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COVID-19: Asantehene donates GH1m to support the needy during lockdown period

The Omanhene of the Asante Kingdom, Otumfuo Osei Tutu II has made plans to donate an amount to the tune of GH1m to support the needy during the lockdown period. In an interview with My News Ghana, the Personal Assistant to Chief of Staff at the Manhyia Palace, Kwame Aboagye Mensah revealed that the …

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Man, 40, found dead

A 40-year-old man has been found dead at Subi a farming community in the Kwaebibirem Municipality of the Eastern Region. The body of the deceased Francis Ahiadzro has been retrieved by Police and kept at Kade Government Hospital Mortuary. According to the bereaved family, the deceased left home to the …

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Boy, 13, dies in London after testing positive for coronavirus

A 13-year-old boy who tested positive for coronavirus has died, King’s College Hospital Trust in London said. A spokesman for the trust said the boy’s death had been referred to the coroner but gave no further details. It comes as the biggest daily increase in the number of people who have died with coronavirus …

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I started smoking ‘wee’ at age 10 – Prophet Nigel Gaise

The General Overseer of the Prophetic Hill Chapel, Nigel Gaise has confessed ungodly things he used to do in his early ages until he was called to win souls for Christ. “At the age of ten or eleven I was smoking marijuana at Odorna and Circle”, the controversial preacher revealed …

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Lockdown brutalities: Afigya Kwabre DCE beaten to pulp by policemen

The District Chief Executive (DCE) for the Afigya Kwabre South in the Ashanti Region Hon. Christian Adu-Poku (APC) has been attacked by some policemen believed to be with the Tafo Moro market police command. Narrating the incident on Otec fm’s afternoon political talk show dubbed “Dwaberem”, on Tuesday March 31, …

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Ayawaso West identified as COVID-19 hotspot, compulsory testing begins on April 1

A compulsory house to house Coronavirus tracing and testing exercise is set to be carried out in the Ayawaso West Municipality in the Greater Accra Region from Wednesday, April 1, 2020. The announcement made by the Municipal Health Directorate follows the identification of the Municipality as a hotspot for the …

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Ghana declines request to transfer body of Dutch coronavirus victim to private mortuary

Ghana has declined to grant a request by Netherlands for the transfer of the mortal remains of a Dutch, Samuel Waterberg, who died recently of Covid-19. Mr Waterberg, 41, died at the Ga East Municipal Hospital in Accra on Friday March 27, 2020. His body has since been in the …

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Pastor rubbishes Akufo-Addo’s order on public gatherings

The Fomena District Police Command has arrested a pastor for defying church service ban. The 29-year-old Benjamin Konadu Yiadom, a presiding pastor of the True Teachings Gospel Church, Dompoase branch in the Adansi North district of the Ashanti region. According to Superintendent Albert Fii Okyere, District Police Commander, he dispatched …

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Opambour cries over lockdown in Kumasi [watch Video]

The General Overseer of Ebenezer Miracle Worship Centre, Prophet Ebenezer Adarkwa Yiadom also known as “Opambour” has opened silence on the partial lockdown declared by the President of Ghana to control the spread of the dreadful Coronavirus. Opambour also known as “Prophet One” shed tears without control on live TV …

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We have never neglected students abroad – Scholarship secretariat

The Scholarship Secretariat has denied allegations of neglect by some of its beneficiaries in India. Director of the Secretariat, Kingsley Agyemang, in a phone interview with GhanaWeb, said though this is the first time the secretariat was sending students to India, students on scholarship abroad have never been neglected under …

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