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How top Ghanaian celebrities received fake UN-Kofi Annan awards

The United Nations and Kofi Annan collaborative awards handed to many top Ghanaian personalities and celebrities including Sarkodie, D-Black, Berla Mundi, Nathaniel Attoh have proven to be fake. The fake award scheme which is titled the Global Blueprint Excellence Award was held last week Friday, August 28, in Accra at …

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US asks for ‘humane treatment’ for Hotel Rwanda hero

The US assistant secretary for African affairs, Tibor Nagy, has held talks with Rwandan ambassador to the US over the arrest of Paul Rusesabagina, who was portrayed in a Hollywood film about the Rwandan genocide. Rwandan officials said Mr Rusesabagina, 66, was arrested under an international warrant for leading “terrorist …

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Naana Jane ‘leaks’ portions of NDC manifesto

Vice Presidential Candidate of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) Professor Jane Naana Opoku-Agyemang said it is high time the will of the people was brought to main stream governance. She further said that is what was at the heart of the NDC’s consultations to form the ‘People’s Manifesto’. She intimated that the times where …

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9, 246 Nigerian teachers fail qualification exam

Some 9,246 Nigerian teachers, who sat for the Batch A professional qualifying exam held in July 2020, reportedly failed. The Teachers Registration Council of Nigeria (TRCN) said only 75%, a total of 28,094 candidates passed the exam. The council’s registrar, Josiah Olusegun Ajiboye, who disclosed that about 7,023 candidates didn’t write the exam, added …

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Ghana Library Authority unveils partnerships with Stacy Amoateng

Ghana Library Authority (GhLA) has entered into a partnership with multiple award winning TV presenter, Stacy Amoateng to promote literacy and life-long learning among young people in Ghana.     The signing and unveiling of the partnership which took place at the Head Office of Ghana Library Authority seeks to …

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Killer of Bantama SDA caretaker arrested

The Asante Regional Police Command has arrested one Kwame Minta who is widely known as Soso for the murder of a care taker at the Bantama Seventh Day Adventist Church on Tuesday June 30, 2020 The suspect according to the Asante Regional Police Commander COP Kwasi Mensah Duku was arrested …

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Stage 3 load-shedding for Friday

Power utility Eskom will implement stage 3 load-shedding on Friday, as the weather improves and demand decreases. “Due to reduced demand and the much improved weather, Eskom will reduce load-shedding to stage 3 starting at 8am to 10pm,” Eskom said in a statement. The power utility said load-shedding would continue …

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Coca-Cola Ghana to lay off staff

The Coca-Cola Bottling Company of Ghana Limited has served notice of its intension to lay off workers due to challenges exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic. A memo to the staff dated 31 August 2020, said the Chief Labour Officer of the Ministry of Employment and Labour Relations has already been …

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COVID-19 death toll now 280; active cases fall to 856

Ghana’s COVID-19 death toll has risen to 280 after four more patients succumbed as of today, Thursday, 3 September 2020, according to figures released by the Ghana Health Service (GHS). Meanwhile, the active COVID-19 caseload has fallen from 904 to 856. Only 55 new cases were confirmed recently. This brings …

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Volta House Of Chiefs Reconstituted

Mr Kofi Dzamesi, Minister for Chieftaincy and Religious Affairs, on Thursday, inaugurated a reconstituted Volta Regional House of Chiefs. The reconstitution was made necessary by the passage of 2020 LI 2409 in July, which paved the way for the creation of the House of Chiefs for the six new regions. …

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Agyapa deal: Gabby sues Zita over ‘false’ claims on Facebook

Gabby Asare Otchere-Darko has sued former Information Minister Sabah Zita Benson for publishing false claims against him in the Agyapa royalties deal. In a writ filed at the High Court, lawyers of Mr Otchere-Darko said the former Minister took to Facebook and made allegations of corrupt conduct against their client …

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