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Parliament unanimously rejects EC’s Ghana card-only-for-voter registration C.I.

Both sides of parliament have rejected the Electoral Commission’s constitutional instrument that aimed to make the Ghana card the only document for the registration of voters. In its report, the Committee of the Whole, before which the EC, National Identification Authority and the Finance Ministry appeared to speak on the …

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King Faisal set to appoint ex-Kotoko coach Seydou Zerbo for vacant coaching role

Ghana Premier League side, King Faisal are reportedly set to appoint Burkinabe coach Seydou Zerbo as the club’s new head coach. Zerbo will replace Jimmy Cobblah who was sacked last week following the club’s struggles in the ongoing campaign. The Burkinabe trainer was also dismissed by Asante Kotoko following his …

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Man sentenced to life imprisonment for defiling 11-year-old niece

A Kenyan man has been sentenced to life imprisonment after he was found guilty of defiling a minor. Lameck Ochieng was handed his sentence after the 11-year-old victim who happens to be his niece positively identified him in court. He reportedly committed the heinous act in Kameji area in Rongo sub-county …

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South Africa’s Oscar Pistorius denied parole for lover’s murder

South African Paralympic champion Oscar Pistorius has been denied parole after seeking early release from prison, a decade after shooting and killing his girlfriend, lawyers said. “We were … advised at this point in time that it has been denied and it will be considered again in one year’s time,” …

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From accident scene to parliament: What we know of Nanton MP’s decision to vote for 3 new bills

The sequence of events that led to a Member of Parliament being brought to the House in an ambulance is not entirely clear. The facts, however, are that a gory accident happened involving the lawmaker in question, Mohammed Hardi Tufeiru who also doubles as MP for Nanton. That he was brought to Parliament in …

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Managers of popular Aburi hotel arrested for power theft

The managers of Hillburi, a popular hotel in the Eastern Region, have reportedly been arrested for illegally connecting electricity to their facility. According to a news report by myjoyonline.com, the illegal connection was discovered during a search of the hotel by officials of the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) as …

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Woman, 35, arrested for alleged child trafficking at Biriwa

A 35 year old woman has been arrested for alleged child trafficking at Biriwa in the Mfantseman Municipality of the Central Region. Information gathered by Kasapa News Yaw Boagyan indicates that the suspect believed to be a sex worker who lives in Accra went to Bankyea in the Secondi Takoradi …

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‘Is the anus meant for sex’? – Foh-Amoaning clashes with Prof. Manuh over the passage of anti-LGBT bill

Veteran lawyer Moses Foh-Amoaning has clashed with Prof. Takyiwaa Manuh, an Emerita Professor at the University of Ghana, over the Proper Human Sexual Rights and Ghanaian Family Values Bill, 2021 (anti-LGBTQI bill), which Parliament is set to consider. Speaking in a GBC interview on Thursday, monitored by GhanaWeb, Prof Takyiwaa …

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Bawumia launches Electronic Tax Clearance Certificate for GRA

The Vice President of the Republic, H.E Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia on Thursday, March 30, launched the Electronic Tax Clearance Certificate for the Ghana Revenue Authority – Official (GRA). The new platform can be accessed through a QR Code, an online portal, or a USSD. The Electronic Tax Clearance Certificate enables …

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Sene­gal op­po­si­tion leader giv­en 2-month sus­pend­ed term for li­bel

A court in Senegal has handed down a two-month suspended prison sentence to leading opposition politician Ousmane Sonko for libel, his lawyers said. The court in the capital, Dakar found him guilty on Thursday of defaming Tourism Minister Mame Mbaye Niang, whom he accused of embezzlement. The sentence will not …

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