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First African Covid-19 vaccine trial kicks off on SA soil

    In a major milestone for the country, the continent and the global fight against the pandemic the first participants from across Africa will be vaccinated this week in a South African A trial as the world searches for a prevention against acquiring Covid-19. Called The South African Ox1Cov-19 Vaccine …

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Moshake invites KB, Ben Ashitey, and others to join NDC

    An executive member of the Tema East Constituency branch of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC), Stephen Ashitey Adjei, has invited some losing candidates of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) to join the National Democratic Congress. He said candidates like Kofi Brako, Benjamin Ashitey Armah, Ramseyer Agyeman Prempeh, and Charles Forson who lost …

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Act as statesmen – Speaker admonishes losing NPP MPs

    Speaker of Parliament Professor Aaron Mike Oquaye has admonished members who lost their party’s primaries over the weekend to be diligent and perform their duties with “promptness” from now till the end of the year. He said the outcome of the primaries is usual of politics and so they should …

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South Africa’s coronavirus cases exceed 100,000 mark

    19 infections have surpassed the 100,000 mark after 4,288 new cases were reported on Monday, June 22, 2020. The positive cases are now sitting at 101,590, while close to 2,000 people have lost their lives. Of the new 61 COVID-19 related deaths reported, 39 are from the Western …

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MP fights for albinos

    While giving positives to albinos for their skin colour, John Majisi, a legislator, has said albinos are made to shine and continue to defy the odds to live to their full potentials. Mr Majisi, who is the Member of Parliament for Krachi Nchumuru, has, thus, advocated for equal …

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[VIDEO]: SHS 3 students stranded in Sekondi

    Over 100 final year students of the Sekondi College in the Western region were on Monday evening left stranded for close to three hours at the school’s main gate. The students, most of whom had come from outside the Region, were seen with their personal effects lined up …

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#BrownPaperBag: Where Sarkodie and M.anifest fail us

    Great. We can now tick off Ghanaian rap’s bucket list a song whose sole occupants are Sarkodie and M.anifest. Days ago, in response to renewed global protests against racial inequality, stimulated this time by George Floyd’s killing in the US, the two hip-hop acts; the country’s leading punchline archers today …

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Methodist Church to expel Ministers who use ungodly powers

  The Presiding Bishop of the Methodist Church, Ghana, Most Reverend Dr. Paul Kwabena Boafo, commissioning new Ministers for the Church, on Sunday (June 21, 2020), cautioned that those who use ungodly spiritual powers to promote their work would be ostracised. The Chairman of the Christian Council of Ghana said …

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Pastor who threatened EC Chair’s life granted GH¢100k bail

    Apostle Kwabena Owusu Adjei who allegedly threatened the life of the Chairperson of the Electoral Commission (EC), Mrs Jean Mensa, has been granted a GH¢100, 000 bail by the Accra Circuit Court. The accused person pleaded not guilty to threat of death, contrary to Section 75 of the …

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Mahama will fulfil these 18 promises when elected

    The opposition National Democratic Congress has outlined 18 comprehensive manifesto promises it says will be fulfilled if its presidential candidate, John Mahama is elected during the December polls. National Communication Officer of the party, Sammy Gyamfi during a press conference in Accra described the upcoming general elections as …

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Man gets 1 year for kissing, removing girl’s pants

    William Adomako, a 24-year-old security man, who kissed the cheeks of an eight-year-old girl and removed her pant at East Legon, has been sentenced to a year’s imprisonment by an Accra circuit court. Adomako pleaded not guilty to his charge of indecent assault but at the end of …

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Prez Donald Trump Suspends H-1B, H-4 Work Visas

    The White House has extended the freeze on issuance of “green cards” for new immigrants and suspended range of work visas for foreigners, including all H-1B and H-4 (for H-1B spouses) till the end of 2020 in order to protect jobs of American citizens lost due to the …

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Chief Imam’s son kills friend over mobile phone

    The son of the Chief Imam of Isale Oja community in Agege, Abdulrahman Olayiwola, has been arrested by Lagos state police for allegedly stabbing his friend, identified simply as Pelumi, to death during an argument over a stolen phone. According to police sources, Pelumi had given Mr Olayiwola …

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I love NPP than my wife – Chairman Wontumi

    The Ashanti Regional Chairman of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Bernard Antwi Boasiako has stated that he loves the NPP than his wife. Bernard Antwi Boasiako popularly known in political circles as Chairman Wontumi speaking on Wontumi TV and radio noted that he loves the New Patriotic Party than his wife. “I …

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Man stabs lover to death, commits suicide

      A man, Chris Ndukwe, has reportedly committed suicide after stabbing his lover, Olamide Alli, to death at his place of residence on the Victory Point Estate in the Ilasan area of Lagos State. Although the reasons for Mr Ndukwe’s action remain unclear, PUNCH Metro gathered that the 39-year-old and …

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Return bicycles or be sacked – John Boadu to defeated aspirant

    The General Secretary of the ruling New Patriotic Party, NPP, John Boadu has issued a stern warning to Eric Amankwa Blay, an aspirant in the just-ended New Patriotic Party (NPP) Parliamentary primaries at Assin North constituency to return bicycles he seized from delegates after losing the election or …

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Drama in court over HIV girl

    An Accra Circuit Court has discharged John Kupa Azika, 40, a cleaner accused of defiling a 12-year-old girl who is HIV positive at North Legon, for want of prosecution. When the matter was called, it came to the court’s attention that the complainant and victim have both not …

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Odogono SHS Student mysteriously missing at Kasoa

    A Seventeen year old male student of the Odogono SHS, Master Richmond Gyangbe is reported missing since Sunday June 21 2020 from home. In an exclusive interview with the Father, Mr. Stephen Mensah, a Self-Employed man at Kasoa, he said their Hometown is Edura in Ashanti Region but …

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Stephen Oduro reveals why GFA imposed a year ban on him

    Kumasi Asante Kotoko legend, Stephen Oduro known in football circles as ‘Tico Tico’ has revealed why the Ghana Football Association (GFA) imposed a year ban on him during his stint with Real Tamale United in 1999. Following his impressive run of form in the 1999 Ghana Premier League for Real …

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Stranded Ghanaians with EU residence permit evacuated

      Some One Hundred and Seventy-Eight Ghanaians with resident’s permit in Europe who were stranded in Ghana as a result of the lockdown to contain the spread of the deadly Coronavirus pandemic have been evacuated by the Ghanaian Community in Germany in collaboration with the German Government and the Government …

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