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A VIP bus enroute to Wulensi in the Northern Region on Thursday morning plunged into River Oti at Dambai in the Krachi East Municipality. The bus with the registration number GT 5313-19 which is believed to be travelling with passengers from Accra to Wulensi plunged into the river while manoeuvring to get onto the pontoon to cross to the other ...

Municipal Chief Executive of Hohoe, Hon. Andrews Teddy Ofori has handed over a modern toilet facility to St. Mary’s Seminary Senior High School, Lolobi. The project according to the MCE, is part of various developmental projects being undertaken in the municipality with the $1 million per 1 constituency initiative by the NPP administration. Three other senior high schools in the ...

As one of the oldest towns in the Volta Region of Ghana, Keta is set to have a new sports stadium. The town which was the first regional capital of the Volta Region has over twenty-three thousand population. Some parts of the town were devastated by sea erosion between the 1960s and 1980s affecting then Keta Landon Park which used ...

The government has approved a proposal from transport operators to increase transport fares by 15 percent. The increment is expected to take effect from Saturday, July 11, 2020. A deputy Transport Minister, Nii Kwartei Titus Glover told Citi News that the decision was taken after a meeting with transport operators on Tuesday, July 7, 2020. He said the transport operators ...

A failed Ghana Football Association presidential aspirant who hit the headlines for her bold step to contest in the last GFA election has hailed the nomination of Naana Jane Opoku-Agyemang as historic and as a result of the achievement of many women who have excelled in high public offices in Ghana. “I think its historical that Ms. Jane Naana Opoku-Agyeman ...

All schools in Kenya will remain closed until next January because of the coronavirus pandemic. Final year exams, usually taken in October and November, have also been cancelled. Education Minister George Magoha said students would repeat a year as schools had closed in mid-March, three months after the school calendar had begun. But colleges and universities are to reopen in ...

Former President John Dramani Mahama, Monday July 6, 2020, named Prof. Naana Jane Opoku-Agyemang as his running mate for the 2020 parliamentary elections after extensive consultations with key stakeholders in the NDC Mr. Mahama and his new running mate are to battle the incumbent President and Vice, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo and Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia. The New Patriotic Party and ...

Doctors have advised President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo to self Isolate for 14 days, from 4 July, 2020, after persons believed to be close to him contracted the Coronavirus. In a statement released by the Ministry of Information, signed by Hon. Kojo Oppong Nkrumah, the President’s self Isolation is a safety precautionary measure in compliance with the Covid-19 protocol. The ...

The Executive Council of the Ghana Football Association (GFA) will meet on Thursday, July 9, 2020, to fix a date for Congress and also discuss matters related to the new season. This follows the decision of the Council to cancel the 2019/20 football season and prepare for a new one. Related: https://extvgh.com/2020/07/01/2019-2020-football-season-cancelled/ Matters to be discussed include date and agenda ...

The Cameroonian capital suffered its third bomb attack in two weeks on Thursday. A home-made bomb detonated in Cameroon’s capital on Thursday, causing severe injury to five people. It was the third time in a fortnight that a neighbourhood of Yaoundé had been subjected to a bomb attack. The BBC reports that the incident happened at around 7.30pm local time (6.30pm GMT) ...