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Poor standards of building materials and lack of supervision are major contributors of building collapse in Ghana – IMFA

President of the Ghana Chapter of the International Facility Management Association Sampson Opare Agyemang has attributed the collapse of buildings in Ghana to poor standards of building materials. He also attributes the situation to a lack of supervision by relevant agencies. Seven-storey buildings have collapsed within a period of four …

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9 school children drown, one body missing after a canoe capsizes at Faana-Bortianor

Nine school children have drowned on their way from school at Faana-Bortianor, an island community near Weaboman in the Weija Gbawe municipality of the Greater Accra region. The incident which occurred Wednesday afternoon, involved 12 passengers who were on board a canoe which capsised and left 9 drowned. The school …

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NDC confident of holding primaries on Saturday despite injunction application

  The National Democratic Congress (NDC) has assured presidential, and parliamentary aspirants as well as members, supporters, and sympathizers, that the party is taking all legitimate and legal steps to pave the way for the presidential and parliamentary primaries on Saturday, May 13, 2023, despite the injunction application filed by …

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ASSAULT ON JOURNALIST: Court fines former NDC communications director and accomplice 3,600 cedis each

The Tamale magistrate court has slapped a 3,600 cedis fine each on the former Northern regional deputy communications director of NDC Hardi Pagazaa and his accomplice Mumuni Osman for assaulting a Radio Presenter of Dagbon FM, Sadiq Gariba. The two appeared to plead guilty to all four counts of; conspiracy …

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President Akufo-Addo inaugurates board of National Vaccine Institute

President Akufo-Addo has charged the newly inaugurated governing board of the National Vaccine Institute to work hard to ensure Ghana becomes the vaccine hub of the entire African continent. The president encouraged them to collaborate with other vaccine-producing institutions to ensure quality. he was speaking at the swearing-in ceremony of …

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Kwabena Duffour seeks injunction against NDC congress

National Democratic Congress’ flagbearer hopeful, Dr Kwabena Duffour has filed a suit against the party following what he says are some discrepancies his team has identified in the party’s voters register to be used for the exercise. In a writ filed at an Accra High Court, Dr Duffour indicated that …

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Electoral Commission withdraws from supervising NDC’s Congress on Saturday

The Electoral Commission has served notice it cannot supervise the 13th May NDC Congress until all legal actions are settled. Dr Kwabena Duffour has filed a suit at an Accra High Court seeking an interlocutory injunction on the elections. Dr Duffour in the suit says abnormalities in the Register for …

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Traders at Kejetia Dubai give management a 48-hour ultimatum to find lasting solutions to the frequent power disconnections.

The electricity company of the Ghana task force on Tuesday disconnected Kumasi City’s market power over outstanding debt. Currently, the market is depending on the standby generator to operate. The market owes ECG a debt of 5.9 million cedis. The disconnection of power in the market is not new as …

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FATHER REMANDED FOR SUBJECTING TEENAGE SON TO TORTURE AND MUTILATION AT ASSIN PRASO

Assin Fosu District Court presided by His Worship Abdul Majid Iliasu has remanded 34-year-old Robert Kwame Kobi into police custody for two weeks. The suspect is said to have subjected his 14-year-old son to mutilation and torture after the father caught him at a game centre when he had searched …

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3-story church building falls in Bortianor, injuring 7 people.

Frantic rescue operations are underway to recover bodies, if any, trapped under a three-storey church building in Bortianor in the Greater Accra Region. The Word in Action Church building collapsed on Tuesday, May 9. There are fears some church members were in the building when the disaster struck. Seven people …

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