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Open Your Defence – Court Orders Opuni

Former Chief Executive Officer of the Ghana Cocoa Board (COCOBOD) Dr Stephen Opuni and two others have been ordered by the Criminal Division of the Accra High Court presided over by Justice Clemence Jackson Honyernugah  to   to open their defence in the COCOBOD trial. Mr Opuni had filed a …

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Ghana: 350,000 COVID-19 Second Doses Arrived In Accra

After weeks of apprehension over the fate of Ghana’s COVID-19 vaccination programme, the exercise looks set to resume soon after 350,000 doses of the Oxford AstraZeneca vaccines landed in Accra on Friday morning. It arrived around 5am, May 7, aboard a Turkish Airline fight to kick-start the second phase of …

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Captain Smart Narrates What Caused His Suspension

Captain Smart, the suspended host of Angel FM’s morning show has been narrating what caused his one-month suspension from Angel Broadcasting Network (ABN) after his birthday celebration on Wednesday, May 5. According to Captain Smart, after his show on Wednesday, Samuel Kofi Acheampong a.k.a. Bronzy who is the Chief Executive …

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Court Prohibits #FixTheCountry Demo

The court has granted the Ghana Police Service a restraining order against an intended anti-government demonstration scheduled for Sunday, 9 May 2021, by some social “It is, hereby, ordered that the organisers/conveners of Fixthecountry protest march, their associates, officers, agents, assigns, and workmen are prohibited from embarking on any demonstration …

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Accra: Ban On Noise-Making Begins May 10

The Accra Metropolitan Assembly (AMA) has announced to all residents in its jurisdiction that this year’s ban on drumming and noise-making commences from 10th May to 10th June 2021. In line with ensuring that the month-long ban is duly observed, the AMA has outlined some guidelines. A statement by the Assembly …

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Seatbelt Has Saved Me 3 Times – Alban Bagbin

The Speaker of Parliament, Alban Sumana Bagbin has recounted how wearing a seatbelt saved his life in three separate “near-fatal accidents”. The Speaker observed that though in all incidents he was in high-end four-wheel drive vehicles, none of them could be recovered after the accidents. He made this revelation when …

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6 Feared Dead In Accra-Tema Motorway Crash

Six persons are feared dead and fifteen others severely injured in an accident that occurred on the Tema Motorway on Thursday May 6 This was after the bus they were travelling in, a Sprinter bus with registration number GR 6117-20, was involved in an accident on the Tema-Accra motorway. An …

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Old Lady Burnt To Death In Komenda Fire

The charred body of a 76-year-old woman was recovered by the Ghana National Fire Service after extinguishing a fire at the premises of Zion Prayer Ministry. According Komenda District Commander DOIII Jacob Krakue, they received a running call reporting a fire incident near the Zion Prayer Ministry at 0008hrs. The …

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