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Cocoa farmers excited about 28.2% price increase

The Ghana Cocoa Coffee and Sheanut Farmer Association (COCOSHE) has praised the Akufo-Addo administration for the 28.2% increase in cocoa prices for the 2020-21 crop season. According to the farmer-based organization, the producer price of a bag of 64kg of cocoa beans has been increased from GH¢ 515 to GH¢660 …

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Edinson Cavani: Man Utd sign ex-PSG striker on free transfer

Manchester United have signed former Paris St-Germain striker Edinson Cavani on a free transfer. The 33-year-old Uruguay international, who left PSG at the end of June, has signed a one-year contract. Cavani has scored 341 goals in 556 club matches, including a record 200 in 301 appearances for the French …

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Ghana’s Thomas Partey handed No 18 shirt at Arsenal

Ghana international Thomas Partey has been given the No. 18 jersey at English club Arsenal. Partey joined the Gunners after his £45 million release clause was triggered by the Gunners on transfer deadline day. Partey had been with Atletico since 2012, making 188 appearances, in which time he won both …

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GFA appoints Bernhard Lippert as technical director

FIFA Coaching Instructor, Bernhard Lippert has been appointed as Technical Director of the Ghana Football Association for a period of two years. The 58-year-old German trainer is a FIFA expert in instructing and training coaches and coach trainers. Until this appointment, Lippert was Technical Director of the Associations of Football …

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Gold, Cocoa push Ghana’s exports to US$15.6 billion in 2019 – BoG

The 2019 Financial Stability Review report released by the Bank of Ghana (BoG) has revealed that Ghana’s exports increased by 4.6 percent to $15.6 billion in 2019. This improvement in exports, according to the report, was driven largely by a 14.6 percent and 8.6 percent growth in gold and cocoa exports respectively. …

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Two remanded over murder of Hot fm Finance Manager

Two persons allegedly involved in the murder of the Nana Ndoli Panin III, Baamuhene of Enchi Kramokrom and Finance Manager of Hotfm, have been remanded into Police custody by a Kaneshie District Court. Kwame Ofori aka Ogyaba, a 29 year old pastor of Divine Prayer Camp at Saapeman and Nana …

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Akufo-Addo Files EC Nomination Forms Today

Flagbearer of the ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP), President Akufo-Addo, and three others are expected to file their completed nomination forms at the headquarters of the Electoral Commission (EC) today, Tuesday, October 06, for the 2020 Presidential Election. The others are the leader of the Ghana Freedom Party (GFP), Akua …

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Keep ‘dangerous’ Mahama away from your Cocoa – NPP to farmers

The New Patriotic Party government has touted its achievement in the Cocoa sector boasting that the erstwhile Mahama administration comes nowhere close to its performance. Address a press conference in Accra Monday, Communications Director of the party Yaw Buaben Asamoa said Cocoa growth and farmers of the cash crop suffered …

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VIDEO: Ursula Owusu campaigns in the North with private jet

Minister of Communications, Ursula, Gifty Owusu-Ekuful was last week flown in a private jet to campaign in the northern part of the country, specifically the Upper East and Upper West Regions. Whatsup News investigations reveal that the mid-sized jet flew just three people and two crew members to the north. …

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Man rapes 70-year-old stroke patient at Gbawe [Audio]

A middle aged man has allegedly raped a 70-year-old woman at Dzaman near Gbawe in the Greater Accra region. The victim, Rose Odikro, suffering from stroke, said the suspect, whose name was only given as Achikolo, raped her on Sunday, October 4, 2020. Narrating her ordeal on Adom News, she said the …

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Man breaks into mortuary to have s3x with late lover

A man, identified as Leroy Chacon, has been arrested for allegedly breaking into a mortuary to have sex with his late lover who died of coronavirus. The 50-year-old man was arrested by the Guyana police in South America and charged. Mr Chacon, according to reports, pleaded guilty for breaking into …

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Woman kills her two children over dispute with husband

A 26-year-old woman, Hauwa Habibu, has been arrested by the police command in Kano State for using a cutlass to hack her two children to death over a dispute with her husband for taking a second wife. It is reported that the incident happened at Diso Quarters, Gwale Local Government …

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Day-old baby dumped in a bathroom at Assin Praso

A resident at Assin Praso, Gladys Ackom woke up to discover a newborn baby dumped in the walkway leading to her bathroom. The baby suspected to be a day-old was found with his umbilical cord still tied around his waist. The mother of the baby is yet to be identified. …

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Ethiopia ‘bans flights over Nile Dam’

Ethiopia has banned flights in its airspace over the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) for security reasons, according to the privately-owned Reporter website. “The director-general of the Ethiopian Civil Aviation, Col Wesenyeleh Hunegnaw, told Reporter that following consultations with relevant security organs, the airspace in Benishangul-Gumuz Regional State [north-western Ethiopia] …

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Prez Akufo Addo Names His Best Minister

President Akufu Addo says Minister of Roads and Highways Mr. Amoako Atta is the best of Road Ministers Ghana has ever produced since independence. “Amoako Atta is a great man, the kind of work he has done in the last two years in the road sector is beyond expectation. In …

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NDC’s Deputy N/R treasurer involved in accident

The Deputy Northern Region Treasurer of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), John Kpeli, has been involved in a road accident. The accident happened on Monday, October 5 on the Tamale-Salaga Makango road. He is currently at the Tamale Teaching Hospital receiving medical attention. A statement signed by Gapson Kofi Raphael, …

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