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Jon Benjamin appointed UK ambassador to Mexico

Former United Kingdom (UK) High Commissioner to Ghana, Jon Benjamin has been appointed to Mexico. He succeeded Ms Corin Robertson. Mr Benjamin is expected to officially assume office from August 2021. Prior to his latest appointment, Mr Benjamin served as Director of Learning and Principal of the Diplomatic Academy from …

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Bodies of Rawlings, Sir John others to be buried by health experts – Government

Mourners of Ghana’s former President Jerry John Rawlings among high-profile personalities in the country who died of Coronavirus will be protected against contracting the virus during interments. “Team of experts from the Ghana Health Service with the Environmental service will take charge of the body, inter it to prevent the spread”, former Presidential Advisor …

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MD of Despite’s Best Point Savings & Loans dies from coronavirus

The Managing Director of fast-rising financial institution Best Point Savings and Loans, Philip Odei Asare has reportedly passed on from Covid-19 complications, MyNewsGh.com has learnt. While further details of his death have been kept under wraps, his family and friends have been thrown into a state mourning. With the death …

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Police launch hunt for missing Oforikrom MTTD Inspector

A middle-aged Policeman whose name is given as Inspector Robert Obeng of Oforikrom MTTD has been reported missing. According to information from the Ghana Police Service, the last time Inspector Robert Obeng was seen was on Monday January 18, 2021. He is said to have left his rented apartment at …

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Sibusiso Moyo: Zimbabwe foreign minister dies from Covid-19

Zimbabwe’s Foreign Minister Sibusiso Moyo has died after succumbing to Covid-19, the government says. Born in 1960, the former army general gained international prominence in 2017, when he announced the military takeover that ousted long-serving President Robert Mugabe from power. Zimbabwe has recorded a surge in Covid-19 cases since the …

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Parents worried over school-related financial burden

Some parents have expressed concern about the financial burden re-opening of schools has brought on them. According to them, although the re-opening of schools is welcoming news, it has also brought on them some financial difficulties as most of them have had their businesses affected by the coronavirus disease (COVID-19). …

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COVID-19 Trust Fund accumulates GH¢57 million – Chief of Staff

The COVID-19 National Trust Fund had received a total of GH¢57.1 million in cash donations alone, Madam Akosua Frema Osei-Opare, the Chief of Staff at the Presidency, has announced. Additionally, the Trust received logistics such as vehicles, equipment, Personal Protective Equipment (PPE), she said, noting that the response to the Trust Fund …

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Traders demand quick completion of Krofrom market

Residents at Krofrom in the Kumasi Metropolitan Assembly (KMA) are living in fear as they complain of continuous invasion of thieves and criminals at the abandoned Krofrom market. Abandoned and dejected for over 14 years, the Krofrom market was supposed to serve as a peripheral facility to reduce congestion at …

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Rawlings’s funeral takes another twist

Just when it appeared all bottlenecks have been removed and the road was all clear for a successful funeral for the late Jerry John Rawlings, there suddenly has been another twist. The government through the Funeral Organizing Committee initially announced December 23, 2020, as the day for the burial and …

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LIVESTREAMING: Day 3 of 2020 Election Petition live broadcast

The Supreme Court will today, 20th January 2020 hear the John Mahama election petition. This will be the third time the apex court will be hearing the case. The NDC will be filing a memorandum of issues at the apex court today, 20th January 2020. Already, lawyers for John Dramani Mahama have …

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Akufo-Addo reduces ministries to 29

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has reduced the number of ministries in his second term to 29, from 36. A report by the state-owned newspaper, Daily Graphic, states that the number of ministers, deputy ministers and regional ministers to be appointed will not exceed 85. “The list of qualified Ghanaians who will …

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Man struck dead by lightning

A 32-year-old man has been struck dead by lightning at Adanwomase in the Kwabre East Municipality of the Ashanti region. The incident occurred on Tuesday, January 19, 2020, around 5:30 pm during a rainfall. Adjei Ernest was pronounced dead when he was rushed to the Asonomaso hospital. Mother to the …

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Man grabbed for stabbing motor rider

One Kwaku Adzi, 28, an unemployed native of Vedome, near Adaklu-Waya, has been arrested after stabbing a motor rider whom he had asked to assist to get to Vedome on Sunday. Adzi was arrested by a mob from Adaklu-Waya after the incident. Assistant Superintendent of Police (ASP), Mr Alex Yeboah, …

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People Want To Assassinate Me – Koku Anyidoho

Koku Anyidoho, the founder and chief executive officer of the Attah Mills Institute, says some people want him killed. On January 18, 2021, the former Deputy General Secretary of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) of the opposition, who turned 50 in a tweet, reported that some people were disgruntled about his success …

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840 nurses get coronavirus; kills 4

At least 840 nurses have been infected with Coronavirus in Ghana, with four nurses reportedly to have died from the Coronavirus. The Ghana Registered Nurses and Midwives’ Association made this known in a statement jointly signed by its president, Perpetual Ofori-Ampofo, and General Secretary, David Tenkorang-Twum. According to the statement, “at the peak …

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