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Dutch Rutte government resigns over child welfare fraud scandal

Mark Rutte’s government has stepped down after thousands of families were wrongly accused of child welfare fraud and told to pay money back. Families suffered an “unparalleled wrong”, Dutch MPs decided, with tax officials, politicians, judges and civil servants leaving them powerless. Many of those affected were from an immigrant …

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Drogba’s 20-year-old marriage collapses

Premier League legend, Didier Drogba, has reluctantly announced on social media that his marriage is over, ending his relationship of more than 20 years after a mysterious video of him in bed with another woman surfaced last year. The former Ivory Coast forward was seen bare-chested in bed with a …

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Speaker Declares NPP As Majority Group In Parliament

The Speaker of Parliament, Alban Bagbin announced the New Patriotic Party Caucus in the House constitutes the majority. This, according to the Speaker, includes the Independent Candidate for the Fomena Constituency. The declaration by the Speaker brings an end to weeks of debate between the members of the two major …

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Pastor Busted By Police For Killing His Own Daughter For Powers

A 9 years old girl is said to have been sadly killed and used for a ritual by his own biological father in a bid to gain more powers to run his church. According to reports received,  the pastor affectionately named Osofo Boakye deliberately killed his 9-year-old daughter for ritual purposes. The …

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Akatsi police confiscate vehicle loaded with Marijuana

A vehicle carrying large quantities of dried leaves suspected of being weed was seized by police at Akatsi in the Akatsi South Municipality of the Volta region. At Netikope, near the Dzodze-Tadzewu Barrier in the Ketu North Municipality of the Volta region, the car, a Hyundai commercial mini bus with registration …

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Transport fares to go up!

Transport operators are likely, in the coming weeks, to push for an increase in transport fares. The likely price increment in fares comes on the back of a review of prices of petroleum products sold to Oil Marketing Companies by Bulk Oil Distributors in the country. The review will see …

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Afro-Arab Group Boss Appointed By Supreme Ladies FC As Patron

Alhaji Salamu Amadu, The group Chairman Of the Afro-Arab of Companies has been appointed as the Patron of Kumasi based Women’s Premiership Side Supreme Ladies.   Alhaji Salamu a renowned business mogul who doubles as a football administrator already a division side Spartans Football Club and was appointed as the …

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Zoomlion Fumigates Kumasi Airport

Zoomlion Ghana Limited has undertaken a disinfestation exercise targeted at getting rid of pests and other disease causing organisms at the Kumasi Airport.    The menace of rodents, crawling and flying insects has become a conduit for spreading diseases and of major concerns for officials and travellers who use the …

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Kumasi: 16 fires recorded in 2021

A total of 16 fire outbreaks have been recorded in Kumasi in the Ashanti region within this year so far. Fire outbreaks have swept through a mini market around Republic Hall of the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST), parts of Suame Magazine, Aboabo Station and Dagombaline among …

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Here is the expected petrol price for February

Mid-month data from the Central Energy Fund (CEF) points to another large fuel hike for South African motorists in February, following a significant increase in January. The CEF data shows an under-recovery in prices across the board, expected to rise around 78 cents per litre for petrol, and 60 cents …

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Education department confirms two-week delay in reopening schools

The basic education department on Friday confirmed the reopening of schools has been postponed to February 15. “Given the pressure experienced by the health system in the past few weeks, occasioned by increased Covid-19 infections which has led to the second wave, the council of education ministers in conjunction with …

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Father arrested for allegedly abducting his 6-month-old twins

Collaboration between North West and Gauteng police has led to the arrest of a father who allegedly kidnapped his six-month-old twins. The man, 37, was arrested in Evaton, the Vaal, on Wednesday in connection with his children’s disappearance last November. Police spokesperson Brigadier Sabata Mokgwabone said they were allegedly kidnapped …

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Four arrested for stealing church instruments

Police at Akyem Ofoase in the Eastern Region have arrested four persons suspected of stealing church instruments. The suspects are; Kofi Adu a 30-year-old driver, Stephen Frimpong a 27-year-old farmer, Anane Blabo a 25-year-old illegal miner and Bismarck Adu a 25-year-old unemployed. Police say the suspects broke into the Assemblies …

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Election Petition: Note the difference between the 2012 and 2020 Court

The Supreme Court on Thursday, January 14, held its first hearing of the presidential election. The petition filed by John Dramani Mahama who is praying the court to order a rerun of December 7, 2020, election between himself and Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo who was declared the winner and sworn into office on January …

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GBC journalist Abdul Hayi Moomen robbed

A private car belonging to Abdul Hayi Moomen, a journalist working with the GBC, Ghana’s state broadcaster, has been broken into and some valuables made away with. Moomen, announcing the robbery in a post on his Facebook page shared pictures of the salon car which shows one of the back …

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Nigerian woman awarded soldier of the year in US

Sergeant Mary Ehiarinmwain, a Nigerian working in the United States as a soldier, has been awarded the USO’s Soldier of the Year 2020. Hiram Figueroa on LinkedIn said Mary was selected for the award following her bravery after she rescued a soldier who was involved in an accident. According to …

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