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Coup plot: Suspects charged, remanded

Three alleged coupists arrested in Ghana recently have been charged with five counts by the Kaneshie District Magistrate’s Court. The three, Dr Frederick Yao Mac-Palm; Ezor Kafui and Mr Bright Allan Debrah Ofosu (aka BB or ADC) were charged with conspiracy to commit crime, to wit, manufacturing of arms and …

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State fails to charge ‘coup plotters’ with treason

The three individuals who are being held for attempting to attack the Presidency have been hit with five charges. The charges do not include treason as was earlier thought per the government statement. A government statement Monday said they planned to distabilise the country and also attempted to attack the …

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22 Ghanaians deported from Germany, UK

A total of 22 Ghanaians have been deported from Germany and the UK for overstaying their permits and engaging in activities that contravene the laws of their host countries. According to the Ghana Immigration Service, 17 of the number were deported from Germany. The deportees are all males aged between 21 to 60 years. …

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You cannot threaten former presidents – Rawlings tells youth

Former President Jerry John Rawlings says it is wrong for any individual or group of persons to threaten former presidents. The National Democratic Congress (NDC) founder in a Facebook post condemned the youth groups who have to threaten former President John Dramani Mahama over the Asantehene Otumfuo Osei Tutu II …

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Coup plot: Weapons don’t belong to my clients – Lawyer

A private legal practitioner representing some three people arrested for attempting to overthrow the government says not all the weapons exhibited by the government belong to his clients. Victor Adawudu in an interview with Starr News stated that his clients completely deny owning most of the weapons found at the …

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Police launch manhunt after PE girl, 6, shot in the head

Police in Port Elizabeth have launched a manhunt for those involved in a shooting on Monday that left a six-year-old girl injured by a stray bullet. According to police spokesperson Priscilla Naidu on Tuesday, shots were fired around 17:00 in Helenvale, while the girl was on the pavement in front …

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Coup claim a joke – Boakye-Djan

Former Spokesperson for the defunct Armed Forces Revolutionary Council (AFRC), Major Retired Osahene Boakye-Djan, has described the arrest of some alleged coup plotters by the National Security as a joke. He said the description given by the Minister of Information, Kojo Oppong Nkrumah about how the arrested persons were planning …

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I wept a lot in my marriage – Mcbrown recounts

Actress Nana Ama Mcbrown has recounted the ordeal she went through years of childlessness after marriage indicating she wept during the period. The versatile actress cum television host, revealed to colleague women at a recent event covered by SVTV Africa and monitored by MyNewsGh.com that the situation would have been …

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Osei Akoto bows out of Parliament

The Member of Parliament for the  Tafo-Pankrono constituency in the Ashanti Region Dr. Anthony Osei Akoto has announced he will not contest the ruling party’s upcoming primaries for the 2020 polls. The minister for Monitoring and Evaluation made his decision known to the party’s constituency executives  at a meeting held …

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Make FPIC A National Law In Ghana—Settle Ghana

The Executive Director of settle Ghana, a non-governmental organization, Mr. Abu Karimu has asked the government of Ghana to enact into law the Free Prior and Informed Consent (FPIC) principle to enable whole communities in the country that have natural resources to constitutionally claim their rights in the FPIC negotiations. …

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Ghana Won’t Destabilise In 2020 — Akufo-Addo

President Akufo-Addo has stated that the 2020 elections will not disturb the peace of the country. He said although the political atmosphere was going to get “hotter and hotter”, that would in no way plunge the country into confusion. He said despite the negative picture some people posted on social …

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Machine ‘chops’ operator’s arm off at Anwiankwanta

A 22-year-old factory worker at Anwiankwanta in the Bekwai Municipality of the Ashanti region, Felix Frimpong has lost an arm in the line of duty Monday morning, MyNewsGh.com reports. He was operating a plastic bags and bowls manufacturing machine when his arm got stuck into it, causing the sharp blades …

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3 coup plotters for court today

Three (3) suspected coup plotters arrested last Friday in an attempt to overthrow the current government will be arraigned before a court today, September 24, 2019, MyNewsGh.com has gathered. It is not immediately known what charges may be preferred against all three but sources at the Bureau of National Investigation …

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