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Ghana Professional Boxing League back with fight night 6 on Saturday
The 2024 Ghana Professional Boxing League returns with some exciting pairings on match night 6 on Saturday at the Bukom Boxing Arena in Accra.
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Choose Mahama to turn nation’s fortunes around - NDC Volta Regional Chair urges Ghanaians
The Volta Regional Chairman of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC), Mawutor Agbavitor, has sounded a rallying cry urging the Ghanaians to elect former President John Dramani Mahama during the upcoming elections if they want the country lifted out of its current economic crisis.
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'FreeTheCitizens' protesters present petition to Attorney-General’s Office
The Concerned Citizens Against Illegal Mining on Thursday submitted their petition to the Attorney-General’s Office on the opening day of their three-day “FreeTheCitizens” demonstrations.
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We need our leaders to fulfill promises to fight this galamsey issue everywhere, hurting young people and destroying futures - Yvonne Chaka Chaka
South African music icon Yvonne Chaka Chaka has urged President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo to take concrete action against illegal mining, commonly known as galamsey.
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Energy Commission celebrates Digital Transformation at 21st Electrical Wiring Awards
The 21st Electrical Wiring Awards ceremony in Tamale, recognised the exceptional achievements of electricians and emphasised the Energy Commission’s digital transformation initiative aimed at improving electrical safety standards across Ghana.
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32 demonstrators sue AG, IGP over arrest, cites breach of human rights
Thirty two individuals who were arrested as part of a group demonstrating against illegal mining, popularly known as “galamsey” have sued the government on allegation of violating their fundamental human rights.
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President Akufo-Addo meets Organised Labour on illegal mining
The Ministry of Information has announced that President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo on Thursday held discussions with leaders of Organised Labour in relation to matters on illegal mining [galamsey].
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Agya Koo Nimo, others to be honoured at Rhythms on Da Runway
Internationally-acclaimed Ghanaian folk and Highlife musician, Daniel Kwabena Boa-Amponsem, better known as Agya Koo Nimo, is among four individuals who will be honoured at this year’s Rhythms on Da Runway, scheduled for the Grand Arena of Accra International Conference Centre (AICC) on Saturday, November 30.
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Akufo-Addo should step down for Bawumia for failing to stop galamsey – Kwaku Ansah-Asare
Kwaku Ansah-Asare, a former Director of the Ghana School of Law is arguing that President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo should resign from office for the Vice President, Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia to take over.
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Accra-Tema motorway street lights vanish
Almost all the street lights that were installed on the 19-km Accra-Tema Motorway have vanished after three years.
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Elite Minerals lease was in 2012, not in forest reserve
The Mining Lease held by Elite Minerals Company Limited in the Kwaebibirem Municipality dates back to the year 2012, and does not fall in a forest reserve, the Ministry of Lands and Natural Resources has stated.
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WHO approves first mpox test for quick diagnosis
The World Health Organization (WHO) has approved the first diagnostic test for mpox where the results can be immediately known, saying it could prove pivotal in helping to stop the rising global cases of the deadly virus.
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Pastor Adeboye apologises for claiming people who do not pay tithe will not go to Heaven
The General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG), Enoch Adejare Adeboye, has apologised for claiming that Christians who do not pay tithe will not make it to heaven.
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Lost biblical plant with medicinal properties resurrected from 1,000-year-old seed
Botanists have grown a long-lost tree species from a 1,000-year-old seed found in a cave in the Judean Desert in the 1980s.
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Is Naana Jane also among the politicians - Enimil Ashon asks
Strange: The government has been unable to address the concerns of Organised Labour regarding Galamsey.
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We’ll increase producer price of cocoa for 2024/2025 season — Dr Bawumia
The Vice-President and presidential candidate of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Dr Mahamudu Bawumia, has assured cocoa farmers that he will increase the producer price of cocoa for the 2024/25 cocoa season.
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Janet Nabla to focus on making People’s National Party a fully fledged political party after failing to qualify for Election 2024
Janet Asana Nabla, who did not qualify as an independent presidential candidate for Election 2024 says she will concentrate and ensure that the People’s National Party (PNP) she has formed becomes a fully fledged political party.
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ICU backs Organised Labour strike against galamsey
The Industrial and Commercial Workers Union (ICU) has backed the industrial action to be undertaken by Organised Labour to deal with the galamsey menace in the country.
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Ga Mantse to grace Homowo in UK
The Ga Mantse, King Tackie Teiko Tsuru II, last Wednesday launched the United Kingdom (UK) version of the Homowo in Accra with a call on Ga indigenes to lend a helping hand towards the development of the Ga State.
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‘Discoverer, Seeker, Finder/Founder?’
It was at the Jomo Kenyatta International Airport, Nairobi, Kenya in early 2017, from where I was flying to Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
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From otofo to plastic surgery: Evolution of buttocks enlargement
In the northeastern Brazilian city of Salvador da Bahia, it is common to see women walking around town in ceremonial dresses with their buttocks artificially enhanced either with a pillow or a metal girdle.
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Decongest luggage reclamation area at Kotoka - Passenger entreats Airports company
“Decongest the luggage reclamation area of the Kotoka International Airport (KIA) of persons who have no business being there,” that is the plea to the management of the Ghana Airports Company Limited (GACL) by a retiree, Mr George Kwabena Asumadu, who has lost his luggage with personal effects worth about £2000, at the airport.
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KNUST, UEW, UGBS for Tertiary Business Sense Challenge final
Defending champions, University of Education, Winneba (UEW), as well as the University of Ghana Business School (UGBS) and the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) have qualified for the final of this year's Graphic Business Tertiary Business Sense Challenge (TBSC) Version 6.0.
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Blame prosecutors for delayed galamsey cases — Chief Justice
The Chief Justice, Justice Gertrude Sackey Torkornoo, has said the delay in the determination of galamsey cases emanate from the work of prosecutors and not the bench.
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GNA undergoes operational restructuring
The Ghana News Agency (GNA) has embarked on an extensive renovation of its two-storey Volta Regional offices building in Ho, as part of an ongoing operational restructuring.