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Stonebwoy hints of new song with Jamaica’s Elephant Man

  Award-winning dancehall musician, Stonebwoy has, in a new Facebook video, made his fans aware of a new song he has with Jamaican star, Elephant Man. The musician, who is currently touring Europe and putting Ghana on the map, was seen with the ‘Pon De River’ hitmaker. Elephant Man, who …

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COPEC petitions Speaker of Parliament over increase in ESLA

The Chamber of Petroleum Consumers (COPEC) has petitioned the Speaker of Parliament over the proposed increase in components of the Energy Sector Levies (ESLA) which will lead to increase fuel prices. COPEC in its petition said the “current fuel price increase is coming at the wrong time.” The mid-year budget …

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Mahama will be a saint someday – Manasseh ‘prophesies’

Multimedia Journalist, Manasseh Azuri Awuni is predicting former President John Dramani Mahama could be made canonized someday if the current trend of happening in the country under the New Patriotic Party (NPP) administration persists. “If things continue this way, we will have to canonize John Dramani Mahama someday”, he revealed …

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Asunafo South: Pastor rapes 3 Church members

29-year-old pastor has been arrested by the Asunafo south district police command for raping three of his Church members. Pastor Daniel Abisah aka OGYABOFO of the Adom Power Ministry according to the District Police Commander, ASP Lawrence Adombire reportedly arrived at Akrodie on July 22, 2019, and started a crusade …

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US Speaker addresses parliament today

Speaker of the United States Congress, Nancy Pelosi is expected to deliver a historic address to Ghana’s Parliament today, Wednesday, 31 July 2019.The address is expected to touch on policy issues and bilateral agreements between the two countries.Also expected in the chamber will be members of the Congressional delegation who …

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TIN requirement before filing cases unconstitutional – Supreme Court

The Supreme Court has declared as unconstitutional provisions in the Revenue Administration act restricting people without a Tax Identification Number (TIN) from filing cases in court. According to the unanimous decision of the court, the provision of the Act is inconsistent with the 1992 Constitution and has the potential to …

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Tamale: Gunmen shoot dead cop; seize weapons

A female cop identified only as Corporal Agartha has been shot dead by unknown gunmen adorned in military camouflage. The incident occurred Tuesday around 10.30pm at a checkpoint at a Star Oil Filling Station near Tamale, the Northern regional crime officer Superintendent Otuo Acheampong confirmed the news to Starr News. …

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FULL DETAILS: Why government suspended PDS

Government of Ghana in the late hours of Tuesday, July 30 announced the abrogation of the contract with Power Distribution Services barely six months after the company took over from the Electricity Company of Ghana. In a statement signed by Information Minister Kojo Oppong Nkrumah, it disclosed that “the decision …

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We’re working hard to find missing Takoradi girls – Dery

Interior Minister, Amborsse Dery, has told Parliament that the security agencies in Ghana are working hard to find the missing Takoradi girls. The whereabouts of the three missing Takoradi girls, Ruthlove Quayson, Priscilla Blessing Bentum and Priscilla Koranchie who were kidnapped between August and December 2018 is yet to be …

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Planting for food and jobs is our future – Okyenhene

The Okyenhene, Osagyefuo Amoatia Ofori Panin has stated that government’s flagship agricultural project, Planting for Food and Jobs (PFJ) is the future for people in the Akyem Abuakwa Traditional Area. According to him, “Planting for food and jobs, I will say again and again is our future and not community …

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Sudan suspends schools after student killings

Sudan’s authorities have ordered all schools nationwide to suspend classes indefinitely amid mass student demonstrations over the shooting dead of five people at a rally. A military council directive says their doors should remain closed from Wednesday, the state news agency said. Protesters gathered in cities including the capital Khartoum …

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PHOTO: Police gun down two suspected armed robbers

Police on Monday night shot dead two suspected robbers in Kilimani area after they robbed a Nigerian national. The victim, Taiwo Gbenga, reported to Kileleshwa Police Station that he had been robbed by four armed men who sped off in a white saloon car registration number KCE 567 B. He …

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Pastor arrested for allegedly raping three women

The Asunafo South District police command in the Ahafo Region has arrested a 29-years-old self-styled man of God for allegedly raping three women. The incident happened at Akrodie in the Asunafo North Municipal. The pastor, Daniel Abisah aka OGYABOFO of Adom Power Ministry reportedly arrived at Akrodie on 22nd July …

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Ayawaso- West Wuogon by- election: ‘Victims’ sue govt

Twenty – three people who claim to have suffered various forms of injuries during the violence that rocked the Ayawaso- West Wuogon by- election on January 31,2019, have sued the government over what they describe as violations of their fundamental human rights. In a suit filed at the Human Rights …

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Close Season starts August 1: Licence required to hunt grass cutter

The Wildlife Division of the Forestry Commission has announced that the annual ban on hunting, capturing and destroying of wild animals will commence from August 1, 2019, and end on December 1, 2019. The five-month ban otherwise known as “Close Season” is in conformity with the Wildlife Conservation Regulation 1971, …

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Resign as director of operations for Galamstop – NDC to NPP Chair

The opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) in the Eastern Region is demanding the resignation of the Eastern Regional Chairman of the ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP), Kingston  Okomeng Kissi as  Director of Operations for the anti-Galamsay taskforce -Galampstop constituted by the Inter-Ministerial Committee on Illegal Mining (IMCIM). In May 2019, …

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GHC2m NHIS debt cripples Kwesimintsim hospital

The Kwesimintsim hospital in the Western Region is in dire need of financial support as government is unable to pay its nine months national health insurance payments amounting in excess of 2 million Ghana Cedis. The Administrator of the facility, Felix Kesse told Empire News’ Emmanuel Ohene-Gyan that the last …

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