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S/R- 3 Communities Plant 2,100 Trees To Restore Degraded Woodlands

3 communities in the West and North Gonja districts Of the Savannah Region have planted 2100 indigenous trees to rehabilitate the degraded woodlands to improve biodiversity conservation. The Savannah eco-zone is gradually losing its tree cover and wildlife as a result of perennial bushfires, unsustainable charcoal production, uncontrolled grazing coupled with …

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Photos: Immigration Service Boss Tours GIS Offices in Ashanti Region

The Comptroller-General of Immigration (CGI) for the Ghana Immigration Service (GIS), Lawyer Kwame Asuah-Takyi, has admonished that Officers and Men of the service should disengage themselves from any form of nefarious activities that would not make the Service achieve its annual revenue target. He said disengaging themselves from activities like …

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Army arrest 1 officer, 9 Soldiers over death of 5 Policemen

The Nigerian Army authorities have arrested one officer and nine soldiers in connection with the killing of five officers of the IGP Intelligence Response Team (IRT), on August 6, in Taraba State Daily Sun, can authoritatively report. This is just as our correspondent gathered that the arrested officers risk death …

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3 shot dead, dozens abducted as gunmen waylay passenger buses

Three people were killed while some passengers were whisked away into the bush by suspected kidnappers on the Lokoja-Abuja express road on Sunday evening. It was reported that the suspected kidnappers waylaid a 14-seater bus fully loaded with passengers and was heading to Abuja before the unfortunate incident. It was …

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Deputy Governor, accused of forgery, perjury

The Deputy Governor of Ondo State, Hon. Agboola Ajayi has been accused of altering his academic records. According to a series of posts on Twitter as well as some purported documents on social media, it was alleged that while serving as Chairman of Ese-Odo Local Government Area of Ondo State, …

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5 die as Oro festival turns bloody

The annual Oro cultural festival held in Ikorodu, Lagos State, has turned bloody, as suspected members of Aiye and Eiye cult gangs were embroiled in a clash. Five members of the secret cult groups died in the fight, while several others sustained bullet and machete wounds. The gangs were said …

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16-year-old girl’s arm chopped off over bathroom slippers

The left arm of a sixteen-year-old first year Junior High School (JHS) student, Josephine Amoabeng has been severed following a brawl with a young man on a farm at Komfour-Nkwanta in the Adansi Akrofuom District of the Ashanti region, MyNewsGh.com reports. Father of the girl, Kwadwo Sakyi who narrated the …

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VIDEO: Chief’s musketry kills first year UDS student

A first year student of the University for Development Studies (UDS) has been killed by a musketeer of the chief of Bomaa in the Tano North Municipality of the Ahafo region, Otempatadwanso Opoku Agyemang MyNewsGh.com reports. The twenty-one year-old student, whose name has been given as Raymond Kesse was escorting …

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Husband allegedly kills man for chasing wife

Agona Nkum in the Agona West Municipality in the Central Region was thrown into shock last Friday night when a jealous husband allegedly killed a 39-year-old farmer for allegedly trying to woo his wife. It was the violent end of a confrontation at a drinking spot where Kwame Egyir, 39, …

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Angry NPP youth beat up NDC communicator at radio station

Some New Patriotic Party (NPP) youth in the Central Tongu constituency stormed a local radio station, Dela Radio during a political talk show program dubbed “Horodio” in the early hours of Saturday and beat up a communicator of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC). According to sources, the NPP youth …

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Volta region GJA lifts ban on NDC

The Volta Region chapter of the Ghana Journalists Association (GJA) has called off its boycott of activities of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) in the Nkwanta South constituency. It follows a peaceful resolution of an assault case between the party’s Constituency Secretary, Prince Succeed Fiagadzi and Adom TV reporter …

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Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey’s account hacked

Twitter CEO, Jack Dorsey experienced a major security breach affecting his Twitter account  in the late hours of Friday, August 30th, as his account was briefly taken over by a group of hackers known as the Chuckling Squad. Offensive tweets which include racial slurs, antisemitic messages and at least one …

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Five out of six bodies retrieved from galamsey pit

Five out of six galamsey operators who died when a pit they were working in collapsed on them at Atansi-Manso in the Mpohor District of the Western Region have so far been identified with the sixth person yet to be known. The Western Regional Director of NADMO, Abdul Ganiwu, speaking …

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Katanga alumni unhappy with unresolved hall conversion brouhaha

Some male students of the University Hall popularly known as Katanga at the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science Technology (KNUST) have raised concerns over the admission of female students into the hall. The University started admitting female students into two male halls, namely University Hall (Katanga) and Unity Hall (Conti) after …

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Attacks on Zoomlion fueled by jealousy, envy – Duncan Williams

The General Overseer of the Action Faith Chapel International has called on government and Ghanaians to desist from the culture of destroying indigenous businesses and successful local entrepreneurs. Archbishop Duncan Williams alleged during Sunday morning’s sermon that successive governments have made the founder of Zoomlion, the subject of attacks because …

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Peeping through microwaves dangerous

Microwave oven users who are fond of peeping into it while the machine is in use expose themselves to contracting eye diseases such as cataract. This is because microwaves have a heating effect and produce radiation which could harm the eyes or any delicate organ when it gets closer to …

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Ghana opens passport application hub in Japan to serve Asia

Ghana has opened an application centre in Tokyo, the capital city of Japan, as part of efforts to improve passport acquisition by Ghanaians living in the Diaspora. Addressing a ceremony on the sidelines of this year’s Tokyo International Conference on African Development (Ticad 7) Ghana’s Foreign Affairs and Regional Integration …

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Scrap collector steals police motorbike

A scrap collector in Accra has been sentenced by the Dodowa District Court for stealing a motorcycle assigned to the Malejor Police Station for night patrols. The Court presided over by Gloria Naa Botor Laryea sentenced Mohammed Kwame, a resident of Agbobloshie, on his own plea of guilty to 18 …

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