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Police shoots and kills a young man in Ashaiman (video + picture)

Mynewsghana.net has sighted a very sad video which displays security men firing and killing a young man in Ashaiman. According to sources, the young man had an argument with a police officer over the stay-at-home order and wanted to take the gun of the police. This led to a snarl …

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Armed Forces investigates death of civilian ‘accidentally’ shot by soldier

The Ghana Armed Forces has commenced investigations into the case in which a soldier is said to have accidentally shot a civilian at Ashaiman in Accra today, Sunday, April 5, 2020. The said incident according to the GAF occurred when a civilian tried to disarm a soldier who was conducting …

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Man dies after allegedly trying to disarm soldier on ‘Lockdown’ operation

A man died Sunday at Ashaiman after suffering gunshot wounds from a military officer enforcing the lockdown in the area. The civilian was said to have engaged in a scuffle with the officer, after he reportedly tried to resist an arrest, Information Minister, Kojo Oppong Nkrumah, revealed on ‘The Lockdown’ …

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Man dies in fatal motor accident

Sad news reaching us reveals that a 23-year old Abdul Malik has meet his untimely death after crushing his motorcycle with another motorbike at Damongo in the Savannah Region of Ghana. The accident was said to happen after Malik’s motorcycle collided with an unidentified 26-year-old boy who was also riding his motorcycle. …

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AKufo Addo Cancels Payment of Utility Bills For 3 Months Amid Coronavirus Outbreak

As the government intensifies efforts to curb the outbreak of Coronavirus in Ghana, the government has cancelled the payment of utility bills in Ghana. This was made known by the president of Ghana, Nana Addo Dankwah Akufo-Addo. In his 5th address to the nation, the president revealed that the payment of utility bills …

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Man crushed to death by a long vehicle

Sad news gathered this morning asserts that, a long vehicle has crushed a young man to meet his untimely death. According to our correspondent, the yet to be identified man was making attempt to cross the road to the other half where the long vehicle blew his monstrous horn on …

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COVID-19: Gov’t to decide on Lockdown extension this week

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has stated that government will this week decide whether or not to extend the lockdown imposed on Accra and Kumasi to slow the spread of the COVID-19. He said the decision will be based mainly on the results of the over 19,000 tests being conducted …

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Coronavirus lockdown: ‘We’re dying of starvation; help us’ – Homeless to govt

Some vulnerable persons who reside under the Kanda Overpass have said they are starving in the wake of the lockdown due to their inability to go out onto the streets to earn a living and, therefore, appealing to President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo to come to their aid. As part of measures …

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Coronavirus: GMWA donates food items to 150 pregnant and nursing ‘Kayayes’ in Kumasi

The Ghana Medical Women Association (GMWA) has donated food items to  150 pregnant and nursing head porters (kayayes) at Akwatia Line in the Asokore Mampong municipal in the Ashanti region in the era coronavirus. The donation was to support them, alongside Persons with Disabilities (PWD) whom the association labelled “less …

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No one is interested in killing Africans with coronavirus – IMANI Vice President

IT Consultant and Vice President of policy think tank Imani Africa Selorm Branttie has explained that widely circulated information that the novel coronavirus is an invention by the West or some millionaire to kill Africans is untrue and must be disregarded, insisting that it is Africa’s leadership that is responsible …

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