Articles from the ‘Lead Stories’ category

NDC may lose 8 seats in V/R

Posted by on May 21, 2012 at 8:18 am in Other Top Stories, Politics

A sampling conducted among a cross-section of eligible voters in eight (8) constituencies in the Volta Region has come out with impending dire consequences for some Members of Parliament (MPs) for what the people term the wreaking of severe poverty on them. The constituencies are Akan represented by Joseph Kwadwo Ofori; Anlo, Clement Kofi Humado; [...]

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PPP candidate donates to school

Posted by on at 8:15 am in Politics, Top Story

The Progressive People’s Party (PPP) parliamentary candidate for Akropong Constituency in the Eastern Region,ast Saturday made a cash donation of GH¢1,000 (One thousand Ghana cedis) to the Larteh Presbyterian Primary School during the school’s open-day ceremony. The donation was the PPP parliamentary aspirant’s contribution towards improving education in his constituency. A similar donation was made [...]

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Stop scrap metal dealers—Veep tasks EPA

Posted by on at 8:14 am in Environment, Top Story

The Vice President, John Dramani Mahama, has stirred the hornet’s nest again by calling on the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), not to allow scrap metal dealers to operate in the country.   He attributed the chocking of gutters which ostensibly caused flooding in some parts of the country to the indiscriminate dumping of the scrap [...]

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‘Atta Akyea is impotent’

Posted by on May 20, 2012 at 3:57 pm in Politics, Top Story

There is gargantuan political confusion in the Abuakwa South constituency in the Eastern region as the youth for the area is calling on the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Member of Parliament (MP) Atta Akyea to step down or welcome disgrace and defeat in the upcoming December 2012 general elections. According to the leadership of the [...]

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Two,crushed to death in rainstorm

Posted by on at 3:49 pm in Top Story

A seven year old girl and her mother met their untimely death when a tree fell on them during Saturday’s rainstorm. The two were in their shop at Pedu, a suburb of Cape Coast when the incident happened. The storm that swept the entire coastal belt ripped off several roofs and pulled down bill boards. [...]

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Chelsea win first Uefa Champions League trophy

Posted by on at 3:48 pm in Football, Other Top Stories, Sports

Chelsea have won the 2011-12 Champions League after a gripping 4-3 win over Bayern Munich on penalties at the Allianz Arena. Bayern set up camp in the Chelsea half for the majority of the match, but were extremely wasteful in front of goal, passing up a number of opportunities that allowed Roberto Di Matteo’s men [...]

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Two Cops In The Dock For Defrauding 36 People

Posted by on at 3:45 pm in Court News, Top Story

Two police officers have appeared before the Accra Circuit Court for allegedly defrauding 36 people in the Ashanti Region under the pretext of enlisting them into the Ghana Police Service. The two, Edward Bosomtwe Gyan and George Kwesi Appiah, pleaded not guilty to the charges and have been granted bail in the sum of GH¢60,000, [...]

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Pay For My Pictures – Kombian Tells Cameramen

Posted by on at 3:40 pm in Court News, Top Story

The notorious armed robber and two-time jail breaker, Johnson Kombian, caused laughter at the AMA Court B last Friday when he jokingly asked press photographers to pay before he would allow them to take pictures of him. “As for today, you have to pay me money before you take pictures of me oooo,” he told [...]

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