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Muslim pilgrims to cough GHS75K for this year’s Hajj

The Ghana Hajj Board has pegged this year’s Hajj pilgrim at GHS75,000 ($6,500). The deadline for this year’s fee is 30th April 2023. The Board in a statement told prospective pilgrims that the cedi equivalent of GHS75,000 remains in force until 31st March 2023, and may change afterwards based on …

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Woman bites off trader’s eyelid over GH¢20 debt

A 29-year-old businesswoman in Twifo Prafo in the Central region is currently battling for her eyesight after a debtor to whom she credited slippers worth GH¢20 cedis bit off her eyelid. According to a Peace FM reporter from the area, Akosua Akyere Kumiwaa; The culprit was one Linda, who had …

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Fisherman, 60, stabbed to death by thief at Apam

A 60-year-old popular fisherman, Kwame Panin has been stabbed to death by a thief at Gomoa Apam in the Gomoa West District of the Central Region. The incident happened on Tuesday, February 28, 2023, around 1:30 PM. Information gathered by Kasapa News, Yaw Boagyan revealed that the deceased sent her …

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Teacher trainee graduate allegedly stoned to death

An alleged mentally unstable man by the name of Ali has allegedly stoned a 28-year-old teacher trainee graduate to death at Enchi. Rainbowradioonline.com gathered that Ali, a security guard mistook the teacher-trainer graduate for a thief. Ali worked for a cocoa-buying company by the name, of PC. The deceased, Duncan, …

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I will scrap ex-gratia when I become president – Mahama

Former President John Dramani Mahama has promised to scrap the retirement benefit given to the Executive under Article 71 officeholders, known as ex-gratia, when he becomes president again. According to him, his government will start the constitutional processes to scrap ex-gratia in the first year of his administration. The former …

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LIVESTREAMED: John Mahama launches campaign in Ho

Ghana’s former president, John Dramani Mahama, is launching his campaign towards the 2024 general elections. The former flagbearer of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) recently picked up nomination forms once again to contest the vacant position in the party. He is currently in Ho, in the Volta Region, to launch his campaign, even …

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McDan to pay medical bills of Ghana’s tallest man

Ghanaian business magnate and founder, chairman, and Chief Executive Officer of the McDan Group of Companies, Dr. Daniel McKorley, has made known his intentions to pay the medical bills of Sulemana Abdul-Samed, the tallest man in Ghana. Sulemana Abdul Samed, also known as Awuche, is the tallest man in Ghana. …

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Frances Essiam apologises to Akufo-Addo over resignation gaffe

The immediate past Managing Director of the Ghana Cylinder Manufacturing Company Limited has rendered an unqualified apology to President Nana Akufo-Addo. The apology, according to Frances Essiam, is due to things she said that may have offended the President following her resignation. Having reflected over the incidents, the former Ghana Cylinder …

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How a bomb kills soldier at Bundase military training camp

A serving soldier at the Bundase military training camp has reportedly died from a bomb explosion incident. According to a report by Dailyguidenetwork.com sighted by GhanaWeb, the incident occurred on February 28, 2023, at the camp located near Saglemi in the Ningo Prampram District. The deceased is said to have …

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12 cyber fraudsters arrested for impersonating MPs, ministers, other big men

The Ghana Police Service has busted some 12 suspects allegedly involved in the impersonation of prominent persons in society. According to a statement released on Thursday, March 2, 2023, the criminal syndicate which was discovered through a sustained cyber-intelligence operation orchestrated their schemes by hacking into the social media accounts …

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Parliamentary MPs Get Firsthand Breeding Sites In Bono Region

The Parliamentary Select Committee on Health has toured some mosquito breeding sites in the Bono Region with a call on Zoomlion Ghana Limited (ZGL) to step up its larval control operation targeted at immature mosquitoes to help fight malaria in the country. “Despite the gradual reduction of malaria cases from …

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Ghanaian soldier killed at Bundase

Bomb kills Ghanaian soldier at Bundase A bomb has exploded on a serving soldier at Bundase Military Training Camp near Seglime in the Ningo-Prampram District near Tema, killing him instantly. The deceased who is only identified as Biney, according to DGN Online sources at the Camp died yesterday Tuesday February …

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You can’t question us on Bolga-Bawku Road – NPP to NDC

The New Patriotic Party (NPP) in the Upper East Region has cautioned the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) in the region against peddling falsehood concerning works on the Bolgatanga-Bawku-Polimakom Road. According to the Upper East Regional NPP, its opponents have no moral right to talk about the road project after the NDC failed several …

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Baba Yara Sports Stadium closed ahead of Ghana’s clash with Angola

The Baba Yara Sports stadium will be unavailable for domestic competitions until, after Ghana’s Africa Cup of Nations qualifier against Angola, the Ghana Football Association announced on Wednesday. This decision was made during a meeting on Wednesday, attended by representatives from the Ministry of Youth and Sports, the Ghana Football …

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Delayed February salaries paid to your account – GCB to customers

The management of GCB PLC has assured its customers on the Controller and Accountant General’s Department’s (CAGD) payroll that February 2023 salaries have been processed and credited to their accounts. The management in a statement, apologized to the affected customers. In an earlier tweet, the bank had expressed concerns over …

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