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Garden City University College admits 1,450 fresh students

The Garden City University College (GCUC) has formally admitted 1,450 fresh students for the 2022/23 academic into the university.   The matriculation ceremonies were held simultaneously at the Kwabre-Kenyasi and Takoradi Campuses in Ashanti and Western regions respectively, on Saturday, November 12, 2022.   Diplomas, degrees and masters programmes to …

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GRA Customs intercept 1,200 ‘Togo cars’ in two years

The Customs Division of the Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) has said an estimated 1,200 ‘Togo cars’ have been intercepted, in the Greater Accra Region alone, within the last two years. These cars initially entered the country legitimately but became illegal after exhausting their stay – falsifying documents to merit legal …

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1 Dead, 9 Injured In Accident At Eguase Near Cape Coast

One person died while nine others sustained injuries in an accident at Eguase near Cape Coast in the Central Region on Sunday afternoon. The accident which involved four vehicles left one vehicle completely burnt. According to an eyewitness, a Mercedes Benz C300 which was traveling from Mankessim towards Cape Coast, …

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Ghana to assume Presidency of UN Security Council on Nov. 1

Ghana will on Tuesday, November 1, assume the Presidency of the United Nations (UN) Security Council, which is a historic moment in the country’s two-year tenure at the Security Council. The UN Security Council is the principal organ for the maintenance and furtherance of international peace and security. The Ministry …

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Floods sweep away 1,500 corpses from Nigerian cemetery

Floods have destroyed more than 1,500 graves at a cemetery in the central Nigerian town of Mariga in Niger state. More than 500 graves have been swept away by the floods in the past week alone. The chief imam of the town, Alhassan Musa Na’ibi, told the BBC about 1,000 …

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27 ‘arrested’ goats, 1 sheep to be auctioned

The Tano South Municipal Assembly in the Ahafo Region has served notice to auction 27 goats and one sheep in its custody. The move the Assembly explains is in accordance with section 300 sub-section 4 of Act 29/60. The auction will take place on Thursday, September 15, 2022, at the municipal administration …

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Breakdown of Ghana’s repatriation of 1,641 Chinese between 2009 – 2022

Ghana arrested and repatriated over 1,600 Chinese nationals engaged in illegal small-scale mining, the Ghana Immigration Service, GIS, has disclosed. The total figure of 1,641 repatriations spanned between 2009 and August 2022. There was no repatriation in 2011 with only nine repatriations in 2009. The highest figure was 713 recorded …

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Watch Andre Ayew’s consolation goal for Al-Sadd in 2-1 defeat to Al Shamal

Ghana international, Andre Ayew netted a consolation goal for Al-Sadd SC on Tuesday evening when the team lost 2-1 to Al Shamal in Qatar. The talented attacker started for his team today for the matchday 6 encounter of the 2022/23 Qatar Stars League season. Just seven minutes into the first …

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Over 1,000 doctors forced to go home after housemanship

The Ghana Medical Association and the Parliamentary Select Committee on Health have confirmed reports that over 1,000 junior doctors have been rendered jobless after they completed their housemanship. The affected doctors are reportedly now unemployed because the Ministry of Finance has not given the financial clearance for them to be given …

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