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Farmer remanded over attempts to snatch gun from police

The Circuit Court in Accra presided over by Mr Emmanuel Essandoh has remanded a 30–year-old farmer who attempted to snatch an AK47 raffle from a police woman to prisons custody. Seyram Tony Adonu, who pleaded not guilty to two charges of attempted robbery and failing to comply with restriction orders …

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Mahama’s Airport For Sale Claim Inaccurate – GACL

Management of the Ghana Airport Company Limited (GACL) has debunked claims by former President John Mahama that the government intends to sell-off the facility to a foreign company. It has also described as incorrect, the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) flagbearer’s assertions that some US$600 million was invested in the …

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Prophet Kumchacha buries mother in strange coffin [Video]

Nicholas Osei, popularly known as Prophet Kumchacha, on Saturday, August 8, buried his mother at her hometown, Apedwa in the Eastern region. The popular prophet was supported by friends and family to finally bid farewell to his mother. However, Prophet Kumchacha surprised his guests at the funeral with a mansion-styled …

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Man, 9-year-old boy die after car rolls over in accident

A man and a nine-year-old boy were killed, and a woman and a three-year-old boy left injured on Monday afternoon when their vehicle rolled on the N2, approximately 25km outside Ermelo in Mpumalanga. According to ER24 spokesperson Russel Meiring, paramedics, along with several other services, arrived on the scene at …

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President mourns passing of radio legend Bob Mabena

President Cyril Ramaphosa has conveyed his heartfelt condolences on the passing of legendary radio personality, Bob Mabena. Mabena passed away on Sunday, 10 August 2020, at the age of 51. Mabena was a renowned television and radio personality, who started his career in 1989. “This is a sad loss not …

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Two jailed 24 years for robbery at Ejura

A Circuit Court in Nsuta has sentenced two robbers to 24 years imprisonment for robbing a student of his Tecno Phanthom 9 mobile phone at gun-point at Ejura in the Ashanti Region. According to the fact sheet, the victim, Gyasi Mensah Stephen, a resident of Brigade, a suburb of Ejura …

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Fire Destroys Two-Bedroom House in Akyem Akropong

A two-bedroom house has been gutted by fire at Akyem Akropong in Atiwa West Municipality of the Eastern Region. The fire consumed all household properties in the house. It took the strenuous effort of Firefighters to douse the blazing fire. No casualty or injury was recorded but all four occupants …

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Defeated Candidate Urged To Support Winning Candidate

Prof Tina Abrefa-Gyan an aspirant at the just ended NPP parliamentary primaries for Wenchi Constituency has on behalf of other defeated candidates pledged their unflinching support for the wining candidates across the country.   She said loosing an election should not discourage you from working hard to support the winning …

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Nigerian boy, 13, jailed for blaspheming God

An Islamic court in northern Nigeria’s Kano state has sentenced a 13-year-old boy to 10 years in prison for blasphemy. Th child was accused of making uncomplimentary remarks about God. In a separate case before the court, 22-year-old musician Yahaya Sharif-Aminu was sentenced to death by hanging after being found …

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Envoys fail to meet opposition over Zimbabwe crisis

Special envoys sent by South Africa’s President Cyril Ramaphosa in response to the crisis in neighbouring Zimbabwe cancelled their meeting with the opposition after meeting President Emmerson Mnangagwa. The two envoys were sent last week after Zimbabwe’s government suppressed protests and arrested dozens of activists and opposition politicians. The opposition …

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Let’s welcome South Africa to Africa

Kindly join me in welcoming South Africa to Africa, to become a fully-fledged African country. Thus, let’s declare South Africa an African country. On July 26, 2020, for the first time in the history of the country, South Africa accepted an International Monetary Fund (IMF) loan; this is the day …

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Nigerian singer sentenced to death for blasphemy

A musician in Nigeria’s northern state of Kano has been sentenced to death by hanging for blaspheming against the Prophet Muhammad. An upper Sharia court in the Hausawa Filin Hockey area of the state said Yahaya Sharif-Aminu, 22, was guilty of committing blasphemy for a song he circulated via WhatsApp …

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Empress Leak: CID grabs ‘Porn website operator’

The National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) of the Ministry of Communications, in collaboration with the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) of the Ghana Police Service and the National Cyber Security Technical Working Group, have nabbed the administrator of the notorious website, empress leak. Empress Leak is a website known for the …

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NPP to launch 2020 manifesto on August 22

The incumbent NPP has declared August 22 as the date to launch its manifesto as the party heads for the December polls. The 2020 manifesto was drafted by a team of experts led by the Vice President Dr Alhaji Mahamudu Bawumia. It hopes that the policies stated in the manifesto …

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