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Blatter, Platini cleared of corruption charges at FIFA trial

SOURCE: REUTERS Former FIFA president Sepp Blatter and France footballing legend Michel Platini were both cleared of corruption charges by a Swiss court on Friday. Blatter, who led FIFA for 17 years, was cleared of fraud by the Federal Criminal Court...

Prison officers displaced by floods in Obuasi; trapped residents rescued

By Nicholas Osei-Wusu Some junior officers at the Obuasi Local Prisons in the Ashanti region have been displaced by floods following last Wednesday evening's torrential rains. The Junior Officers' Barracks was part of the properties that were hard hit by floods...

CHRAJ raises concern over increasing cases of banishment of people by traditional authorities in the Central Region

The Commission of Human Rights and Administrative Justice (CHRAJ) has expressed worry about the increase in expulsion cases being orchestrated by some traditional authorities across the Central Region. The Commission said the practice had resurfaced in many remote parts of...

Northern Region: Protests over bad roads

By Murtala Issah Residents of Dalun in the Kumbungu District of the Northern region have petitioned President Akufo Addo to intervene and get the Contractor working on the Bontanga-Dalun -Nawuni road completed.The 10-kilometer road was awarded on contract in 2016, but...

Immigration Officers schooled on tackling border security challenges

The Western Regional Command of the Ghana Immigration Service (GIS) has held two separate capacity-building workshops for its frontline officers in the Western Region. The workshop, attended by 50 selected GIS officers, is the third phase of the implementation of...

Islamic Cleric urges Ghanaians to exercise patience with government

The Kadjebi District Deputy Chief Imam, Alhaji Osman Abdul-Aziz has called on Ghanaians to exercise patience with the government as it prepares to put the country on sound footing. Alhaji Abdul-Aziz said the citizenry needed to help the government develop...

About 86,000 households enumerated in Ningo-Prampram District

Census enumerators in the Ningo-Prampram District has successfully tallied about 86,000 households within the area at the end of the 14-day schedule. Mr. Larry Nii Dugba, Ningo-Prampram District Census Training Centre Head and Field Supervisor disclosing this to the Ghana...

Girls must pursue education for a brighter future

Girls have been reminded that the place of a woman cannot be limited to the kitchen and therefore urged them to reject that stereotype and pursue education to brighten their future. Mrs. Juliana Abbey Quaye, Eastern Regional Director of the...

Dam washed away after downpour

A Ghana Productive Safety Net Project (GPSNP) dam under construction at Loho in the Nadowli-Kaleo district has been washed away after a downpour. The project, executed by the Galson Company, started in February 2020 and is expected to be completed...

Nsawam-Adoagyiri Municipal Agricultural Office presents coconut seedlings to farmers

The Nsawam-Adoagyiri Municipal Agricultural Office has presented 15,000 coconut seedlings to farmers in the area to boost the Planting for Export and Rural Development initiative in the municipality. Mr Isaac Kwadwo Buabeng, the Nsawam-Adoagyiri Municipal Chief Executive, in an interview...

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Parliament begins debate on Ministerial Nominees,voting Friday

By Augustus Acquaye Parliament is in the process of determining the fate of six ministerial nominees of President Akufo-Addo. They...

UESD Procures Land for Donkokrom Satellite Campus Construction

By Michael Kofi Kenetey The District Chief Executives, DCEs, for Kwahu Afram Plains North, Isaac Ofori Koree, and Kwahu East, Isaac Agyapong, have led a...

AFCON 2023Q: Antoine Semenyo scores late as Ghana beat Angola

Antoine Semenyo's late strike earned the Black Stars victory against Angola in Kumasi in the Africa Cup of Nations qualifiers. The second-half substitute profited from...

Tano North MP drills boreholes to mark World Water Day

Dr Freda Prempeh, the Member of Parliament (MP) for Tano North Municipality in the Ahafo Region, is drilling four mechanised boreholes to provide potable...

Over partisanship is bane of Africa’s development– Professor Asare Opoku

Professor Kofi Asare Opoku, the Chairman of the Governing Council of, the African University College of Communication (AUCC), says the polarisation of society and...
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