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Ghana needs God’s mercy, grace to progress – Bishop Heward-Mills

Presiding Bishop of the United Denominations of the Lighthouse Group of Churches, Bishop Dag Heward-Mills, has said Ghana needs the mercy and grace of God more than anything else to make progress. He noted that in spite of several efforts and policies by successive governments since independence in 1957, the country does not seem to have made any significant progress ...

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[Obituary] Winnie Mandela: a radical anti-apartheid heroine, with a stained reputation

Hailed as mother of the ‘new’ South Africa, Winnie Madikizela-Mandela’s legacy as an anti-apartheid heroine was undone when she was revealed to be a ruthless ideologue prepared to sacrifice laws and lives in pursuit of revolution and redress. Her uncompromising methods and refusal to forgive contrasted sharply with the reconciliation espoused by her husband Nelson Mandela as he worked to ...

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Brong Ahafo NPP condemns attack on NDC MP

The Asunafo South branch of the governing New Patriotic Party (NPP) has condemned an attack on Member of Parliament (MP) for Asunafo South Constituency, Eric Opoku. Some unidentified thugs allegedly assaulted the National Democratic Congress (NDC) MP and vandalised his property, including vehicles, on Sunday, 1 April 2018. The armed men also inflicted machete wounds on three other persons believed ...

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Deliberate politicisation of issues threat to nation – Hamid

Information Minister, Mustapha Abdul-Hamid says the deliberate politicisation of issues that are of best interest to the public continue to be a threat to the country’s democratic governance. At a media briefing held in Bolgatanga, the Sector Minister observed that the media landscape has allowed itself to be polarised thereby giving way for pundits to score cheap political points. Mr. ...

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Facebook ‘ugly truth’ growth memo haunts firm

A Facebook executive’s memo that claimed the “ugly truth” was that anything it did to grow was justified has been made public, embarrassing the company. The 2016 post said that this applied even if it meant people might die as a result of bullying or terrorism. Both the author and the company’s chief executive, Mark Zuckerberg, have denied they actually ...

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‘More than half’ of UK households face broadband problems

One in five British households have experienced slow broadband speeds in the last year, according to Which. A similar number have had connection dropouts and router problems, the consumer rights group added. It polled more than 1,900 customers across 12 providers, more than half of whom reported having problems with their broadband service or price. Which said providers had “a ...

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Thugs beat up police, seize patrol vehicle for robbery at Sankore

Seven armed men on Friday evening overpowered a police patrol team at Sankore, in the Brong Ahafo Region, and seized their vehicle. The thugs, according to the police, later used the seized vehicle to undertake series of robberies at targeted locations, including the residence of the Member of Parliament (MP) of the area. Four people, including a police officer, are ...

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Former coordinators to face Special Prosecutor for ‘mismanaging’ YEA funds

Some former regional coordinators of the Youth Employment Agency (YEA) are likely to be hauled before the Special Prosecutor for allegedly mismanaging over eight million cedis. A YEA document sighted by 3news.com indicated that a National Public Sensitization Program was held from 25th October to 15th November 2016 in which an amount of GHC8,150,014.04 was transferred to various YEA accounts ...

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