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Two weeks to polls; EC briefs media today

The Electoral Commission, Ghana (EC) is scheduled to hold a press conference on Monday, November 23 to brief the whole country on its preparedness ahead of the December 7 elections. With exactly two weeks to the polls, the Commission is expected to let Ghanaians know the plans put together to have …

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Performance of Ghanaian Players Abroad

Every weekend your European football specialist Herbert Boakye Yiadom brings to you a comprehensive report on how Ghanaian players performed abroad in their respective leagues as football restarts amid the coronavirus pandemic. Caleb Ekuban was on target for Trabzonspor in their 1-0 win over Erzurum BB Abdul Fatawu Safiu scored …

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US election 2020: Trump ally urges him to accept defeat in US vote

A prominent ally of Donald Trump has urged him to drop his efforts to overturn his loss to Joe Biden in the US presidential election. Former New Jersey Governor Chris Christie called the president’s legal team a “national embarrassment”. President Trump has refused to concede the election, making unsubstantiated claims …

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Ghana’s public debt exceeds sustainability threshold

As widely expected Ghana’s public debt has now passed the generally accepted sustainability threshold of 70 percent of Gross Domestic Product, the GHc273.8 billion in total debt by the end of September translating to 71.0 percent of GDP. This is up from GHc209.1 million a year previously by which time …

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Rawlings’s death: Nana Konadu to hold press conference today

Wife of former President Jerry John Rawlings will hold a press conference today to address his death. Nana Konadu Agyeman-Rawlings, who doubles as the founder and presidential aspirant of the National Democratic Party, will also in the briefing state the way forward for the party. The core message will surround the party’s …

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Election 2020: Media practitioners must help prevent chaos – OTEC School Principal

Election 2020: Media practitioners must help prevent chaos – OTEC School Principal The Principal of OTEC School of Journalism and Communication Studies, Miss Deborah Oppong-Twumasi has challenged media practitioners to professionally play their role as gatekeepers to help prevent chaotic situations as campaigns towards the December 2020 general election gather momentum. “This is the time for …

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Ketu South: Popular NPP activist, 50 others defect to NDC

A popular activist of the New Patriotic Party in the Ketu South Constituency, Peter Agblevor, and some fifty others have defected to the opposition National Democratic Congress, ahead of the December 7 polls. Mr. Agblevor who was known to be very critical and uncompromising to the National Democratic Congress in …

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Young boy drowns in rain-filled hole in Welkom

A young boy, believed to be around 10 years old, drowned in a large excavated hole filled with rainwater on Sunday afternoon near Power Road in Welkom, Free State. In a statement, ER24 spokesperson Ross Campbell said it was alleged the boy and his three friends were playing around the …

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Two cars overturn in separate incidents, occupants suffer minor injuries

Two vehicles overturned in separate incidents south of Johannesburg on Saturday evening and Sunday morning, with occupants in both accidents suffering minor injuries. In the first incident, a vehicle rolled over in Barrage Road, Vereeniging, on Saturday night. “A patient with minor injuries was treated and transported to Mediclinic Emfuleni …

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‘Save yourselves’: Ethiopia warns Tigrayans of Mekelle attack

Ethiopia’s army plans to surround the capital of Tigray with tanks and may attack the city with artillery to end a nearly three-week war, a military spokesman said, urging civilians to “save themselves”. Ethiopian forces seized the town of Idaga Hamus, 97km (60 miles) from the rebel-held Tigray capital of …

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Al Qaeda in North Africa names new leader

Al Qaeda’s North Africa branch (AQIM) has appointed a new leader and confirmed the death of its former leader Abdelmalek Droukdel who was killed by the French army in June, SITE Intelligence Group said on Saturday. U.S.-based SITE, which monitors jihadist websites, said AQIM displayed the dead body of its …

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Farmers benefit from coronavirus response under TAAT programme

Over 20, 000 smallholder farmers have been supported to cultivate about 38, 000 hectares of maize and soya, Mr Felix Ngmenkaara Darimaani, the National Programme Coordinator of the Savannah Zone Agricultural Productivity Improvement Project (SAPIP) has said. He said under the COVID-19 response strategy of the programme, 15,000 farmers were …

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VIDEO: DJ switch is Ghana’s Best Young DJ of the Year

Erica Tandoh, popularly known as ‘DJ Switch’, has been adjudged the Best Young DJ of the Year at the 2020 Ghana DJ Awards. The season 8 TV3 ‘Talented Kids’ winner was part of several other Ghanaian DJs nominated for this year’s event which took place on Saturday, November 21 in …

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Takoradi kidnapped girls case adjourned to 2021

The trial of the case involving the four kidnapped and murdered Takoradi girls has been adjourned to January 28, 2021. The Sekondi High Court presided over by His Lordship, Richard Adjei Frimpong, ensured that all the 23 witnesses to the case were brought to court to testify. The four girls …

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NCA can shut down internet on December 7 – Mahama

Former President John Dramani Mahama has expressed fears the National Communications Authority (NCA) will shut down the internet in the country on December 7 when Ghana goes to the polls. According to him, the fears are hinged on recent actions of the state agency in their handling of media organisations in their …

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