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Killers of Ahmed Suale arrested – Abronye alleges

Two persons have been arrested in connection with the murder of undercover journalist with Tiger Eye PI, Ahmed Hussein-Suale. The two were arrested in separate swoops. While one is still being held and interrogated by BNI officials, Kotobabi police are believed to have granted the other bail. This was revealed by the Brong Ahafo Regional First Vice Chairman of the ...

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2,200 Workers to be posted to new regions – Dan Botwe

The Minister of Regional Reorganisation and Development, Mr Dan Botwe, has announced that the government will be posting at least 100 experienced workers of the Local Government Service to each of the newly created regions to cater for the human resource at the various regional co-ordinating councils to be established. The Oti Regional Coordinating Council (ORCC), he said, would soon ...

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Ghana to benefit from World Bank’s $4bn Human Capital Project for Africa

The World Bank has hinted that Ghana would benefit from a four-billion-dollar investment in Africa this year. According to the bank, this is part of its Human Capital Project for the year. This was made known at the bank’s launch of Africa CSO and Parliamentary Development Dialogue series to engage with key civil society organizations around major development priorities in ...

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Over 40% of uni graduates have no employment prospects – Investment banker

Entrepreneurship is no longer a choice; it is the only viable employment option available to lots of young graduates in the country, says Joe Jackson, Director of Business Operations of Dalex Finance. “Ghana has a long way to go in tackling the depressing phenomenon of joblessness,” he said blaming the situation “on partisan politics, widespread corruption, greed and recklessness in ...

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RTI passage: Don’t jubilate yet – Karikari to journalists

Communications consultant and dean of communication studies at the Wisconsin University College Professor Kwame Karikari has urged Ghanaians and the media to be cautious with their jubilation over the passage of the Right to Information Law by Parliament. He says until the content of the new law is studied and accepted to be responsive to the challenges with information gathering ...

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Abduction of Mahran Baajour in Ghana difficult to understand – Brother

A brother of the Lebanese business, Mahran Mustapha Baajour who was reportedly held for months in Ghan has expressed shock over the bizarre circumstances under which Mahran disappeared when he allegedly arrived at the Kotoka International Airport. According to Azaam Baajour, it is difficult to understand why his brother was abducted because there has been no proper explanation. Mahran Mustapha ...

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Black Friday! Close to 90 perish in 2 separate accidents

About 90 people have been confirmed to have died in two separate road crashes in the Bono East and Central Regions, Friday. Police have confirmed 55 died in the gory head-on collision between two passenger buses on the Kintampo-Techiman road. Fifty-three others are seriously injured. Kintampo Divisional Police Commander, ACP Joseph Antwi Gyawu, told Joy News Bono East Region Correspondent, ...

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Ghana’s RTI law one of the best in the world – Bagbin

The Second Deputy Speaker of Parliament Alban Bagbin has described the Right to Information Law which was passed Tuesday night as one of the best in the world. ” Honourable members the RTI has gone through the third reading and is hereby duly passed. This law is one of the best ever passed in any part of the world,” he ...

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