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Former Education Minister and renowned author of ‘The Dilemma of a Ghost’ has passed on. According to her family, the poet, playwright and academic born on March 23, 1942, died peacefully at home. With a career spanning more than five decades, she has received international recognition as one of the most prominent African writers of the 20th and 21st centuries. Ama Atta...
Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa, the Member of Parliament for North Tongu, has brought to light a concerning revelation. According to him, out of the $58.1 million in taxpayer funds allocated by the government, only $22.07 million was given to the national cathedral contractor, RIBADE JV. Ablakwa further stated that this amount was unlawfully withdrawn from the National Cathedral Funds. In a tweet, the...
Award-winning Ghanaian radio presenter Captain Smart has urged DJ Azonto not to be perturbed by the criticism from the public over his choice of dressing. DJ Azonto has been slammed by some netizens for his style of dressing, especially when he wore a female dress on the red carpet of this year’s Vodafone Ghana Music Awards. A viral video circulating shows...
Okyeman Lands Taskforce on Tuesday, May 30, 2023, clashed with land guards, which resulted in the exchange of gunfire at Teacher Mante, a community along the Accra-Kumasi Highway in the Ayensuano District in the Eastern region. The suspected land guards were allegedly hired by one Kofi Acquah, claiming the land belongs to his family, not Okyenhene, therefore, resisting the sale...
The Parliament of Ghana has declared the seat of the Assin North Constituency vacant. This comes as the Supreme Court of Ghana ordered the House to expunge the name of the Member of Parliament for the constituency, James Gyakye Quayson, from its records. The announcement of the vacancy was disclosed in a letter the Clerk of the House wrote to the...
The Asantehene, Otumfuo Osei Tutu II, on Monday, May 29, destooled the chief of Antoa, Nana Kwame Owusu Agyeman. The decision came as a consequence of multiple offenses committed by the chief, including the unauthorised sale of lands, and a violation of the customs and traditions upheld by the Asante people. On his first sitting following his return from the coronation...
Sixteen Passengers have died on the spot while over twenty others are in critical condition in an accident at Gomoa Okyereko on the Kasoa to Winneba Highway in the Central Region. According to report the accident which happened around 4:30am Tuesday May 30, 2023, involved a fully packed Yutong bus which was coming from Cote d’ivoire to Accra with all...
A MAN has infamously killed his wife in the farm, but his attempt to commit suicide afterwards to avert prosecution failed miserably. Suspect Akwasi Brefo is currently battling for his life in the hospital after drinking a liquid substance, suspected to be weedicide. Brefo, without provocation, reportedly, used a weapon to hit the back of his wife, Janet Yobo, who was...
The government will next academic year supply all senior high schools (SHSs) with laptop computers with in-built textbooks, the Vice-President, Dr Mahamudu Bawumia, has said. He said the initiative would save the country the colossal sum of money spent on printing textbooks, adding that it would also lead beneficiary students into the new world of data, modern systems and innovations....
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has once again justified his decision to run to the International Monetary Fund (IMF) for a bailout saying it was a painful but necessary decision. In a speech to the nation on Sunday, May 28, 2023, President Akufo-Addo said that the decision was made after careful consideration of all options. He said that the IMF deal...

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