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Postpone referendum – Catholic Bishops to Akufo-Addo

The Ghana Catholic Bishops’ Conference has said there is a need for consensus-building and further education regarding the forthcoming referendum. Leading a delegation of the Catholic Bishops to the Jubilee House in Accra recently, Vice-President of the Ghana Catholic Bishops’ Conference (GCBC), Most Rev. Charles Palmer-Buckle, told Vice President Dr …

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Referendum: Yes or No? – Akufo-Addo speaks tonight

Ghanaian leader Nana Akufo-Addo will speak on the fate of the much-talked about December 17 referendum tonight in an address to the nation, DailyMailGH can confirm. The nation is divided over the referendum which is aimed at allowing political parties to take part in local assembly polls. Director of communication …

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Government starts work on SHS named after J.A Kufuor

President Akufo-Addo has cut the sod for the construction of Senior High and Technical School named after the second President of the 4th Republic, John Agyekum Kufuor. With the school set to be completed in ten (10) months, the President commended the Ministry of Education for this admirable gesture of …

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GRA fire: Fire officer hospitalised, two safes secured

An official of the Fire Service has been admitted at a health facility in Accra after he ‘almost passed out’ while battling the fire that gutted the GRA office at Circle Sunday. “He almost collapsed so he was rushed to the hospital,” the Nima district Police Commander ACP Abraham Quartey …

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ECG, NEDCo & VALCO debt to GRIDCo hit ¢814 million

The Ghana Grid Company Limited (GRIDCo) has for three years running recorded losses, with a net loss of 114.3 million cedis last year. According to GRIDCo, the Volta Aluminum Company Limited (VALCO) owes it 30-million dollars while ECG and NEDCo also owed about 607 million cedis and 177 million cedis …

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Rwanda, DRC Begin Joint Border Services

The Rwanda-DR Congo border of La Corniche, popularly known as Grande Barrière, on Saturday started operating as a One-Stop Border Post (OSBP), according to the Directorate General of Immigration and Emigration. The objective of this is to enhance trade through the efficient movement of goods, persons and services. “Today, La …

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Human urine forces cinema evacuation in Washington state

A movie theatre in the north-western US state of Washington had to be evacuated after it took delivery of a package of human urine. The package marked “highly contagious human substance” was delivered in error to the North Bend Theater, in the city of the same name on Friday evening. …

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Kenyans to use mobile phone numbers as post office boxes

Kenyans will now be able to rent outpost office boxes using their mobile phone numbers and consequently receive letters and parcels through a service provided by the country’s biggest telecoms operator Safaricom. The company, which is part-owned by South Africa’s Vodacom, targets 5 million new users of the service as …

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Shock as father is arrested for allegedly murdering son

One Sherif Akudaago, 35, in the early hours of Saturday allegedly murdered his six-year-old son at Garu in the Garu District of the Upper East Region. The unemployed man reportedly cut the throat of Hanan Akudaago, who was a primary one pupil at the Covenant Academy Primary School at Garu, …

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Referendum: Yes or No? – Akufo-Addo speaks tonight

Ghanaian leader Nana Akufo-Addo will speak on the fate of the much-talked about December 17 referendum tonight in an address to the nation, DailyMailGH can confirm. The nation is divided over the referendum which is aimed at allowing political parties to take part in local assembly polls. Director of communication …

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Documents removed to safety from burnt GRA office

Large volumes of documents have been evacuated from the Ghana Revenue Authority head office annex along the Ring Road Central in Accra, where fire fighters battling fire that engulfed the building Sunday morning. Raging fire swept through the top floor of the two-storey building destroying various items, mainly files and …

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VIDEO: GRA building fire: Soldier, fire officer, injured

One Fire Officer and a soldier have been injured in the ongoing attempts to fight the fire that has ravaged a building belong to the Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) in Accra. The duo was part of officers making frantic efforts to put out the early Sunday morning fire but as …

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31 foreign illegal miners arrested by Operation Vanguard

The Operation Vanguard contingent in the Eastern Region has arrested 31 foreign illegal miners in the Kwahu West Municipality. This follows reports that about 1,000 foreign nationals had connived with cocoa farmers and landowners in the area to mine illegally. The officer in charge of the Operation Vanguard team in …

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Today in history: Ghana wins first AFCON title

On this day 1 December 1963 (Exactly 56 years ago today) Ghana won its first Africa Cup of Nations trophy after beating Sudan 3-0 in the final of the 4th edition of the biannual tournament in Accra. Dr Kwame Nkrumah realised that there was the need to identify things that …

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Another teen stabbed to death near Clifton beach

Western Cape police are investigating a case of murder after a 16-year-old boy was stabbed and killed near Clifton Beach on Saturday night – two months after an 18-year-old UCT student was stabbed there. “According to information, last night at about 22:45, members of law enforcement saw the victim with …

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Asante Kotoko thump Sampdoria FC in friendly

Asante Kotoko thrashed lower tier side Sampdoria FC in a friendly encounter on Saturday morning. The Porcupine Warriors were too hot for Sampdoria FC after white-washing them 6-0 at the Adako Jachie training complex. Daniel Barnieh netted the opener just 17 minutes into the game before Burkinabe attacker Sogne Yacouba …

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