Yearly Archives: 2021

Ablakwa resigns from Parliament’s Appointments Committee

The Member of Parliament for North Tongu, Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa, has resigned from parliament’s Appointments Committee with immediate effect. The former deputy Education Minister in a letter to the Speaker of Parliament on Tuesday, March 30, said the decision was taken after careful consideration adding that it was on a …

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UK fines Pastor Chris over harmful sermon on COVID-19, 5G network

Ofcom has fined Pastor Chris Oyakhilome over harmful sermon on COVID-19 and the 5G network. A financial penalty of £125,000 has been imposed on Loveworld Limited after a program broadcasted on its religious service Loveworld Television Network featured inaccurate and potentially harmful claims about the COVID-19 with no protection for …

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Gbagbo can go! ICC upholds acquittal of Ivory Coast ex-president

The International Criminal Court sitting in The Hague has upheld the acquittal of Ivory Coast’s former president Laurent Gbagbo, the first head of state to stand trial at the tribunal. The judgment was delivered at 3 pm (1300 GMT) by the appeals chamber of the Hague-based court. The decision clears …

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Two men returning from the morgue crushed to death

Two cousins, identified as Yaw Agyekum and Kweku, have been crushed to death at Nkwateng in the Birem North district of the Eastern Region. Father of one of the deceased, who spoke to Adom News, Godfred Kwasi, said both boys were riding a motorbike on their way back home. He said …

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Fetish priest storms school to dig up buried black pot

Students of Adako Jachie M/A Junior High School in the Ejisu Municipality of the Ashanti Region were gripped with fear when a fetish priest stormed the school to dig up a pot that was allegedly buried by a spiritualist. The black pot contained four white chicken feathers, three white eggs, …

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Italian officer ‘caught selling secrets to Russia’

An Italian navy officer has been arrested after being caught in the act of handing secret documents to a Russian military official, police say. The men were stopped by military police on suspicion of serious crimes relating to espionage and state security. The Russian, who reportedly worked at the Russian …

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Brazil: Political crisis and Covid surge rock Bolsonaro

Brazil’s Jair Bolsonaro is facing the biggest crisis of his presidency after the heads of the army, navy and air force all quit and the country recorded its highest daily Covid-19 death toll. The unprecedented resignation of the defence chiefs is being seen as a protest at attempts by Mr …

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