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UTAG snubs NLC’s invitation for out-of-court settlement

The University Teachers Association of Ghana (UTAG) has declined the invitation from the National Labour Commission (NLC) for a meeting on Monday, February 7 to settle the current impasse that has seen the teachers on strike for weeks. The Labour Division of the Accra Circuit Court, presided over by Justice Frank Rockson Aboadwe, on …

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VIDEO: Fire guts storage room at primary school in Cape Town

Firefighters were called to a school in Cape Town on Saturday afternoon after a fire broke out in its storage room. The room at Chapel Street Primary in District 6 was gutted. “The storage room contained printing machines, garden equipment, old storage shelving and the gardener’s bedding and personal effects,” …

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CIT driver shot dead during heist

A cash-in-transit driver was shot dead during a heist in Diepkloof, Soweto, on Saturday morning. According to reports, the van was on its way to a filling station in Zone Six when a Mercedes-Benz rammed into the cash van, causing it to stop at the corner Chris Hani and Collinder …

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Issa Hayatou’s Fifa ban from football overturned by CAS

The Court of Arbitration for Sport (Cas) has overturned the one-year ban handed out by Fifa to former Confederation of African Football (Caf) president Issa Hayatou. Football’s world governing body had ruled that the Cameroonian had breached its code of ethics when signing African football’s largest ever deal with French …

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VIDEO&PHOTOS: Pupils of Aidoosuazo JHS study in dilapidated structure

The Chief and people of Aidoosuazo in the northern part of Ellembelle District in the Western Region, have appealed to government and non-governmental organisations (NGOs) to construct new classroom blocks to replace their existing dilapidated Junior High School structure for effective teaching and learning. Aidoosuazo D/A Junior High School was …

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Stray animals consume Green Ghana Trees at Tema Nkrumah Park

Stray animals have consumed all the trees planted by officials of the Tema Metropolitan Assembly (TMA) at the Kwame Nkrumah Memorial Park, officials have said. Officials of the TMA led by the then Metropolitan Chief Executive, Mr. Felix Mensah Nii Anang-La planted militia trees at the park to officially commence …

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Moving bus with 49 passengers onboard catches fire

A moving O.A Zhongtong bus with registration number AS 8249-19 with 49 passengers on board travelling from Tumu towards Accra has caught fire. The incident is said to have occurred at around 5:30 am on Saturday, February 5, 2021. According to the driver, Anim Richmond 52, on reaching a section …

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Ghana’s renowned peace coming under stress – Interior Minister

 Ambrose Dery, Minister of Interior, says despite the relative peace in Ghana, the country’s renowned peace architecture is “coming under stress” by some internal and external indicators. The internal indicators, he said, included the simmering communal conflicts related to access to land and natural resources, and succession disputes among chiefs, …

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Woman Kills Husband

A woman has been arrested by the police after she allegedly poured salt-laced boiling water on her husband at Accra Newtown, leading to his death a few days later. A picture of him before his death at the hospital showed a large part of his body with severe burns. The …

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Moody’s downgrades Ghana’s economy to Caa1

Moody’s Investors Service (Moody’s) on Friday, February 4 downgraded Ghana’s long-term issuer and senior unsecured debt ratings to Caa1 from B3 and changed the outlook to stable from negative. It said the new rating of the country’s economy reflects the woes Ghana is facing in fixing its liquidity and debt …

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I won’t watch World Cup if Ghana beat Nigeria – Dangote

Nigerian billionaire, Aliko Dangote, has said he will not visit Qatar to watch the 2022 FIFA World Cup if Nigeria fails to qualify. Dangote, Africa’s richest men said Nigeria qualifying to the world cup will bring pride to the Nation and not only him. Speaking on his visit to the …

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Fuel prices to hit GHc8 per litre soon – COPEC warns

Prices of fuel have gone up at the pumps across the country because the Price Stabilization and Energy Recovery levy, which is a key component of the fuel price build-up, has been restored by the National Petroleum Authority (NPA) after it was suspended for about three months. The levy was …

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‘The truth will come out’ – ‘I’ll send you to Enchi’ MCE

The embattled Metropolitan Chief Executive for Sekondi-Takoradi, Mr Abdul-Mumin Issah, has said the truth about his recent heated exchange with a police officer that was captured on camera, for which he has been suspended from office by President Nana Akufo-Addo and also facing court charges, will eventually come out. In …

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VIDEO: Atta Ayi poisoned me in prison – Ex-convict alleges

An ex-convict, Kwame Asante, who claims to have survived attempts to poison him while in prison narrates how an inmate serving one hundred and sixty-four years at the Ankanful Maximum Security Prison, Atta Ayi, led a group known as “Black Coat’ to plot to kill him. According to Asante, the …

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Liverpool duo, Mane and Salah clash in AFCON 2021 final

The 33rd African Cup of Nations (AFCON) tournament, after witnessing an exciting journey so far, will see the Lions of Teranga, Senegal come up against eight times champions, the Pharaohs of Egypt in the finals on Sunday, February 6, at the Olembe Stadium, in Younde, Cameroon. Mane’s Senegal, thrashed Burkina …

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Strip Dede Ayew off Black Stars captaincy – Twum Boafo

A leading member of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Kojo Twum Boafo, has subscribed to calls for Andrew Ayew to be stripped off the Black Stars captaincy armband. Boafo asserted that Ayew is at the tail end of his career and thus he should be left out of the Black Stars rebuilding process. He …

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Apiate explosion: 13 dead bodies identified

As announced by the Welfare Sub-Committee of the Apeate Disaster Relief Committee, thirteen deceased persons have been identified by their families on 04/02/22. “No other report has been received on any missing bodies,” a statement signed by Dr. Isaac Dasmani, Committee Chairman, said. The statement added, “We extend our condolences …

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KNUST final year student feared dead in Ayeduase accident

A first year student of the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology University (KNUST) is feared dead after a private vehicle run into a number of students at Ayeduase close to the KNUST campus. According to eyewitnesses, the speeding vehicle skidded-off the road, crashed into some structures and run into …

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KATH doctors embark on strike

Doctors at the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital (KATH) have laid down their tools with immediate effect over non-payment of their car maintenance allowance and 13th month allowance. The strike action follows the failure of the hospital’s management and the Ministry of Health to settle the allowances which were part of …

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