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#TiwaaMustGo: Ghanaians call for the removal of CID boss

Some Ghanaians have taken to social media to demand the immediate removal of the Director-General of the Criminal Investigations Department DCOP Maame Yaa Tiwaa Addo-Danquah. This call follows the announcement by the IGP James Oppong Boanuh, that the human parts found at the suspect’s home were revealed through DNA testing to be that of the Takoradi kidnapped girls. In an ...

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E/R: Speeding bus crashes pedestrian to death

A speeding Commercial Bus has crashed to death a man believed to be in his 30’s . The Bus with a registration number GN – 2336 – 10 hit and killed instantly the pedestrian who was walking on the pedestrian lane Monday evening around 7:30pm . An eyewitness ,Kwadwo Minta, told Starr News, the VIP Bus fully loaded with passengers ...

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Touch not Asantehene; he’s the brain behind Ghana’s peace – NDC warned

The opposition National Democratic Congress has been cautioned to season their speech with salt in relation to issues bordering on the Asantehene, Otumfuo Osei Tutu II. Member of Parliament (MP) for Tema West Constituency, Hon. Carlos Ahenkorah, who issued the warning, declared his intention to declare a personal war against anybody who will speak against the Asantehene, Otumfuo Osei Tutu ...

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PDS fights back

FINANCIAL ENGINEER, Ato Benson has exposed what he considers to be an “empty” argument put forward by the vice president of policy think tank, IMANI Ghana, Kofi Bentil, on the controversial Power Distribution Services (PDS) power concession deal. Mr. Bentil had written a piece following announcement about the suspension of PDS by Akufo-Addo’s government that “PDS is a motley crew ...

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Takoradi kidnappings: Police conclude DNA test on retrieved parts

The Ghana Police Service has completed the DNA test on the remains retrieved close to the residence of Sam Udoetuk Wills, the main suspect in the Takoradi kidnapping case. This is according to Citi News sources within the Ghana Police Service. The source indicated that the report is ready to be presented to the appropriate individuals and interested parties. This ...

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Kevin Taylor descends on Ken Agyapong in dirty ‘war of words’

Social media commentator, Kevin Ekow Baidoo Taylor, has “advised,” Member of Parliament for Assin Central, Ken Agyapong, to stop being an “idiot” because his acts are embarrassing. The host of “With All Due Respect’, in a reaction to jabs from the NPP bigwig who had earlier described him as a “bastard son of a prostitute and akpeteshie seller”, said if ...

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14 Suspected criminals remanded

A Tamale District Court Wednesday remanded into prison custody 14 out of the 18 suspected criminals arrested during joint police/military swoops at various locations in the Tamale metropolis last Wednesday. The 18 suspects were charged with the possession of narcotics without authority and will reappear before the court, presided over by Mr Amadus Issifu on September 20, 2019. The court, ...

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Self-placement module was sabotaged – GES

The Ghana Education Service (GES) says its self-placement module was sabotaged by “bad” people resulting in the chaos with the 2019 senior high school (SHS) placement. According to the Deputy Director General in charge of Quality and Access at the GES, Mr Kwabena Tandoh, it was for that reason that the module was temporally closed down. His comments comes in ...

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PDS debacle is a well thought-out state capture – Alex Mould

A former Chief Executive Officer of Ghana National Petroleum Corporation (GNPC), Alex Mould has questioned why Ghanaians and the media are quiet after the PDS investigation. According to the former Executive Director of the Standard Chartered Bank and finance expert, the facts that had emerged from the FTI report and the Government to Qatar delegation report “have exposed the gargantuan ...

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