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I’m not a coward – Captain Smart barks at Woyome’s PA

Captain Smart, the host of Angel FM’s morning show has hit back at one Reginald Seth Dogboe who is believed to be the personal assistant of businessman Alfred Woyome. Seth Dogboe, according to Captain Smart, had sent a message to him through his colleague Kofi Adoma Nwanwani enumerating what he …

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2021 Under-17 AFCON called-off

Footballghana.com can report that the 2021 Total CAF U-17 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) tournament has been canceled. The youth championship was scheduled to start in the host nation, Morocco from March 13 to 31 according to an earlier confirmation from the continent’s football governing body. With less than a …

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PHOTOS: 156 suspected criminals arrested in Accra

The Accra Regional Police, led by DCOP Afful Boakye Yiadom, has arrested 156 suspected criminals from their various hideouts across the city. Speaking to the media, the Public Relations Officer of the Accra Region Police Command, DSP Afia Tenge, said the five-day exercise was under the operation ‘No Space for …

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KGL to release funds to NLA for payments of wins

The Management of KGL Technology Limited, a licensed online lotto marketing company responsible for the operation of *959#, the official shortcode of NLA has arrived at a consensus with the leadership of the Financial Business and Services Employees Union (FBSEU) of G. F. L., and the National Lottery Authority (NLA). …

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Go back to CNN and apologise – Christiana Awuni to Moesha

Ghanaian actress and social media influencer, Moesha Buodong a few days ago said she regrets some comments made during her 2018 interview on CNN. The social media influencer was heavily criticized when she revealed she was dating a married man because “Ghana is hard”. According to her, “In Ghana, our …

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Number of bodies retrieved from Apam River rises to 13

About 20 schoolchildren are feared to have drowned in the Apam sea in the Gomoa West District of the Central Region while swimming today Monday, March 8,2021. Speaking to EIB Network’s Central Regional Correspondent Yaw Boagyan, an eyewitness said the children were school Pupils whose ages are between 9 and …

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Akufo-Addo to speak on the State of the Nation at 1pm today

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo’s planned state of the nation address to be delivered on Tuesday, March 9 will no longer take place at the designated time, 8:30 am. The programme has been shifted to 1:00 pm that same day, a statement dated March 5 issued by Parliament has said. The …

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Two Premier League Match venue license revoked; others warned

The Club Licensing Board, acting in its capacity as the first instant body of the Club Licensing process has revoked the Licenses of Berekum Chelsea and Elmina Sharks FC to use the Golden City park and the Ndoum sports stadium respectively. As part of the mid-season spot-check inspection and review, …

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New ministers to begin work tomorrow

Kojo Oppong Nkrumah, the Minister of Information, has announced that all new ministers appointed by President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, and now approved by Parliament, will begin official work tomorrow, Tuesday, March 9, 2021. He made this known after a three-day retreat the president had with his new ministers at the …

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Senegal: Opposition leader released, more protest in the offing

The opposition leader in Senegal, Ousmane Sonko, whose arrest has sparked nationwide violent protest was released on Monday, March 8, 2021, but under judicial supervision according to his lawyers. Sonko was arrested and charged with rape which he denies and describes as politically motivated. He appeared in court on Monday, …

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Anas congratulates Adeti, others on Article 19 Press Prize Awards

Africa’s foremost investigative journalist, Anas Aremeyaw Anas, has applauded EIB Network investigative journalist Edward Adeti, and some journalists in other media houses for winning the maiden Article 19 Press Prize Awards. Article 19 Press Prize is an award scheme put together by the African Heights Foundation in partnership with an anti-injustice …

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Fire guts storey building in Adabraka

A storey building located at Adabraka, a suburb of Accra has been gutted by fire in the early hours of Monday, March 8. The cause of the inferno is not yet known. Fire service personnel intervened to douse the fire and prevented it from spreading to other properties. An eye …

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Ghana wins ‘airport war’ with Britain

British online news platforms as well as some newspapers have been awash this week with news that British authorities would now allow flights from Accra, Ghana to land in Heathrow instead of Gatwick as had earlier been proposed by British authorities. Some of the reportage did very little to hide …

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12 drown in Ghana despite ban on swimming over coronavirus

At least 12 children have drowned while others are feared missing in Ghana’s Central Region despite a ban on sea swimming due to COVID-19, officials say. The victims were among dozens who had flocked to the Apam beach in the Gomoa West District to play football on March 7. The victims …

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Stop punishing children for speaking vernacular in school

The Dean at the Faculty of Ghanaian Languages of the University of Education Winneba, Professor Charles Owu-Ewie says it is unjust to prohibit children from speaking vernacular in schools. Speaking at a virtual symposium on the role of the mother tongue in improving literacy in Ghana on 3fm 92.7, the …

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