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Kintampo accident: Youtong driver was micro-sleeping – MTTD

The Director of Education Research and Training of the Motor Traffic and Transport Department of the Ghana Police Service, Superintendent Alexander Obeng has revealed that preliminary investigations into last Monday’s Kintampo accident was as a result of the Yutong bus driver micro sleeping. 35 people died in the head-on collision involving the Youtong bus and a Tamale bound vehicle on ...

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Ghana Month: How your tribe came to be

There are over a hundred tribes in Ghana but the major ones are the Ashanti, Ewe, Fanti, Ga-Adangme, Mole-Dagbaani and Guan. Each has a history, a unique one about their migration, how they came into modern-day Ghana and their origins. Ghanaweb, as part of its Ghana Month series today puts the spotlight on the 6 major ethnic groups and their ...

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Passport application up by 30% since March 1 – Director

The Director of Passport Francis Kotia says the application of passports in the country has gone up by 30 per cent since the system went strictly online. According to him, the passport office is putting in place adequate measures to accommodate the leap in application numbers. “Since the online system came up, we have observed 30 per cent increase in ...

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How a Ghanaian Chief tricked the Danes in 1693, took their castle and later sold it back to them

Osu Castle, also known as Christiansborg Castle, is a castle located in Osu, Accra, Ghana. Christiansborg Castle was built by Danish colonialists in 1659 on a land obtained from Paramount Chief Okaikoi of the Ga ethnic group. Over the years, the fort was juggled between the Portuguese, Swedish and Danish. Sometimes it was taken over by force; other times it ...

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SC defers GIBA suit against NCA, AG to March 18

The Hearing of the Motion on Notice for an Order of Interlocutory Injunction filed by the Independent Broadcasters Association (GIBA) against the National Communication Authority (NCA) and the Attorney General (AG) at the Supreme Court has been deferred to March 18, 2020. The apex court was expected to hear the motion on Wednesday but when parties arrived they were informed ...

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Fuel prices to go down 15% – NPA boss

Per the calculations of the National Petroleum Authority (NPA) fuel prices are likely to go down by about 15% in the next pricing window which starts on 16 March, 2020, Hassan Tampuli, CEO of the NPA , has said. He has therefore called on all calling for a reduction in fuel prices to wait till the next windows starts. The ...

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Education in Ghana needs serious attention – NGO

Education in Ghana forms a major basis for development in all aspects in the country. NGO, As I Grow, over the years has undertaken various projects which cut across education, advocacy work on youth Empowerment, social interventions, donations and economic empowerment projects which are all geared towards impacting the lives of children, youth, adults and deprived communities. It could be ...

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Naana Opoku Agyemang is Ghana’s worst Education Minister – NAPO

Minister of Education Dr Mathew Opoku Prempeh has observed that his predecessor Professor Jane Naana Opoku Agyemang is the worst thing to have happened to education in Ghana as she presided over the worst educational statistics ever in the history of the country. According to him, she moved from radio station to another running down government’s newly introduced policies to ...

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