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Kennedy Agyapong Donates $150,000 To Bring Stranded Ghanaians Home

The Member of Parliament for the Assin North Constituency, Honourable Kennedy Agyapong has gone to the rescue of Ghanaians stranded in Lebanon. The legislator has donated an amount of 150,000 dollars to help in the evacuation of over 1,000 Ghanaians stranded in the Western Asia country. Kennedy Agyapong made the …

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COVID-19 Infected Students Can Still Write NovDec – Oppong Nkrumah

Minister for Information and Member of Parliament (MP) for Ofoase Ayirebi Constituency, Kojo Oppong Nkrumah, has addressed concerns over COVID-19 infected students who might miss this year’s West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE) due to their health state. According to the Information Minister, the directions from the Ghana Education …

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Why the DA’s FedCo is likely to endorse virtual elective conference

Some DA leaders believe the party’s proposed virtual elective conference will dominate this weekend’s Federal Council agenda, but there is a strong feeling the proposal will be adopted. Speaking to News24, DA leaders, who had at first expressed their reservations over the virtual conference, have made a U-turn now saying, …

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GFA to engage clubs on coronavirus funds

The Ghana Football Association will on Wednesday hold a virtual meeting with all eighteen Ghana Premier League clubs about the CAF/FIFA COVID-19 relief funds. There has been a lot of uproar about the way and manner the $1.8 million funds was distributed with many clubs angry at the paltry some given to …

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GETFund terminates non-performing contractors’ contracts

The Ghana Education Trust Fund (GETFund) has ordered for the termination of all non-performing contractors’ contracts which has been abandoned for the past six months or more, with reference to Clause 59.2 (g) of the general conditions of contracts. GETFund has, therefore, directed the Education Minister, Regional Ministers, Coordinating Directors …

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CODEO condemns Hawa Koomson’s gunshots at a registration centre

The Coalition of Domestic Election Observers (CODEO) has said the decision by Member of Parliament for Awutu Senya East, Mavis Hawa Koomson, to fire warning shots at a registration centre in the constituency was selfish. Project Manager for CODEO, Rhoda Osei Afful, said the incident was unfortunate and must be …

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Receiver to pay GH¢151.8 million to staff of defunct SDI’s

The receiver is set to pay GH¢151.8 million to 5,637 former staff of 209 defunct Specialised Deposit Taking Institutions (SDIs) as outstanding salary arrears and compensation due them before the end of this month. This follows the Bank of Ghana (BoG) making available funds to the receiver and official liquidator to fully …

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18 People Killed At A Wedding Party Thirty Others Injured

Reports from Nigeria’s north-western state of Kaduna say gunmen have shot dead at least 18 people and injured more than 30 others at a wedding party. The attack happened on Sunday night in the village of Kukun-Daji in the Kaura area of Kaduna. Community leader Jonathan Asake told the BBC …

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Investigative Journalist Arrested Over COVID-19 Exposé

An outspoken journalist who recently exposed alleged government corruption involving coronavirus supplies has been arrested in Zimbabwe. Hopewell Chin’ono live-streamed his arrest on Monday on social media before being told to put his phone down. It is not yet clear why security officials broke into Hopewell Chin’ono’s home and arrested …

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Deputy Minister, George Andah Captured With A Pump Action Gun

Deputy Minister of Communications, George Andah has been sighted in a photo with a pump-action gun. The Awutu Senya West legislator is seen in a photo that has surfaced on social media brandishing the pump-action gun in public. The photo has since raised concerns considering the fact that it comes …

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Poverty ‘photographed’ me Ugly – Delay

Delay is grateful for the growth of her life and she is sharing her testimony to the world. In a video sighted by pulse.com.gh, the celebrated Ghanaian TV Host recounted how she had to beg for food at a point in her life as people looked down on her over …

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PHOTOS+VIDEO: Nicki Minaj announces pregnancy

First came love, then came marriage and soon will come Nicki Minaj with a baby carriage. On Monday the rapper announced via her official social media accounts that she and husband Kenneth Petty are expecting. Minaj posted a photo showing her in what appeared to be a two-piece sporting a …

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Four held over shooting at registration centre

Four persons are in the grips of the police for allegedly disrupting the voter registration exercise at the Steps to Christ Registration Centre in the Awutu Senya East Constituency of the Central Region. The cause of the incident is still unknown but police say the men just stormed the centre …

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Furnish Bishop Obinim with documents – Court orders prosecution

The Kaneshie District Court on Monday adjourned the false publication of news and forgery case against Bishop Daniel Obinim to September 9, 2020 to enable prosecution to serve him and his lawyers with all documents it intends to rely on the case to him. Assistant Superintendent of Police, Sylvester Asare had earlier …

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Two jailed 34 years for trafficking nine children

A Ho High Court presided over by Justice Eric Baah has sentenced two persons to a total of 34 years in prison for trafficking nine children in the Volta region, after a 2-year trial. The two, 40-year-old Aku Kedevi, a fishmonger and 63-year-old Michael Boti, a fisherman, were respectively sentenced …

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