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Heavy rainfall kills 13-year-old boy

A 13-year-old boy was found dead at Hosita Power House in the Borsontoe Electoral area in Ho of the Volta region after a heavy downpour on Wednesday. Residents report indicate that the lifeless body was found washing away in the drain. According to reports, the boy was found wearing green …

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Duffuor petitions Parliament to probe uniBank collapse

The Founder of collapsed uniBank Ghana Limited, Dr Kwabena Duffuor has petitioned Parliament to investigate circumstances that led to the collapse of the bank by the Bank of Ghana. In a petition to Parliament, Dr Duffuor is asking Ghana’s law-making body to: (i): investigate the conduct of the Bank of …

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CK Akonnor under attack following new Black Stars squad

Black Stars coach Charles Akonnor seems to have done the image of the team little favours with his final squad for the all-important Africa Cup of Nations qualifiers against South Africa and Sao Tome. The final list of players for the tournament was announced on Thursday, March 18, 2021 with …

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Load-shedding to be halted

Eskom said it would cancel load-shedding as of noon on Friday as generation units returned to service and helped to restore available capacity. Eskom said in an update that teams had successfully returned to service a generation unit each at the Duvha, Medupi, Kendal, Kriel and Kusile power stations. “A further …

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Nigeria Ranks 2nd Country With Most Jobless People Globally

Nigeria is ranked in the world as the country with the most jobless people. Bloomberg did the ranking of the countries worldwide with the highest unemployment rate. Nigeria has a population of about 200 million people. The Nigerian Bureau of Statistics (NBS) says the underemployment rate saw a decrease from …

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US and China trade angry words at high-level Alaska talks

US and Chinese officials have exchanged sharp rebukes in the first high-level talks between the Biden administration and China, taking place in Alaska. Chinese officials accused the US of inciting countries “to attack China”, while the US said China had “arrived intent on grandstanding”. Relations between the two superpowers are …

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Bawumia launches 100-day census countdown today

Vice-President Mahamudu Bawumia will announce the 2021 Housing and Population Census (PHC) today, Friday, March 19, when he launches the 100-day count down to the Census. The Census Night is the reference date for census enumeration and all questions asked during the enumeration would relate to that night. It also …

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VIDEO: Man peels coconut husk with teeth

A young man has shocked social media with an unbelievable display of strength after using his teeth to peel coconut husks. Coconut husks are usually too hard to peel off so the tool used is machete. In the video, the gentleman simply set his teeth on the coconut and used …

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Man jailed 8 years for stealing GH¢159,300 from Damongo Bank

A Tamale High Court has sentenced a 32-year-old system administrator to eight (8) years imprisonment with hard labour for stealing GH¢159,300 from the coffers of his former employer, the Buuwulonso One Stop Rural Bank at Damongo in the Savannah Region. Cephas Agbodo, who had moved on to Borimanga Rural Bank …

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Aduana Stars defender Farouk Adams granted Gh 60,000 bail

Aduana Stars defender, Farouk Adams who has been accused in the hit–and–run incident which claimed the life of Police Officer Amos Mattey has been granted a bail of Ghc60,000 by the Berekum Circuit Court, with four sureties. Adams was charged on four counts of Careless and inconsiderate driving and negligently causing …

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