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Barely hours after Ashanti regional chairman of the ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP), Bernard Antwi Boasiako popularly known as Wontumi said he has planted a mole in the recently outdoored opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) Ashanti Regional Manifesto subcommittee, a mole has been fished out, MyNewsGh.com reports. The said mole, one Isaac Afreh who joined the NDC in the Ashanti ...

Assistant Commissioner of Police (ACP), Dr Benjamin Agordzor, has been charged with abetment to commit treason for his alleged involvement in a coup plot. ACP Agordzor’s lawyer Martin Kpebu confirmed the charge to Joy News. He said his client was arrested and has been detained in BNI custody since 1 p.m. on Monday and slapped with the charge. Martin Kpebu ...

Security analyst Colonel  Retired Festus Aboagye says the two senior Police officers who have so far been questioned over the alleged coup plot are not officers who are willing to jeopardise the security of the state. “For now, it has not been established that Mr. Agordzor is part of the inner circles of the group. I know him and I ...

A notorious armed robber has been shot dead in the Eastern region by a Police team dispatched from National Police Headquarters. Wife of the deceased was also injured in the process. The incident occurred Monday at Nyamebekyere, a community near Koforidua, the Eastern Regional Capital. Starr News gathered that the deceased was an ex-convict but was on Police wanted list ...

The Ministry of Education has said it cannot give timelines as to when the textbooks for the new curriculum for basic schools will be available for use by pupils. The National Council for Curriculum and Assessment NaCCA this year reviewed the curriculum for basic school education. According to NaCCA, the move was to modify some subjects and to improve students’ ...

Ghanaian traders at Opera Square in Accra have embarked on yet another operation to lock-up shops owned by foreigners in the national capital. The operation which is not backed by police is also targeting shops owned by Chinese nationals. This is the third time such incident had occurred at this venue where foreign-owned shops operating within the Square are being ...

One of Ghana’s veteran engineers, who was behind several national projects, Hajj Adam Babah-Alargi, has been accorded his final respects in a well-attended funeral ceremony officiated by the National Chief Imam Sheikh Osmanu Nuhu Sharubutu. Born on Chrismas Day in 1927 to Muslim parents, Adam undertook his studies in Structural Engineering at Hammersmith College in England. He joined BoltenHennesy and ...

The Customs Division of the Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) at the Tema Port appears to have commenced enforcement of a directive by its Board Chairman, Prof. Stephen Adei, to ignore ‘order from above’ commands from superior officers at the port. An internal memo sighted by DAILY GUIDE has warned junior officers not to take instructions in the form of ‘order ...

The Ghana Health Service has assured that the outbreak of the H3N2 flu also known as seasonal flu or the Varian Virus disease is under control. Over 400 students were quarantined over the weekend in three secondary schools in the Eastern region over the outbreak of the H3N2 Flu in the Lower Manya Krobo Municipality. The schools affected included Krobo ...

A police officer has been injured at Agona Swedru in the Central region after he was hit by a stone thrown by angry protestors who were demonstrating over the poor roads in the town. The protestors clad in red armbands Monday morning blocked major roads linking the Swedru-Bawjiase, Swedru-Winneba and other surrounding towns demanding that the government fixes their roads. ...