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Zoomlion denies Live FM acquisition

Waste Management Company, Zoomlion, has denied reports that it has acquired the frequency of Live 91.9FM from the EIB Network. Rumours are rife that the media conglomerate, which owns multiple radio and TV channels, has sold Live FM to the JOSPONG group. But in a statement Monday, Zoomlion said: “The …

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Photos: Sakumono youth call for priestess’ ‘head’

Some youth at Sakumono Village in the Tema West Municipality want a fetish priestess who resides in the neighbourhood forcefully ejected. Last Friday, a resident, Barnabas Apronti was allegedly attacked in the area close to the priestess’ residence. As a result of the attack, he had blood oozing from his nose …

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Fetish Priests Killed Ex-Soldier

Details are emerging about how a special police team raided a shrine in the Eastern Region and exhumed human remains from the place. At least three bodies were found buried in shallow graves when the special team raided the shrine where body parts were also found scattered all over the …

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Adanwomase SHS student stabbed to death in Kumasi

The police have begun investigations into the murder of a first-year student of Adanwomase Senior High School. The student was stabbed to death in Kumasi over the weekend. The victim, 17-year-old Richard Mensah, who suffered stab wounds was rushed to the Tafo Government Hospital, but was pronounced dead by medics at the facility. Police …

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Togo’s Gnassingbé sworn in for fourth term

Togo’s President Faure Gnassingbé was sworn for a fourth term on Sunday at a subdued ceremony in the capital, Lome. Mr. Gnassingbé won re-election in February but opposition leader Agbéyomé Kodjo has rejected the results. The president’s office denies allegations of widespread fraud. He has led Togo’s population of eight …

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Angry youths attack queen mother for resisting open defecation

There was pandemonium at Sakumono Village in Accra when a group of irate youths numbering about 200 attacked the queen mother of the village,  Naa Borle Wulu I, for resisting open defecation in the area, on Saturday. Nine people, including the assembly member of the area, Richard Sorgbordjor, 41, and …

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COVID-19 lockdown: Ghana Ambassador To SA Donates To Ghanaian Communities

The High Commissioner of Ghana to South Africa, Mr. George Ayisi Boateng has donated an undisclosed amount to Ghanaian communities in South Africa amidst the coronavirus lockdown. The donation was made to only registered associations who have bank accounts. Communities benefited from the donation were Ghanaian Association in Eastern Cape …

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NSMQ 2020 postponed till further notice

This year’s edition of the National Science and Maths Quiz (NSMQ) will no longer take place between June and July. This decision comes due to the coronavirus pandemic. The production company responsible for the beloved NSMQ competition, Prime Time, will release a new date for the championship as soon as …

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Zebilla Police Arrest Wee Peddlers; Destroys Three Shops

The Zebilla Police in Bawku West District of the Upper East Region has arrested four persons suspected to be dealing in substance suspected to be Indian. Three shops belonging to the drug peddlers have been destroyed. The suspects are Rafui Mahamadu aged 30, Simon Adabre, 18, Bilal Anambe 25, and …

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Koku Anyidoho vows to expose some top NDC gurus

Former Deputy General Secretary for the National Democratic Congress (NDCs), Koku Anyidoho, is bent on exposing top some NDC officials for a wicked plot against him. According to him, some top persons in the NDC hierarchy are plotting to create fake Facebook accounts to destroy him. Koku Anyidoho disclosed that …

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Pre-Mix Fuel Seller Injured In Fire Incident

A forty-year-old man has been rushed to the Tamale Teaching Hospital after he sustained injuries from a fire accident in Buipe on Sunday. The victim Asakpena who is a pre-mix fuel dealer sells his fuel to his fellow fisher folks at Bridge a suburb of Buipe for fishing and also …

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SA records 6 783 confirmed COVID-19 cases

The number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in South Africa is now 6 783, with a further eight COVID-19 related deaths. This is an increase of 447 cases from Saturday’s 6 336 COVID-19 cases. The eight reported deaths are from: Western Cape 2, Eastern Cape 4 and Gauteng 2. This brings the …

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15-yr-old boy marries 22-yr-old lover

The week-old marriage of a 15-year-old boy named Abraham Samuel Onuoha, and his 22-year -old lover, Anurika John has left Nigerians in a state of awe. The couple got married in Akeze, Ebonyi State, Nigeria after a simple wedding with both families in attendance. OperaNewsHub, a news portal which chanced …

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Coronavirus: Ada West Assembly Member beaten up

An assembly member of the Ada West District Assembly has been severely beaten up in public by a man believed to be affiliated to his political rival. Mr Fredrick Nartey Dodzi, assembly member for Wokumagbeh electoral area, is now nursing his injuries. He told GNA that he received a call …

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Coronavirus: Government rejects controversial Akufo-Addo billboard

The Akufo-Addo-led administration has renounced ownership of a billboard which displays the president’s caution to Ghanaians on the use of face masks to avert contracting the Novel Coronavirus. The billboard in question bears a picture of President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo and a message from his latest address to the nation during …

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Gov’t Denies Akufo-Addo’s Covid-19 Billboards

Government has outrightly disowned a billboard bearing the image of President Akufo-Addo, promoting the wearing of face masks. The billboard, ‘mischievously’ purport to be communicating coronavirus prevention message, has been exposed to unwarranted attacks because of wrong imaging. On it is a message “wear a mask wherever you go, it …

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