A woman identified as Auntie Esi, 40, is reported to have fatally attacked her husband, charcoal producer Kweku Blankson, with a sharpened cutlass in the Ekumfi District following a dispute over money from their joint charcoal business. The killing occurred after the couple had argued over alleged lack of transparency regarding proceeds from their latest batch of charcoal.
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Professor Justice Bawole, Dean of the University of Ghana Business School, has condemned content creators who target and ridicule Junior High School leavers for viral visibility on social media. Bawole argues that students' inability to speak English fluently reflects systemic educational inequality rather than intelligence, and warns that such digital exploitation can damage young people's confidence and academic futures.
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Edward Cann, a 36-year-old nurse at Ofori Panin Senior High School, died in a solo motorbike accident on Friday, 8 May 2026. Preliminary findings suggest he failed to disengage the motorbike's kickstand before setting off, which struck the road and caused him to lose control near OPASS Junction.
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The National Identification Authority has appealed to its workforce to withdraw a strike notice set for Monday, 13 May 2026, promising a breakthrough on salary structure migration within fourteen days. The Public Services Workers' Union had declared indefinite industrial action over delays in migrating staff to improved conditions of service, a process approved in July 2024 but stalled in bureaucratic review at the Fair Wages and Salaries Commission and Ministry of Finance.
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