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460 Teacher Trainees sacked nationwide

A total of four hundred and sixty (460) First Year Teacher Trainees in the 46 colleges of Education in the country have been dismissed. The Students were rusticated over poor academic performances by the University of Cape Coast which is the affiliating University of the colleges. The affected students are …

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Thomas Cook customers to fly home after firm collapses

The biggest peacetime repatriation is underway after travel agent Thomas Cook collapsed on Monday, bringing 150,000 Britons back from overseas. The UK’s Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) is co-ordinating efforts to fly the tourists home after the tour operator “ceased trading with immediate effect”. Thomas Cook’s administration puts 22,000 jobs at …

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Floods kill 7 children in Kumasi

A total of seven children have lost their lives through flood-related incident within the past two weeks in Kumasi in the Ashanti Region. Three of them lost their lives exactly two weeks ago, and the remaining four perished when they were washed away in a stream at Breman on Saturday …

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Political power sweeter than sex – NPP Chairman

The New Patriotic Party (NPP) Chairman for the Afigya Kwabre South Constituency, Odeneho Kwaku Appiah, has made a rather comical confession that holding on to political power is much sweeter than having sex. He explained that while sexual intercourse provided gratification for two participants, political power brought greater enjoyment to …

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One dead, others injured as vehicle runs into drinking spot

One person has been confirmed dead with four others severely injured after a Toyota Highlander run into a drinking spot near the Effiduase major Traffic Light in the New Juabeng North Municipality in the Eastern region. The accident occurred on Sunday evening when the break of the vehicle is said …

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A/R: Horrific as four kids drown at Bremang (Photos)

Residents at Bremang UGC last stop in the Suame Municipality in the Ashanti Region were thrown into a state of shock on Saturday September 21, 2019, evening when four children were drown in a river when swimming. The four children have been identified as ten year-old Seth Owusu, nine year …

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Danger! Adolescents use weedicides for abortion

The Central Region Public Health Directorate of the Ghana Health Service has expressed worry about reports of adolescents resorting to weedicides to abort pregnancies. The Regional Director, Public Health, Dr Kwabena Sarfo, said that was worrying and an indication that comprehensive sexual education had to be intensified to reach all, …

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Liverpool beat Chelsea to maintain perfect start

Liverpool retained their five-point lead at the top of the table as they became the first team to win their opening six Premier League games in successive seasons with a fiercely-fought victory over Chelsea at Stamford Bridge. Jurgen Klopp’s title pace-setters looked on course to win in comfort as Trent …

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Okyeman fumes at NDC over attack on Osagyefuo

The residents and chiefs of Akyem Abuakwa have staged a protest against the leadership of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC)  over what they say is the “abusive and Provocative” comment against the Okyenhene by the Ashanti Regional Secretary of the party Kwame Zu. Mr. Zu while addressing participants of …

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2020: Kwaku Bonsam to contest as an MP

Dreaded Afrancho-based Fetish Priest, Nana Kwaku Bonsam has announced his intention to contest as Member of Parliament (MP) in the Offinso North Constituency of the Ashanti Region. According to Kwaku Bonsam who confirmed this to MyNewsGh.com, he is neither contest on the ticket of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) nor …

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Popular Evangelist, Stephen Oduro is dead

Popular resident preacher on Nhyira FM in Kumasi , Evangelist Stephen Oduro is dead. He died on Saturday at the Korle Bu Teaching Hospital in Accra where he had been on admission for about three weeks. His wife, Nana Yaa Ampomah, who confirmed the sad occurrence to Nhyira FM says …

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‘Be ready for what is coming’ – NDC warns EC

NDC’s Director of elections, Elvis Afriyie Ankrah, has cautioned the Electoral Commission against what he described as plans to manipulate the 2020 election process. He warned, the party and Ghanaians for that matter, will resist every attempt by the EC to temper with the general election process by all means …

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52 Ghanaians deported from USA, Saudi Arabia

The Ghana Immigration Service (GIS) has received 40 Ghanaian deportees from the United States of America for offences ranging from the trafficking of banned substances, assault, vehicle theft, burglary, fraud, domestic violence and immigration-related issues. A statement issued by the Assistant Superintendent Barbara Sam, in charge of Public Relations at …

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Ebola virus: Tanzania failing to provide details, WHO says

The World Health Organization (WHO) has rebuked Tanzania for failing to provide information about possible Ebola virus infections. The WHO said it had learned of one suspected fatal case in Dar es Salaam and two others but, despite repeated requests, was given no information. Tanzania has said it has no …

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Woman arrested for selling bread baked with pig feed

A 52-year-old woman Akosua Dwamena has been arrested for allegedly using Pig feed to bake wheat bread at Obomeng in the Kwahu South District of the Eastern Region. According to the District Environmental Health Officer of the area Welbeck Afevia Dzidza, the arrest was made on Saturday evening. Speaking to …

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Four minors drown in swimming attempt

The bodies of four children have been recovered from a watercourse in a flood-prone area at Bremang UGC in the Suame Municipality in the Ashanti Region on Saturday evening. The minors drowned when they went to the area to swim. Residents in the area made a distress call to the …

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Mad rush for community mining registration ID cards

The Inter-ministerial Committee on Illegal Mining (IMCIM) through the Ministry of Lands and Natural Resources has secured two separate mining concessions in Akrofrom district of Ashanti Region to be used for the Community Mining Programme to replace the destructive illegal mining popularly known as ‘galamsey’. Over three thousand (3,000) illegal …

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