GENERAL NEWS

Pope appoints first African-American cardinal

Pope Francis has created 13 new cardinals, including a first African-American Archbishop from Washington, putting his personal stamp on the body that will one day choose his successor. Under the dome of the St. Peter’s Basilica on Saturday, the cardinals knelt one by one at the feet of the head …

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Lordina’s ‘perfect’ gift to Mahama on his 62nd birthday

The former first lady of Ghana, Lordina Mahama has penned down an emotional message to her husband, John Dramani Mahama who turns 62 years today, November 29, 2020. Mrs Mahama took to her social media pages to celebrate the life of the former president and also prayed to God for good health …

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Fire consumes four-bedroom house at Feyiase

A huge blaze that consumed a four-bedroom house at Feyiase –forced the Electricity Company of Ghana to cut power supply to parts of the Bosomtwe District on Monday dawn. The fire which started at about 1 am local time also forced occupants to flee for safety. At least three fire …

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Chairman Wontumi handed $45 million juicy cocoa road contract

Ashanti Regional Chairman of the governing NPP, Bernard Antwi-Bosiako, popularly known as Chairman Wontumi, is allegedly involved in a US$45 million cocoa road project awarded to him by the Ghana Cocoa Board. Some screenshots of documents cited online by GhanaWeb indicate that an engineering company with one Bernard Antwi-Bosiako as …

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Wawase youth block roads over robbery attacks, killings

Some irate youth in the Afigya Kwabre District town of Wawase in the Ashanti Region blocked all major roads in the town in protest against incessant robbery attacks in the area. The latest is the killing of a 58-year-old woman by some unidentified men on Thursday, November 27, 2020. The …

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NSS boss attacked, campaign vehicles vandalised, 4 injured

Executive Director of the National Service Scheme (NSS), Mustapha Yusif, has been attacked at his home in the Mamprugu-Mohaduri District of the Northern Region. Sources revealed that persons, believed to be hoodlums of the opposition National Democratic Congress, where unleashed on Mr Yusif who is also the New Patriotic Party …

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4 injured in bloody clashes at Yagaba

At least four persons have suffered machete wounds in a bloody clash between supporters of two political parties in the Yagaba Constituency of the North East Region. Cause of the clash is still unknown but the injured have been rushed to a health facility for treatment after they were seen …

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More than 150 Ghanaians migrants back from Libya

More than 150 Ghanaian migrants have been brought back from Libya through the first charter flight of its kind since COVID-19-related border closures, the International Organization of Migration (IOM) announced on Friday. The 150 Ghanaians travelled from Libya to their homeland on November 24, and arrived at the Kotoka International Airport …

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3 arrested for lacing 668 bottles of alcoholic drinks with wee

The Police in Tema has arrested three persons at the Monte Carlo Pub for lacing Alcoholic drinks with cannabis otherwise known as wee The suspects are Jessica Mensah aged 30 -Bar Operator, Joe Osei Evan’s aged 14 -an errand boy and Charity Yeboah aged 30 -also bar attendant. In all, the …

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My ethnicity being attacked after my work on Agyapa – Amidu

Former Special Prosecutor Martin Amidu says he has received a text message attacking his ethnicity over his work on the controversial Agyapa Royalties deal. According to him, a texter, whom he has identified, wrote insulting messages to him accusing him of denigrating the Akufo-Addo government with his comments. Below are …

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