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Fuel prices cross GHS8.00 per litre

Fuel prices at some fuel stations continue to rise, crossing the GHS 8 per litre mark in the first week of March 2022. This is expected to have a ripple effect on other Oil Marketing Companies, which will also adjust their prices upwards. Only two weeks ago, fuel prices averaged …

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Africans trapped in basement amid Ukraine offensive

A Cameroonian student has described how he and his friends have been forced to hide in a basement in the southern Ukrainian city of Kherson to escape air raids. Christophe said that “every five minutes we are hearing bombardments”. “Sometimes we can hear airplanes passing through the sky, mostly bombardments …

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Akufo-Addo speaks on UTAG strike

President Akufo-Addo has reiterated the government’s commitment to bring to an end the industrial action of the University Teachers’ Association of Ghana (UTAG). The President, who gave the assurance at the opening of the National Labour Conference at Kwahu Nkwatia in the Eastern Region yesterday, stated that more needs to …

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Truck distributing flour to SHSs topples after bridge collapse

A truck distributing flour to Senior High Schools in Eastern Region has been involved in an accident at St. Stephen’s Senior High Technical School (STEPSS) at Akyem Asiakwa in Abuakwa South Municipality in the Eastern Region. This was after a wooden bridge connecting the school collapsed. The accident occurred Tuesday, …

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Why Dubai could become the trading point of Ghana’s cocoa

The Chief Executive Officer of the United Arab Emirates Trade Centre, Mr. Walid Hareb, has urged Ghana to establish a cocoa trading platform in Dubai. According to him, the platform, which could be a pilot project, would make Dubai the central point of Ghana’s cocoa, where the raw beans and …

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Koku Anyidoho sues Bobie Ansah for ¢1m

A former Deputy General Secretary of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Koku Anyidoho has sued broadcaster Kwabena Bobie Ansah for defamation. He is demanding One Million Ghana cedis in damages. He is also “seeking a perpetual injunction restraining the defendant from uttering and distributing any further defamatory material about the …

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I must retire if I lose to Garcia – Gameboy declares

Former IBF Lightweight Champion, Emmanuel Tagoe better known as Gameboy has disclosed that he would retire from boxing if he fails to win his bout against Ryan Garcia. The Ghanaian boxer will be making his return to the ring on April 9 after 2-years in a world title eliminator against …

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Fuel prices beat NPP to ‘break the 8’

The New Patriotic Party’s desire to be the first political party under the Fourth Republic to stay in power for more than eight years may well be alive but they have now lost the “Break the 8” race to fuel prices. They may soon lose out to the dollar which is …

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VIDEO: Maame Serwaa spotted with mystery man

Kumawood actress Clara Amoateng Benson, popularly known as Maame Serwaa, has shared a video of herself and a mystery man. In a post that was shared on Instagram by blogger, Sweet Maame Adwoa, a man slightly taller than the Kumawood star was spotted standing behind her as they took a video …

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Mob of NPP supporters chase out regional chairman at Akyem Oda

The Eastern Regional Chairman of the ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP) Kingston Akomeng Kissi has been chased out by a mob of party supporters at Akyem Oda. The incident occurred on Tuesday, March 1, 2022, after the Regional Chairman, Mr. Akomeng Kissi allegedly decided to call off the polling station election in …

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Nurses lament delay in February salary

Some nurses across the country are seething with rage over the government’s delay in the release of their February salary. According to the nurses, the situation has become unbearable for many health workers since salary for the month ending February has not been released. “Many a time, as government workers …

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