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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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Samuel Atta Mills escapes death in car crash

Member of Parliament for Komenda Edina Equafo Abirem, Samuel Atta Mills, is reported to have been involved in an accident on Monday, August 24, 2020. According to Daily Guide Network, the accident of the brother of late President John Evans Atta Mills happened at the Komenda junction after embarking on a tour …

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Alexei Navalny: Putin critic ‘probably poisoned’ – doctors

The Berlin hospital treating the seriously ill Russian opposition leader, Alexei Navalny, says he appears to have been poisoned. The Charité hospital released a statement saying “clinical evidence suggests an intoxication through a substance belonging to the group of cholinesterase inhibitors”. His condition was “serious but not life-threatening” the statement …

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Saviour Church Of Ghana Commends President Akufo-Addo

The zonal pastor for Bono, Bono East and Ahafo Region of the Saviour Church of Ghana, Opanin Philip Appiah Boakye has eulogised the Commander in-Chief of Ghana Armed Forces and the first gentleman of the Republic of Ghana, who believes in leadership of service, H. E. Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo. …

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Cheetah Fc Signs Vipers Central Defender Abdulai Slimba 

Cheetah FC has augmented its defense ahead of the 2020/2021 football season with the signing of Abdulai Slimba from Cape Coast division one side, Venomous Vipers FC on a three year contract for an undisclosed amount.   Abdulai was an integral part of Vipers. He played full throttle in 12 out of …

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Checkout date for NDC manifesto launch

The opposition National Democratic Congress says it will outdoor its manifesto on August 31 ahead of the 2020 December polls. Communications Officer of the party, Sammy Gyamfi, said the party has had its manifesto ready and presented to be launched weeks ago with the outdooring slated to take place in …

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