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18-year-old herdsman remanded over murder of younger brother 
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18-year-old herdsman remanded over murder of younger brother 

Pati Bande, an 18-year-old herdsman, has been remanded by a Circuit Court in Wa for allegedly killing and burying his 14-year-old younger brother, Haruna Rashid.  The court, presided over by His Worship, Maxwell Maxibrain Titriku remanded the suspect into police custody to enable the police complete investigations and to return to court on January 24, 2025. The facts of the case presented to the court by Detective Sargent Appiah Samuel, the investigator in charge of the case, indicated that the incident occurred at Duwie, a community in the Sissala West District. The Court heard that Mr Haruna Bande, aged 50, a herdsman and father of the accused person and the victim, reported the incident to the Gwollu District Police Command on January 7, 2025, at about 1030 hours. According ...
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President directs IGP to investigate deaths of Ghanaians during 2020/2024 elections
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President directs IGP to investigate deaths of Ghanaians during 2020/2024 elections

President John Dramani Mahama has requested the office of the Inspector-General of Police (IGP) to initiate immediate investigations into the tragic deaths of Ghanaian citizens during the 2020/2024 general election. Dr Callistus Mahama, the Executive Secretary to the President, in a letter addressed to the IGP, said those incidents, which occurred in various parts of the country, had left a lasting scar on the nation's democratic process. It was, thus, imperative that justice was served for the victims and their families, it said. To ensure the investigations were comprehensive and transparent, government proposed the stablishment of a Dedicated Investigative Taskforce within the CID to focus solely on those cases, ensuring undivided attention and efficient handling of the matter....
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President Mahama reduces Ministries from 30 to 23  
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President Mahama reduces Ministries from 30 to 23  

President John Dramani Mahama has, by an Executive Instrument (EI), reduced the number of ministries from 30 to 23.   In the exercise of the power conferred on the President under section 11(3) of the Civil Service Act, 1993 (PNDCL 327), the Civil Service (Ministries) Instrument, 2025, was made on the 9th of January, 2025.    The Ministries in the Civil Service are, thus, the Ministry of Finance, Ministry of Health, Ministry of the Interior, Ministry of Defence, Ministry of Education, Ministry of Energy and Green Transition, Ministry of Roads and Highways, Ministry of Transport, Ministry of Sports and Recreation, and the Office of the Attorney-General and Ministry of Justice.   The rest are Ministry of Lands and Natural Resources, Ministry of Local Governm...
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SHSs Heads in Bono East assure parents of adequate feedimy
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SHSs Heads in Bono East assure parents of adequate feedimy

Some Heads of Senior High Schools (SHSs) in the Bono East Region have assured parents and guardians of adequate feeding in the schools.They said there was no cause of alarm, urging parents to remain calm as their children returned to school.In an interview with the Ghana News Agency (GNA) during a visit to some of the SHSs in the Techiman Metropolis, the heads confirmed they had in store some food items to feed the students.The assurance came in the wake of perceived shortage of food items in some SHSs in the Metropolis. Mr Mose Kofi Adu, the Headmaster for Techiman Senior High School, described the alleged shortage of food items as false and unfounded, and allayed the fears of the parents and guardians, saying “we have in stock the required food items to feed the students in the term”.He ...
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Northern Ghana will not experience fuel shortage-NPA  
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Northern Ghana will not experience fuel shortage-NPA  

The National Petroleum Authority (NPA) has assured the public that there is no cause for alarm regarding the reported pockets of petrol shortage in the north.   A statement issued by the NPA and copied the Ghana News Agency in Accra said following reports of pockets of shortage of petrol in the Northern part of the country, the Technical Committee on energy set up by the Chief of Staff, met on 10th January 2025 to discuss modalities to resolve the issue.   It said the logistical challenge identified was being comprehensively resolved using a three-pronged approach.   The first approach is that Oil Marketing Companies (OMCs) are being granted a special dispensation to load petrol from the Bulk Oil Storage and Transportation Company (BOST) depot in Kumasi to serv...
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GloMeF up-scales national anti-rabies campaign, engages 1.9 million cat, dog owners    
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GloMeF up-scales national anti-rabies campaign, engages 1.9 million cat, dog owners    

