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Akyem Oda Market fire : Over 600 shops and stores burnt

Preliminary assessment of the impact of the devastation caused by the last night inferno in Akyem Oda main market has revealed that a total of about 600 stores, shops, outlets and stalls containing traders wares are destroyed. The items included clothes, dresses, provisions, food items, sewing machines, bags, mobile phones, fridges, laptops among others worth thousands of Cedis. According to ...

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Nigeria prison break: Let’s heighten security at our borders – Ablakwa

The Member of Parliament for North Tongu constituency, Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa, has called on the government to heighten security at the country’s borders following this week’s jailbreak in neighbouring Nigeria where some 240 suspected Boko Haram terrorists and other hardened criminals have escaped from prison. According to Mr Ablakwa, evidence suggests a number of these fugitives always head to Ghana. ...

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Motorcycles can break iPhone cameras – Apple warns

IPhone owners should beware picking up bad vibrations from powerful motorbikes, as they may damage camera systems, Apple has said. The technology giant published a warning iPhones should not be attached to powerful bikes, in a support document spotted by MacRumors. Engine vibrations can harm phones’ optical-image stabilisation or closed-loop autofocus systems, it says. Owners of scooters and mopeds should ...

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Ejura Govt Hosp. boss moved to health center after testimony at C’ttee

The Medical Superintendent of the Ejura Government Hospital, Dr. Emmanuel Mensah Manye has been transferred to Abuakwa Health Centre at Kumasi in the Ashanti region as the Medical Superintendent. It is believed that his transfer follows his appearance before the Justice Koomson led three-member Committee that investigated the Ejura shootings. Some have said the testimony given by the Doctor contradicted ...

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Akufo-Addo launches four Aluminium dev’t projects

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has launched the four key projects under the Ghana Integrated Aluminium Development Corporation (GIADEC) with the aim of ensuring the full utilisation of Ghana’s bauxite. They include the expansion of existing mine at Awaso and building of a refinery and the development of a mine at Nyinahin-Mapasaaso and a refinery solution. The others are the ...

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It’s Mahama or no one else – NDC A/R youth

The Ashanti Region Youth Wing of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) has thrown support for former president John Dramani Mahama to lead the party again into the 2024 elections. In a statement issued amid controversy over Mr Mahama’s two-day Thank You tour of the Region, regional Youth Organiser Osman Nabali Abdullah insisted that the three-time Presidential Candidate is the only ...

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Claims I facilitated ritual killing ‘ridiculous’ – Fmr Ashiaman MP

Former member of parliament for the Ashiaman constituency Alfred Agbesi has denied allegations of facilitating ritual killing. His reaction comes after a taxi driver Felix Nsah who is currently standing trial claims he buried a pregnant woman alive in Ashiaman as a sacrifice for Alfred Agbesi. But Mr Agbesi told Starr News the allegations are unfounded. He noted “that is ...

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Fire guts Akyem Oda Market

The main market center in Akyem Oda in the Birim Central Municipality in Eastern Region has been ravaged by inferno Monday night. The fire outbreak started about 8:30 pm, however, firefighters from Ghana National fire Service were able to bring it under control at 2:00 am due to lack of access road to the market. An eyewitness said story building ...

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Nigeria jailbreak in Kabba: Prisoners on the run after armed raid

Some 240 prisoners have escaped after unidentified gunmen attacked a facility in Nigeria’s Kogi state, officials say. It is the second mass jailbreak this year in Nigeria, which is struggling with multiple security crises. The attackers blew up the prison’s perimeter fence to gain entry, according to the Reuters news agency. Nigeria’s prison service says the gunmen were heavily armed ...

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