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Hard drives containing Opuni trial, others stolen from Court

Hard drives in about five High Courts located in the Law Court Complex building have been stolen from system units of computers used for recording and storing Court records and proceedings, Starr News has learnt. The case of theft is believed to have happened during the just ended legal vacation which was observed from 1st August to 5th of October ...

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Akufo-Addo’s Cabinet rejects CSE

The Cabinet of President Akufo-Addo rejected the proposed guidelines on Comprehensive Sexuality Education (CSE) when it came up for consideration, Kasapafmonline.com has learnt. The Minister of Education Dr. Matthew Opoku Prempeh who made the confirmation at the National Teachers Awards Ceremony in Kumasi said the country has no plans of implementing any policy that frowns on the culture and values ...

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In Bed With the President of Ghana? By Andrew Solomon Feb. 9, 2013

By Andrew Solomon Feb. 9, 2013 Image Supporters of the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender community at a gay pride parade in Hyderabad, India, Feb. 3.CreditCreditMahesh Kumar A/Associated Press WHEN my husband-to-be and I met the Ghanaian politician John Dramani Mahama at a friend’s wedding near Accra eight years ago, I liked him immediately. I kept up with his fortunes mostly ...

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Rawlings takes on ‘corrupt’ NPP appointees

Former President Jerry John Rawlings has bemoaned the fact that some NPP appointees are still in office when corrupt allegations have been levelled against them. In a keynote address delivered at a conference of cadres and activists of the revolution in Kumasi on Saturday, the former President while counselling the National Democratic Congress (NDC) to tread carefully in some of ...

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Government rushed in announcing alleged instability plot – Nunoo Mensah

A former Chief of Defence Staff, Brigadier General Joseph Nunoo Mensah has condemned the government for what he believes is the hasty announcement of an attempted overthrow of the government without evidence. According to Mr. Nunoo Mensah who once headed the Defense Intelligence Unit of the Ghana Armed Forces, no civilian can single-handedly overthrow a government in the fashion announced ...

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Coup plotters planned ‘blowing up’ Akufo-Addo, Bawumia at a gathering – Kweku Baako

The Editor-in-Chief of the New Crusading Guide Newspaper, Abdul Malik Kweku Baako, has revealed how the five ‘coup plotters’ planned on taking over the country from the Akufo-Addo-led government. According to Kweku Baako, the suspects, in a bid to kidnap President Akufo-Addo, the Vice President; Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia, the Chief of Defence Staff; Lt. General Obed Akwa, and other top ...

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Coupists planned bombing Akufo-Addo, Bawumia – Baako

The coup suspects being held in the custody of the Bureau of National Investigations after a 15-month-long surveillance led to the scuttling of their alleged treasonable intentions by the security agencies, had contemplated “kidnapping” President Nana Akufo-Addo and detonating explosives around the President, the Vice-President, the Chief of Defence Staff as well as “top shots”, as part of the execution ...

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‘Coup plotters’ planned to kidnap President Akufo Addo – Kweku Baako

Editor-in-Chief of the New Crusading Guide Newspaper Abdul Malik Kweku Baako has revealed that the alleged failed coup plotters actually planned to kidnap President Akufo Addo. According to the veteran Journalist who claims he’s had the opportunity of watching and listening to video and audio recordings of the ‘coup plot’, the conspirators intended to carryout out their attack at an ...

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We won’t tolerate corruption, indiscipline in Police Service – Kofi Boakye

The Director-General of Police in charge of Research and Planning, COP Nathan Kofi Boakye, has urged the public to report activities of errant and corrupt police officers for action to be taken against them. According to him acts of corruption, extortion, human rights abuses and irresponsible policing which in recent times have characterized the activities of some police officers is ...

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Coup plot: What we know so far

More details emerge on how suspects being held for plotting what the government calls an elaborate plan to destabilise the country. As government investigates three persons being held for crimes including unlawful possession and manufacture of explosives, details are emerging as to how the team was close to executing their alleged plan against the Presidency. It has also emerged, several ...

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