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The National Identification Authority (NIA) has lamented over what it describes as a huge number of printed Ghana Cards in its custody.

Police have arrested five people in connection with the attack on the Bono East National Democratic Congress party office at Techiman on July 28.

The Secretary of the Mobile Money Agents Association, Evans Otumfuor says the two months extension announced by the government is not enough time to guarantee that all Ghanaians would re-register their SIM cards.

The General Manager of Heinrich’s Ghana Ltd, Maud Amma Oklah has advised Ghanaians to be intentional about power conservation before the country is plunged back into darkness.

This year’s West African Senior Schools Certificate Examinations (WASSCE) is scheduled to start today, Monday, August 1 with project work subjects.

Here are the front pages of some of Ghana's newspapers today.

Government has extended the deadline for the SIM card re-registration to September 30, 2022.

General Sergeant Kwaku Aduenin Boakye, son of Mr Nathan Kofi Boakye, on Friday emerged as the overall best graduating under cadet from the Kumasi Police Training School.

His father, Nathan Kofi Boakye is a notable police officer, who is currently a Commissioner of Police (COP), serving as the Director-General of Legal and Prosecution of the Ghana Police Service.

General Sergeant Kwaku Aduenin Boakye was part of the 612 recruits who passed out from the training school and the overall nine (9) best under cadets nationwide.

The Ashanti Region also produced the overall fourth (4th) national best recruit in the person of General Recruit Daniel Oduro Anim, who emerged as the overall best recruit from the Kumasi Police Training School.

They took home cash awards, plaques, baton of honour and life and disability insurance policies.

A total of 612 recruits on Friday (July 29, 2022) passed out from the training school made up of 300 females and 312 males including 98 under cadets.

Other award winners were Kofi Maxwell Sono who emerged as the best in Physical Training, Kwaku Adem Opuni, Best in Musketry and G/Sgt Joy Asaah Mensah, as the Best in Conduct with Francis Kwakye Appiah emerging as the best in Drill.

For their effort, they were presented with plaques, cash prizes and insurance policies provided by Hollard Insurance Ghana.

Addressing the graduands, the reviewing officer, COP Kofi Boakye advised the personnel to be on good behaviour and not to engage in acts that would bring the name of the police into disrepute.

He said the police service was a reputable organisation and such, should work and project the name of the service.

He said the service would not protect anyone miscreant or criminal masquerading as policemen as the Ghana Police Service would weed all of them out adding that “the police service was not self-aggrandisement.”

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Fire has gutted portions of the Mile 7 Market in Accra.

President Akufo-Addo on Friday, July 22, 2022, cut the sod for the construction of the $35 million Dome-Kitaase Road.

Finance Minister, Ken Ofori-Atta says a review of the Free SHS policy of the government is constantly a possibility on the table.

The Majority in Parliament says allegations by the minority side on the Mines and Energy Committee of a fresh BOST scandal over the twin tower office project is false.

The Speaker of Parliament, Alban Bagbin, has deferred his ruling on Dome Kwabenya MP, Sarah Adwoa Safo, who has been cited for absenteeism.

Minister for Gender, Children and Social protection, Sarah Adwoa Safo has been sacked from her role as Minister for Gender and Social Protection by President Nana Akufo-Addo.

The Government of Ghana through the Ministry of Education has released an amount of GHS 57, 460,000.00 covering feeding grant and Student allowance to 46 Colleges of Education in Ghana.