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Ronaldinho released from Paraguay detention after five months

Former Brazil football star Ronaldinho was released on Monday by a Paraguayan judge after spending five months in detention over a forged passport. Judge Gustavo Amarilla also released Ronaldinho’s brother Roberto de Assis Moreira, who likewise had been held for a month in jail and another four months under house …

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BUSTED – Nana Romeo Allegedly Tried To Rape Queen Haizel [VIDEO]

Controversial Ghanaian budding musician,Queen Haziel has exposed Accra FM radio presenter, Nana Romeo. According to Queen Haizel, the controversial radio presenter who once sacked KiDi and Wendy Shay from his show allegedly tried to rape her. Queen Haizel disclosed this in a recent interview as she recounted her toughest moments in her music career. She …

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We’ll support Mahama to legalise Okada – Association Prez

The National President of the Okada Riders Association of Ghana, Michael Kofi Owusu, has lauded the promise by former President John Dramani Mahama to legalise commercial motor riding popularly known as Okada if he is re-elected President in the upcoming December polls. The NDC flagbearer during his tour of the …

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Coronavirus Turns Classrooms Into Chicken Coops

Kenya’s decision to close all schools until next January because of coronavirus has left many of its private schools struggling to survive, as Basillioh Mutahi and Mercy Juma report. The classrooms at Mwea Brethren School, which once resonated to the sound of children learning, are now filled with a cacophony …

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Algeria sets date for referendum on new constitution

Algeria’s President, Abdelmadjid Tebboune, has announced that a referendum on a new constitution will be held in just over two months, on 1 November. A draft of the proposed constitution released earlier this year indicated that it would give Algeria’s parliament and the prime minister’s office more power. There have …

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Africa to be declared free of wild polio in ‘milestone’

Africa is to be declared free from wild polio by the independent body, the Africa Regional Certification Commission. Polio usually affects children under five, sometimes leading to irreversible paralysis. Death can occur when breathing muscles are affected by the paralysis. There is no cure but the polio vaccine protects children …

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RNC 2020: Trump warns Republican convention of ‘rigged election’

The first night of the Republican National Convention was a two-and-a-half hour rebuttal to the accusations Democrats levelled at Donald Trump during the four nights of their convention last week. Did the president mishandle the coronavirus pandemic? The Republicans offered slick videos and first-hand accounts of the steps the president …

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Akufo-Addo, Ken Ofori-Atta under US Justice Dept investigation over illegal payments

An international organization, called “Open Source Investigators” (OSI) comprising of investigative journalists, researchers, fact-checkers, activists and data experts who have teamed up to provide in-depth research behind political stories has sunk its teeth into the flesh of the Akufo-Addo government. They revealed alleged use of public funds by Ghana’s President Nana Akufo-Addo …

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Ashesi University Benefits From 2nd Disinfection

Ashesi University, a private university located in Berekuso in the Eastern Region, Monday benefited from the second phase of the on-going national disinfection exercise in tertiary institutions across the country.   The exercise, which started at 9:00 a.m., was carried out by Zoomlion Ghana Limited, in partnership with the Ministry …

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Ashanti NPP Launches Constituency Campaign Teams

The Ashanti Regional branch of the governing New Patriotic Party(NPP) has commenced grassroots campaign in earnest with the launch of constituency campaign teams at all 47 constituencies in the region. This follows a successful regional campaign launch last Wednesday by the General Secretary of the party in Kumasi. The Constituency …

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Barcelona player Miralem Pjanic tests positive for COVID-19

Barcelona have announced midfielder Miralem Pjanic has tested positive for coronavirus. Pjanic joined the La Liga club from Juventus at the end of the season in a swap deal with Brazil international Arthur. Barcelona confirmed the 30-year-old, who is yet to be officially presented, will now not travel to Spain …

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Papa no: Mahama ‘embraces’ new tag

As political parties and their respective candidates intensify campaign to canvass for votes in the December poll, snippets of their encounter with the masses are expected to be in circulation to reach persons who may miss the engagement. John Dramani Mahama, presidential candidate of the biggest opposition party in the …

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‘Alarming escalation’ in northern Nigeria attacks

Amnesty International says it has documented an alarming escalation in attacks and abductions in northern Nigeria, with more than 1,100 deaths since the beginning of the year. The rights group says the authorities have left rural communities at the mercy of rampaging gunmen and describes the lack of protection as …

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Police arrest 30 suspected criminals at ‘Cambodia’

The police have arrested 30 suspected criminals in a swoop at Cambodia, near Baastona, in Accra, at weekend. The suspects, between the ages of 18 and 23, including the kingpin, Isaac Nkrumah, also known as ‘Thunder’, are in the custody of the police, assisting in investigations. Items retrieved from the …

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Man jailed 2 more years for openly cursing judge freed

A middle-aged man whose name has been given as Sumaila is reported to have invoked curses on a judge for sentencing him to five years imprisonment with hard labour to a crime he claimed he was innocent of and was slapped with two more years. Initially, Sumaila was sentenced to …

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