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Six (6) Constituencies Get Assistance From Prof Frimpong Boateng  

Professor Kwabena Frimpong Boateng, Minister for Environment, Science, Technology and Innovation (MESTI) has once again donated t-shirts and footballs as well as jerseys to six constituencies of the New Patriotic Party (NPP).   The beneficiary constituencies were Wassa West, Wa East and Wa Central with each of them receiving 10 …

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[VIDEO]: 400 shops, properties, destroyed after Odawna fire

About 400 shops, traders’ belongings, and monies have been burnt after fire engulfed Odawna market near the Kwame Nkrumah interchange. The fire, according to eyewitnesses who spoke to GhanaWeb’s news team started at about 1 am Wednesday, November 18, 2020. They also blamed the Ghana National Fire Service for being …

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Boeing’s 737 Max gets approval to fly passengers again

The Federal Aviation Administration issued an order Wednesday that paved the way for the troubled Boeing 737 Max to carry passengers again, ending the jet’s 20-month grounding. The plane, the best-selling jet in Boeing’s (BA) fleet, was grounded in March 2019 after two fatal crashes that killed 346 people. It was discovered that a safety feature meant …

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Trump Fires Election Security Official Who Contradicted Him

Donald Trump says he has fired a top election official who contradicted the US president’s claims of voter fraud. President Trump said he “terminated” Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (Cisa) chief Chris Krebs for his “highly inaccurate” remarks on vote integrity. Mr Trump has refused to concede the US election, …

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Gov’t orders ‘partial’ payment of Gold Coast customers

The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) says the government has authorized a partial bailout for customers of Blackshield, formerly Gold Coast, and other fund management companies who are yet to be paid following the collapse of the firms. The government had excluded customers of Blackshield from payments to affected customers …

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A 25-year-old Owusu Bempah fined for bonking a dog

A 25-year-old Owusu Bempah, also known as Agbey, is met with the wrath of the Apatim Traditional Bestiality Council. After claims were made by a local, Kwaku Charles, Mr. Bempah was embarrassed in the Wassa East District that he had been involved in a sexual ‘congress’ with a pregnant puppy. …

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3 victims of Mighty gas explosion dead

Three victims from a gas explosion incident at the Mighty Gas filling station in Ho are said to have died while on admission at the Ho Teaching hospital. The incident which occurred on the morning of Wednesday, 11th November 2020 left 14 persons; including 12 males and 2 other females …

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Watch Video: Okada Riders Fight On The Streets Of Accra

A video which is currently at the disposal of mynewsghana.net has seen moment some okada riders were seen engaging in a fistfight on the road as people watched in amazement at the scene of the event. From the video, some four men could be seen fighting over an issue which …

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Woman Dies in Gas Explosion Disaster in Ho

One of the badly injured victims of last week’s gas explosion disaster at Mighty Gas filling station in Ho in the Volta Region has died The only female victim died at the Ho Teaching Hospital where she was on admission with 13 others since the incident occurred on November 11, …

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Shepherd and Mary Bushiri taken into custody in Malawi

Authorities in Malawi say the government was compelled to arrest  fugitive couple Shepherd Bushiri and his wife Mary after Interpol in Pretoria sent an alert for the couple to be arrested. Malawi minister of information Gospel Kazako  said the couple, who fled SA  last week, were  in police custody. Speaking to eNCA on Wednesday, Kazako …

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Government accepts bids for 7-year cedi and 3-year dollar bonds

Government accepted all bids for the 7-year cedi bond and the 3-year dollar bond issuance, according to auctioning results obtained from the Bank of Ghana. For the 7-year cedi bond, it raised GH¢1.03 billion at a rate of 20.5 percent, whilst it got US$388.9 million dollars for the 3-year dollar bond …

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Strategy for achieving US$25.3 billion by 2029 under NEDS outlined

The Ghana Export Promotion Authority has outlined an integrated list of 17 existing high performing and industrial priority products that could catapult the projected Non-Traditional Export (NTEs) revenue from the current total earnings of US$2.9 billion to US$25.3 billion by 2029. The move forms part of strategic efforts under the …

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COCOBOD denies wrongdoing in purchase of insecticides

The management of the Ghana Cocoa Board (COCOBOD) has denied any wrongdoing in the matter of the purchase of insecticides for cocoa farms. A statement issued by the management on Tuesday, November 17 said its attention has been drawn to a document circulating on several online and social media platforms …

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VIDEO: ‘You’re A Goat’ – Opambuor Tells Rev. Owusu Bempah

The founder and leader of the Ebenezer Miracle Worship Centre, headquartered in Ahenema-Kokoben, Kumasi, Prophet Ebenezer Adarkwah Yiadom caused a stir on live television after he had come down heavily on colleague pastor Prophet Owusu Bempah. According to the senior pastor, Reverend Owusu Bempah has planned to disrepute his hard-earned …

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Rawlings family calls on Mahama, NDC leadership

A delegation from the family of late former president Jerry John Rawlings led by the former diplomat, Ambassador James Victor Gbeho, on Tuesday, November 17, 2020, paid a courtesy call to the flagbearer of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), John Dramani Mahama and the party leadership. The visit was to …

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