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Nanumba North DCE, NPP youth ‘seize’ water treatment plant

Some youth suspected to be supporters of the New Patriotic Party, backed by the Nanumba North District Chief Executive, Abdulai Yaquob, have taken control of the community water system at Binbcheratanga in the Nanumba North District of Northern Region. This has led to a water shortage over the past four days in Binbcheratanga, forcing residents to trek long distances to ...

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Mahama’s tuition-free SHS students now paying fees

Some senior high school students who were earmarked for a three-year scholarship under a policy introduced by the previous government are now paying fees. Education Minister, Dr Matthew Opoku Prempeh told the media Tuesday the John Mahama administration was not committed to the programme. He said funds were not released in the second year of the Progressively Free SHS policy ...

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Starlets receive $4000 each as U17 participation bonuses

Public Relations Officer for the ministry of Youth and Sport, Evans Adjei Baah ,has stated that the national Under 17 team ,Black Starlets have each received $4000 as bonuses for taking part in last month’s FIFA U-17World Cup tournament in India .Ghana was sent packing after loosing 2-1 to Mali in the quarter finals. The team defeated Colombia and India ...

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Two women killed as Nigerian soldiers repel Boko Haram

Kano – At least two civilians were killed when dozens of Boko Haram fighters tried to storm a town in a remote area of northeast Nigeria but were repelled by troops, locals said on Tuesday. The attempted raid on Gulak, in the Madagali area of the far north of Adamawa state, happened at about 07:30(1830 GMT) on Monday and involved ...

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Facebook’s fake news experiment backfires

A Facebook test that promoted comments containing the word fake to the top of news feeds has been criticised by users. The trial, which Facebook says has now concluded, aimed to prioritise “comments that indicate disbelief”. It meant feeds from the BBC, the Economist, the New York Times and the Guardian all began with a comment mentioning the word fake. ...

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Family ‘dumbfounded’ as shooting death suit dismissed

Jackson – A US federal judge on Monday dismissed a civil lawsuit that sought $35m in damages from a Mississippi city and a white police officer in the disputed 2016 shooting death of a black man, leaving his relatives “dumbfounded”. US District Judge Sharion Aycock ruled that the relatives of the man, Antwun “Ronnie” Shumpert, hadn’t presented enough proof against ...

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Players win right to break bad contracts under new FIFPro/FIFA deal

Players are getting more power from FIFA to leave clubs who delay paying salaries or mistreat them, under new rules announced on Monday. Footballers’ union FIFPro withdrew its European Commission complaint against FIFA’s global transfer rules after the two parties agreed a landmark, six-year cooperation deal in Zurich. FIFPro lodged its restraint-of-trade complaint against football’s world governing body in September ...

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E/R: JHS Shut Down After Machete Attack On A Teacher

The Akyem Maase Methodist Junior High School in the East Akyem Municipality of the Eastern region has been shut down indefinitely following a machete attack on one of the teachers on Tuesday. The teacher, Patrick Brako, was attacked in the staff common room by his assailant identified as Kwasi John who inflicted the cutlass wound on the forehead of the ...

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