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Oliver Barker-Vormawor, another, receiving medical care at Police Hospital

Oliver Barker-Vormawor, Convenor of the Democracy Hub, has been admitted to the Police Hospital for medical care alongside another individual. According to a police news brief, Barker-Vormawor was transferred for treatment following complaints of ill health on Tuesday. Doctors assessed the situation and decided to admit him for treatment. Fanny Otoo reported to the police on Tuesday that he was feeling unwell while the suspects in her case were being prepared for court. The brief indicated that he was taken to the Police Hospital in Accra, where doctors provided immediate care and subsequently admitted him for further treatment. It also

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Stench from gutters at Lapaz, danger to health – Residents

Residents in the Accra suburbs of Lapaz and Nii Boiman have expressed concern about consistent stench that had engulfed their environment which could lead to an epidemic. Most alarming was how cooked food was being sold to the public from positions very close to the stench exuding gutters with the potential outbreak of environmental related diseases such as cholera and typhoid. Mr Emmanuel Tei, a resident of Mouldkrom, near Lapaza expressed this sentiment in an interview with the Ghana News Agency (GNA), after a clean-up exercise in the area organised by Ministry of Sanitation and Water Resources to commemorate the

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Fisheries Minister tours communities, distributes items to fisher-folks

Mrs Mavis Hawa Koomson, the Minister of Fisheries and Aquaculture Development, has started a nationwide tour of fishing communities to support fisher-folks with some items. The items are wire mesh, basins, rice, oil, tin fish, and tomatoes. Mrs Koomson at the Dzemeni in the South Dayi District of the Volta Region, speaking on the theme: ‘Empowering Inland Fisher Folks in South Dayi District: Supporting Aquaculture in Ghana’, said inland fishing was a critical part of Ghana’s fisheries sector, contributing to both local livelihoods and food security. She said Lake Volta, one of the largest artificial lakes in the world, was

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Kumasi Magistrate court invalidates more than 1,000 voter transfers to Manhyia South constituency

A Kumasi magistrate court has invalidated more than 1,000 voter transfers to the Manhyia South constituency, ordering the Electoral Commission (EC) to take immediate steps to return all the affected voters to their original constituencies. The court, Presided by the Magistrate, Gyaawa Donkor, arrived at the verdict after complaint brought before the court by Lawyer Nana Agyei Baffour Awuah, the New Patriotic Party (NPP) Parliamentary Candidate for Manhyia South, after detecting that the transfers had been orchestrated by the National Democratic Congress (NDC), traveled its judicial course. Mr Awuah, after uncovering the illegal transfers, had mobilised polling station executives and

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