey Pub woke up to the Tuesday morning and are counting their losses. Eyewitnesses say the fire started from one …

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Efya helped me out of my depressed state – MzVee

Ghanaian musician MzVee has disclosed that her colleague songstress Efya, helped her to come out of her depression. According to MzVee, Efya played a pivotal role in her life during her depressed state, adding that she offered her counseling and showed her love. She indicated that her sudden disappearance from …

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Democracy not dictatorship – Amoako Tuffour to NPP

A leading member of the governing New Patriotic Party (NPP) Dr. Amoako Tuffour has charged the party members in the Ashanti region to adhere to the democratic principles governing the party especially as they prepare towards their parliamentary primaries. Dr Tuffour believes the era of dictatorship in the party is …

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Man busted for shooting girlfriend in hotel room

A 42-year-old man identified as Edwin Awuku has shot and killed her girlfriend at the Ceder Cresent Hotel at Danyame, Kumasi in the Ashanti Region where they checked-in together police investigations have revealed. According to the Police, there was no armed robbery attack at the Hotel as was reported by …

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Soleimani: Stampede kills mourners at commander’s burial

Several people have been killed in a stampede as Iranians flocked to the hometown of a top commander killed in a US drone strike for his burial. The exact toll is unconfirmed but emergency officials confirmed that there had been deaths. Qasem Soleimani is being laid to rest in Kerman, …

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Man, 42, shoots dead girlfriend at Cedar Cresent Hotel

A 42-year-old man known as Edwin Awuku has been arrested by the Kumasi Police after he shot dead his girlfriend at the Cedar Cresent Hotel at Danyame. Police Investigation into the alleged murder revealed that the deceased was shot and killed by the suspect after he reported the incident as …

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Akufo-Addo swears in Anin Yeboah as new CJ today

President Akufo-Addo is expected to swear in the new Chief Justice, Anin Yeboah at a short ceremony at the Jubilee House today. Justice Anin Yeboah was approved by Parliament following his successful vetting in December last year. He was vetted by the Appointment Committee of the House composed of both …

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Govt to introduce new emergency call number for ambulance service

The Special Development Initiatives Ministry headed by Mavis Hawa Koomson, under which the procurement of ambulances for each constituency as promised by President Nana Akufo-Addo falls, says a new emergency number for the ambulance service will be introduced soon. The government procured 307 ambulances in total in line with a …

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