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Mahama heads to Yendi for new Yaa-Naa outdooring

Former President John Dramani Mahama has arrived in Tamale to partake in the Coronation of the new Yaa-Naa  Abukari Mahama II at Yendi today. Today’s coronation is the result of years of collaborative engagements by successive governments, the two Royal Gates of Dagbang and the Committee of Eminent Persons chaired by Otumfuo Osei Tutu II. Mr. Mahama in expressing his ...

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NHIA CEO ordered to leave office

The CEO of the National Health Insurance Authority (NHIA) Dr Samuel Annor has been directed to leave office latest by March 2019, an official at the presidency reveals. Dr. Annor is leaving the Authority after barely two years in office having been appointed in March 2017. Starrfmonline.com is reliably informed that the consultant obstetrician/gynaecologist has received a letter from the ...

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Sacrificing Atewa Forest in China bauxite deal not acceptable – Prof. Oteng-Yeboah

A retired Professor, Department of Plant and Environmental Biology, University of Ghana, Legon, Professor Alfred Apau Oteng-Yeboah, has expressed concern about the fact Atewa, a globally significant biodiversity area with multiple benefits and great potential for ecotourism, is one of the natural forests planned to be exploited in exchange for the US$2.0 billion Chinese money acquired for infrastructural development across ...

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Another girl gone missing in Takoradi

Another girl has gone missing since last week in Takoradi in the Western region. The girl, Maame Darkoa Anomah, 25, is said to have been kidnapped at West Tanokrom. The kidnapper has allegedly warned the family not to report the case to the Police A relative of the alleged victim told Empire FM’s Emmanuel Ohene Gyan Thursday evening that: “ ...

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Girl, 17, arrested for attempting to sacrifice cousin, 15

A 17-year-old Girl in Koforidua in the Eastern region has been arrested by the Police after she attempted to use her 15-year-old Cousin for money rituals. The suspect, Elizabeth, a JHS 3 student of Koforidua -Srodae Roman Catholic School abducted her Cousin, Daniel, 15, a JHS 1 student to Sunyani in the Brong Ahafo region. Elizabeth was accompanied by her ...

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Where are the GITMO 2? – Ablakwa asks government

The Minority spokesperson on Foreign Affairs, Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa wants the government to brief Ghanaians about the status of the two ex-detainees of Guantanamo Bay living in Ghana. The Ghana government in January 2016 accepted transfer of two Yemeni ex-detainees – Mahmud Umar Muhammed Bin Atef and Khalid Muhammad Salih Al-Dhuby – from the US military prison in Guantanamo Bay ...

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Kidnapped 17-year-old girl ‘rescued’ by police in Aflao

The Ho District Police Command has rescued a 17-year old Senior High School Student after she was kidnapped by some persons for about 48 hours. A second year student of Sonrise Senior High School in the Ho Municipality of the Volta Region, who had gone missing on Monday, January 21, spent close to 24 hours in a critical condition with ...

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‘Commander’ of fake military camp at Gomoa Fetteh arrested

The Ojobi District Police Command has rounded up a middle-aged man believed to be behind the fake military camp that was closed down at Gomoa Fetteh earlier this week. The suspect, whose name was only given as Kabby Kay, was arrested on Tuesday. DSP David Fofie, the District Police Commander for Ojobi who confirmed the arrest to Citi News said ...

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