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Ugandan mother in viral child torture video jailed two years

  A 23-year-old mother who was recently filmed brutalizing her five-year-old son has been sentenced to two years in prison. Patience Uwimana, a resident of Byuma Village, Kyazanga Town Council in Lwengo District was on Wednesday convicted by Masaka Grade One Magistrate, Ms Christine Nantege for torturing her son on …

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Burglars break into MP’s house, steal perfumes

  Suspected burglars broke into the residence of the Member of Parliament of Gomoa East, Desmond De-Graft Kwasi Paitoo on March 25, 2021. The MP said he woke up this morning, March 26, only to discover that the burglars had entered his residence. According to him, the burglars cut his burglar-proof window, …

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Robbers kill Kumasi-based Engineer of Joeshobs Construction

A Kumasi-based road engineer who works with Joeshobs Construction limited, Emmanuel Owusu Antwi, has been shot in the head by suspected armed robbers. The robbery incident happened Thursday evening at about 10 pm in Buokrom at the entrance of the victim’s house while returning home from work. According to a …

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Ghana Police issues warning ahead of Easter

  The Ghana Police Service has served notice that security will be enhanced from Friday, April 2 to Monday, April 5, within which period Christians will mark this year’s Easter. According to the Service, the celebrations will be characterised by religious activities and amusement events in Ghana. But due to …

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Agogo Traditional Area enstools new Dompeahene

  Entrepreneur and Chief Executive Officer of upstream and downstream oil and gas services firm Brogya Resources Limited, Carl Brogya-Sarpong, has been enstooled as the Dompeahene of Agogo Traditional Area in the Asante Akim North District of the Ashanti Region. He will bear the stool name Dompeahene Nana Bediako Brogya …

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COCOBOD trial: CID Investigator confirms COCOBOD’s double standard

It has been revealed that months after EOCO began investigations into lithovit foliar fertilizer, based on the recommendations of a top COCOBOD official, ironically, the same official initiated a process to get the certificate of lithovit, which is a subject of investigation, renewed. The said top official, Dr. Yaw Adu-Ampomah …

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Minority Leader dismisses NDC flagbearer posters

Minority Leader and Member of Parliament for Tamale South Constituency Haruna Iddrisu has urged the public to disregard posters making rounds about his intention to lead the National Democratic Congress (NDC) in the next presidential elections. “These acts are calculated and intended to disorganise the rank and file of the NDC,” he stressed. …

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Five lessons from Ghana’s game against South Africa

  Ghana have booked a place in the AFCON tournament despite a laboured performance against South Africa in Johannesburg. Mohammed Kudus scored the opener early in the second half and Percy Tau got the equalizer for the hosts a few minutes after. Here are the five things we learned Wakaso …

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VIDEO: The beads that beautify the dead

  Ghanaian culture and traditionalism is fascinating. It comprises a number of components and may or may not cut across the various ethnic groups the country has. When people die, per different cultures, there are a number of rites performed to see the person off as they embark on another …

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Asante Kotoko appoint Mariano Barreto as new coach

Asante Kotoko have appointed former Ghana coach Mariano Barreto as their new head coach. The 64 year old Portuguese takes over from coach Johnson Smith, who was in charge on interim basis after the exit of Maxwell Konadu, earlier in the season. His appointment had been rumored in the local …

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Galamsey: Four Chinese, National security operative arrested`

Six (6) suspected illegal miners including four (4) Chinese nationals have been arrested by the Ashanti regional Operation Vanguard taskforce. The Chinese nationals arrested are Li Xuh Jun, 51, Mo Chi Cai, 52, Wei Fun Ham, 45, and Wei Ziyun, 38. Yusif Fuseini – leader of the four suspects who …

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Volta Beach Soccer Committee Holds Maiden Meeting

The newly-constituted Beach soccer Committee of the Volta regional Football Association (VRFA) held its maiden meeting on Wednesday, March 24, 2020, at the FA’s secretariate in Ho.     The Seven Member Committee used the opportunity to meet the RFA for the first time, familiarize with each other and discussed …

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Coronavirus Fight: Joe Ghartey Pushes For Decongestion of Prisons

  Presidential candidate aspirant of the ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP), Joe Ghartey, is pushing for the decongestion of Prisons across Ghana to help prevent the spread of Coronavirus.   The former Attorney-General and Minister of Justice during whose tenure the Justice For All Programme was introduced, believes prisons nationwide …

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Hot FM’s Sports show host confirmed dead

  The Management of FP Communication Group (Hot FM- Accra, Fox FM-Kumasi & Fox FM-Takoradi) has announced the sudden demise of astute broadcaster, Justice Opoku-Agyemang popularly known as Bigality. According to a statement which was posted on Hot FM’s Facebook page, the astute broadcaster died on Thursday, 25th March, 2021 …

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John Mahama to call Akufo-Addo to finally concede defeat in 2020 elections

  Twenty-two days after the Supreme Court ruled that his political rival Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo was the legitimate winner of the 2020 elections, John Dramani Mahama is now considering congratulating him. A report by pro-government radio station Asaase Radio which cites sources within the Functional Executive of the National Democratic Congress indicates that John Mahama …

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