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Thousands of Ghanaian men beaten by their wives, girlfriends – CID Boss

The Director-General of the Criminal Investigations Department (CID), COP Maame Yaa Tiwaa Addo-Danquah, has revealed that thousands of men suffer various forms of domestic abuse from their wives and girlfriends taking into account the recent number of reported cases. She revealed that this is so because many men now feel comfortable to report cases of abuse to the Domestic Violence ...

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59% of Ghanaians say country heading in “wrong direction” – Report

More than half of Ghanaians believe that the country is heading in the wrong direction under Nana Akufo-Addo’s government, according to an Afrobarometre Survey by the Ghana Centre for Democratic Development (CDD). According to the survey, approval of the government’s economic performance by citizens has “declined sharply” compared to 2017. “Few citizens are content with the country’s economic situation and ...

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126 African-American diasporans receive Ghanaian citizenship

President Akufo-Addo has in accordance with section 10 of the Citizenship Act (2000) Act 591, approved the applications of some one hundred and twenty six (126) members of the African-American Diaspora Community, to become Ghanaian Citizens by registration. According to Section 10 of the Citizenship Act (2000) Act 591 which is entitled, “Citizenship by Registration”, sub section one (1) says ...

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5G internet not coming to Ghana anytime soon – Telecoms Chamber

Ghanaians who are eager to experience the 5G technology will have to wait a while longer because it requires too much investment, the chamber of telecommunications has said. 5G is the fifth generation of cellular network technology. 5G can support up to a million devices per square kilometer, while 4G supports only up to 100,000 devices per square kilometer. The ...

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SOFTtribe raid unacceptable – Mahama

Former President John Mahama has described the raid of an Accra-based IT firm SOFTtribe by National Security operatives as unacceptable. According to him, the government is using the National Security machinery to infringe upon the human rights of Ghanaians. National Security Operatives on Tuesday conducted an operation to reportedly secure database belonging to the Ghana Water Company Limited (GWCL) from ...

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Re: Anas did not respond to TseAdo trending video

Investigative journalist Anas Aremeyaw Anas has denied responding to a circulating video allegedly involving him and a landowner at TseAdo, a suburb in Accra. An audio released by host of ‘The Seat’, a Net2 TV current affairs programme sought to suggest that Anas had reacted to the video. Checks by www.ghanaweb.com have revealed that the audio, which is an interview ...

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Anas, West African journalists visit Ahmed Suale’s grave site

Ghana’s most decorated award-winning investigative journalist Anas Aremeyaw Anas and a group of West African journalists on Wednesday visited the graveside of slain colleague Ahmed Hussein-Suale. Hussein-Suale was shot in the neck and chest by unknown assailants while he was driving in Accra on the evening of 16 January 2019. He died immediately. He worked closely with Anas to expose ...

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Opuni trial: Witness disowns prosecution’s powdered lithovit sample entered into evidence

The state’s third prosecution witness in the ongoing trial of former Cocobod Chief Executive, Dr Stephen Kwabena Opuni and businessman Seidu Agongo has disowned the prosecution’s own powdered lithovit foliar fertilizer sample entered into evidence last year. It will be recalled that during his evidence in chief on 29th October 2018, the state’s second prosecution witness, Dr Alfred Arthur who ...

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Private sector must do more to support SDG financing – Ofori-Atta

Finance Minister Ken Ofori-Atta is calling for more financing to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). “I encourage both local and foreign businesses and financial institutions to support the financing of the SDGs by directly partnering government and also by injecting funds into private sector projects in businesses that have the potential to bring shared values. “And by leading in ...

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Why Isaac Adongo is a thorn in the flesh of NPP government

It has emerged that Member of Parliament (MP) for Bolgatanga Central constituency Isaac Adongo is surrounded by an army of researchers and whistleblowers, a reason the young parliamentarian has become a thorn in the flesh of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) government. The vociferous legislator who is serving his first term in parliament has stood out and won the admiration ...

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