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Sleeping at events not part of your promises – Akufo-Addo told

Following a trending video that seems to show President Akufo-Addo sleeping during proceedings at Russia-Africa Summit, it has been insinuated that the President may be causing financial loss to the country because sleeping at events which was not part of promises made to Ghanaians. Japhet Festus Gbede is quoted to …

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Keita wins day for Kotoko

Kumasi Asante Kotoko forward, Naby Keita’s 95th-minute penalty secured victory for Kotoko as they beat San Pedro FC from Cote d’Ivoire in the first leg of the Confederation of African Football (CAF) Confederations Cup. The second half of the game was rained off on Sunday, October 27, at the Baba …

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California faces huge power cuts as wildfires rage

An estimated 1.5 million more people in California are set to lose power on Tuesday as a utility firm tries to stop damaged cables triggering wildfires. Pacific Gas & Electric (PG&E) already faces an investigation by regulators after cutting supplies to 970,000 homes and businesses. It announced that another 650,000 …

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Q&A: Kurt Okraku’s first interview as GFA President [VIDEO]

Kurt Okraku, a businessman and football administrator, was elected to be the new leader of the Ghana Football Association last Friday. A day later, he spoke to Joy FM’s news analysis program, News File, in his first radio interview after the election. Here’s the transcript of the conversation with Samson …

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Veteran Broadcaster Cyril Acolatse has died

Veteran Broadcaster, Cyril Harry Kwasi Acolatse, has died at age 77. Mr Acolaste worked with the national broadcaster, GBC Radio and GBC Television. He passed away on Monday in Tema in the Greater Accra Region, family sources told Myjoyonline.com. Among the programs he hosted on Ghana Television were Focus, Searchlight, Insight, Topic, …

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NABCo beneficiaries picket at head office over delayed allowances

Some unpaid Nation Builders Corps (NABCO) trainees on Monday picketed at the NABCO head office over their delayed allowances. The trainees earlier petitioned their employer to release the allowances which had not been paid since November 2018. Efforts by the beneficiaries over the period to retrieve their locked up stipends …

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Photos: OTEC School holds annual graduation and matriculation ceremonies

OTEC School of Journalism and Communication Studies (OSJCS) on Sunday October 28, 2019, held its 2nd congregation and matriculation ceremonies for two group of graduating students, who completed their studies in September and December 2018 respectively. The Grandaunts with their Lecturers and School Administrators The colorful  event which took place …

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JOSPONG GROUP, Dr. Agyepong et All Win APSCA Awards in Ghana

The Africa Public Sector Conferences and Awards (APSCA) has awarded the Jospong Group of Companies (JGC), the Executive Chairman of JGC and Zoomlion Ghana Limited, Dr. Joseph Siaw Agyepong and the District Common Fund Administrator Naa Torshie Addo among others at its Second Africa Public Sector Awards night in Accra. …

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Floods kill 11 children in Ashanti region

Eleven children have lost their lives to floods in the Ashanti Region within a month-and-a-half, the National Disaster Management Organisation (NADMO) has said. The Regional Director of NADMO, Mr Kwabena Nsenkyire who made the disclosure on Monday, 28 October 2019 said the latest casualty was a nine-year-old boy, whose body …

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Closure of Benin border a big blow to ECOWAS – Akufo-Addo

President Akufo-Addo has observed that the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) has a lot on its table to do in order to achieve the desired integration indicating that there is a delicate period ahead of the regional bloc. Addressing an eight-member delegation of the First Bank of Nigeria …

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Mahama commends Akufo-Addo for completing Adaklu SHS

Former President John Dramani Mahama has commended President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo for completing the Adaklu Senior High School at Adaklu-Waya in the Adaklu District of the Volta region. He said education remained the key to opening up societies for rapid development and praised the government highly for finishing construction …

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Rabies scare hit Assin Fosu Municipality

The Assin Fosu Municipal Veterinary Officer, Dr Robert Asare, has cautioned residents of Assin Atonsu in the Assin Fosu Municipality to be wary of possible cases of rabies in the area. He urged them to be extra careful in dealing with dogs, cats and other pets while lovers of dog …

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6yr-old primary school pupil dies after downpour

Reports from the Ashanti Region indicate that a 6-year-old primary school pupil has drowned in Moshie Zongo, a suburb of Kumasi following a 30-minute downpour on Monday afternoon. The incident, which has been confirmed by the Ashanti Regional Director of the National Disaster Management Organization (NADMO), Kwabena Nsenkyire, adds up …

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Man curses wife for ‘cheating’ with 17-year-old nephew

A 29-year-old woman, Lucy Nkansah, has disclosed that she is on the verge of losing her marriage because her husband suspects she is intimate with his nephew. In an interview on Nhyira FM’s Obra show, monitored by Adomonline, Miss Nkansah said her husband, Asare Aikins became suspicious after he claimed …

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Immigration Service warns Ghanaians against recruitment scam

The Western Regional Command of the Ghana Immigration Service says it is currently not undertaking any recruitment exercise as being speculated on social media. The Command is thus cautioning the general public against an ongoing recruitment scam through which several people have been duped. A statement signed by the Western …

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Rotational nurses accuse govt of reducing their stipend

Rotational nurses doing their national service around the country are protesting the government’s delay in paying them their monthly allowances adding that the government is making a move to reduce their due stipends. The members numbering about 8000 said they are owed up to seven months of arrears with government …

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Man curses wife for ‘cheating’ with 17-year-old nephew

A 29-year-old woman, Lucy Nkansah, has disclosed that she is on the verge of losing her marriage because her husband suspects she is intimate with his nephew. In an interview on Nhyira FM’s Obra show, monitored by Adomonline, Miss Nkansah said her husband, Asare Aikins became suspicious after he claimed …

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Pay us our $1.5bn to avert dumsor – IPPs to govt

The Chamber of Independent Power Producers, Distributors and Bulk Consumers (CIPDiB) has called on the Akufo-Addo-led administration to pay the $1.5 billion debt owed them to guarantee uninterrupted power supply. The chamber, in a statement signed by its CEO Mr Elikplim Kwabla Apetorgbor, said its members expected the delays in …

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Soldiers brutalise ‘stubborn’ Ada youth

Some youth of Kasseh, a suburb of Ada-Foah in the Ada East District in the Greater Accra Region, are nursing their injuries following an alleged brutality meted out to them by suspected personnel of the Ghana Armed Forces (GAF). Scores of residents are reported to have sustained life-threatening injuries, with …

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