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Man, 20, shot dead at Kade

A 20-year-old man has been shot dead by unknown assailants at Adompe a suburb of Akyem Kade in the Kwaebibirem District of the Eastern Region. The deceased identified as Kofi Amoah was gunned down in a wooden structure at the outskirt of the community on Monday August 31, 2020 about …

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Man who invented ‘banku ta’ to be honoured

The 90-year-old man, Paul Kingsley Asamoah will be honoured by the people of his community for inventing the Wooden Spatula popularly known as ‘’banku ta’’ in 1944 and the ceiling brush in 1986 at Kona in the Ashanti Region. The event will honour Kingsley Asamoah for his inventions which have …

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Sremanu Get Potable Water As A Result Of Ncce Social Auditing

Sremanu Community is one of the communities that benefited from the 2019 Social Auditing Nationwide Engagements by the National Commission for Civic Education (NCCE) in the Akatsi South District of the Volta Region. The District Director, Rev. Vincent Adzika, last year inaugurated a seven-member Social Auditing Committee and assigned them …

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COVID-19: KIA to welcome int’l arrivals today

The Kotoka International Airport (KIA) is expected to receive its first set of arrivals into the country as it begins operations today, Tuesday, 1 September 2020. The airport was closed to human traffic for some six months to prevent the importation of the coronavirus pandemic. President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, …

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2020 Polls: Jane Naana begins tour of Western North today

The running mate of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) Flagbearer, Professor Naana Jane Opoku-Agyemang, will from today Tuesday, September 1, 2020, embark on a 4-day campaign tour of the Western North Region. Professor Naana Jane Opoku Agyemang will first, in accordance with tradition, call on traditional authorities and opinion leaders …

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CODEO deploys long-term observers ahead of December 7 elections

The Coalition of Domestic Election Observers (CODEO), has trained and deployed 65 Long-Term Observers (LTOs) who will be observing the pre-election environment from September 1, 2020 to December 6, 2020. The observers, each of whom has been assigned to one of 65 selected constituencies from all 16 regions of the …

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Suspects in near-lynching of alleged witches remanded

The Bole Magistrate Court presided over by Andrew Prince Cudjoe has remanded all five persons who were arrested in connection with the attack on Madam Meri Ibrahim. The accused persons are Atta Alhassan, 57, Haruna Jebuni, 56, Iddrisu Sayibu, 35, Salifu Issahaku, 45, and Zakaria Abdul Karim, 30. They have …

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Covid-19: Doctors in Nigeria’s capital to begin strike

Resident doctors in Nigeria’s capital, Abuja, will begin an “indefinite” strike on Tuesday morning over non-payment of what they term as “Covid-19 hazard and inducement allowance” since April. The Association of Resident Doctors said the authorities had failed to fulfil pledges to pay its members who are working in coronavirus …

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Kenya’s Victoria Rubadiri wins BBC World News Komla Dumor award

Kenyan investigative reporter and TV anchor Victoria Rubadiri has won the 2020 BBC World News Komla Dumor Award. Rubadiri is a presenter with Citizen TV in Kenya, where she hosts the channel’s prime-time shows. She’s a multifaceted journalist in East Africa and has interviewed some of the leading names in …

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Include Gold Coast Fund Management in bailout package

A 70-year-old Wilson Antwi, one of the customers of the defunct Gold Coast Fund Management (GCFM) has appealed to the Government to include customers of the company in its (Government’s) bailout package. The wheelchair-bound former Mechanical Engineer told the Ghana News Agency that he lost his wife because he could …

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Government set to increase price of Ghana’s cocoa

Deputy Agriculture Minister in Charge of Perennial Crops, Kennedy Osei Nyarko, has hinted of a rise in the price of cocoa from October in a bid to offset low exports amid the coronavirus pandemic. The government currently buys one bag of cocoa beans from farmers at ¢515. COCOBOD CEO Joseph Aidoo said …

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Top five most unforgettable matches between Kotoko and Hearts

Since 1954 when they clashed for the first time, Kotoko versus Hearts have till date remained the biggest fixture on the Ghanaian football calendar. The rivalry transcends the football matches and usually generates excitement and heated banter among their fans. The two clubs have over 170 matches between them and …

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Trump defends supporters accused in deadly clashes

US President Donald Trump has defended supporters of his for their alleged roles in recent deadly street clashes. He suggested a teen accused of killing two in Wisconsin last week and Trump fans involved in clashes in Oregon on Saturday were acting in self-defence. Mr Trump pointed out his Democratic …

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Man cuts off another man’s ear over girlfriend

The Circuit Court in Accra has sentenced a 44-year-old man Joseph Mensah Amartey to a six-month jailed term after chopping off the ear of one Japhet Tetteh Josiah over a girlfriend. The accused person who was arraigned and charged with the offence of causing harm pleaded guilty for the offence …

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Nobody should take VGMA serious again – Maame Serwaa

Kumawood actress Maame Serwaa has asked all not to take the Vodafone Ghana Music awards serious again. Her comments come after Kuami Eugene was named the Artiste of the Year for the 21st edition of the VGMA 2020. She was not pleased with the turn of events. She wondered how Kuami Eugene could win Artiste of …

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Obey Akufo-Addo’s order and stop billing water consumers – GWCL

The Ghana Water Company Limited (GWCL) has cautioned water vendors, landlords and landladies to desist from selling water to consumers as it is against the President’s directives of giving out free water. President Akufo-Addo, as part of measures to reduce the economic effect of COVID-19 on Ghanaian pockets, instructed that water …

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Akufo Addo Finally Agrees to ‘Battle’ Mahama On Debate Ground

The persistent call on President Akufo Addo by the former President John Mahama seems to have been taken into consideration as a press statement purportedly coming from the Jubilee House confirmed that President Akufo Addo has accepted the challenge of ex-President Mahama for a debate on achievements of their administrations, …

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