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‘My Vormawor Tweet Wasn’t Looking For An IGP Response At All’ – British High Commissioner

The  British High Commissioner,  Harriet Thompson has said her tweet on Oliver Barker-Vormawor’s last arrest for a traffic offence was not intended, in any way to elicit a response from Ghana’s Inspector General of Police.   Dr George Akuffo Dampare wrote to the British High Commissioner describing her recent ‘I’ll …

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Report: Close To 193million People Acutely Food Insecure

The 2022 Global Report on Food Crises (GRFC) has indicated globally, levels of hunger remain alarmingly high. In 2021, they surpassed all previous records as reported by the GRFC said, with close to 193 million people acutely food insecure and in need of urgent assistance across 53 countries/territories, according to …

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Police Arrest Two Notorious Drug Peddlers In Swoop At Assin Foso

The Assin Fosu District Police Command led by Chief Superintendent Cephas Arthur has arrested two suspected notorious drug dealers, in a special swoop operation at Assin Foso in the Central Region. The arrested suspects’ Awudu and Haruna both aged 22 years are assisting police in an investigation.   Several wooden …

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Former Gambian President, 13 Others To Be Tried For Murder Of 44 Ghanaians

Families of the 44 Ghanaians who were murdered in Gambia alongside some other West African nationals appear to be getting closer to securing justice and reparation. A white paper signed off by Gambian President Adama Barrow appears to clear earlier doubts about the commitment of the Gambian Government to prosecute …

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IGP Replies British High Commissioner: ‘Don’t Interfere In Ghana’s Security Matters’

Dr George Akuffo Dampare, the Inspector General of Police (IGP), has advised the British High Commissioner to Ghana not to interfere in matters that do not concern her. The advice is in reference to the High Commissioner’s tweet over the arrest of one of the conveners of the #FixTheCountry movement, …

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Gov’t Gives Over 400 Acres Of Military, Other State Land To Asantehene

The government has given more than 400 acres of state lands, including a section of the military barracks in Kumasi, to the Asantehene. The Fourth Estate has sighted a directive to public institutions to that effect. It is signed by the Chief Director of the Ashanti Regional Coordinating Council, Mrs. …

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‘I Paid Each Delegate Gh¢1,000 But Still Lost – Defeated NPP Chairman Aspirant

One of the defeated contestants for the New Patriotic Party’s Ashanti Regional Chairmanship position has disclosed that he paid ¢1,000 to each delegate on the election day in his quest to win. Robert Asare Bediako said despite paying the delegates, they still did not vote for him.   The defeated …

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Eastern Region: Gold Robbers Grabbed At Akyem-Adukrom

Five suspected armed robbers who stormed Akyem-Adukrom near Kyebi in the Abuakwa South Municipality in the Eastern Region to rob a gold dealer have been arrested. The suspects, as gathered went to the community to attack the gold dealer upon a tip-off by a colleague robber who stays around Kyebi …

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Change Of Mindset, Prayers Will Reduce Hardship In The Country – Assist. Head Prophet Of Twelve  Apostles Church of Ghana

The Assistant Head prophet of the Kotoku Circuit of the Twelve   Apostles Church of Ghana, Prophet Seth Opare has said that, the current hardship in the nation can be overcome with prayers as it is the signs of fulfilled prophesy from the Bible. According to him, hardship in the …

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Savanna Region: Armed Robbers Kill lawyer Badombie On Bole-Bamboi Highway

Suspected armed robbers have shot and killed a lawyer, Mr Richard Badombie, on the Bole-Bamboi highway in the Savanna Region.   The Accra-based lawyer was killed by the robbers while travelling to Jirapa in the Upper West Region with some relatives on Saturday, 28 May 2022.   The robbers, who …

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