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Obinim’s assault case adjourned to June 15

Prosecution was unable to produce their next witness in the matter in which Bishop Daniel Obinim, the Founder of God’s Way International Church and two of his pastors are being tried for abusing two teenagers. According to prosecution they have not been able to summon the witness who is a medical officer to appear to testify. DSP George Amegah, the ...

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Payroll clean up denies more than 17, 000 workers from salary payment

More than 17, 000 unregistered workers on government payroll remain unpaid as the government continues its exercise of ridding the state’s payroll system of ghost names. This was revealed in a statement by Chief Director of the Finance Ministry, Patrick Nomo, who has asked affected workers to head to the Social Security and National Insurance Trust (SSNIT) to get registered. ...

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27 cocoa growing centres to be irrigated

Mr. Randy Boitey, the Eastern Regional Cocoa Extension Service Officer has said 400,000 hectares of cocoa farms are to be irrigated, this year, under a pilot project, launched by the government to boost cocoa production. The programme to begin with the 27 cocoa centres across the nation and some selected farms could help to significantly raise crop yield and promote ...

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Politicians mourn with Woyome

It could have been mistaken for a political convention of some sort as members of the two major political parties, the NPP and NDC converged at the Dabala Parish of the Global Evangelical Church in the Volta Region. They were there to mourn with the famous businessman Alfred Agbeshi Woyome and his siblings as they bid farewell to their late ...

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Allied Health professionals to picket at MoH today

Over four hundred Allied Health professionals will today, Monday May 22, begin picketing at the Health Ministry to demand clearance for their posting. The irate health workers completed their studies in August 2016. They claim they were deceived by the Health Ministry that clearance had been secured for their posting as far back as February this year. The latest protest ...

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Asantehene urges small-scale miners to comply with ban

The Asantehene, Otumfuo Osei Tutu II has urged small-scale miners in the Ashanti Region to comply with government’s ban on all forms of small scale mining. According to him, the ban is a step in the right direction and will help curb the menace, as every Ghanaian has to accept that “this is being done to save Ghana from extinction.” ...

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Car stealing syndicate busted in Tarkwa

The Police in Tarkwa in the Western Region have arrested a four-member syndicate said to be behind the car thefts in the area. The four suspects were arrested following a midnight operation by the police Wednesday. They are Samuel Nana Kwakye, 38, Mamoud Abdullah, 38, Joseph Osei alias Joe, 36, and Godfred Kwadwo Kwakye, 43. The four suspects Regional Police ...

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Quack abortion doctor in Bukom arrested for rape

A 41-year-old man identified as Godwin Dzadza has been arrested by police in Accra for performing illegal abortions, extorting monies, and raping patients in the process. The suspect was apprehended by the La District Police Command after he kidnapped his latest victim, a 21-year-old lady at Chorkor, a suburb of Accra, raping her for four consecutive days for her inability ...

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Akufo-Addo assures of wealth creation

President Akufo-Addo has promised to turn round the fortunes of Ghana and make it a great nation. Addressing the Ghanaian community in Dakar, the capital of Senegal, he said, “We are determined to turn round the fortunes of Ghana. Ghana should not be a poor nation. We are not a poor nation.” He refused the tag of poverty which has ...

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