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New voter roll: ChaLoG to sue EC

The Chamber for Local Governance (ChaLoG) has served notice that it will be suing the Electoral Commission of Ghana over moves by the election management body to compile a new register for the 2020 general elections. According to ChaLog, the Chair of the EC, Mrs Jean Mensa, in a recent …

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Opposition parties to protest over New Voters’ register

Opposition’s political parties have vowed to stage a series of demonstrations against EC’s decision to compile a new voters register. The largest opposition Party NDC and other smaller parties under the umbrella, interparty resistance against new voters register say justification by the EC for new voters roll is unacceptable. The …

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Ghana cannot develop with a 4-year manifesto – Prof. Stephen Adei

Ghanaian educationist, Professor Stephen Adei has stated categorically that Ghana cannot be progressive when it keeps finetuning itself to its ‘habitual’ four-year manifesto plan. According to him, the only way a country can develop is when the leaders have a long-term plan or strategy in place to govern the people. …

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Today in 2015: Nayele Ametefe jailed 8 years

On November 16, 2014, Nayele Ametefe, a Ghanaian woman with Austrian citizenship was arrested at London’s Heathrow airport with 12 kg of cocaine worth 1.9 million Pounds. She was convicted and handed a jail term of eight years and eight months on January 6, 2015. A Ghanaian court presided over …

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Sex for grades: Gyampo, Butakor exonerated

Two lecturers of the University of Ghana who were accused of soliciting sex in order to extend some advantages to female students in a documentary by the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) have been cleared of any act of sexual misconduct by the fact-finding committee set up by the university. The …

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Trump threatens Iraq with sanctions if US troops are expelled

President Trump has threatened severe sanctions against Iraq after its parliament called on US troops to leave the country. “We have a very extraordinarily expensive air base that’s there. It cost billions of dollars to build. We’re not leaving unless they pay us back for it,” he told reporters. Tensions …

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Soleimani: Huge crowds pack Tehran for commander’s funeral

Mourners packed the streets of the Iranian capital Tehran for the funeral of the slain Iranian military commander Qasem Soleimani. Soleimani was assassinated in a US drone strike in Iraq on Friday on the orders of President Donald Trump. Iran’s supreme leader Ayatollah Khamenei led prayers and at one point …

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‘Thank you, Ghana’ – Kwesi Appiah bids farewell

Former Black Stars Coach, Kwesi Appiah, has said it was an honour to be given the opportunity to coach the senior national team. In a statement released Sunday, he said his association with the Black Stars, first as a player and subsequently as a coach, has been the source of …

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Double-Track will end soon – Bawumia

The Vice President, Dr Mahamadu Bawumia has likened the Double Track System to first and Second Church Service which allows Church members as many as possible to have equal access to listen to the Word of God. According to him, the Double Track System under the Free Senior High School …

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Asantehene receives Pillar of Peace award

The Asantehene, Otumfuo Osei Tutu II has received the prestigious ‘Pillar of Peace’ award of the Africa Premier Leadership Awards (APLA). The award was to recognise him for his peaceful and transformational 20-year reign on the Golden Stool. During a ceremony at the Manhyia Palace, the chairman of the Award …

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Children with disabilities being denied early Childhood Education

Many parents of children with disabilities in the Eastern Region of Ghana continue to deny their children access to education. Out of the handful of parents who admit their children in special schools at the right age, majority waste early childhood education of the children after years of failed desperate …

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Delay distribution of ambulances – Health Minister begs Akufo-Addo

The National Ambulance Service and the Minister of Health, Mr Kwaku Agyeman-Manu have urged the President, Nana Akufo-Addo to delay the intended distribution of some 275 ambulances to each of the constituencies in Ghana. The President had indicated in a press encounter in 2019 that the ambulances would be distributed …

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Al-Shabab militants attack Kenya, US military base

The Islamist militant group al-Shabab has attacked a military base used by Kenyan and US forces in the popular Kenyan coastal region of Lamu. Witnesses reported hearing gunfire and seeing plumes of black smoke emerge from Camp Simba on Manda Island. Kenya’s military said the insurgents had been driven out …

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