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Fellow Ghanaians, President Akufo-Addo to address the nation tonight

With the Christmas festivities and New Year celebrations over, President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo will update the country on the measures taken to curb the spread of Coronavirus today, January 3, 2021. The President’s address that will be broadcasted nationwide on several media channels will be aired at 8 pm today. Today’s address, which …

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VIDEO: I was not sacked – Bukom Banku opens up on GHOne exit

Boxer and entertainer Braimah Kamoko popularly known as Bukom Banku has confirmed his exit from GHOne. Earlier this week, EIB released a statement confirming that it has parted company with Bukom Banku and subsequently scrapped the Bukom Banku Live show. The media house explained that the show has served it …

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Fire Service shuts down electronics shops in Ho and Sogakope

The Volta Regional Fire Service has locked up some major electronic appliance outlets in Ho and Sogakope over fire certificates. A swoop led by Mr Richard Bisimpo, Regional Fire Safety Officer, in collaboration with the Police, closed down branches of retailers, including Class House Electronics and Victor Electronics for their …

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Chief Imam of Ejura, Sheikh Sakib Bamba is dead

Chief Imam of Ejura-Sekyedumasi in the Ashanti Region, Sheikh Mohammed Sakib Yakub Bamba has been confirmed dead, NorthernWebGh.com report. He died yesterday Saturday at his private residence in Ejura, after decades of illness. Burial is scheduled to take place today Sunday, at 2:00 pm in accordance with Islamic doctrines. Congregational …

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Stonebwoy’s bodyguards, driver arrested!

The Abuakwa Divisional Police Command in Ashanti region has arrested four bodyguards and a driver of Dancehall artiste, Stonebwoy, for assaulting another driver. The musician and his team are said to have been returning to Accra from Bibiani in two black Toyota Land Cruisers with registration numbers GT-8255-19 and GS-6255-19. According …

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NPP gave contracts to Rawlings – Kennedy Agyapong blows alarm

Assin Central Member of Parliament Kennedy Agyapong has expressed anger at the fact that NPP contractors were denied contracts in the party’s first term but former President Jerry John Rawlings was given several contracts. The maverick politician who believes that the leadership of the NPP and appointees by the President were not fair to …

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Minority MPs to face court on Monday over protest march

Minority Leader and ten other NDC MPs will face the Accra Circuit court on Monday, January, 04, 2020 over the Minority’s protest march to the headquarters of the Electoral Commission. They have been charged with unlawful assembly for failing to notify the Police of holding of a special event contrary to …

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Highlights, a year after the RTI law took effect in Ghana

It had been a long struggle to see the Right to Information Bill passed into law. Advocacies, lobbying, petitions, protests which sometimes turned violent, were some of the activities which characterized the fight for the passage of the law. After almost 2 decades, the law was enacted and given accent …

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UG to begin shift system for 2021/2022 academic year

The University of Ghana (UG) has announced plans to run a shift system of education for the 2021/2022 Academic year. The university says the large number of students expected to be admitted this year coupling with the COVID-19 safety protocols has accounted for this. Speaking to Citi News, the Dean …

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video: Singer Becca Buys A Maserati

Ghanaian singer Becca has proven how profitable music has been for her as she flaunts her newly acquired Maserati to start the new year in the latest video making rounds on social media. Becca who was in the news some time back for having issues with her mum posted the video to …

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Former NDC MP for Ho West dies

A former Member of Parliament (MP) for Ho West Constituency, Lawyer Francis Aggrey Agbotse has been reported dead. The current MP for the Constituency, Emmanuel Kwasi Bedzrah who broke the news through a post on Facebook on January 2, 2020, said: “Sad News this morning. We have lost the Hon. FRANCIS AGGREY …

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Armed robbers attack travellers at Walewale

The night patrol team at Walewale was called by the station master, Inspector Amos Bour, to the scene of an ongoing robbery in the Banawa village on Nalerigu Highway on Saturday at about 2:50 am. The team immediately proceeded from Nasia-Tamale Highway to the crime scene to meet one Kanlan …

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Ritualist arrested for cutting private part of girl, 6

The police in Bauchi State in Nigeria has arrested a 20-year-old man, Adamu Ra’uf, for allegedly cutting off the private part of a six-year-old child for ritual purposes. The command’s spokesperson, Ahmed Wakil, in a statement on Friday, January 1, said the suspect was arrested following a complaint by the …

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Boy, 10 drowns in a pool on New Year’s day

A 10-year-old boy, Kofi Antwi, has died after he drowned in a swimming pool at Goaso in the Ahafo Region. The incident occurred on New Year’s day when the boy together with his family went to Oyibo hotel for a pool party. The Goaso District Police Commander, DSP Danso Abeam …

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500 Cement bags consumed as fire ravages shops at Kwabeng

About five hundred (500) bags of cement have been consumed by fire at Akyem Kwabeng,  in the Eastern Region. The inferno which gutted some other shops also destroyed 160 pieces of plywoods, barbering equipment and other properties. The fire occurred on January 1, 2021, at about 5:00 am. Personnel of …

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2020/21 GPL: Hearts of Oak trash Bechem United 6-1

Accra Hearts of Oak has ended Bechem United’s unbeaten run in a grand style at the Accra Sports Stadium as the away side endured a 6-1 humiliating defeat on matchday seven. It was Bechem United’s heaviest defeat in the ongoing season. The away side appealed for a penalty in the 10th …

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