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Farmer jailed 20 years for robbery

Koku Adzi, 28, a farmer of Wudesi near Adaklu-Waya, who stabbed and robbed a motorbike rider and took away the bike has been jailed by a Ho Circuit Court to 20 years imprisonment in hard labour. He pleaded guilty to the offence and was convicted on his plea for robbing …

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Bodies of Ivorian peacekeepers killed in Mali return home

A UN plane flew the bodies of Ivorian peacekeepers killed in Mali home on Friday. On the ground, the head of the UN peacekeeping mission in Mali, government officials, and the soldiers’ families waited to receive them. The head of the UN peacekeeping mission in Mali (MINUSMA) Dennis Gyllensporre was …

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Nigeria to bar exporters withholding proceeds from bank services

Nigerian exporters that have not repatriated export proceeds will be barred from all banking services from January 31, the central bank said. The new directive applies to exports up until June last year, central bank spokesman, Osita Nwanisobi said by text message on Saturday. “Proceeds for oil is to be …

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I tried to stop Cecilia Marfo from disgracing Joyce Blessing – OB Nartey

Popular radio presenter, Kwame OB Narty has given a detailed account about Cecilia Marfo and Joyce Blessing’s issue. The veteran gospel musician in a video published earlier by Zionfelix.net took Joyce Blessing’s microphone when she was performing at an event. After she had access to the microphone, Cecilia told Joyce to go back to …

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35 killed in Zamfara villages attack

The Emir of Maru in Zamfara State, Alhaji Abubakar Gado Maigari, has confirmed that 35 people were killed during an attack on five villages in his emirate. The Emir was briefing Governor Bello Matawalle who paid a sympathy visit to the affected villages. The villages according to the Emir are …

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Blame dumsor for the collapse of the movie industry – Frank Naro

Kumawood actor cum musician, Frank Osei, popularly known as Frank Naro, has lamented how dumsor collapsed the movie industry. According to him, the persistent, irregular and unpredictable power outage during the time when production of Ghanaian movies was abundant affected the demand for Ghanaian movies. Speaking in an interview on …

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Chinese National who was enstooled as chief steps down

The Chinese investor and philanthropist enstooled Nkosuohene (development chief) of Kwahu Abetifi traditional area has renounced his stool following attacks on social media. The foreigner Sun Qiang, was enstooled Development Chief on September 5, 2020, with stool name Barima Kofi Ayeboafo. But Ghanaians stook to social media to lambast him …

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All set for Late Rawlings to go home

All is set for the final funeral rites of former President Jerry John Rawlings, who passed away on Thursday, November 12, 2020. The funeral will commence 24th January 2020 with the main funeral event taking place on Wednesday, January 27, at the Independence Square, Accra, from 9am to 11am. The former …

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Ceccy Twum’s Instagram page with 445k followers hacked

It has been shared that Ghanaian Gospel music songbird, Ceccy Twum has lost her main Instagram page which carries about 445k followers. The hacked page which has the name @ceccytwummusic is noted not to be controlled or managed by the minstrel at the moment. A number of Gospel artistes which includes Efe …

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Larry King veteran US talk show host dies from Covid-19

US talk show host Larry King has died at the age of 87. The TV star was taken to hospital in Los Angeles in late December after testing positive for coronavirus. King died at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, said Ora Media, the studio and network he co-founded, tweeted. No cause of death was …

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Fire gut shops in Wa ‘Kejetia’ Market

Fire razes seven shops at the Wa ‘Kejetia’ market in the early hours of Saturday, officials say. The owners of the shops and their relatives were in tears at the time the Ghana News Agency (GNA) visited the scene at about 0800hrs. Mr Nayaru Mahamud, the Chief Security Officer of …

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West Gonja: Man kills self after stabbing two women in Nabori

A man from Nabori in the West Gonja District shocked residents in the Savannah region when he knifed two of his sisters-in-law killing one, before stabbing himself. Mwinwele David, a private security officer was confirmed dead moments after committing the crime. One of the two victims also died at the …

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A1 Bread begins operations in America

Popular indigenous bread production company A1 has begun operations in the United States of America. The initiative is part of Select USA, an American government program, designed to help foreign products penetrate the U.S. market. Ghana’s embassy in the USA announced the development in a Facebook post. “We are happy …

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