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Tanzania’s Vice-president Threatens To Resign

Tanzania’s vice-president, Philip Mpango, has threatened to resign over a prolonged water shortage affecting residents of the northern Mwanga District. Mpango on Thursday accused contractors working on a major project aimed at supplying water in the region of taking too long time to complete it. The project, worth over US$100,000 …

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MTN Restores Normal Data Services

Telecommunications giant MTN has announced the restoration of internet network capacity, promising enhanced data services. Ghanaians have been experiencing disruptions caused by cuts to undersea fibre optic cables, impacting vital internet services in Ghana since Thursday, March 14, 2024. On March 24, 2024, MTN issued a statement confirming the use …

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Chairman Wontumi Is Hot Over “Vile Comments” Against Prof. Jane Naana

The attacks on Prof. Naana Jane Opoku Agyemang, the National Democratic Congress’s running mate, by Benard Antwi Boasiako, the Ashanti Regional Chairman of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), have been denounced by female lawmakers in the Minority Caucus. According to them, the attacks are blatant examples of disrespect for women, …

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African Games: Did Any Ghanaian Athlete Qualify For The Paris Olympic Games?

No Ghanaian athlete has qualified for the Olympic Games to be staged in Paris later this year. After what looked like a successful African Games for Team Ghana, the downside however is that none of the times, heights or distances covered at Accra 2023 meets the required standard to compete …

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VIDEO: Be Prepared To Be Ghana’s President, Anything Can Happen – Kwesi Ahwoi’s ‘Strange’ Advice To Prof. Opoku-Agyemang

Kwesi Ahwoi, a founding member of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) caused a stir at the nomination party for Professor Naana Jane Opoku-Agyemang when he offered some advice to the running mate of John Dramani Mahama for the 2024 elections. In words of affirmation to Professor Jane Opoku-Agyemang, at the …

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Former Information Minister John Tia Reported Dead

John Akologu Tia, a former Ghanaian minister of information and ambassador to Cuba, has passed away. Abdallah Salifu, the NDC’s Upper East Regional Communications Officer, confirmed the news and stated that he passed away following a brief illness. He revealed that Mr Tia died at the Upper East Regional Hospital …

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VRA Disputes Allegations Of Being Responsible For The Power Outages In Ghana

The Volta River Authority (VRA) has denied being responsible for the recent power outages in the country. This follows allegations that the Authority is excessively exporting power to neighbouring countries. In a press release dated March 24, the VRA indicated that the claim that it is not meeting its power …

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AUDIO: Govt Rolls Out 1 SHS Student, 1Tablet Initiative On Monday

The government has announced plans to launch free tablets to Senior High School (SHS) students on Monday, March 25, 2024. According to the Executive Director of the Centre for National Distance Learning and Open Schooling (CENDLOS), Nana Gyamfi Adwabour, this is part of the Ghana Smart Schools Project. The project, …

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Anti-Gay Bill: Nana Asante Bediatuo Did Not Goof, I Don’t Agree With Senior Alban Bagbin – Nana Obiri Boahen

According to Nana Obiri Boahen, a private attorney, Nana Asante Bediatuo, the President’s secretary, did not neglect to write a letter warning the Parliament clerk to “cease” from trying to send the recently passed anti-LGBTQI law to the Jubilee House for President Nana Akufo-Addo to sign. Lawyer Nana Obiri Boahen …

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