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Gov’t to extend ban on small-scale mining

The government has said it will extend its six-month ban on small-scale mining activities because the objectives for the ban have all not been achieved.Minister of Lands and Natural Resources, John Peter Amewu, announcement the intention for the extension to told journalists in the Amenfi East district of the Western …

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Tabiri Gyansa JHS set ablaze by repeated pupils

Authorities of the Tabiri Gyansa Junior High School at Mpasaaso Number One in the Ashanti Region have accused some pupils of the school who were repeated for failing their exams of setting the school building on fire.The three-unit classroom block located in the Ahafo Ano South District got burnt on …

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GJA polls: I’ll sue – Ayittey

Johnny Ayittey, one of the presidential aspirants in the Ghana Journalists Association (GJA) elections, has threatened to go to court to annul the elections.It emerged that the name of former President, John Dramani Mahama, replaced that of Mr Aryitey in the GJA voters list.Mr Mahama’s name appears at No. 138 …

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GJA presidential candidate’s name missing from voters’ list

Mr Johnnie Arteetey, one of the aspiring presidential candidates in the 2017 Ghana Journalists Association (GJA) elections did not find his name on the voters list when he went to the polling station at the Ghana Broadcasting Corporation (GBC) to cast his ballot. The disappointed presidential candidate said his name …

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Landlord to invoke curses on police for non-payment of house rent

A 78-year-old landlord has given the Inspector General of Police (IGP) up to the middle of October 2017 to pay him rent owed by four police officers at Asokore Mampong as ordered by a Kumasi High Court else he would curse the police with all the gods in Ghana. According …

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We do not need new regions and districts

“Africa has had too few enlightened leaders of the right kind. Africa needs courageous, persistent and compassionate leaders who will tap into the continent’s vitality to create better future. The continent’s development will not come from a single leader but from a collective groundswell of change and transformation. The growing …

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Probe A-Plus tape saga – GII

The Ghana Integrity Initiative (GII) has joined calls for government to set up an independent body to investigate the alleged doctored tape saga and the corruption claims against the two Deputy Chiefs of Staff, Abu Jinapor and Francis Asenso-Boakye.The Executive Director of GII, Linda Ofori Kwafo, believes the new twist …

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Minority to NCA: Suspend sanctions, 5K jobs on the line

The Minority in Parliament has expressed worry over the National Communications Authority’s (NCA) decision to sanction some 131 radio stations in the country.The NCA revoked the authorisation of some broadcasting stations while others were fined for committing various infractions pertaining to their authorisations to operate as contained in Section 13 …

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Obinim to file submission of no case

Lawyers of Bishop Daniel Obinim, the Founder of God’s Way International Church are preparing to file submission of no case in an Accra Circuit Court. Bishop Obinim and two other pastors, Kingsley Baah and Solomon Abraham have been charged with assault and abetment. Ralph Poku Adusei, lawyer for the embattled …

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ACP Addo-Danquah called me stupid for recording her – A Plus

Musician and member of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Kwame Asare (A Plus), has said the Deputy Director-General of the Criminal Investigations Department (CID), ACP Maame Yaa Tiwaa Addo-Danquah, called him stupid for secretly recording her. His comments follow claims of the CID boss that A-Plus “mischievously doctored” her voice …

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