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Chainsaw operators causing power outages – PURC

The Public Utility Regulatory Commission (PURC) says the illegal activities of some chainsaw operators in the night are causing power outages in some communities in Bono, Bono East and Ahafo regions. The Regional Manager of the Commission, Patrick Antwi, who spoke to DGN Online in an interview at Sunyani yesterday, …

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Ghana need luck to win AFCON – Essien

Former Ghana international Michael Essien insists the Black Stars need “a bit of luck” in order to win their fifth AFCON. The Black Stars have come close in the past nine years losing the 2010 final by a lone goal to Egypt and the 2015 final to Cote D’Ivoire after …

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Kotoko, Hearts record victories, as Karela ends unbeaten run

Fatawu Safiu scored in a second consecutive game to cement Asante Kotoko’s lead on top of Zone A in the ongoing GFA Normalisation Special Cup after match day four. Fatawu’s brace in the regional derby against Ashgold at the Kumasi Baba Yara Stadium, was all the goals recorded in a …

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Ghana records highest rabies cases in 2017

Cases of rabies had increased to 78 in 2017 from 44 recorded the previous year, making it the second highest number since 2014 which had 82 cases. Similarly, 63,283 dogs were vaccinated against rabies out of an estimated 1,302,834 dogs recorded in the country at the end of 2017. Speaking …

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Stop telling stories – NDC to NPP

The National Democratic Congress (NDC) has advised government to focus on improving the lives of Ghanaians as it promised and desist from “storytelling” to cover its failures. According to the NDC, the Akufo-Addo-led administration has worsened the state of the economy and collapsed businesses through its ill policies and poor …

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Police foil attempted bank robbery in Tema

The Tema Community One Police is investigating the circumstances under which armed robbers allegedly broke into the National Investment Bank branch at the Meridian enclave on Sunday dawn. They, however, did not steal anything. The robbers numbering six, armed with knives and other implements entered the banking hall at about …

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Police arrest 50 illegal courier, postal services operators in Accra

More than 50 illegal operators in the postal and courier services industry were yesterday arrested by a joint taskforce team in an exercise to sanitise the sector. The exercise, embarked on by officials of the Postal and Courier Services Regulatory Commission (PCSC) and the Greater Accra Regional Police Motor Traffic …

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Vigilante talks: Asiedu Nketia breaching trust – NPP

The New Patriotic Party has chastised General Secretary for the National Democratic Congress Johnson Asiedu Nketia for his comments following the first vigilante mediation talks. Mr. Nketia after the first meeting Tuesday granted media interviews detailing proceedings during the meeting, a move the governing party sees as inimical to the …

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MASLOC board inaugurated

Senior Minister Yaw Osafo Maafo has inaugurated the newly-constituted 10-member board of the Microfinance and Small Loans Centre (MASLOC). It is chaired by Mr Seth Adjei Baah. The members include Mr Stephen Amoah, Chief Executive Officer of the Centre; Philomena Okyere, Susana Delali Akosua Kudjoe, and Dr Michael Asante. The …

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Interpol arrests NAM1 in Dubai

Nana Appiah Mensah, the embattled Chief Executive Officer of the now-troubled Menzgold Ghana Limited has been re-arrested in Dubai after he won a case in that country.The Public Relations Officer of Menzgold, Nii Armah Amaterfio told Accra News on Wednesday, 10 April 2019 that the re-arrest was at the behest …

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I’ll DIE if I live a day without sex- Prophet Kumchacha

The founder and leader of the Heaven’s Gate Ministry, Prophet Nicholas Osei popularly known as Prophet Kumchacha has admitted he is a sex addict and can hardly live without indulging in the act even for a day. He believes it will amount to death if he decides to make such …

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Sheep gives birth to human-like creature at Donkorkrom

Information reaching Nkawkaw based Agoo fm News Desk indicates that a sheep has given birth to what appears to be a human baby boy at Abotanso No.1, a suburb of Donkorkrom in the Eastern Region. According to Hon. Yaw Vidzei, the Assemblyman for Donkorkrom Electoral Area, a veterinary officer was …

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Woman drowns son in well over father neglect in Somanya

A woman identified only as Rita has been arrested by the Somanya Police Command for dumping her five-year-old son into an abandoned well over neglect by his father. Emmanuel Tetteh, a freelance Journalist in the area told Starr News scanty information gathered indicates the mother went on a local Information …

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We’ll shoot to kill power saboteurs – GRIDCo

Head of security at Ghana Grid Company Limited (GRIDCo) Major Lawrence Appiah (rtd) has warned that persons sabotaging power supply in the country risks being shot dead. He says soldiers, officials of the Bureau of National Investigations (BNI) and the police, would not hesitate to shoot at any person who …

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