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Forgive us – Repented Kejetia traders beg Mahama

Traders in Kumasi have rendered an unqualified apology to former President John Mahama and other appointees in the previous administration after they openly displayed their fury over attempts by Kumasi Metropolitan Assembly (KMA), then headed by Kojo Bonsu to relocate them for rehabilitation works to take place at redeveloped Kejatia market. At a Christian prayer session held by the traders ...

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GNPC CEO dragged to Supreme Court over retirement age

The Supreme Court is expected to hear a case challenging the capacity of the Chief Executive of the Ghana National Petroleum Corporation Dr Kofi Kodua Sarpong to stay in office. In a writ filed by a private citizen Eric Edem Agbana, the apex court has been asked to declare that the Chief Executive’s continuous stay in office breaches Article 199(1) ...

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Punctuality dear to my heart – CJ

Chief Justice Sophia Akuffo has endorsed and reiterated her pledge to support the Punctuality Campaign even beyond her retirement from office as Chief Justice (CJ) at the end of this year. While acknowledging the Punctuality Ghana Foundation for the initiative to whip up the spirit of punctuality among Ghanaians, the CJ said of the initiative: “It is a most worthy ...

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Don’t lower standards set by your seniors – Akufo-Addo to new soldiers

President Akufo-Addo has charged some one hundred and thirty two (132) newly commissioned officers the Ghana Armed Forces (GFA) to ensure that they do not lower the standards that have been set by their predecessors as they assume office as fully fledged officers of the Armed Forces. Addressing the Ghana Military Academy’s 2019 Graduation Parade for Regular Career Course 59 ...

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Kids banned from school for Queen Mother’s one week observance in Sunyani

Schools in the Sunyani Municipality of the Bono Region will be closed today to allow for a one-week funeral observance of the late queen mother of the Sunyani Traditional Council, Nana Yaa Nyamaa Puduo II. In a release distributed to schools in the municipality titled “School Holiday” and sighted by DAILY GUIDE, the funeral committee stated, “Notification from the Ghana ...

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Canadian kidnapping: Seidu Mba, 3 others discharged

The Criminal Division of the Accra High Court presided over by Justice George Boadi has discharged four out of the eight accused persons who have been held in connection with the kidnapping of two Canadian nationals in Kumasi. The four are Seidu Abubarkar also known as Mba, Abdul Rahman Sulemana, Safiano Abubarkar and Abdul Nasir. In court Friday, the four ...

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Colonial Forts Ghanaians had no idea existed

The unfortunate incidence of slave trade is one which will forever be etched in the hearts and minds of Africans. However, a significant memory of the trade are the forts and castles, built by colonial masters, which still stand erect for citizens and tourists alike to have a feel of the horrific experience. Thousands of slaves were held in small ...

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Court slaps GH¢300k fine on Owusu Bempah, Despite Group in Ibrahim Mahama’s defamation suit

An Accra High Court has slapped a GH¢300,000 fine on Ernest Owusu Bempah, Communications Director of Ghana Gas Company Limited and Despite Group of Companies in a defamation suit. The Court presided over by Justice Georgina Mensah Datsa ruled that the comments of the outspoken politician were defamatory used on UTV which is a platform of Despite Group. Business Mogul, ...

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Three doctors at Effia-Nkwanta hosp. transferred for extortion

Three surgeons with the Effia-Nkwanta Regional Hospital have been transferred for extorting monies from patients and other clients who deal with the hospital. Western Regional Director for Ghana Health Service , Naa Dr Jacob Mahama, who disclosed this during commissioning of a dialysis unit at the facility also warned that any person caught in any form of misconduct will not ...

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