The Accra Psychiatric Hospital, the Pantang Psychiatric Hospital and other psychiatric hospitals in Accra are said to receive an average of 40 patients a day. The Chief Executive Officer of the Mental Health Authority, Dr Akwasi Osei, disclosed the alarming statistics Tuesday, May 15, on 3FM‘s Sunrise while bemoaning the neglect of the …
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The Anti-human Trafficking Unit of the Criminal Investigation Department of the Ghana Police Service rescued 339 victims including 190 children last year. The Director General of Police CID, DCOP Maame Yaa Tiwah Addo-Danquah, who made this known at the annual get-together popularly known as West Africa Security Service Association (WASSA) …
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Contrary to claims made by the Agric Minister, Dr. Akoto Owusu Afriyie that government has eliminated fall armyworms which have plagued farmers since 2017, the Director of the Directorate of Crop Services at the Ministry for Food and Agriculture, Emmanuel Asante Krobea has conceded that the pests cannot be exterminated …
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Nayas, the woman who got into Adom FM studios and whipped gospel artiste Ernest Opoku in the course of their live worship programme yesterday, may soon find herself in the grips of the police. Ernest Opoku and host of Adom FM’s live worship, Kwamena Idan, filed a complaint against the …
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Pastor Wisdom Kusorgbor, Head Pastor of Soldiers of the Cross Ministries at Korle-Gonno has been sentenced to 24 months imprisonment in hard labour by an Accra Circuit Court. Kusorgbor, 24-year-old was dragged to the court accused of “fingering” a three-year-old girl and using his penis to “brush” her vagina. He …
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Alleged witches living in the Gnani Witches Camp in the Yendi municipality of the Northern Region have revealed they are starving due to lack of food.They say they wake up each morning with the fear of going through the entire day without meals. Drawn from different parts of the Region, …
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The Special Prosecutor, Mr Martin Amidu, has requested for further and better details on the various allegations of fraud and financial impropriety levelled against the Managing Director of the Bulk Oil Storage and Transport (BOST) Company, Mr Alfred Obeng, by the Chamber of Petroleum Consumers (COPEC). He has also asked …
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Several of the 6,000 people displaced by raging floods in Kenya’s coastal county of Kilifi have said they want condoms, the privately owned Daily Nation reports. A woman told the Nation (in Kiswahili) the condoms would help people in the camps have sex without the worry of disease. An elder at …
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Workers of Ghana Cocoa Board (COCOBOD) are demanding the removal of Board Chairman Hackman Owusu-Agyeman, accusing him of usurping the authority of the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Joseph Boahen Aidoo. According to the workers, Mr Owusu-Agyeman does not have their welfare at heart. The workers, during Tuesday’s May Day parade …
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Dr Matthew Opoku Prempeh, the Education Minister, has refuted claims that the free Senior High School (SHS) Policy is collapsing private schools, saying that private schools are making a lot of profits and sometimes turn away prospective students due to oversubscription. He was surprised at critics who claimed that the …
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