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C/R: Land guards stab police officer, two others

Some persons suspected to be land guards on Wednesday stormed the Ojobi Police Station in the Central region and brutally assaulted some police officers on duty. Information gathered by Starr News indicate that two other civilians were also attacked in the process. It is unclear what triggered the attack Wednesday morning. Kasapa FM’s Benjamin Amuzu narrated that a police officer ...

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Kwakye Ofosu, Anyidoho, others will vote for NPP in 2020 – Ayisi Boateng

Come the next general elections, leading members of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) including a former deputy communications minister, Felix Ofosu Kwakye will vote President Akufo-Addo or any candidate the New Patriotic Party (NPP) will put forward for a second term in office, a party official has observed. A founding member of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Mr. George Ayisi ...

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NOTICE TO ALL LEVELS 400 STUDENTS ON THE NATIONAL SERVICE SCHEME

TEPS TO YOUR MANDATORY NATIONAL SERVICE Step 1: Enrollment Pin The National Service Scheme(NSS) will generate an enrollment pin (Personal Identification Number) for you using final year class list obtained from your educational institution. As a prospective national service personnel(NSP), you are required to check with the Students Affairs Office/Students Representative Council/ Office of the Dean of Students at your ...

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What Mahama told Bugri Naabu when they met at Sawla

Former President John Dramani and outspoken Northern Regional Chairman of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) Daniel Bugri Naabu came face to face for the first time after allegations of attempts by the former president to bribe him. At the 41st National Congress of the Gonjaland Youth Association held at Sawla in the Sawla-Tuna-Kalba District of the Northern region, both met ...

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$2.25bn bond didn’t need parliamentary approval – Akoto Osei

The US$2.25 billion domestic bond issued recently by the government of Ghana did not need to go to parliament for approval, Minister of Monitoring and Evaluation, Dr Anthony Akoto Osei has said in response to a demand by the Minority in Parliament that the bond issue should have gone to the chamber. Also, the Minority in Parliament said Mr Trevor ...

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Akufo-Addo on track – IMANI

The Vice President of IMANI Ghana, Kofi Bentil has stated that the Akufo-Addo-led government is on the right track. According to him, even though, the government in its first 100 days had been fraught with some challenges security-wise, it has performed creditably in the policy think-tank’s assessment. “Our view is that generally speaking, the government is on track. There are ...

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Ofori Atta won’t resign; go to court – Kwarteng to minority

A deputy Finance Minister Kwaku Kwarteng has dismissed allegations by the Minority that the Finance Minister Ken Ofori Atta cooked up a $2.25 billion bond for cronies. The Minority at a press conference Tuesday April 18, 2017 accused Mr Ofori-Atta of conflict of interest as far as the issuance of the government’s recent 15 year bond was concerned, demanding his ...

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Technical faults blamed for police failure to respond to distress calls – PRO

The Police say they are investigating their failure to respond to distress calls from a lecturer whose Ashongman home was  attacked by robbers last Sunday. Director of Police Public Affairs, Superintendent Cephas Arthur lamented that Dr. Benedicta Fosu-Mensah was let down by the police possibly because of a technical fault in the communication system. It could also be down to the ...

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Protests hit Bolga Poly over GHC70k bus scam

Troubles have erupted at the Bolgatanga Polytechnic after the executives of the Students’ Representative Council (SRC) allegedly bought a 12-seater school bus not only at an extortionate Gh¢70,000 but also for angry students, whose dues were taken to cover the expense, to find the van too rickety to be worth their money. The disappointed students, thousands in their numbers, have ...

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