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NDC, NPP agree to disband vigilante groups

The two main political parties(NPP,NDC) have both consented to the disbandment of party-affiliated vigilante groups within or associated to their parties. This comes after the National Peace Council’s first mediator talks between the two main parties held today, Tuesday, April 9, 2019. A communique issued by the Peace Council after …

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Don’t rename UDS after me – Rawlings tells government

Former President Jerry John Rawlings has asked the Akufo Addo administration not to rename the University of Development Studies (UDS) after him. There are reports of a plan to re-name four universities after eminent Ghanaian personalities. But a statement issued by the office of Mr Rawlings said: “The former President …

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Police man, three others jailed 70 years for robbery

The Accra Circuit Court has sentenced a policeman and three others to a total of 70 years imprisonment for robbing a supermarket at Nungua in Accra on December 12, 2017. Corporal Raymond Amegashie will serve 20 years in prison, Ibrahim Ayirebo was given 18 years while Bright Dorkanu and Stanley …

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NAM1 speaks after victory in court

He was hit with a barrage of criticism, curses hurled at him for allegedly operating a Ponzi scheme and absconding in his bid to escape trial. News of his arrest in Dubai spread like inferno, bringing some sort of relief to aggrieved depositors as they had the conviction their locked …

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NAM 1 will settle customers soon – Ghana Consul in Dubai

Ghana Consul General in Dubai, Gifty Bukari has revealed that embattled CEO of defunct gold dealership firm Menzgold, Nana Appiah Mensah aka NAM 1, intended looking for money to pay aggrieved customers in Ghana prior to his re-arrest by INTERPOL in Dubai. NAM 1 is being held for a misdemeanour …

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Court dismisses contempt application against FDA

The Financial and Economic Crimes Division Court of the Accra High Court on Monday dismissed a contempt application against the Food and Drugs Authority (FDA) by the Cosmetic Association of Ghana (CAG). It, therefore, awarded a GH¢2,000.00 cost against CAG in favour of FDA. The Court, presided over by Justice …

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NAM 1 wins case in Dubai; company ordered to pay him

The CEO of Menzgold Nana Appiah Mensah popularly known as NAM 1 has won his court case in Dubai. The court which pronounced judgment Tuesday morning has also ordered the company, with which he had issues, to pay him all outstanding debts, Starrfm.com.gh has learnt. NAM 1 has been in …

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NPP saves $7bn in Mahama energy deals

The New Patriotic Party (NPP) has stated that the Akufo-Addo government saved Ghana over $7 billion through the renegotiation of energy deals signed during the erstwhile Mahama administration. General Secretary of the NPP, John Boadu, who made this known at a news conference on Sunday, said the contracts were renegotiated …

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Why new mining guards should not disgrace President Akufo-Addo

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo Ordinarily, an announcement by the government that 220 new mining guards, specially trained to police activities in mining areas, would be deployed this month to the Western North Region to combat illegal mining should be welcome news. But, it is not because our recent history, …

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2 bodies retrieved from Odaw River

Two dead bodies have been retrieved from the Odaw River in Accra in the past two weeks. The acting Municipal Coordinator of the Klottey Korle Municipal Assembly (KKMA), Mr Dey Kukubor, says poor sanitation is responsible for floods and its attendant deaths. He made the disclosure last Friday during a …

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Son joins gang in a robbery attempt against father

The police have arrested a university graduate, who allegedly joined four others in an attempt to rob his father of money at Timber Market in Accra, last Saturday. Richmond Ansah Otman, 30, and his accomplices (names withheld) were reported to have planned to rob his father (name withheld) of his …

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Asante Kotoko to sell Songne Yacouba and Emmanuel Gyamfi to Zesco United

Ghana Premier League side Kumasi Asante Kotoko have opened negotiations with Zambian side, Zesco United, to transfer two of their players, striker Songne Yacouba and midfielder Emmanuel Gyamfi. Kotoko confirmed the news on twitter late Monday night. < We have agreed to open negotiations with Zesco United for players, @Yacoubasongne1 …

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1,000 Fire Service recruits under training ‘sacked’

About 1,000 Ghana National Fire Service (GNFS) trainees have been asked to go home until further notice. The trainees, made up of recruits and cadet, were due to go through the final phase of their training at the Fire Academy and Training School in Accra when the directive was issued …

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Nigerian jailed six years for assaulting daughter

A 35-year-old Nigerian student, who beats up her 12-year-old daughter with knife and a pair of scissors leaving her with bleeding wounds, has been sentenced to six years imprisonment by an Accra Circuit Court. Rebecca Ojo Udonsi had accused her daughter of stealing GH¢119.50 cedis but the victim denied it. …

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Birim Central to drag offenders of sanitary rules to court

The Birim Central Municipal Assembly is to enforce strict by-laws on it sanitation rules to ensure decent sanitary conditions of residents in the Municipality. Speaking at the weekend on the Birim Central’s turn of the April edition of the National Sanitation Day exercise, the Municipal Chief Executive, Mr. Kwabena Bempong …

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Pastor urges citizens to uphold work ethics

Pastor Eric Appah Marfo of Resurrection Power and Living Bread Ministries International, Cape Coast branch, at the weekend urged citizens to uphold work ethics to promote growth and stability at their work places. He said work ethics were a set of principles of right or wrong behaviour guiding the work …

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CEPS Boss’ vehicle runs over policeman killing him on the spot

The vehicle of the Afloa Sector Commander of the Custom Excise and Preventive Service (CEPS) has run over a policeman killing him on the spot, MyNewsGh.comhas confirmed. It is gathered that Madam Sheila Vigbedor was in the vehicle with registration number GRA CD 10 that killed the policeman on a motor …

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PHOTOS: Attempt to burn VRA pipelines foiled

There was an attempt by some unidentified persons to burn pipelines belonging to the Volta River Authority (VRA) on Sunday, 3news.com has gathered. The lines have been confirmed to be the ones that supply fuel to the generating center of the Authority at the Tema industrial area. VRA’s own fire …

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