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Boycott Accra FM – Ama K Abebrese to colleagues

Ghanaian actress and television presenter Ama K Abebrese has asked her colleagues in the entertainment industry to boycott Accra FM over the unprofessional behaviour of their Midmorning Show host, Nana Romeo. In a series of tweets sighted by GhanaWeb, Ama K said the radio presenter lacks professionalism and called on …

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2 suspected robbers gunned down in Kumasi

Two suspected armed robbers who were members of an AK-47-wielding gang have been gunned down at  Atasamanso New Site in Kumasi. It follows a gun battle between police and a six-member gang at about 6:45p.m on Tuesday, June 9, 2020. A police officer who sustained gunshot injury was rushed to a …

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Father gets 2 years for flogging son

The 26-year-old father, who severely beat his three-year-old son for bedwetting, has been slapped with two years of imprisonment by a Kumasi circuit court. The court presided by Mrs Patricia Amponsah also bonded the convict, Ebenezer Osei Bonsu, for four years to be of good behaviour. The court deferred to …

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NPP suspends two constituency secretaries over fraud

The Central Regional branch of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) has suspended the constituency secretaries for Agona West and Assin South for gross misconduct. Sources say the move was to instill discipline in the party ahead of the 2020 general elections by Mr. Robert Kutin-led regional executives. Mr. Richard Takyi-Mensah, the Regional …

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NPP boys slaughter sheep in river over party polls

SOME AGGRIEVED executive members of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) in the Juaben Constituency in the Ashanti Region have hurled normality to the dogs and resorted to the use of river deity to seek justice. Wearing red armed bands to symbolize their fury, the NPP executives allegedly slaughtered a sheep …

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3-year-old boy drowns in Manhole at Fise

A three year old boy who has been identified as Mawuko has drowned in a manhole at Fise in the Ga West District of the Greater Accra Region. The toddler fell into the uncovered manhole in their uncompleted house while playing around the house. The father of the baby, had …

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92-year-old woman commits suicide

Chiefs and people of Kwame Peprakrom, a farming community in the Upper Denkyira East Municipality of the Central Region were thrown into a state of shock and grief after a 92-year-old woman committed suicide by hanging. Reports say the deceased is believed to have gone missing on the evening of …

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Bulldog Denied Bail, Set To Face Court Soon.

News of Lawrence Nana Asiamah-Hanson Populary known in the showbiz industry as Bulldog’s arrest took the Ghanaian internet community by storm as it was unanticipated and happened in a nimble. Up-to-the-minute details of this distressing news suggests that; the forthright and paradoxical figure who’s currently in the grips of the Ghana police …

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Bank of Ghana spends GH¢306m on printing cedis in 2019

A total of GH¢306 million has been spent by the Central Bank to print money in 2019 including the new notes of GH¢100 and GH¢200. From GH¢147million spent in 2018, the jump, which represents an increment of 108%, is attributed to the new notes. According to the Bank of Ghana’s 2019 …

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Thomas Partey most valuable Ghanaian footballer, 99 worldwide

Ghana midfielder Thomas Partey has been ranked the 99th most valuable player in the world by the International Centre for Sports Studies (CIES). In a weekly letter released on Monday, the Atletico Madrid midfielder was valued at 48.5 million Euros and placed a spot above Real Sociedad’s Martin Ordegaard. Leading …

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SA to pay $14m for Cuban doctors, says minister

South Africa’s Health Minister Zweli Mkhize has said Cuban doctors brought in to fight the coronavirus outbreak will cost the country $14m (£11m). The minister said the 187 specialists – including biostatisticians, epidemiologists, family physicians and health technologists – will be accommodated until 2021. Dr Mkhize said the medics were …

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Why Kenyans are begging their president for freedom

In our series of letters from African journalists, Joseph Warungu captures the frustrations of Kenyans who have been pleading with the government to ease the measures taken to curb the spread of Covid-19. “Mr President, we beg you – please, please set us free!” These are not the words of …

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Benefits of sex that you did not know

  Sex coach, Dzifa Sweetness, has educated that sexual intercourse is not only beneficial for reproduction or pleasure but has a lot of side benefits that we do not realize. In an interview on eTV Ghana’s adult show, In Bed with Adwen, with Ghana’s greatest love Doctor, Adwen, she noted …

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Hundreds injured in stampede for jobs

The health authorities in Malawi’s northern city of Mzuzu say 158 people have received treatment for various injuries they suffered following a stampede that ensued when thousands of mostly young people reported for government job interviews. The health ministry announced that it was hiring hundreds of health workers to go …

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Pray for my son, he has ‘bipolar’ – Duncan-Williams

Archbishop Nicholas Duncan-Williams, the General Overseer of Action Chapel International, is pleading with Ghanaians to remember his son, Daniel Duncan-Williams in their prayers, for, the Almighty God to cure him completely of a serious medical condition. A statement by the spokesperson for the family, Bishop Ebenezer Obodai, stated that, Daniel …

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Coronavirus: Ghana’s confirmed cases cross 10,000

Ghana has confirmed 291 new cases of the novel Coronavirus. These new cases have pushed the country’s case count to 10,201. The new figures represent a rise of 563 cases from the initial figure. The Ghana Health Service (GHS) made this know on their official website on Tuesday, June 9, 2020. Meanwhile, some …

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Police officer pulls gun on female tenant

Lance Corporal Frank Agyemang, a police officer with the Ashtown Police Station but residing in Accra has been reported of allegedly pulling a gun on his female tenant. The incident which happened on Friday dawn, June 5, 2020, in Hong Kong, Lapaz saw the tenant identified as Abena Obenewaa Amrado’s …

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