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The man suspected to have killed Police Constable Michael Kporyie has been shot dead by the Police, says Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCOP) George Tuffuor, Tema Regional Police Commander. He made this revelation on Wednesday in a press briefing at the Tema Regional Police Command, Tema. DCOP Tuffuor identified the deceased as 33 year-old Alhassan Adams popularly known as Dogo ...

Angry and disgruntled youth backed by constituency executives have vowed to shut down the Savelugu Municipal Assembly office Thursday morning despite the presence of armed soldiers who escorted and inducted the Municipal Chief Executive, Hajia Aishetu Seidu into office. It was her first time in office two months after her overwhelmed endorsement. She was blocked by the youth, majority of ...

A million Koku Anyidohos cannot stop the return of President John Dramani Mahama as the standard flagbearer of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) in 2020, according to the convener of a pro-NDC youth group ‘Boys and Girls-Girls for Mahama’ on Wednesday in reaction to attempts to sabotage the former President on GHOne by the Deputy General Secretary. The former Presidential ...

The death has been reported of Mr. J.H. Owusu-Acheampong in Accra. Confirming the news, a member of the Akwamu division of the Berekum Traditional Area confirmed the death of the former Agric minister who, according to the confirmation died yesterday. A meeting of elders from the Akwamu division of the Berekum Traditional Area has been convened to deliberate over the ...

Ghana’s Auditor General, Daniel Domelevo, has pledged to recover every penny siphoned from the State’s coffers. This comes after a seven-member panel of the Supreme Court (SC) ruled Wednesday ordering him to immediately initiate process of surcharging any person found to have misappropriated State funds. Also, the panel headed by Ghana’s Chief Justice nominee, Justice Sophia Akuffo directed that where ...

The Inspector General of Police (IGP), David Asante-Apeatu, has dared the interdicted police officers in the $1.3 million gold scam to sue the police as threatened. Embattled DSP Emmanuel Basintale, and some other interdicted officers have threatened to seek legal redress following their interdiction. But commenting on the issue in an interaction with the media after the Interior Minister paid ...

The Majority Leader, Osei Kyei Mensah-Bonsu, says new Members of Parliament (MPs) from the National Democratic Congress (NDC) are struggling to find their feet in the House. In his assessment of the performance of the new MPs, Mr. Osei Kyei Mensah-Bonsu indicated that contributions by the NDC new entrants have usually been fraught with errors, fuelled by emotions, something he ...

The Tepa Divisional Police Command has invited the principal of the Tepa Nursing and Midwifery Training College to appear before it today, Thursday, June 15, 2017 to answer questions of fraud allegations leveled against her. Victoria Amoah and an accountant of the college Asamoah Richard were cited in an alleged GHS10 million fraud. The two administrative members allegedly used fake ...

Education Minister, Mathew Opoku-Prempeh, is expected in Parliament Thursday to respond to an urgent question on the closure of the University of Education, Winneba (UEW) and its satellite campuses across the country. Ranking member on the Education Committee of Parliament, Peter Nortsu-Kotoe, who filed the urgent question said the closure of the University is in bad taste and wants an ...

President of the Ghana Union of Professional Students, Bismark Gyamfi has commended the intervention of President Nana Akufo-Addo in the re-opening of the Ghana School of Survey and Mapping. Lands Minister, John Peter Amewu has directed the closure of the School of Survey and Mapping (GSSM) following students’ vandalism some few weeks ago. Some students of GSSM went on rampage ...