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BBC to axe 450 newsroom jobs in cost-cutting drive

Britain’s BBC said on Wednesday it would axe 450 jobs from its news division in a restructuring designed to cut costs and change the way it produces news to reach a younger audience. The 98-year-old corporation, locked in a battle with the government over its future, said fewer viewers were …

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Non-Ghanaians eligible to pick NPP nomination forms

The New Patriotic Party (NPP) has said it will not prevent anyone, including foreigners, who wish to pick nomination forms and contest the party’s upcoming parliamentary elections slated for April 25. General Secretary of the party John Boadu in a press conference last week warned party executives have no power …

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Coronavirus: Whole world ‘must take action’, warns WHO

The “whole world needs to be on alert” to fight the coronavirus, the head of the World Health Organization’s Health Emergencies Programme has said. Dr Mike Ryan praised China’s response to the deadly outbreak, saying: “The challenge is great but the response has been massive.” The WHO will meet on …

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Brexit: European Parliament overwhelmingly backs terms of UK’s exit

Members of the European Parliament have overwhelmingly backed the terms of the UK’s departure from the EU. MEPs ratified the Brexit Withdrawal Agreement by 621 votes to 49 following an emotional debate in Brussels. After the vote, MEPs marked the UK’s exit by singing Auld Lang Syne. Several British MEPs …

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Kotoko’s Matthew Cudjoe donates half of derby winning bonus to injured fan Augustine Oppong

Asante Kotoko talented kid Matthew Anim Cudjoe has donated GH¢ 1,000 (50% of his winning bonus against Hearts of Oak) to injured fan Augustine Oppong. Oppong was shot in the eye by a police officer, who pulled to trigger to disperse violent fans after the club’s defeat to Berekum Chelsea. …

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Court throws out application to search Sammy Gyamfi’s phone

An Accra High Court has thrown out an application by the Criminal Investigations Department (CID) of the Ghana Police Service to search the phone records of the National Communications Officer of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Sammy Gyamfi. The court has also denied the police access to Mr Gyamfi’s Facebook …

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Truck crashes into building at Aboabo in Kumasi [photos]

A 28-year-old man is receiving medical attention at the Manhyia Government Hospital in Kumasi after the articulated he was driving, crashed into a storey building at Aboabo in the Asokore Mampong Municipality of the Ashanti region. Fuseini Faisal is said to have attempted to avoid a collision with the oncoming …

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Set up contingency fund for Coronavirus – Parliament urges govt

The Parliament of Ghana on Wednesday made a very strong case for the government to leave no stone unturned in its preparation to deal or contain the deadly Coronavirus should there be any possible outbreak in the country. In the process, the Legislature made an urgent call for a Contingency …

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Dennis Tetteh eyes top scorer award in Belarusian League

Ghanaian International and profilic goal Poacher Dennis Tetteh says his target for slavia Mozyr in the upcoming 2020-2021 league to grab the goal king award. Dennis Tetteh who got injured before the 2019-2020 season started but featured for Slavia Mozyr in their last three games and pulled a surprise by …

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Akufo-Addo’s Family Will Suffer . . . – Asiedu Nketia Curses

General Secretary of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC), Johnson Asiedu Nketia, has launched a blistering verbal attack against President Akufo-Addo, scoffing at the latter’s much-acclaimed champion of human-rights track record in the process. A visibly riled Asiedu Nketia indicted the current administration for the repeated acts of violence, intimidation …

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