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Bayern wins Champions League as Coman header edges out PSG

Bayern Munich overcame Paris St-Germain in a tightly contested Champions League final in Lisbon to claim the crown for the sixth time. Kingsley Coman, who started his career at PSG, settled a tense affair with a 59th-minute header at the far post from Joshua Kimmich’s cross to leave the French …

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Farmers introduced to modern rice production

Members of Asene Ghana Rice Farmers Group have lauded the Agriculture Department in Asene Manso Akroso District for introducing them to modern rice production. Mr Asante Badu, the Chairman of the Group, told the Ghana News Agency at a demonstration farm at Asene in the Eastern Region that the group …

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Woman arrested for dumping baby inside pit toilet

The police in Anambra State on Saturday arrested a 30-year-old woman, who allegedly threw her newly born baby inside a pit toilet at Nkpor, Idemili North Local Government Area of the state. The suspect, Franca Udokwu, a native of Obuba Obofia Nkpor community in Idemili North LGA, was said to …

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Twenty inmates killed after Madagascar prison riot

Twenty prisoners were killed in Madagascar as the authorities attempted to stop a riot in a prison in the south of the island, the justice ministry said. The trouble began at the prison in Farafagana at around 12:00 local time (09:00 GMT) with inmates splitting into two groups and attacking …

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We’ll Introduce Chip-Embedded Passports — Akufo-Addo

The Akufo-Addo led administration has pledged to introduce chip-embedded passports for Ghana. This is contained in the governing New Patriotic Party’s (NPP) 2020 manifesto which was launched on Saturday, August 22, 2020. The policy document outlines the NPP’s programmes of action it seeks to implement in case its mandate is …

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Mahama can debate Akua Donkor, Kyiriabosom not Akufo-Addo – Obiri Boahen

The Deputy General Secretary of the ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP), Nana Obiri Boahen has said the seat of the Presidency will be lowered if President Akufo-Addo debates former President John Mahama. The flagbearer of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) has challenged President Akufo-Addo to a debate on infrastructure. The former president believes …

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Speeding truck crushes man, 41, to death

A speeding Kia truck has crushed a 41-year-old man to death, in the early hours of Sunday August 22. The accident occurred at Sukrong Bethlehem, a Community near Asamankese in the Eastern Region at about 5:25am. The body of the deceased Okai Robert has been deposited at the Asamankese Government …

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NPP Japan Branch Congratulates Party On Manifesto Launch  

The executive body, on behalf of the NPP Japan branch, wishes to extend its congratulation to the elephant fraternity for the successful 2020 manifesto launch on Saturday, 22nd August, 2020 at Cape Coast.    Japan NPP branch is happy to have had its chairman, Dr Benard Oppong-Kusi, represent it at …

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Suspected armed robbers attack mobile money vendors in Hamile

Two mobile money vendors were attacked and robbed of their possessions by five suspected armed robbers at Hamile, in the Upper West Region on Saturday about 10:30 pm.   The suspected armed robbers attacked and robbed their victims of GH¢90,000 and GH¢60,000 respectively and made away with a number of …

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C/R Tertiary Institutions Undergo Disinfection

Waste management expert, Zoomlion Ghana Limited, has begun the phase two of disinfecting tertiary institutions in the Central Region.   The exercise in the Central Region, which started on Friday, is collaboration between the Ministry of Education (MoE), Ghana Education Service (GES) and Zoomlion.   It followed the President Akufo-Addo’s …

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Thomas Partey jams to Stonebwoy’s ‘Putuu’ song

Ghana and Atletico Madrid star Thomas Partey has joined in the craze for Afro-Dancehall artist Stonebwoy‘s ‘Putuu’ song. Partey who is a big fan of the Afro-dancehall artiste has once again shown love to the singer in a video on social media. Partey who grew up at Ashaiman, where Stonebwoy lives, took to his Twitter …

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Eight die in South Sudan salary cargo plane crash

A cargo plane transporting money for the UN’s World Food Programme has crashed near the South Sudanese capital, Juba, killing eight of the nine people on board, the authorities say. Four of the dead from Saturday morning’s crash were South Sudanese, two were from Tajikistan and the other was from …

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