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Ghana: Rabies infections rise due to low dog vaccination

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Ghana’s Health and Veterinary Services have painted a gloomy picture on the fight against rabies infections. This is due to the extremely low immunization of dogs to reduce rabies infections from dog bites. Although official statistics show that 10 percent of dogs are vaccinated in Ghana, the accurate figure may be hovering around 2 percent due to unavailability of information on the… Read More
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How a TV program stopped a Ghanaian from joining IS

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26-year old Yakubu Imoro as he wants to be called to protect his identity is from Northern Ghana. In 2015, just aged 22 he accepted to join the extremist group, Islamic State in Syria. His recruitment was done online via Facebook just after completing high school and unable to secure a job. Imoro revealed that he was promised an unspecified… Read More
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Ghana and it’s mass law school exams failures

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The legal profession is a noble one for many around the world and yearly Ghanaians both young and old aspire to gain admission into the country’s school of law. Although various institutions run law programs, to become a lawyer and be able to practice, one needs to gain admission first into the Ghana School of Law. But it is not… Read More
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Corporate Governance: should one person serve as chairman and CEO?

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In the United States of America, only about 20% of Standard & Poor’s (S&P) 1500 companies have a split leadership between a CEO and an independent chairman. “Half of the chairs of the S&P 500 double as their companies’ chief executive, and the vast majority of the rest are former CEOs”. In 2004, under the chairmanship of Jay Lorsch and… Read More
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Ghana foils ‘attempted coup’, suspects arrested

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Ghana’s government has said security agencies have been able to foil an attempt to topple the presidency. It said an operation by security agencies led to the discovery of what is believed to be a weapons manufacturing factory. The operation and subsequent arrest of suspects took place at a suburb of Ghana’s capital of Accra called Alajo. In a statement… Read More
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40 Ghanaians deported from the U.S for various offences

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Forty Ghanaians have been deported from United States of America for various offences. Ghana’s Immigration Service (GIS) said it received these deportees at the Kotoka International Airport in the capital Accra. The deportees reportedly had engaged in offences ranging from trafficking of banned substances, assault, vehicle theft, burglary, fraud, domestic violence and immigration-related issues. In a statement, a senior immigration… Read More
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Ghana striker Asamoah Gyan to play in India

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Former Ghana captain Asamoah Gyan is heading to the India Super League after joining NorthEast United on a free transfer. Gyan will travel to Guwahati this weekend to begin the latest leg of a career that has spanned ten clubs and three continents already and he says he is looking forward to it. “I am extremely excited to start this… Read More
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Ghana to host 1st African Cocoa and Chocolate expo

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From the 4th to the 6th October, 2019, the Ghana Export Promotion Authority (GEPA) will host the maiden edition of the African Cocoa & Chocolate Expo (ACCE) in the heart of the nation’s capital, Accra. For three days, this historic gathering would assemble and showcase innovations and achievements by entrepreneurs and change-makers in the cocoa value-chain in Africa, at the… Read More
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The inspiring story of Ghana’s first female Aircraft Marshaller

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Success they say will not come on a silver platter but it will always take a dent of hard work for one to achieve. That is the story of a Ghanaian single mother who defied all odds in-spite of all the challenges she had to go through to achieve her dream job. The success journey of Felicia Edem Attipoe whose… Read More
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Ghana: Clinician dumps baby in morgue ‘alive’

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A physician assistant at a hospital in Ghana’s Upper East Region has reportedly dumped a baby in morgue despite being told the child is alive. The physician declared the baby boy dead, unaware that the infant was only in “coma”. Even though the baby reportedly jerked back to life, the health officer insisted the boy was dead and dispatched the… Read More
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