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Bui Power Authority justifies demolition exercise

The management of the Bui Power Authority (BPA) has justified a recent demolition exercise undertaken its buffer zone. The Authority said the demolition was necessary because the settlers slowing down their work. A statement signed by Fred Oware, CEO of BPA said its attention was drawn to various media reports …

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Egyptians rush to buy treats before Eid al-Fitr curfew

Families rushed to buy sweets and biscuits in Cairo as they prepared to celebrate the end of the Muslim fasting month of Ramadan under a tightened coronavirus curfew and lockdown. The Eid al-Fitr festivities are usually a time of release when people pack the streets and visit families, cafes and …

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Kwasi Appiah is not the only person owed by GFA – Kurt Okraku

Ghana Football Association President, Kurt Okraku has revealed that coach James Kwasi Appiah is not the only person who has salaries arrears with this the association and for that matter the Ministry of Youth and Sports. Coach Kwasi Appiah has been in the news for the past weeks demanding his unpaid salaries which he …

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Mahama will be made a presidential adviser of LPG – Kofi Akpaloo

Presidential candidate hopeful and founder of the Liberal Party of Ghana (LPG), Percival Kofi Akpaloo says former President Mahama will be made an adviser in his party should he choose to join it. According to him, the former president who is also the presidential candidate for the National Democratic Congress …

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I still stand by my comments – Boakye-Djan

A member of the 1979 Revolution, Osahene Kwadwo Boakye-Djan, has defended comments he is accused of making against the Electoral Commission, Ghana (EC). He said he is not part of the “class of people” who deny making statements attributed to them. Speaking on TV3’s Hot Issues on Thursday, May 21, …

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Premature baby’s Covid-19 death to be investigated

The cause of death of the baby born prematurely, and said to have died of Covid-19 after a two-day struggle for survival, will be investigated, the Western Cape government said on Thursday. “We are saddened by this tragic loss of such a young life and send our deepest sympathies to …

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Mahama is a threat to NPP – Afriyie Ankrah

Former Minister of Youth and Sports Elvis Afriyie Ankrah says the New Patriotic Party (NPP) went on a vitriol last week against former president John Dramani Mahama because they know he constitutes a threat to their bid of staying in power for another term. He said the ruling party did not address the substantial …

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Burundi voting ends in calm despite fraud allegation

Voting in Burundi’s presidential election passed calmly on Wednesday despite simmering political violence, the coronavirus pandemic and the opposition accusing the authorities of fraud. In what could be the first competitive presidential election in Burundi since a civil war erupted in 1993, the ruling CNDD-FDD party’s candidate, retired general Evariste …

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Mining records 38% Producer Price Inflation

The Mining and Quarrying sub-sector recorded the highest year-on-year producer price inflation rate of 38.0 percent, the Ghana Statistical Service (GSS), has said. This, according to the GSS, is followed by the utility sub-sector with 12.1 percent. The Manufacturing sub-sector recorded the lowest year-on-year producer inflation rate of 0.5 percent. …

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Suspended NPP Parliamentary Aspirant sacked as Deputy NADMO Coordinator

Suspended New Patriotic Party (NPP)Parliamentary Aspirant for Nalerigu-Gambaga Constituency in the North East Region Mr. Peter Wuni Baaga has been dismissed as the Deputy Director-General of the National Disaster Management Organization (NADMO), MyNewsGh.com has confirmed. A  letter from the Chief of Staff Akosua Frema Osei Opare sighted by MyNewsGh.com did not give any …

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Jealous husband in police grips for killing wife

A 60-year old man is in the grips of the Sawla police for allegedly killing his wife, Bora Bonbiatey, 57, at Gando a suburb of Tuna in the Sawla-Tuna-Kalba district of the newly created Savannah Region. PAD FM sources say Yikatey Somatey, the suspect who had accused his wife of …

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Migrants and those without ID face hunger in South Africa

South Africa has marshalled huge resources towards preventing its poor from starving because of COVID-19, but undocumented citizens and stranded migrants face hunger as they slip through the net, aid workers say. Some 11,000 families waited for charity food parcels on Wednesday in a queue stretching for several kilometres outside …

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Kenyan landlady ‘removes roof over rent arrears’

A Kenyan woman who failed to pay her rent last month has had the front door and part of her home’s roof removed by her landlady, local broadcaster Citizen TV reports. Ruth Shiundu, a widow, said she could not raise 11,000 Kenyan shillings ($102; £84) because her business of selling …

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Kevin Taylor blasts Peace Coulcil members; Calls them ‘hungry bootlickers’

US-based journalist Kevin Taylor has tagged the members of the National Peace Council as hungry bootlickers who depend on President Akufo-Addo for their daily bread. His comment comes after the General Secretary of the National Peace Council George Amoh affirmed the independence of the Electoral Commission (EC) and appealed to all stakeholders to allow …

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Two friends in bloody fight over land

A fight between two friends over a disputed land at Elobonkata in the Ahanta West Municipality of the Western Region turned bloody last Sunday. Solomon Arku and Kwaku Prosper, both in their late 30s, are currently in critical condition and on admission at the Effia-Nkwanta Regional Hospital in Sekondi and …

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Asiedu Nketia’s SON SACKED from Job

The General Secretary of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Johnson Asiedu Nketia has alleged that his son was sacked from a private company where he worked after the New Patriotic Party (NPP) won the 2016 elections. “My son is out of work” for more than three years, he said in …

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Check out which GFA Exco members voted to fire Kwasi Appiah

Kurt Okraku, the president of the Ghana Football Association (GFA), has justified why Coach Kwesi Appiah was shown the exit. Appiah, 60, and a former captain for the national exited as Ghana head coach on December 31 following the expiration of his contract. Reports emerged that Mr Okraku had personal scores to …

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