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Isreal Announces Second National Virus Lockdown

Israel is to impose a new national lockdown to contain the spread of coronavirus – with tough restrictions coming into effect on Jewish new year. The country’s second lockdown begins on Friday and lasts at least three weeks. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said the measures would “exact a heavy price …

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Sister of killer pastor’s wife gives chilling account

Sister of the lady killed by her husband in American city of Orlando, Florida has given chilling account of what led to her sister demise. Sophia Tommey in an exclusive interview with Franky5 on This is Gospel show on Hitz FM Sunday said Pastor Sylvester Ofori had planned to kill his wife, …

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Fire Destroy Parts Of Accra Again

Slum-dwellers at Opeibea a suburb of the Greater Accra Region of Ghana have been rendered homeless after a ravaging fire has destroyed their makeshift structures on Sunday. Personnel from the Ghana National Fire Service (GNFS) came to their aid to calm down the inferno to prevent it from spreading to …

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Family of slain UG lecturer urges police to quickly resolve case

The family of the slain law lecturer at the University of Ghana, Professor Emmanuel Yaw Benneh, wants the police to urgently resolve the mystery surrounding his death. The Police earlier picked up four persons for questioning following the incident. According to Accra Regional Police Command, the four persons are domestic workers in the …

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Mali crisis: Akufo-Addo to convene ECOWAS consultative meeting on Tuesday

President Nana Akufo-Addo will on Tuesday, September 13, 2020, convene a consultative meeting with Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) members to deliberate on measures to resolve the political crisis in Mali. President Akufo-Addo is currently the Chairman of the ECOWAS. Addressing the media, the Minister of Foreign Affairs …

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Read: BECE timetable out!

This year’s Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE) will commence tomorrow, Monday, September 14, 2020, and end on Friday, September 18, 2020. Below is the final timetable which, according to the West African Examination Council, was amended in July 2020: Adomonline

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Bawumia opens 3rd Zipline project site; hints at more

The third national site for the world’s largest drone medical supply operation has been commissioned by the Vice President, Dr Mahamudu Bawumia, at Vobsi near Walewale in the North East Region. Just like the other facilities located at Omenako in the Eastern region, Mpanya in the Ashanti region and Sefwi …

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Showboy Threatens To Kill Fameye

Sam Safo popularly known on social media as Showboy has in a series of tweets angrily threatened to kill ‘Nothing I Get’ hit maker, Fameye for betraying him. The former AMG member revealed that he showed love and supported Fameye when he was nobody and needed his support but the …

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Brigitte Dzogbenuku outdoored as PPP flagbearer

Dr. Papa Kwesi Nduom’s running mate in the 2016 general elections, Brigitte Dzogbenuku, has been outdoored as the party’s 2020 flagbearer ahead of the December 7 polls. Speaking at the ceremony, she said: “We have been so disappointed and disempowered repeatedly with each subsequent election that we have lost hope …

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I’ve thrown my ‘Dr UN water bottle award’ away – D-Black

Multiple award-winning musician, Desmond Kwesi Blackmore known in showbiz as D-Black has revealed that he has thrown his much talked about ‘Dr. UN awards’ plaque away after it emerged that the award scheme was fake. The rapper and entrepreneur along with some top notable celebrities in the country like colleague …

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BECE candidates cut off by Bagre Dam spillage evacuated

Over 200 final year Junior High School candidates from the Saboba District of the Northern Region who will be taking part in this year’s Basic Education Certificate Examinations (BECE) have been successfully evacuated by the Assembly to the examination center in Saboba. The students, who were stranded due to a …

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Letter from Africa: Behind Ghana and Nigeria’s love-hate affair

In our series of letters from African journalists, Ghanaian writer Elizabeth Ohene looks at the fraught relationship between Ghana and Nigeria, which underlies the current tensions over the closure of some Nigerian-owned shops in Ghana. We see them as too loud, and abrasive and chaotic and we believe they think …

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Los Angeles police officers shot in ‘ambush’

wo Los Angeles police officers are in a critical condition after being shot in what police are calling an ambush. Video of the incident shows a figure approach the officers’ vehicle, before opening fire and running away. Los Angeles Sheriff Alex Villanueva called the act “cowardly”. The suspect remains at …

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Mali coup: Opposition rejects transition deal as ‘power grab’

The opposition coalition which led mass protests in Mali ahead of last month’s coup has rejected a transition charter. On Saturday, the country’s military leadership agreed to establish an 18-month interim government until an election could take place. It followed three days of talks with opposition and civil society groups. …

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Young man stabs birthday boy to death at his birthday party

A teenage guest has reportedly stabbed a young man, Omeika Josiah, to death at his birthday party at Amini Awo village in Odeda Local Government Area of Ogun state, Nigeria. The suspect identified as Sunday Philip,  an apprentice mechanic, arrived the party uninvited and was served a bottle of beer …

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Fake currency dealer in Police grips

The Kpando Police have arrested Ebenezer Jomo, a 24-year-old Okada Rider, who resides at Aloyi, a suburb of Kpando, for transacting business with fake currency at Gabi. Police Detective Sergeant, Mr Agyin Osei, Head of the Kpando Criminal Investigations Department (CID), told the Ghana News Agency (GNA) that on September, …

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