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Referee in Ashgold-Hearts penalty controversy banned

The referee at the centre of a penalty controversy in a Ghana Premier League game between AshantiGold SC and Accra Hearts of Oak, Gabriel O. Arhin has been punished by the Ghana Football Association. Referee Arhin and Assistant Referee Peter Dawsa have been suspended for the rest of the 2020/21 football season …

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PHOTOS: Residents Evacuated As Cape Town Fire Spreads

South African emergency workers have evacuated three 17-storey residential buildings overlooking Cape Town as a huge fire burns along Table Mountain. The blaze spread quickly after breaking out on Sunday morning near a memorial to politician Cecil Rhodes. A restaurant was destroyed. The University of Cape Town’s historic library was …

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VIDEO: Sarkodie To Release New Album ‘No Pressure’

 No Pressure Ghanaian musician, Michael Owusu Addo, popularly known as Sarkodie, is gearing up to release a new album. The Sarkcess Music boss announced the release date of his upcoming album in a post sighted by Zionfelix.net. Titled ‘No Pressure’, Sarkodie disclosed that it will be released on 9th July 2021. …

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Ghana deports 6,000 illegal migrants – Immigration Service

  Despite the closure of Ghana’s borders since March 2020 as part of efforts to stem the spread of the COVID-19 Pandemic, some individuals are still trying to outwit authorities, to use illegal routes to enter the country. In the Bono Region alone, about 6,000 persons have been deported. In a prime …

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Caution urged as huge Cape Town fire burns into second day

A fire broke out Sunday on Table Mountain, the iconic peak overlooking the city of Cape Town on the tip of South Africa, and was not under control by Monday morning, according to the city. The flames destroyed part of the restaurant next to a monument to British colonist Cecil …

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Egypt train accident claims 11 lives, 98 others injured

Eleven people were killed and 98 injured on Sunday in a train accident in Egypt’s Qalioubia province north of Cairo, the health ministry said in a statement. The train was heading from Cairo to the Nile Delta city of Mansoura when four carriages derailed at 1:54 p.m. (1154 GMT), about …

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VIDEO: Fire consumes Mampong Technical administration block

The administrative block of the Mampong Technical Institute in the Ashanti region has been gutted by fire, starrfm.com.gh has gathered. The fire reportedly started at about 8:00 am today April 19 from one of the offices. Fire Service personnel have been able to stop the fire after eight offices including …

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Man, 50, shot dead with body parts missing

A man believed to be in his late 50s has been shot dead and dumped at a construction site at the Gomoa Ojobi Estate in the Gomoa East District in the Central region. Preliminary investigation by the Assemblyman indicates the man was allegedly shot in his jaw, with some body …

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Source of Osebo’s wealth revealed

Fashionista Osebo, well known in Ghana with his trending photos on social media, has disclosed that pushing truck paved the way for him to become a successful businessman. In an interview on entertainment talk show Anigye Mmre on Accra-based Onua FM over the weekend, Osebo revealed to host Christian Agyei …

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Fire destroys 30 shops at Kumasi Central market

Fire has engulfed about 30 shops at the Kumasi Central Market in the Ashanti Region Sunday night. The fire started around 9 p.m Sunday at an area occupied by shoemakers. Items worth thousands of Cedis which were destroyed include finished shoes, wooden and petroleum and wooden products. Firefighters had a …

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PHOTOS: About 700 residents in Yapei rendered homeless after rainstorm

Another rainstorm disaster in the Savannah Region has rendered about 700 residents from three communities homeless with several properties worth thousands of cedis destroyed. The affected communities include, Yapei, Sangkpala and Kusawgu all in the Central Gonja District. According to Central Gonja District Operation Officer, Alhandu Alhassan, officials from the …

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Exclusive: Full list of Deputy Ministers

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo will be naming the last batch of ministerial appointments and Deputy Ministerial list this week to complete the formation of his second-term government. Speculation has been rife about who President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo is likely to nominate as deputy minister. GhanaWeb sources state that the Finance, Trade and Industry, …

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