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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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Kasoa Police killing: Prime suspect arrested

The prime suspect who is said to have killed two police officers in Gomoa Buduburam near Kaso has been arrested. Eric Kojo Duah, who has been declared wanted by the police was on his way to the Volta region en route Akosombo in the Eastern region when he was nabbed. …

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PPA boss likely to walk free – Lawyer hints

Lawyer of embattled Chief Executive Officer of the Public Procurement Authority (PPA), Adjenin Boateng Adjei says his client will be exonerated from corruption charges levelled against him. Augustine Obuor said his client has not sold any contract to anyone as was shown in the documentary by ace investigative journalist, Manasseh …

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PDS probe completed – Oppong Nkrumah

Information Minister Kojo Oppong Nkrumah says the thirty days probe into the breaches in the PDS concession deal has been completed. Speaking to Citi FM, Kojo Oppong Nkrumah said final determinations will be made after the president returns from Asia. “The teams from Qatar and US are back and are …

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Six dead as galamsey pit caves in

Six bodies have been retrieved after an abandoned galamsey pit caved in at Mansa Wasa in the Western Region. All six suspected illegal miners have been confirmed dead upon a rescue operation conducted by NADMO. The incident occurred Thursday after the suspected illegal miners attempted to derive gold deposits from …

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Banking sector crisis: Licenses were issued anyhow – Kofi Amoabeng

President of UT Holdings, Prince Kofi Amoabeng, has blamed the challenges in the banking sector on the regulator’s poor scrutiny of the sector. In an exclusive interview with JoyBusiness, Mr Amoabeng said, banking licenses were issued anyhow and to all sort of people without proper checks causing the current crisis …

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