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Stonebwoy Drags Kelvynboy To Court Over Allegation Of Assault

  Dancehall artiste Stonebwoy has instructed his lawyers to seek legal remedies after denying any involvement in a scuffle involving his former signee, Kelvynboy. Kelvynboy in a twitter post on Monday revealed that some persons close to Stonebwoy’s camp “attacked” him during an event in Ashaiman. But according to Stonebwoy …

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Govt, Commended For Disinfecting Basic Schools in Savannah Region

  The disinfecting of basic schools in the Savannah Region would help assuage fears in both the pupils and the teachers in the region as a result of the coronavirus disease (Covid-19).   The Deputy Director, Supervision of Education, West-Gonja District in the Savannah Region, Katribi Dramani, made the observation …

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State files new charges against NAM 1

  The State on Tuesday filed new charges against the Chief Executive Officer of Menzgold, Nana Appiah Mensah is also known as NAM 1 at the Accra Circuit Court. Assistant Superintendent of Police (ASP) Sylvester Asare told the Court that the State had filed a new charge sheet against the accused but …

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Car kills 43-year-old, injures 2 others in Wa

    A Chevrolet salon car with registration number UW 16-15 run into some residents of Kumbiehi, a suburb of Wa in the Wa Municipality of the Upper West Region, killing one person leaving two others injured. According to eyewitnesses, the car which reportedly was on high speed veered off …

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Coronavirus: Saudi Arabia bars international pilgrims for Hajj

    Saudi Arabia has banned international visitors from making the Islamic pilgrimage, or Hajj, this year in a bid to control coronavirus. Only a very limited number of people currently living in the kingdom may take part, an announcement on state media says. An estimated two million people would …

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2 arrested for the murder of 72-year-old woman

    Two people have been arrested following the murder of a 72-year-old woman, who was found dead with her hands bound by tape and her house ransacked in Overport, Durban. Premla Moodley was murdered on 3 May at her residence on Sparks Road. According to the police, the two …

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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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