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It could be funeral donation monies – Ga West MCE on Cecilia Dapaah’s ‘stolen cash’

The Municipal Chief Executive Officer of the Ga West Municipality, Clement Nii Lamptey Wilkinson, has said that the stolen US$1m, €300K, GH¢350k from Cecilia Dapaah’s residence could have been funds from funeral donations. According to him, the Minister of Sanitation for about a year now has lost two of her …

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NPP’s Gary Nimako sues Ga East Assembly, MCE for GH₵130,000 unpaid legal fees

Private legal practitioner and Director of Legal Affairs for the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Gary Nimako Marfo, has filed a legal action against the Ga East Municipal Assembly and its Municipal Chief Executive, Elizabeth Kaki Mann, for the non-payment of GH₵130,000 in outstanding legal fees. Marfo, represented by his law firm Marfo …

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UCC 2023 best medical student is a Ghanaian not Nigerian – Ga Mantse settles matters

There was a tassel between Ghanaians and Nigerians over the citizenship of Nathan Codjoe, the University of Cape Coast (UCC) medical school graduate who swept 16 out of 22 awards at the university’s 55th Congregation for the College of Health and Allied Sciences. A social media row between citizens of …

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Dr Ago Tetteh sounds alarm ahead of Ga Traditional Council’s ban on drumming, noisemaking

It is almost that time of the year when the Ga Traditional Council put a ban on drumming and noise-making in communities of the Greater Accra Region ahead of the Homowo festival. Those who have always stood against the directive and called for change have been urged to relocate to …

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Ga South: Transferred nurses cry over short notice

Nurses who have been transferred from the Ga South Municipal Health Directorate of the Ghana Health Service have raised concerns over the manner the transfers were done. According to them, the notice of their transfer was very short, and they therefore could not afford the maximum time needed to prepare. …

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Nii Kwabena Bonney: The famous Ga chief who masterminded the boycott of European goods in 1948

Nii Kwabena Bonnie III, is a famous Osu Alata Mantse who orchestrated the 1948 boycott of European goods by Gold Coasters, hugely contributing to the fight for Ghana’s independence. Born in 1890, he was a traditional leader of Osu Alata Mantse and Oyokohene of Techiman of the then Gold Coast. …

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Asantehene, Ga Mantse, Kwahuhene to attend 2022 Hogbetsotso Za

The 60th edition of the Hogbetsotso Za to be celebrated by the Chiefs, elders, and the people of the Anlo State will be bigger and better as four prominent Chiefs are expected to be in attendance for the grand durbar slated for 5th November 2022 at Hogbe Park at Anloga. …

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The story of the wicked Ga queen who stole her way to power but died a miserable death

The story of this little-known Ga woman started after the death of the warrior king, King Okaikoi. After his death, Dode Akabi, the Princess of Obutu, immediately came into the scene, usurped power and installed her authority over the people of Akra (now Accra), beginning a tenure of ruthless rule …

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How Ga Chiefs prevented an Ashanti chief from riding a palanquin to Jospong’s father’s funeral

Drama unfolded at State House in Accra during the funeral rites of the late father of the Executive Chairman of the Jospong Group, Dr. Joseph Siaw-Agyepong, as Ga and Ashanti chiefs clashed. An Ablade TV video sighted by GhanaWeb showed the commotion as the chiefs from the two tribes argued bitterly over the …

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