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BOST MD’s resignation not surprising – IES Director

The Executive Director of the Institute of Energy Security, Paa Kwesi Anamoah Sakyi has said the resignation of the Managing Director of the Bulk Oil Storage Distribution (BOST) comes as no surprise to him. George Mensah Okley is said to have tendered in his resignation to the President on Friday, …

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Ashanti Region: Writers and Publishers Reject New NaCCA Guidelines

The Ashanti Regional Writers and Publishers Association (ASHWAPA) has rejected vehemently the new submission guidelines by the National Council for Curriculum Assessment NaCCA which calls on the writers to submit their books for assessment before putting them on market. According to them the new submission guidelines by NaCCA states that …

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Amazon fires: Brazil to reject G7 offer of $22m aid

The Brazilian government has said it will reject an offer of aid from G7 countries to help tackle fires in the Amazon rainforest. French President Emmanuel Macron – who hosted a G7 summit that ended on Monday – said $22m (£18m) would be released. Brazilian officials gave no reason for …

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E/R: Operation Vanguard arrests 20 suspected illegal miners

Operation Vanguard personnel in the Eastern Region on Sunday morning at about 02:00 hours arrested 20 suspected illegal miners during a search operation in the general area of the Kibi Zongo Township. The illegal miners made up of 15 Nigerians, a Bissau Guinean and four locals had been handed over …

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Teachers ill-prepared for rushed new curriculum – Educationist

A quality education specialist with the SOS Villages Ghana has indicated that the new curriculum for basic and high schools is being rushed. Beginning the 2019 – 2020 academic years, Ghana will be moving towards a standardized practical based curriculum with national assessment examinations to be written in classes two, …

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Police begin patrol on Nkrumah Interchange

Following reports of attacks on motorists by suspected robbers on the third tier of the Kwame Nkrumah interchange, the Operations Unit of the Accra Regional Police Command has commenced intensive day and night patrols on the interchange. The 3-tier Kwame Nkrumah Interchange was constructed to replace the Kwame Nkrumah roundabout …

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Daboya-Mankarigu Bad Road Blocks Savannah Minister

The Savannah Regional Minister, Salifu Adam Braimah express worry about the bad road network in the Daboya-Mankarigu area. Due to the raining season, several communities have been cut off. Farmers in the Daboya-Mankarigu area have lamented bitterly about the rate at which their produce get spoilt in the farms due …

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65 Homes, 3 Motorbikes, Others Burnt In Karaga

Police in the Northern Region have confirmed that 65 houses, three motorbikes and 10 bicycles have been burnt to askes in Bagurugu in the Karaga District. According to the Public Relations Officer of Northern Region Police Command, cattle of one Tahiru Ali who lives in Bagurugu, destroyed a rice farm …

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Housewife kills husband to remarry her ex lover – CP

A housewife identified as Auta Dogo Singe, as repeatedly killed her husband in Bagudo Local Government Area of Kebbi State so as to free herself from the marriage and rejoin her former lover. It was gathered that the housewife conspired with one Garba Hassan and Sahabi Garba at Sabon Gari …

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Gunmen invade Nigeria Customs warehouse

Gunmen in the early hours of Sunday invaded the Nigerian Customs Service premises in Calabar with the intention of carting away seized food items meant for delivery to Internally Displaced Persons camp across the country. The hoodlums, who invaded the premises around 4:00 a.m shot indiscriminately while trying to break …

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Kidnappers kill two Policemen abduct CMD

Gunmen on Monday abducted the Chief Medical Director of the Irrua Specialist Hospital, Edo State, Prof. Sylvanus Okogbenin, after killing two policemen attached to him. The Medical Director was said to be travelling to Benin. This is coming on the heel of a similar abduction of two Assistant Directors of …

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Students give IGP ultimatum to redeploy CP, threaten protest

Following the recent security challenges in Enugu State, students in the state under the auspices of National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) have joined in the call for the immediate removal of the Commissioner of Police, Mr. Suleiman Balarabe, for lack of capacity to secure the state. In a statement …

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Presidency reacts as IPOB declares Buhari missing in Japan

The Presidency on Monday said the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, has “nothing to do with President Muhammadu Buhari since he arrived Yokohama, Japan, on Monday.” Buhari had departed Nigeria yesterday for Japan to participate in the Seventh Tokyo International Conference on African Development (TICAD7) holding in the City of …

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UCT student, 19, missing in Cape Town since Saturday

A University of Cape Town student has reportedly been missing since Saturday, the authorities have said. Uyinene Mrwetyana, 19, was last seen at around 13:30 in the Claremont area, NGO Pink Ladies said in an alert posted on Facebook on Monday. Mrwetyana lives at Roscommmon House on Main Road in …

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