The Sunyani-based Global Media Foundation (GloMeF) says it has upscaled national campaign on anti-rabies, engaging 1.9 million cats and dog owners in Ashanti, Bono East, Western and Greater Accra Regions.   Additionally, the foundation said it had also trained and empowered 1,000 stakeholders in the education sector, including teachers and School Health Education Programme (SHEP) coordinators on rabies education.  Mr Raphael Godlove Ahenu, the Founder and Chief Executive Officer of the GloMeF, a human rights and media advocacy Non-governmental organisation, in an interview with the Ghana News Agency (GNA) in Sunyani pledged the readiness and commitment of the NGO do more to stem the surging cases of rabies in the four regions in 2025.  At the District levels, he ind...
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Police commend public for cooperation during President, Vice-President’s swearing-in ceremony
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Police commend public for cooperation during President, Vice-President’s swearing-in ceremony

The Ghana Police Service has expressed gratitude to the public for their patience and cooperation during the swearing-in ceremony of the President and Vice-President on January 7, 2025. In a statement released in Accra by Madam Grace Ansah-Akrofi, Assistant Commissioner of Police and Director of Public Affairs, the Police extended special thanks to the motoring public for their understanding during the temporary road closures and traffic diversions in Accra associated with the event. The statement emphasized the Police's ongoing commitment to ensuring peace, security, and order across the country and urged the public to continue their support.
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Businessman in court for allegedly defrauding 18 rent seekers GHC100,000 
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Businessman in court for allegedly defrauding 18 rent seekers GHC100,000 

A 48-year-old businessman, Jennings Tetteh Cole, who is accused of defrauding 18 rent seekers of over GHC100,000, appeared before an Accra Circuit Court on Wednesday.  He faces 18 counts of defrauding by false pretenses but has pleaded not guilty to the charges.   The complainants reportedly paid amounts ranging from GHC3,000 to GHC9,200 to the accused.  Jennings has been granted bail in the amount of GHC150,000.   He had promised to refund the money to his victims, but according to the prosecution, led by Chief Inspector Ramata Asumah, he has not returned any of the funds.  The case has been adjourned to January 20, 2025, with the court, presided over by Mr. Bright Samuel Acquah, instructing the prosecution to file their disclosures.  C...
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Loading boy arraigned over alleged theft of driving mirror
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Loading boy arraigned over alleged theft of driving mirror

The Kaneshie District Court has granted Felix Yeboah, a loading boy, a GHC2,000 bail with two sureties following his alleged theft of a driving mirror.   Yeboah has denied the charge and is scheduled to appear in court again on January 13, 2025.  Police Chief Inspector Alice Adjei outlined the facts of the case, stating that Bismark Obeng, an auto mechanic apprentice at Nima, is the complainant.   Yeboah, who works as a loading boy at Kwame Nkrumah Circle, allegedly visited Obeng’s shop on December 22, 2024, around 1430 hours, claiming to buy dirty oil.   However, when told there was none, he left the shop.  Later that evening, around 2200 hours., Obeng, who was sleeping in the shop, spotted Yeboah hiding behind a Honda Civic brought in for repa...
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President Mahama announces first set of ministerial nominations 
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President Mahama announces first set of ministerial nominations 

President John Dramani Mahama has submitted his first set of ministerial nominations to Parliament today (January 9, 2025), fulfilling a key constitutional requirement following his inauguration as President on January 7, 2025. The nominations, submitted to the Speaker of Parliament in accordance with Article 78 of the 1992 Constitution, include three individuals for critical portfolios in finance, energy, and justice.   The nominees are:   1. Dr Cassiel Ato Baah Forson – Minister for Finance Designate  2. Mr John Abdulai Jinapor – Minister for Energy Designate  3. Dr Dominic Akuritinga Ayine – Attorney-General and Minister for Justice Designate   The Speaker of Parliament, Alban Bagbin has confirmed receipt of the names and referred the three ministeri...
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