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Patrick Allotey facing sanctions from GBA after beating fan

The Ghana Boxing Authority (GBA) is expected to sanction the WBO Africa Super welterweight champion, Patrick Allotey after he was recorded in a viral video fighting with a fan in the stands of the Accra Sports Stadium. Graphic Online understands that the GBA Executives are expected to convene a meeting …

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Midwife calls for security for CHPS compound

Madam Faustina Lami Abatera, the Midwife in charge of the Kolinvai Community-Based Health Planning and Services (CHPS) compound located in the East Mumprusi Municipality of the North East Region has called for security guards to protect the facility and medical equipment. She said the facility which has a nurses’ quarters …

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Takoradi-Tarkwa railway ready for free passenger service

The Ghana Railway Company Limited (GRCL) has successfully completed its reformation exercise on the Takoradi-Tarkwa Railway line and urged the public to patronize its services for free on the stretch beginning today, Tuesday January 28. The GRCL said it was fully prepared to begin passenger services after a concurrent test …

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SHSs risk closure over lack of funds and food

Senior High Schools in the country risk closure over lack of funds and shortage of food. Funds have not been disbursed to the schools since the beginning of the 2019/2020 academic year affecting the smooth running of the schools. Starr News checks in the Eastern region reveal most schools have …

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GFA set to announce STC as official transport partner

The Ghana Football Association (GFA) are set to sign a deal with State Transport Corporation, STC, as the transportation company to transport referees to designated venues on Match Days. The deal will ensure that match officials are transported to and from all football match venues in a bid to curtail the …

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Gov’t to distribute over 300 ambulances Tuesday

Emergency healthcare services in Ghana are to receive a major boost from this week, following the dispatch of over 300 Ambulances, over 300 EMT Drivers and support staff and 30 Dispatchers to 275 constituencies nationwide from Tuesday. The ambulances were procured under the government Infrastructure for Poverty Eradication Programme (IPEP) …

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Kobe Bryant dies in helicopter crash

US basketball legend Kobe Bryant has been killed in a helicopter crash in California, US media report. Bryant was travelling in a private helicopter when it burst into flames above the city of Calabasas, according to the reports. The LA County Sheriff’s department said that five people died in a …

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E/R: Corpse exhumed and dumped at chief’s palace

There is escalating tension at Awenade, a community near Nkawkaw in the Eastern Region after a corpse was exhumed and dumped in front of a chief palace. The coffin containing the body of a 39-year-old Adwoa Antwiwaa was exhumed by some unknown persons and left at the forecourt of a …

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GFA bans Nii Darko from all football related activities

The Ghana Football Association (GFA) Ethics Committee has banned Asante Kotoko’s Greater Accra Supporters Public Relations Officer (PRO) Mr. Seth Nii Darko from all football related activities for a period of One year in accordance with provisions the GFA Code of Ethics (2019). The ban which prevents him from attending …

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Gambaga Girls SHS abolishes double track system

The Gambaga Girls Senior High School (SHS) in the East Mumprusi Municipality of the North East Region has reverted from the ‘Double Track System’ to Single Track owing to massive infrastructural development in the school. The ‘Double Track System,’ under the Free SHS policy was in two sessions; the Green …

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Songne Yacouba dropped from Kotoko squad to face Hearts

Head coach of Asante Kotoko, Maxwell Konadu has dropped attacker Songne Yacouba from his squad that will face Hearts of Oak in their match-day six encounter on Sunday. The Burkina Faso international has been excluded from the 18-man squad for Sunday’s clash with the Phobians, according to reports in the …

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Top 7 ritual scandals that rocked Hearts-Kotoko clashes

Although some may disagree that superstition has no role to play in football, ardent followers and players of Ghana Premier League clubs Accra Hearts of Oak and Kumasi Asante Kotoko know it takes more than just playing to win. Sometimes the rule of form guide is defied because football is …

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Pupils abandon school as cult clashes claim 13 lives

Thirteen suspected cultists have been killed in the ongoing clash between members of the Eiye and Aiye confraternities in the Ijede Local Council Development Area of Lagos State. Residents lamented that they were unsafe as the cultists freely use sophisticated weapons in the Luwasa, Igbe and Ijede areas of Ikorodu. …

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Youth consuming sanitary pad concoction, human faeces for vitality

A desperate search for vitality has over the years pushed some Ghanaian youth into consuming poisonous substances, including various kinds of glue, turpentine and petrol, but the latest discovery will shock the nation. In the Upper West Region where the new substance abuse is believed to have originated, the youth …

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Murder In The Interest Of Power

Denis M’Passou’s literary piece, ‘Murder in the interest of the church’ details the principal character going to great lengths to reach the summit of his hopes and that would lead him to commit murder in order to have his dreams materialized. The principal character’s traits are portrayed in John Mahama …

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KNUST Opens applications For Academic Year 2020/2021.

KNUST Opens applications For Academic Year 2020/2021. Graded 14th on the continent, West Africa’s best university,KNUST, has announced opening of admissions for the academic year 2020/2021.   Read below Specifications. Admission of Candidates to Undergraduate Degree Programmes for the 2020/2021 Academic Year WASSCE/SSSCE/ADVANCED LEVEL/MATURE/ABCE/GBCE AND IB CANDIDATES For the knowledge …

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