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Ghana to host West African Solar conference

The potential for making a profitable investment in the solar energy business will be the focus of a two-day international business-to-business exhibition and forum in Accra. The event is dubbed: “Solar West Africa 12,” which opens on…

Two Port workers drown in sewerage plant

Two technicians of the Ghana Ports and Harbours Authority (GPHA) got drown in a sewerage plant on Tuesday morning at the Tema Fishing Harbour during daily routine maintenance works. The two; Edward Ashietey and Mukailah Seidu whose ages…

Curfew imposed in Yendi after chieftaincy row

A curfew has been imposed on the Yendi Municipality following unrest after the enskinment of a rival chief, Na Natongmah Ziblim as chief of Kpatinga, by the Abudu Royal family. Kampkuyana Abudulai Yakubu Andani, Regent of Dagbon had…

Driver in court for killing joggers

The Akim Oda Magistrate Court has remanded in prison custody, George Arko, a bus driver who ran into 120 people who were jogging, killing two women instantly and seriously injuring 18. The deceased have been identified as Yaa Kwakyewaa, a…

Woman in court for arson

Abena Agyeman who allegedly set ablaze a four-bedroom house and personal effects of Benjamin Arthur at Teshie Okpoi Gonnor estimated at GH¢220,000 on Tuesday appeared before an Accra Circuit Court. Abena pleaded not guilty to two counts of…

Five persons injured over disputed land

There was a near bloodbath at Ntankoful, a farming community in the Sekondi-Takoradi Metropolis, over a disputed land that degenerated into an open-fight between two families on Monday. Some of the litigants involved in the scuffle…

Betty Mould-Iddrisu denies CP tax waiver claims

Former Attorney-General and Minister of Justice, Mrs Betty Mould-Iddrisu, on Tuesday denied that she ever granted any tax waiver of taxes to CP, a construction company, under a Settlement Agreement signed between government and company.…