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Boy buried alive by fetish priestess exhumed at Abura Asebu

The body of a five-year-old boy, who was reported to have been buried alive by a fetish priestess at Abura Asebu, in the Kwamankese District of the Central Region, has been exhumed. The exhumation team comprised the District Environmental Office led by the District Head, Emmanuel Afutu Commey, and Dr. …

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Civil servant at KMA disqualified from NPP constituency race

A civil Servant with the Kumasi Metropolitan Assembly (KMA), Owusu Sekyere, has been disqualified from contesting in the Manhyia South NPP chairmanship race. Ashanti Regional NPP First Vice Chairman, Kwabena Nsenkyire, petitioned the NPP Vetting Committee that Owusu Sekyere is a civil servant and therefore, cannot contest. The NPP vetting …

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Car dealer killed by gunmen at Tema

A car dealer identified by police as Felix Tetteh Batcha has been shot and killed by unidentified assailants at Bampo Hotel at Tema. According to police preliminary investigations, the incident occurred on Monday, April 25, 2022, at about 2 PM. The deceased, who operates his business at Tema Community 9, …

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ECG task force storms Parliament to disconnect power over debt

A task force of the Electricity Company of Ghana is currently in parliament awaiting departure of the Speaker to embark on a disconnection exercise over indebtedness of the lawmaking chamber. It is unclear the exact amount Parliament owes the power distribution company. On March 14, ECG disconnected power to Terminal …

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Post us or we picket MoH: Jobless nurses threaten

The Concerned Registered Nurse Assistant Clinical (RNAC) and Registered Nurse Assistant Preventive (RNAP) 2019 group, has threatened to picket the premises of the Ministry of Health (MoH) if it fails to release the postings of its members. The group is giving the ministry a week’s ultimatum to release the data …

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Ghana Rugby female team stranded in Tunisia – Reports

The Ghana Rugby female team are reportedly stranded in Tunisia ahead of this weekend’s Rugby Sevens World Cup final shoot-out. The Rugby female team, according to reports sighted by GhanaWeb, arrived at the Carthage International Airport, in Tunisia on Tuesday, April 26, 2022, at 3pm after transiting from Istanbul, Turkey. …

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Two Ghanaians among four murdered in London

It has emerged that two Ghanaians were among the recent stabbing incident in South-East London that led to the murder of four persons. The deceased are 45-year-old Tanysha Ofori-Akuffo who lived in Kennington and her daughter, Samantha Drummonds, 27, who lived in Forest Hill. The other two are Denton Burke, …

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Twitter Centres African Voices in a Celebration of Firsts

Social media giant elevates #TwitterVoices around the “African Giant’s” historical concert Twitter is bringing #AfricaToTheWorld with the launch of a new hashmoji ahead of Burna Boy’s historical moment as the first Nigerian Artist to headline Madison Square Garden on 28 April 2022. This forms part of the broader #TwitterVoices initiative, …

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Accra City Response Team Pass Out

The Interior Minister has urged officers of the Greater Accra City Response Team (CRT) to work hard and be disciplined in the discharge of their duties. Mr. Ambrose Dery, who represented President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, made the call at the passing out ceremony of the first batch of the …

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50 years ago today, Kwame Nkrumah died

The Ghanaian Times newspaper report of Friday, April 28, 1972, had the bold headlines “Kwame Nkrumah is dead, State Burial for him,” and “The man, Nkrumah,” announcing the death of Ghana’s first president. Looking at 50 years since that announcement was made, GhanaWeb brings back a photo of that newspaper page that detailed …

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299 employees sue Asanko Gold in redundancy fight

Toronto-listed Galiano Gold, operators of Asanko Gold in Ghana has been sued by its workers, claiming unfair dismissal, court documents show. The Ghana Mine Workers Union (GMWU) which is leading the fight wants an Accra High Court to restrain the Canadian multi-national firm from laying off some 299 permanent staff …

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Fuel station manager jailed 120 months for stealing GH¢398,000

Ernest Boakye, a 30-year-old fuel station manager of the Kwahu-Tafo branch of Infin Ghana Limited has been jailed for 120 months in hard labour by the Mpraeso Circuit Court for stealing GH¢398,545 belonging to his employer. He pleaded not guilty to stealing, was slapped with the sentence after the court, …

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There is no shame in divorce – DOVVSU Director

Director of DOVVSU, Chief Superintendent (C/Supt) Owusuwaa Kyeremeh, has asserted that there’s no shame in divorce. According to the director, a lot of couples who divorce feel a sense of shame and failure which is wrong. “…people are thinking of what their friends will say, anytime we get the opportunity …

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WAEC announces recruitment; see available slots

The West African Examination Council (WAEC) has announced on its official Twitter handle that it is recruiting for vacant positions. WAEC noted that the application closes on June 7, 2022, while it urged all interested applicants to visit https://recruitment.waec.com.ng. The statement read, “The West African Examinations Council is calling on …

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