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Ghana’s Population Hits 30.8 Million – GSS Says

The Ghana Statistical Service (GSS) has announced on Wednesday that provisional results from the 2021 Population and Housing Census indicate that Ghana’s population is now 30.8 million. Speaking at a press conference in Accra, Professor Samuel Kobina Annim, the Government Statistician, said the provisional results show that Ghana’s population has …

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Husband Replies Western Regional Minister: My wife Was Pregnant [Audio]

Michael Simons has denied claims that his wife, Josephine Simons, was not pregnant when she was allegedly kidnapped last Thursday (16 September) in Takoradi in the Western Region. Josephine Simons was reported to be nine months pregnant when she went missing after going for her usual morning exercise.   Speaking …

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Husband Of Pregnant Woman Who Was Kidnapped At Takoradi Breaks Silence [Audio]

The husband of a 29-year-old pregnant woman, Josephine Simon, who went missing in Takoradi before being found at Axim has broken his silence on the matter.   Michael Simon told Adom FM’s morning show Dwaso Nsem Wednesday that his wife was in the eighth month of her pregnancy when she …

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2024 Election: It’s Possible To Produce Muslim President – Ashanti Regional Minister

Ashanti Regional Minister, Simon Osei-Mensah says it is possible for Ghana to produce a Muslim President in the next election. He says it is only the New Patriotic Party that has given the opportunity to Muslims to serve as Vice Presidents since 1992. “Under former president JA Kuffour, we had …

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N/R: Four Police Officers Interdicted For Assaulting Residents Over Illegal Connection

Four police officers working with the Tamale Regional Police Command have been interdicted for assaulting some residents of Tamale in the Northern Region, a Police statement has announced on Tuesday September 21.       The officers were captured in a video allegedly assaulting residents allgeldy involved in illegal power …

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MoE: Free SHS And Double-Track Have Improved Quality Of Education

Kwasi Kwarteng, the Spokesperson for the Ministry of Education has rubbished claims that the Free Senior High School programme and the double-track system have adversely affected education in the country.       Kwarteng said contrary to claims that the two programmes have reduced the quality of education, records at …

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Ghanaians Celebrate First President With #Kwame Nkrumah Memorial Day

As the country celebrates the birthday of its first President, Dr Kwame Nkrumah, many people both young and old have taken to social media to celebrate him with the hashtag Kwame Nkrumah Memorial Day. Today’s statutory public holiday followed the passage of the Public Holiday Amendment Bill into law in March …

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Missing Pregnant Woman Found Under Mysterious Circumstances At Axim [photos]

Josephine Panyin Mensah, the nine-month-old pregnant woman who went missing in Takoradi on September 16, has been found around Axim in  the Nzema East Municipality of the  Western Region.   The victim, Josephine Panyin Mensah  went on a morning walk from the Amanoo road to the Paa Grant Roundabout as …

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Tamale: Group Demonstrates Over “Inadequate” Salary Increment For Public Sector Workers [videos +photos]

A group calling itself Coalition Against Leadership of the Trades Union Congress (TUC) and Organized Labour has taken to the streets in Tamale to demonstrate against the four and seven percent salary increments for 2021 and 2022 respectively.   Sometime this year, the TUC agreed on the said base pay …

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