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GAF dismisses allegations of running riot in Bawku

The Ghana Armed Forces (GAF) has described as “false and diversionary” claims on social media that its personnel are on rampage in Bawku and killing civilians. It said in a statement on Thursday, March 17 that its personnel at 11 Mechanised Battalion with the support of the police conducted a …

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Barker-Vormawor’s first post after being released

Pressure group, #FixTheCountry Movement sounded alarm bells over the arrest of one of their conveners, Oliver Barker-Vormawor on Friday, February 11. According to the group, Mr. Barker-Vormawor was ‘abducted’ by state security when he touched down from the United Kingdom at the Kotoka International Airport Confirming his arrest in a …

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Self-acclaimed Nkwatia chief Boama Danso thrown out

The Judiciary Committee of the Eastern Regional House of Chiefs has unanimously ordered the self-acclaimed chief of Kwahu-Nkwatia, Samuel Boama Danso with the stool name Nana Boama Ayiripe II to stop carrying himself as the chief of the town. This follows a final judgment and ruling given by the Judiciary …

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Fellow Ghanaians, Akufo-Addo to ease border restrictions

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo is said to have been engaged in crunch meetings in the past few days over the restrictions imposed by the government in the fight against coronavirus. Two years after the advent of the pandemic, calls have been heightened for the country to review the curbs …

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27 institutions that owe ECG scheduled for disconnection

The Accra East regional branch of the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) has scheduled about 27 public and private institutions for disconnection from the national grid. The institutions that include the Accra Sports stadium and parts of the Kotoka International Airport were last Monday disconnected for owing millions of Ghana cedis. Speaking to Citi News, …

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Cambridge University issues statement on Barker-Vormawor’s arrest

The University of Cambridge has expressed concern about the wellbeing of embattled #FixTheCountry Movement convener, Oliver Mawusi Barker-Vormawor. The activist, who is a PhD candidate in the English university was arrested by Ghanaian security officials after he had arrived in the country at the Kotoka International Airport on February 11, …

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Hushpuppi allegedly commits $400,000 worth of fraud from prison

New charges have been filed against apprehended Nigerian fraudster and influencer, Ramon Abbas, popularly known as Hushpuppi for allegedly committing fraud and laundering more than $400,000 while in jail in the United States of America. The news was reported by verified Nigerian blog, ‘Instablog9ja’, with some documents stating that a …

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Minority shoots down approval of another €20m loan facility

The minority in parliament for the second time this week has scuttled approval of a 20 million Euros Loan Facility agreement between the government of Ghana and Germany over lack of quorum for decision making. The facility which is to finance Green Credit Line under the Reform and Investment Partnership …

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Two female miners dead as pit caves in at Denkyira Ayamfuri

Two females have reportedly died after a pit they were illegally mining at Denkyira Ayamfuri caved in. The small scale mining pit is said to have collapsed at about 3:00pm, Wednesday, March 17. The bodies of the two middle-aged women, believed to be Northerners, were trapped, while other miners managed …

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Restore our Embassy – Bulgaria to Ghana

The Bulgarian government is demanding the government of Ghana restore its Embassy in Accra after it was demolished by a private developer who has been identified as President Akufo-Addo’s appointee on the National Development Planning Commission (NDCP) Board, Dr Yaw Adu-Ampomah. Dr Adu-Ampomah allegedly entered the property illegally with heavy …

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Barker-Vormawor released

Lead convener of #FixTheCountry Movement, Oliver Mawusi Barker-Vormawor has finally walked out of the custody of the Ashaiman Police Command following the bail granted him by a Tema High Court on Wednesday, March 16, 2022. More soon   Source: www.ghanaweb.com

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Embassy demolition: We won’t retaliate – Bulgaria to Ghana

The Bulgarian Ambassador to Ghana and Nigeria, Mr Yanko Yordanov has said Bulgaria will not retaliate against the downing of its Accra Embassy despite the illegal action being in contravention of the Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations, 1961. A private developer who has now been identified as President Akufo-Addo’s appointee …

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VIDEO: Why you shouldn’t feed the baboons at Shai Hills

It’s instinctive, the urge to feed these intriguing creatures which line up the Dodowa-Doyumu stretch to Akosombo. These big and small olive baboons, sometimes mothers with babies are unavoidable and their entrancing looks will definitely get to you. So perhaps you keep it in mind to have a bunch of …

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