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Embroiled in a burglary scandal, South African President Cyril Ramaphosa will appear before his party’s Integrity Commission, the ruling African National Congress (ANC) said Monday. The ANC “welcomed and commended the decision by the president to voluntarily present himself to the ANC Integrity Commission”, it said in a statement, without …

A rainstorm has caused extensive damage to a poultry farm at Yaakrom, a farming community along the Ghana-Cote D’Ivoire border in the Dormaa West District of the Bono Region, killing more than 6,000 birds. The rains, accompanied by a windstorm, hit the community around 1630 hours and ripped about 90 …

The decomposing body of a farmer has been discovered in bizarre circumstances in a cocoa farm at Assin Akortey-no.2 in the Assin South District of the Central. The deceased has been identified as Kofi Koranteng popularly known as Agenda who hails from Larteh in the Eastern but until his death …

Fire outbreak has caused extensive destruction to 200 hectares of rice farm at Agege, a farming community in the Kintampo North Municipality of the Bono East Region. Mr. Tikuni Alhassan, the Assemblyman for Tahiru Akura Electoral, and the farm’s owner told the Ghana News Agency (GNA) personnel of the fire …

The Narcotics Control Commission (NACOC) discovered and destroyed large cannabis cultivation (wee farm) at Liati Dafonu in the Volta Region’s Afadjato South District. A team of 70 officers from NACOC, Ghana Immigration Service (GIS), National Investigation Bureau (NIB), and Hohoe Divisional Police Command stormed the plantation around 7 a.m. Thursday …

An orchard farm belonging to former President of Nigeria, Olusegun Obasanjo has been burnt down by suspected hoodlums. The manager of the farm, Zubello Muhamed, who made the disclosure, said the incident occurred on Saturday, January 29, when he travelled out of the area for an official assignment. Residents at …

A 64-year-old retired Police officer has been found dead on his farm in Asitey mountains in Lower Manya Krobo Municipality in the Eastern Region. ASP (rtd) Peter Kwadjo Tawiah left home Thursday morning at about 7:00 am to farm but failed to return. The family led by John Teye Oboaba, …

A man believed to be in his early sixties has been found dead and his body decomposed in his farm hat near Dakpalakura, a suburb of Damongo in the West Gonja Municipality. The Savannah Regional Police Command has confirmed. Sources within the community have it that three months ago, the deceased’s farm produce …

The Ghana Health Service (GHS) has announced plans to hand out insecticide-treated bed nets from May 18, this year, with at least 275, 967 households in the Upper East Region expected to be covered. The Upper East Regional Health Directorate made this known during a multi-stakeholder meeting it convened on …

A 413-are rice farm belonging to the Northern Regional Chairman of the main opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC), Ibrahim Mobila, has allegedly, been set ablaze by arsonists in a farming community at North East Gonja District of the Savanna Region. The incident preceded the party’s demonstration in the region on …