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All the chiefs Otumfuo has destooled in 2023

  The Asantehene, Otumfuo Osei Tutu II, has been on ‘rampage’ over the past few months, showing no mercy to his sub-chiefs who have misconducted themselves. He has destooled at least five chiefs so far in 2023, including some he has described as his friends, reprimanding them in the full glare …

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Shirley Ayorkor Botchwey sacks all overstaying officers at the Accra passport office

The Minister of Foreign Affairs, Shirley Ayorkor Botchwey, has dismissed overstaying officers and agency representatives at various passport offices in the Greater Accra region. The move according to her comes as a response to growing concerns of alleged involvement in illicit activities and corrupt practices that have tarnished the reputation …

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Here are the top bribe-taking institutions in Ghana, according to UN data

Data from the United Nations (UN) has showed the top bribe-taking institutions in Ghana after a study it conducted in the country for 2021. According to the data, the institution that takes bribes in Ghana the most is the Lands Commission; an agency under the Ministry of Lands and Natural …

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See the unassuming pillar that separates Ghana from Cote d’Ivoire

Every country has a border; a point where the country ends and leads into another. While some of these are very defined, there are others that are not quite clearly evident. Ghana and Cote d’Ivoire recently had to seek legal redress on the maritime boundary between the two, from where …

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New BoG Headquarters is to pave the way for the ‘ECO’ currency – Kyei-Mensah-Bonsu

Majority Leader in Parliament and Minister for Parliamentary Affairs Osei Kyei-Mensah-Bonsu has justified the decision by the Bank of Ghana(BoG) to build a new headquarters. According to him, building a new headquarters for the BoG will in the future serve as a Headquarters for ECOWAS’ new currency ECO when it is successfully …

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Meet Bernice Preprah, the Ghanaian woman making affordable luxury homes out of containers

Ghanaians living abroad have over the past few years been returning to the country to share the experiences, they have acquired; a welcomed trend needed for Ghana’s development. One of such persons, is Bernice Preprah, a Ghanaian woman who has brought her expertise in turning cargo containers into affordable luxury …

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Why the people of Nzulezu live on water

Their story is a fascinating one; a community that lives on water. So interesting is this story that many have travelled from all over the world to visit the town just to have a glimpse of the stilt homes on water as well as to hear the origin of this …

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Meet Yahaya Subaru: The first Ghanaian to drive from Ghana to Sweden in 2007

Yahaya Alpha Suberu, a filmmaker and University Lecturer at the Ghana campus of New York University, achieved a remarkable feat in 2007 by becoming the first Ghanaian to undertake a road trip from Ghana to Sweden. The idea to travel from Ghana to Sweden was born during Alpha’s first visit …

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The town in Ghana where rent is only GH¢40 a month

Rent has become very scarce and expensive over the years and in recent times, the situation is just escalated. Despite being an essential need for all people, getting an average place to stay with relatively good environmental conditions doesn’t come at a low cost nowadays. And especially in places like …

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‘May God be the judge’ – Rev. Boakye’s widow to step daughters for omitting her from biography

Reverend Mrs Anthony Boakye (Yaa Asantewaa), the estranged wife of the founder and leader of Resurrection New Generation Church, Reverend Anthony Kwadwo Boakye, has expressed disappointment about the biography read at her late husband’s funeral. For a biography that was silent about her marriage to the late pastor at his …

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