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Port Authority ready to support infrastructural investments

Authorities of Tema Port say they are ready to support any logistical and infrastructural platforms geared towards improving export and import of goods. Mrs Sandra Opoku, Director of Port, Tema, giving the assurance said “we are happy to support any logistic and infrastructure platform that would aid in trade facilitation …

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60-year-old woman shot dead

A 60-year-old woman has been killed in Parkwood. It’s understood she was driving her vehicle when she was shot in the head, according to Radio786. The incident happened on the corner of Parker’s Walk and Acacia Road on Saturday, August 15. Police say no arrests have yet been made and that …

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UCC, others to resume on August 24 to write end of semester exams

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has announced that continuing students in schools that could not write their end of semester examinations will be reopened on August 24. According to the President, this is to allow them the opportunity to write their final exams for the academic year. The President made …

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Six Persons Mining Close To School Arrested At Enchi

Police in the Western North Region have grabbed six miners at Enchi within the Aowin Municipality. The six; four Ghanaians and two Chinese nationals, were found mining near the compound of a newly-built school at Omanpe near Enchi. They are said to be employees of a Chinese mining company called …

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COVID-19: Ghana’s borders to be reopened September 1

Ghana’s borders will be reopened on September 1 after five months of being shut due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Addressing the nation Sunday evening, President Akufo-Addo said Ghana is now in a position to test every single passenger that arrives in the country to avoid the spread of the virus. …

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Sarkodie reacts after his Black Love Virtual Concert went off

Sarkodie reacted after his Black Love-Virtual Concert show went off due to traffic beyond human doubt. Enemies are working hard in their ‘secret location’ to ensure that two time BET winner and Africa’s most decorated rapper – Sarkodie suffers from a flopped show. His Black Love-Virtual Concert being handled by …

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Government to provide meals to JHS pupils

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has instructed the Gender Minister to provide one hot meal to all final year Junior High School (JHS) pupils in schools preparing to write the BECE. …More soon… Source: www.ghanaweb.com

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GUTA gives foreign retailers in Koforidua by August 31 to close shops

Tension is mounting in Koforidua, the Eastern Region capital, between members of the Ghana Union of Traders’ Association (GUTA) and Nigerians retailers. Members of the Union are agitating over influx of foreigners mostly Nigerians in retail business, contrary to the laws of Ghana. The local GUTA Chapter has, therefore, issued …

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Akufo-Addo begins two-day visit to Western Region on Tuesday

Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, the President of the Republic Ghana, will begin a two-day working visit to the Western Region on Tuesday, August 18, 2020. The visit will enable the President to inspect some ongoing projects executing by his administration, cut sod for some new projects and also interact with …

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18-year-old-man body burnt beyond recognition in mob attack

A group of community members in Matlala, outside Polokwane, attacked an 18-year-old and set him alight. His body was burnt beyond recognition. Police are on the hunt for a vigilante group after the murder of a Limpopo teen in a mob attack. The 18-year-old’s body was burnt beyond recognition in …

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Militants attack Mogadishu beachfront hotel

Suspected Islamist militants have attacked a hotel on the beachfront in the Somali capital Mogadishu. A loud explosion at the Elite hotel on Lido beach was followed by gunfire, amid reports that government forces were fighting the attackers. The hotel is popular with local politicians and Somalis from the diaspora. …

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Zimbabwe rejects Catholic bishops’ criticism of corruption and abuse

Zimbabwe’s government has dismissed a letter by Roman Catholic bishops highlighting corruption, poverty and human rights abuses. “There is no crisis, political or otherwise,” said Information Secretary Nick Mangwana. He accused the Zimbabwe Catholic Bishop’s Conference (ZCBC) of joining groups seeking “to manufacture crises”. The bishops had called for an …

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Mother remanded for killing two sons

A 35-year-old woman has been remanded in prison custody by the Ejura District Court for allegedly killing her two sons at Yeboa Akosua, a farming community near Ejura in the Ashanti Region. The court, presided over by Mr Divine Kwaku Ahiadu, charged the accused, Adwoa Juliana, with two counts of …

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20-year-old orphan commits suicide

A 20-year-old man has allegedly committed suicide at Assin Akropong in the Central region. The deceased whose name was only given as Paa Kow was found hanging in a room by his friend on Saturday August 15,2020. It is not clear yet what might have compelled the deceased to take …

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13-year-old girl rescued from rapist during jogging

A 13-year-old girl was rescued Saturday morning around 5:20 am from a man who attempted to defile her while jogging on the Akyem Osiem to Ettukrom road in the Abuakwa South Municipality of the Eastern Region. The suspect who was riding a motorbike, according to reports, abducted the victim into …

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Barcelona board to sell entire squad except 4 untouchable players

The board of FC Barcelona has allegedly decided to sell their first-team players except for 4 players who have been declared untouchable. After Numerous Barcelona fans stormed the training ground in search of Answers from management, players and board after the clubs humiliating 8-2 defeat to Bayern Munich on Friday …

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Fellow Ghanaians: Akufo-Addo returns with 15th coronavirus address

For the fifteenth time since the outbreak of the coronavirus pandemic, President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo will be ‘coming to the homes of Ghanaians’. The presidency has confirmed that Akufo-Addo will be addressing Ghanaians on ‘measures taken against the spread of coronavirus’ at 8pm. It is unknown what the president …

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