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A Bolgatanga High Court presided over by Mr Paul Richardson has remanded Mamudu Ndekudugu, 35, for robbing two people of their motor bikes and other belongings at Dabia near Pusiga in the Upper East Region after which he went into hiding.…

At least 150 refugees from Cote d’Ivoire have entered the Western Region, Mr Japheth Baidoo, Western Regional Director of the National Disaster Management Organization, has said. He told the GNA that with events unfolding in that country,…

A group calling itself “Concerned Woodworkers at Anloga in Kumasi” has appealed to the government to ensure their relocation to the Sokoban Wood Village. They described as unfair the delay by the Ashanti Regional Coordinating Council (RCC)…

The government is to build a school and a clinic for the people of the Dodi Island this year as a first step towards providing the island people with some basic social amenities. The District Chief Executive of Asuogyaman, Mr Johnson…

The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) of the Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) in the Western Region has begun a full-scale exercise to compel recalcitrant business entities to pay outstanding arrears. From December last year, the service…

TV3, one of Ghana’s private TV stations is being put up for sale by its Malaysian owners, Media Prima Bhd. News reports from Malaysia say owners of GAMA Media, it Ghana subsidiary and managers of TV3 Ghana has entered into a sale purchase…

The Council for Afrika International, a UK-based think-tank, has appealed for calm on the African Continent following the political instability in Tunisia, Algeria and Cote d’ Ivoire. The council called for “uncosmetic, comprehensive cause…

Mr Tom Budu, Akyemmansa District Chief Executive has called on  traditional rulers to use annual festivals as a platform to fight indiscipline. This, he said, would help to promote the national crusade to eradicate indiscipline from the…

Six container shops at the Oda Market in the Birim Central Municipal Assembly, were engulfed in flames, destroying property estimated at GH¢60,000. Personnel of the Ghana National Fire Service (GNFS) used buckets and other small containers…

The Akim Oda Magistrate Court on Friday sentenced two people to a total of 48 months in prison for stealing the property of Master Isaac Fiagbomeh, a student, valued at GH¢1,700. Prosper Gblenyoh, unemployed and Prince Asiedu, a driver,…