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Suspected dam poisoning hits Damongo

The District Chief Executive (DCE) for West Gonja District, Saeed Muhazu Jibril has stopped water tankers from supplying residents of Damongo with water from the main source of water following a change in colour and continues demise of water species in the dam. Many residents of the Savannah regional capital …

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Avoke loses reinstatement suit against UEW

The Cape Coast High Court has dismissed a suit challenging the legitimacy of the Vice-Chancellor of University of Education (UEW) Prof. Anthony Afful-Broni by his predecessor Professor The suit was filed by six dismissed administrative staff of the university led by former Vice-Chancellor Prof.Mawutor Avoke. The six had sought among …

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Gunshots at Akyem Tafo GCB bank; One injured

A man believed to be mentally deranged has been shot by Police at the premises of the GCB Bank branch at Akyem New Tafo in the Eastern region. The incident occurred Monday afternoon. Starr News has gathered the victim attempted to disarm the Police officer on guard duty but was …

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Gunshots at Akyem Tafo GCB Bank, one injured

A man believed to be mentally deranged has been shot by Police at the premises of the GCB Bank branch at Akyem New Tafo in the Eastern region. The incident occurred Monday afternoon. Starr News has gathered the victim attempted to disarm the police officer on guard duty but was …

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Coup plot: High Court denies accused persons bail

The High Court has dismissed a bail application by the seven accused persons facing trial for their alleged plot to topple the government. According to the Judge, Justice George Buadi, none of the accused persons had been detained beyond two months and their arrest and detention are not arbitrary or …

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23-year-old man electrocuted in Sunday downpour

A 23-year-old man, Ebenezer Drah, was on Sunday night, 10 November 2019, electrocuted during a heavy downpour at Dome Crossing in Accra. According to eyewitnesses, the deceased left the safety of his room to help a group of men salvage a kiosk that was being washed away by the floods …

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Teacher trainee drowns in suspected suicide

A young man believed to be in his late twenties (20s) has drowned in a pond close to the Notre Dame Senior High School near Nayagenia near Navrongo Kassena-Nankana District in the Upper East Region The man, identified as Justine Bellengo ( alias Dickson), is suspected to have staggered into …

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Murder of NPP treasurer: Key suspect arrested

The Western Regional Police Command has arrested a key suspect in relation to the murder of a New Patriotic Party (NPP) Treasurer, Mark Ofori, of the Takoradi Constituency. Anthony Mensah was arrested on Sunday, 3news.com has reported. According to the report, the suspect is believed to have supplied the guns …

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GMA reveals health crisis in Ghana prisons

The Ghana Medical Association (GMA) has raised the alarm over the health crisis in Ghana’s prisons and called for urgent and comprehensive healthcare for inmates in various prisons across the country. It has identified overcrowding, drug abuse, poor diet and hygiene, infections and substandard healthcare as the cause of the …

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UN demands answers from Ghana over ACP Agordzo’s treason trial

The United Nations (UN) is demanding answers from authorities in Ghana over emerging issues relating to the treason trial of the Director of Transformation of the Ghana Police Service, Assistant Commissioner of Police (ACP), Dr Benjamin Agordzo. Sources reveal that the international body wants to know why the senior police …

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Akufo-Addo leaves for South Africa

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo left Ghana on Sunday for Johannesburg, South Africa, to attend the Second Edition of the Africa Investment Forum PRESS RADIO can confirm. The Forum, organised by the African Development Bank and its partners, is the largest multi-stakeholder and multi-disciplinary marketplace in the world, aimed at …

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