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2 dead bodies retrieved from River Offin, 2 more missing in a canoe accident

• About nine persons reportedly drowned in a canoe accident on Friday • Four of the victims were rescued immediately • The dead bodies of two other victims were retrieved from the River Offin on Sunday Two persons remain unaccounted for following an incident on the Offin River on Friday, …

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I will fight anti-gay bill with my last blood – Board Member of LGBTQ+ Right Ghana

Board member of the LGBTQ+ Rights Ghana, Va-Bene Elikem Fiatsi, has said that she will use every energy she has to fight the anti-gay bill proposed by the Parliament of Ghana. Earlier this year, the Speaker of Parliamentreceived a private member bill from some MPs that seeks to criminalize LGBTQ+ and …

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Sucking of women’s breasts does not prevents breast cancer- Dr Wiafe Addai warns

President of Breast Care International (BCI), Dr Mrs Beatrice Wiafe Addai, has denounced the public perception that sucking of women’s breasts by men prevents breast cancer.  According to the Global Breast Cancer Advocate, no research has proven that breast cancer can be prevented by regular sucking of the breast by …

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VIDEO: Kofi Jumah’s son marries Akufo-Addo’s daughter

Kwabena Jumah, the son of the Chief Executive officer of GIHOC distilleries, Maxwell Kofi Jumah tied the knot with President Akufo-Addo’s daughter, Edwina Nana Dokua Akufo-Addo over the weekend. The private event strictly held with limited guests happened at the Presidential Villa on Saturday, October 9, 2021. In attendance were …

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Residents besiege Ekye Amanfrom Police station over arrested robbery suspect

A mob besieged Ekye Amanfrom Police station in Afram Plains South District in Eastern Region Sunday, October 10, 2021 over the arrest of a suspect believed to be part of the four masked robbery gang that attacked a mobile money and provision shops on Saturday leading to the death of …

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Akufo-Addo leaves Accra for NAM’s 60th anniversary in Serbia

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has left Accra for the Serbian capital of Belgrade, leading Ghana’s delegation to attend the 60th anniversary ceremony of the founding of the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM). The Non-Aligned Movement is a forum of 120 developing states that are not formally aligned with any major power …

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More children are dying from rabies annually – Dr Suu-ire

Dr Richard Suu-ire, Chairman of Rabies In West Africa, Ghana (RIWA-GH) has revealed that 100 Ghanaians die annually of rabies with 80 per cent of the deaths being children. Globally, more than 75,000 lives are lost to rabies every year, according to the World Health Organization (WHO). He said 99 …

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VIDEO+PHOTOS: COCOBOD’s Fiifi Boafo ‘spoils’ himself with 40th birthday party

• COCOBOD’s Fiifi Boafo turned 40 years recently • He threw a lavish birthday party with many top names in attendance • Fiifi Boafo is believed to be eyeing the Member of Parliament seat of the Tarkwa-Nsuaem constituency The Senior Public Affairs Manager at COCOBOD, Fiifi Boafo, has marked his …

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18-year-old boy drowns at Konorkle dam site

An 18-year-old okada rider has drowned at the Konorkle irrigation dam site near Oterkporlu in the Eastern Region when he went swimming on Sunday. The deceased, identified as Kuma Justice Tettey, and said to hail from Yokonor, a village near Oterkporlu, had gone to the riverside with two friends named …

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