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IGP Speaks On ACP Agordzo’s Alleged Coup Case

Inspector-General of Police (IGP), James Oppong-Boanuh, has spoken for the first time about the treatment meted out to senior police officer, ACP Dr Benjamin Agordzo for an alleged coup plot. The Director of Transformational Programme Office at the Police Service charged with abetment to commit treason, was said to have …

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Gov’t hands over Komenda Sugar Factory to Indian investor

The Government of Ghana has finally handed over the Komenda Sugar Factory to a Strategic Investor. Park Aggrotech Company Limited, an Indian company based in Ghana and a subsidiary of the Skylark Group of companies won the bid to manage the sugar factory. The Managing Director of Agrotech Company Limited …

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[AUDIO]: Why police officers still take bribe; IGP’s take

Inspector-General of Police (IGP), James Oppong-Boanuh, has given a diagnosis of the growing police unprofessional conduct on the road including the acceptance of bribes. He explained that civilians, especially drivers, who break the law willingly offer the bribe to avoid being prosecuted. Such unholy enticement, the IGP said makes it …

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[VIDEO: New style of bleaching blows up internet

Skin bleaching is not a new phenomenon among coloured people around the world. Almost every year, new techniques of lightening melanin emerge and as usual, some people literally jump on the trend to get the most result out of it. From the look of things, however, people seem to have …

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Energetic Dennis Tetteh Grabs Victory For Slavia Mozyr

Former Ghana youth and Berekum Chelsea profilic striker Dennis Tetteh netted twice in the Belarus top flight on Sunday against Isloch. The 22-year-old attacker shot his team into the lead four minutes after recess with a superb strike. The former Berekum Chelsea striker completed his brace in the 72nd minute …

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Helicopter collision kills 13 French troops in Mali

Thirteen French soldiers have been killed in a helicopter collision during an operation against jihadists in Mali, the French president’s office says. President Emmanuel Macron expressed “deep sadness” over the biggest single loss of life for the French military since the 1980s. An investigation has begun into how the two …

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Ex-MASLOC boss took GHC500,000 in a bag – Witness

An Accra High Court yesterday heard how the former Chief Executive Officer of the Microfinance and Small Loans Centre (MASLOC), Christine Sedina Tamakloe Attionu, took an amount of GH¢500,000 in a ‘Ghana Must Go’ bag at a filling station in Accra. The money was a refund of an investment MASLOC …

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Five members of Rev. Obofuor’s church arrested

Five members of the Anointed Place Chapel, a church founded by Francis Antwi, popularly known as Rev. Obofuor, have been arrested after they attacked officials of the Tema West Municipal Assembly on Monday. The Head of the Local Government Service, Nana Ato Arthur in a Citi News interview said the …

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Just In: Prophet Nigel Gaisie named among student loan defaulters

Founder and leader of True Word Fire Prophetic Ministries (TWFPM), Prophet Nigel Gaisie has been named among persons who defaulted in the payment of their loans by the Student Loan Trust Foundation (SLTF). The controversial man of God was captured with student ID 10232543 from the University of Ghana City …

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SC dismisses application challenging Afoko’s bail revocation

A five-member Supreme Court panel presided over by Justice Jones Dotse, has dismissed an application challenging the decision by a High Court to revoke the bail granted to Gregory Afoko by another High Court. The Criminal Division of the Accra High Court granted bail to Gregory Afoko on the 14th …

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NDC communicator, others arrested over NPP office burning

An NDC communications officer has been arrested alongside 19 others over the burning of an NPP officer at Salaga. The arrest was done in dawn swoop by a joint Police and military team on Tuesday. The suspects are currently at the Tamale regional police command. Reports suggest the NDC communicator …

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[VIDEO]: Man shoots wife and commits suicide

A man, identified as Kwadwo Oppong Owuo, has reportedly committed suicide after allegedly shooting his wife, Yaa Sophia who is in a critical condition at Berekum- Biadan, a district in the Bono region. Though the reason for Mr Owuo’s action is still unknown, the wife’s father suspects their marital issues …

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Couple found dead in their matrimonial home

A couple, Kweku Barfo aged 34, a shoemaker and Rosina Arthur 26, trader were on Thursday found dead in their matrimonial home in Winneba. Chief Superintendent Godfrey Tetteh Adjirakor of Winneba District Police Command told the Ghana News Agency on Monday that the father of Kweku Barfo reported to the …

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Ghana finalises visa-free agreement with South Africa

A government delegation is in South Africa to finalise discussions on and sign an agreement that will guarantee all category of Ghanaian travellers visa-free to the southern Africa nation. South Africa in early July announced a visa waiver for Ghanaians travelling to that country as part of moves by the …

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NAM1 reacts to Zylofon TV catching fire

Nana Appiah Mensah, the beleaguered Chief Executive of MenzGold, has reacted to a fire outbreak that rakes through one of his companies, Zylofon TV, a subsidiary of Zylofon Media. NAM 1, as he is popularly called, tweeted shortly after seeing the fire incidence, saying ‘What shall separate us from the …

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Mother allegedly sells day-old baby for GHC 4,609

The Lagos State Police arraigned 34-year-old Chineye Nwankwo before an Ikeja Magistrate Court on Monday, November 25, for allegedly selling her one-day-old baby for N300,000 (GHC4,609). The baby’s mother was arraigned alongside the buyer identified as 49-year-old Happiness Bini, who was charged with unlawful adoption of a baby. Nwankwo and …

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FLASHBACK: Ghana likely to legalize homosexuality – Akufo-Addo

In 2017, President Akufo-Addo stated in an interview on Al Jazeera that the legalization of homosexuality in Ghana is bound to happen in the future. “I think it is something that is bound to happen like elsewhere in the world,” His comments attracted serious opposition from Ghanaians who claimed the …

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GES procures 400k ‘pasco’ for first batch of free SHS students

The Ghana Education Service (GES) has procured four hundred thousand (400,000) sets of questions and answer booklets from the West Africa Examination Council (WAEC) for distribution to the first batch of beneficiaries of the Free Senior High School policy preparing to write their final examination April next year. The exams …

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