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Massive Infrastructural Development Coming to SHSs This Year – President announces

Sunyani, Ghana – President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo on Sunday announced that Senior High Schools (SHSs) in the country are going to benefit from massive infrastructural development by the close of the year. He said procurement processes were on-going for the government to supply 70,000 mono-desks whilst 42 community SHSs …

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Ghanaians Won’t Forgive If We Repeat SADA Errors – Hawa To Dev’t Authorities

Koforidua, Ghana – Special Development Initiatives Minister, Mavis Hawa Koomson, has urged Chief Executives of the newly created Development Authorities to be guided by the Scandals which marred the Savannah Development Authority(SADA) created by the previous Mahama led government. According to the Minister, Ghanaians will not forgive the ruling government …

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Cashew Development Board To Be Established By June This Year

Sunyani, Ghana – The Cashew Development Board will by the end of June, 2018 be established to regulate the Cashew Industry, President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has announced. The President said this when he interacted with some traditional rulers in Sunyani to round-off his three-day official visit to the Brong-Ahafo …

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We Should All Be One For Holistic National Development – President Akufo-Addo

Nkwabeng, Ghana – President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has called for unity among Ghanaians to serve as stimulus for total national socio-economic transformation and accelerated development. “We should all be one as Ghanaians to propel holistic national development,” President Akufo-Addo appealed when he briefly addressed the Priests and congregation of …

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Why I do Not Take Any Ghanaian Social Media Feminist Serious

This is why I do not take any Ghanaian social media feminist serious. In fact, it’s all about the LIKES—and the desperation to be known. A lot of them have no real jobs, and not in any way empowered, and yet scream women empowerment. First of all, empower your ass …

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We’re With You – Regional Police Command Assures Tumu Cops After Attack

Wa, Ghana – The Upper West Regional Police Command has assured personnel at the Tumu Police Station of their support following an attack on the station Friday. The Regional Commander, DCOP Boapeah Kojo Otchere said they have begun an investigation into the incident and anyone found culpable will be duly …

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4 Foreigners Arrested Over Galamsey

Broniamah, Ghana – Four foreign nationals – one Chinese and three Togolese – have been arrested by Operation Vanguard (the joint military/police taskforce against galamsey) at Broniamah, a community in the Amenfi Central District of the Western Region. The four, who were arrested on Tuesday, May 15, 2018, were allegedly indulging …

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Nana Slams Mahama Over Ghost Projects

Nkoranza, Ghana – President Nana Akufo-Addo has said that the so-called unprecedented projects, especially roads, which former President John Dramani Mahama and his National Democratic Congress (NDC) government spoke about are nowhere to be found. During the 2016 electioneering campaign, then President Mahama accused Nana Addo, then presidential hopeful of …

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Why the Yagbonwura of Gonja is also a King in Ghana

I read an interesting piece by Dr. George Osei-Tutu Darkwah a Constitutional Lawyer and Sociologist titled; “Why Asantehene is a King”. The writer said Asantehene is considered as the only King in Ghana and advanced some points in justifying why Asantehene is the only King. Going by his argument the …

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Songtaba Leads Assemblies to Adopt By-laws to fight Witchcraft Accusations, child Marriage

Tamale, Ghana – Some four Municipal and District Assemblies in the Northern Region of Ghana have agreed to and adopted a set of by-laws to enable them fight dehumanising and injurious customary practices. At a short meeting in Tamale involving all except the East Mamprusi Municipal Assembly authorities to sign …

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