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EU sues AstraZeneca after delays in vaccine deliveries

The European Union said Monday it had launched legal action against the British-Swedish drug company AstraZeneca after it repeatedly under-delivered on its shipments of Covid-19 vaccines to the bloc. The 27 nations in the European Union have rolled out a relatively sluggish vaccination program as the company’s deliveries to the union have …

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Policeman dies mysteriously after alighting from flight

  Information gathered by MyNewsGh.com indicates that the Upper East Regional Command of the Ghana Police Service has lost Inspector Obeng Adu under a rather mysterious circumstance According to information available to this portal, Inspector Obeng Adu had alighted from a Tamale Bound flight from Accra when he complained of insufficient breath. …

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Suspend cocoa credit – Cocoa Clerks Association to members

  The National Association of Ghana Cocoa Marketing Clerks has charged purchasing clerks to suspend the purchase of cocoa on credit from farmers until companies owing them are able to settle their indebtedness to them. That, it said, is to prevent the situation whereby clerks would purchase the produce on …

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Occultic father, 31, in court for sacrificing son

The Kaneshie District Court has remanded one Prince Acquaye Alias Juu for allegedly murdering his son for sacrifice. Acquaye, 31, said to be an occult threw his son into the sea at Akuma Village near Bank of Ghana in Accra. The accused person is on a provisional charge of murder …

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US to share up to 60m AstraZeneca vaccine doses

IMAGE COPYRIGHTGETTY IMAGES The US will share up to 60 million doses of its AstraZeneca vaccine with other countries as they become available, the White House says. The doses will be able to be exported in the coming months after a federal safety review, AP news agency reports. Although the …

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Militants kill 31 soldiers in northeast Nigeria

  At least 31 Nigerian soldiers were killed when IS-aligned fighters ambushed a military convoy escorting weapons and overran a base in northeast Nigeria’s Borno state, military sources said on Monday. Fighters from the Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP) attacked the convoy with rocket-propelled grenades on Sunday in the …

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Man buys Google Argentina for £2

 Google Argentina Google Argentina’s domain name was bought by a web designer while the site was out of action for two hours in the country last Wednesday. Nicolas Kurona, aged 30, said he managed to buy Google.com.ar through a normal, legal process. “I never imagined that it was going to …

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Bawumia teases Arsenal fans after painful Tottenham defeat

Vice President Dr Bawumia showed his other side on Sunday evening after posting a rare sporting message on his official Twitter handle. Moments after his beloved Tottenham Hotspurs lost the English League Cup final to Manchester City by a lone goal, Vice President Bawumia expressed his disappointment, and then aimed …

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Shatta Wale Finally Goes Off Social Media

 Shatta Wale Popular Ghanaian Reggae/Dancehall artiste, Shatta Wale, born Charles Nii Armah Mensah has officially taken a break from all social media activities. The controversial musician announced the decision to take this break on April 21, 2020, and finally, he carried out the decision earlier this morning. In the post he …

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Traders asked to vacate Asantehene’s ceremonial route

  The Kumasi Metropolitan Assembly (KMA) has given traders occupying official streets meant for the Asantehene up to Wednesday, April 28, to vacate “to avoid any undesired action by the security.” In a statement issued on Sunday, April 25, KMA indicated that the Manhyia Palace has requested to henceforth use …

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Trainee nurses, midwives complain over unpaid allowances

  Trainee Nurses and Midwives across Ghana have launched a desperate appeal to the government to pay them eight months of their allowances. This was contained in a statement issued by the Ghana Nurse-Midwife Trainees’ Association (G.N.M.T.A) on Sunday, April 25, 2021. The Akufo-Addo-led adminstration restored allowances for nurses and …

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US lifts pause on Johnson & Johnson vaccine

IMAGE COPYRIGHTGETTY IMAGES US health regulators have lifted an 11-day pause on the Johnson & Johnson (J&J) Covid-19 jab, but will add a warning label about the potential for extremely rare blood clots. A Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) panel earlier approved restarting US rollout of the shot. …

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New Special Prosecutor to be appointed soon

  President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo is said to appoint a new substantive Special Prosecutor (SP) in the coming days to replace Martin ABK Amidu who resigned as the first Special Prosecutor. A report by Asaase radio, sighted by GhanaWeb indicated that the appointment of the new SP is in line with the Office …

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Armed Robbers Spray Police Sergeant With 8 Bullets at Sefwi

SERGEANT THOMAS Akoka of Juaboso Police Station is battling for his life at St John of God Hospital at Sefwi Asafo in the Western North Region after sustaining eight gunshot wounds from armed robbers. The policeman was reportedly on escort duty at Kotosaa near Juaboso when he was attacked by …

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