Justice Dzido

One day in August 1995 a man called Foutanga Babani Sissoko walked into the head office of the Dubai Islamic Bank and asked for a loan to buy a car. The manager agreed, and Sissoko invited him home for dinner. It was the prelude, writes the…
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A national state of emergency has been declared in Ethiopia just one day after the unexpected resignation of Prime Minister Hailemariam Desalegn. A statement by the state broadcaster said the move was necessary to stem a wave of…
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Free Senior High School (SHS) is great but apparently it’s not really new, Mr Ace Ankomah, a legal practitioner and a leading member of the pressure group, Occupy Ghana, has said. He said some form of free education had being going on in…
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Cocoa Producers have urged government to prioritize the construction of cocoa roads in the hinterlands. According to the president of the Cooperative Cocoa Farmers Association at Offinso, Alex Opoku Mensah, this will reduce the losses…
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PURIM African Youth Development Platform (PAYDP), a youth advocacy group, has called for national structures and strategic interventions for the development of girls, especially those from the Northern, Upper East, and Upper West regions.…
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Operators of the Teshie desalination plant have sold off majority of its stake to AquaVenture Holdings. Abengoa, operators of the plant signed an agreement with AquaVenture Holdings to transfer 56 percent share, translating into 26…
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The Begoro Police in the Eastern region has arrested seven people for shooting and killing eight (8) cattle at Agrave, a farming community in the Fanteakwa District of the Eastern Region. The accused persons are Sampson Bewu, Yaw Owusu,…
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An Accra Circuit on Friday remanded one Naa Lamley Odartey into Police custody for attempting to supply narcotics to a cell inmate using banku. Naa pleaded not guilty and will reappear on March 13, 2018. Chief Inspector K. Adu told…
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The Tema Oil Refinery (TOR) is hoping to restore the burnt furnace at the plant, to increase its production to full capacity, by the end of this year – 2018. This is to improve the profitability of the oil refinery to be competitive in…
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New South African President Cyril Ramaphosa has spoken of a “new dawn” in his first State of the Nation address. Mr Ramaphosa, who was sworn in on Thursday, promised to “turn the tide of corruption”. He also spoke of accelerating land…
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