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Traders call for removal of Ga West MCE after clash with task force

  Traders along the main road at Amasaman in the Ga West Municipality, near the ‘Ayalolo’ park, are campaigning for the removal of the Municipal Chief Executive (MCE) of the Ga West Municipal Assembly, Mr Clement Wilkinson. They have threatened to vote against the New Patriotic Party (NPP) in the next election …

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No need to panic about China’s export of Cocoa – COCOBOD

  The Ghana Cocoa Board (COCOBOD) has assured stakeholders not to panic about the news of China exporting Cocoa to Belgium. Mr Fiifi Boafo, Public Affairs Manager of COCOBOD, said looking at the quantity of cocoa being exported by the Chinese, there no cause for alarm as “it was quite …

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Liverpool owner apologises for European Super League proposal

Liverpool owner John W Henry has apologised to the club’s supporters for the “disruption” caused by the proposed European Super League (ESL).   Henry took sole responsibility for the “unnecessary negativity”, saying: “In this endeavour I’ve let you down.” The Reds and five other Premier League sides withdrew from the ESL on …

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Rev Obofuor’s Kiss TV and Cash TV listed for shutdown by NCA

  The National Communication Authority (NCA) is set to shut down forty-nine television stations including Cash TV and Kiss TV which belong to the Founder and General Overseer of Anointed Palace Chapel (APC), Reverend Obofour will soon be closed down. According to the NCA, this exercise forms part of a …

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Don’t ask me stupid questions – Grusah to presenter

  Bankroller of relegation-threatened King Faisal Babies, Alhaji Karim Grusah, has taken Rainbow Radios Isaac Worlanyo Wallace to the cleaners over a question he asked him. The football team owner found it offensive when the presenter asked why he had asked Otumfuo Osei Tutu II to assist the team so …

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NCA to shut down 49 television stations

  The National Communications Authority (NCA) has embarked on an exercise to shut down 49 television stations for operating without authorization. According to the regulator, this forms part of a continuous monitoring exercise conducted on various Satellite Free-to-Air Television platforms using the Broadcast Monitoring System (BMS) and the Radio Spectrum …

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25-year-old lady murdered by boyfriend at Ho laid to rest

The mortal remains of the 25-year-old lady, Kafui Harriet Hiati who was gruesomely murdered in the Volta regional capital, Ho, last month has been laid to rest this morning. The final funeral and burial rites took place in her hometown, Agortime-Kpetoe, where hundreds of families and friends gathered to mourn …

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NDC declines EC’s invitation to review 2020 polls

National chairman of NDC Samuel Ofosu Ampofo The National Democratic Congress says it has declined an invitation by the Electoral Commission to an IPAC meeting to review the 2020 Parliamentary and Presidential polls. The party in a statement said, “It is the considered view of the NDC, that the current …

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US launches federal probe into Minneapolis police

IMAGE COPYRIGHTEPA A federal investigation has been launched into policing practices in the city of Minneapolis, a day after one of its former officers was convicted of the murder of George Floyd. The justice department will look at whether there has been a pattern “of unconstitutional or unlawful policing”, Attorney …

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Chad president’s death: Rivals reject Déby’s son inheriting power

IMAGE COPYRIGHTREUTERSimage captionMahamat Idriss Déby Itno, one of the late president’s sons, is a 37-year-old four-star general Opposition politicians in Chad have rejected the army’s appointment of President’s Idriss Déby’s son to take over in the wake of his death. Déby, 68 – who had been in power for three …

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Pastor arrested for sodomising church member

A Pastor has been arraigned before a Magistrate Court in Koforidua in the Eastern Region for allegedly having anal sex with a church member. The accused, Pastor Addo Gyimah,43, has been charged with indecent assault and unnatural carnal knowledge. The fact of the case presented by Chief Inspector Hayford Osei …

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Bishop Obinim freed over alleged forgery case

  The Kaneshie District Court has discharged Bishop Daniel Obinim, the founder of the International God’s Way Church (IGWC), and Kwabena Okyere who were facing charges of alleged forgery before it. The court presided over by Her Honour Rosemond Dodua Agyiri discharged them after the prosecution led by Detective Sergeant Richard …

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Why NDC took own copier, generator to Wenchi to copy EC records – Amaliba

  Lawyer Abraham Amaliba of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) has revealed how and why the party prepared logistically in advance before going to Wenchi to inspect Electoral Commission documents for the Techiman South Constituency Parliamentary results. According to him, the party got wind of possible sabotage with respect to power outages in a …

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Audit all road contracts to expose bloats – Amoako-Attah to A-G

File photo of a road Acting Auditor-General Johnson Akuamoah Asiedu must audit all road contracts in the country to expose any bloats, Minister of Roads and Highways Kwasi Amoako-Attah has said. In his view, the audit will expose the politicians behind any such bloats. Speaking to the media after meeting …

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Manhunt for Akuapem Poloo’s baby daddy

Relationship Counselor, Cyril George Carstensen Lutterodt popularly known as Counselor Lutterodt, has begun a campaign for the search of Akuapem Poloo’s baby daddy. He has called on the Domestic Violence and Victim Support Unit (DOVVSU) of the Ghana Police Service to help fish out the said father to take care of the …

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Courts grants Akuapem Poloo bail pending appeal

The Criminal Court 2 Division of the High Court has granted bail to Social Media personality Rosemond Alade Brown popularly known as Akuapem Poloo pending an appeal filed by her lawyer against her 90-day jail sentence. Her lawyer Andrews Kudzo Vortia on Monday, April 19, 2021, filed a notice of appeal and …

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NDC suspects doctoring of Techiman South election summary sheets

The National Democratic Congress (NDC) has alleged that the  election results summary sheets for Techiman South in the 2020 polls issued  by the Electoral Commission (EC) looked doctored. The party’s parliamentary candidate is challenging the election results at the Wenchi High Court. The court had earlier ordered that the EC …

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Mahama escapes lynch at Nakpali in the Zabzugu District

A woman named Amina Mahama believed to be in her late 60s has escaped been lynched by the youth of Nakpali, a farming community in the Zabzugu District, of the Northern Region over accusation of being a witch. Her house has been burnt by the youth of the community with …

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Nana Agradaa arrested, two TV stations shutdown by security

  Self-styled and loudmouth priestess Patricia Asiedu known widely as Nana Agradaa has been arrested, according to TheGhanaReport. The news portal states that Nana Agradaa has been arrested as part of efforts by security agencies to clamp down on the activities of spiritualists. Her two television states Thunder TV and …

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Palm wine tapper found dead with head missing

  A man believed to be in his 50’s has been found dead with his head missing on a farm at Dunkwa Asoboa in the Upper Denkyira East District of the Central Region. According to reports gathered by Kasapa FM’s Yaw Boagyan, the man was alleged to have been killed …

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