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Speaker recalls MPs for discussions on COVID-19 tax waivers, others

The Speaker of Parliament has recalled Members of Parliament for a sitting on Thursday, April 30, 2020. “The Parliamentary Service wishes to inform all Honourable Members and Staff of Parliament, the Rt. Hon. Speaker of Parliament, Prof. Aaron Michael Quaye, in accordance with Standing Order 6, has directed the resumption …

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NDC Dazed Over 88 Hospital Agenda

The announcement by President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo to commence massive hospital infrastructural projects throughout the country is dazing the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC). NDC elements and their surrogates have started rubbishing the agenda synonymous with what they did to the free senior high school (Free SHS) programme when …

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GIS launches manhunt for 3 over illegal entry into Ghana

A serious manhunt is underway for the driver and two passengers on board an Opel Astra with suspicious registration number plate, ‘GG 477 – 14’, who abandoned the vehicle after it crossed into Ghana from Togo, through an unapproved route near the Nyive Border Post last Friday. The incident happened …

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Exhume Bodies Of Obinim ‘Dead Girls’ – Ken Demands

KENNEDY AGYAPONG, a well-known politician, has called for the exhumation of bodies of ladies that died whilst dating controversial pastor Daniel Obinim. According to him, several ladies that dated Obinim, the leader of the International God’s Way Church, died mysteriously. Mr. Agyapong said he suspects foul play in the deaths …

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Covid-19: Prophet T. B. Joshua turns to the mountain [Video]

Nigerian Pastor TB Joshua has spent four days at an undisclosed “prayer mountain” to “present the nations” to God in prayer. The cleric was notably absent from the usual Sunday broadcast from Emmanuel TV’s studios on Sunday 26th April 2020 but clips of him ‘crying unto God’ amidst a large expanse of rocks …

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Algeria extends lockdown measures until May 14

Algeria on Monday extended until 14 May the containment measures to curb the spread of the new coronavirus, after authorising the reopening of some businesses during the Ramadan period. Prime Minister Abdelaziz Djerad has “renewed for an additional period of 15 days, namely from 30 April to 14 May, the …

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Mass Burial Held For 33 Unclaimed Bodies In Sunyani

Workers of the Sunyani Municipal Assembly and health officials were sighted wearing protective gear while they buried the unidentified bodies in a mass grave at the Sunyani public cemetery. The Ghana News Agency (GNA) investigations showed the bodies, including three children, had been kept at the hospital’s mortuary for long …

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Duffuor, Zanetor or Forson: Mahama to announce running mate in May

After several months of dithering and ‘insider-trading’, former President John Dramani Mahama, who is the flagbearer of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC), will be naming a running mate in May. According to one of our highly-placed sources in the NDC, “three final names have been penciled for consideration, and …

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Anas submits raw footage of Number 12 to GFA

The Ghana Football Association (GFA) Ethics Committee has received the raw footage of the “Number 12 exposé” – a documentary that exposed alleged bribery and corruption in African football which was produced by the investigative firm of investigative journalist Anas Aremeyaw Anas.Tiger Eye PI, the Accra-based investigative organization on June …

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WATCH: Cornered crocodile fights off five lions

An incredible video of a crocodile in a scuffle with a pride of lions has just been released by popular wildlife website Latest Sightings, which shares videos captured by visitors to South Africa’s game reserves. The crocodile was targeting the remains of a waterbuck that the lions had left behind. But …

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Over 600 residents at Ayensuano displaced by rainstorm

About six-hundred (600) residents in Ayensuano District of the Eastern region have been displaced by a devastating rainstorm that has struck some communities. The affected communities are Docrochiwa, Kwaboanta Junction, Onakwase, Akokrom, Kwaboanta, Kwaboanta Ada, Ayensuano, Kofi Pare and Agyeikrom. Other affected communities include Ayibontey, Otoase, Owusukrom and Krabokese, Teacher …

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How 43 Ghanaian peacekeepers were killed by Congolese army

Today in History, exactly 59 years ago, on April 28, 1961, 43 Ghanaian peacekeepers were killed in one of the United Nation’s (UN) deadliest missions by the Congolese army at Port Franqui, Kasai, Congo. April 28, 1961, is definitely a day that Ghanaians, and not just Congolese, will remember. Ghana, …

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NPP organizer ‘fights’ secretary over album at Dome-Kwabenya

The Youth Organizer of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) in the Dome-Kwabenya constituency, David Obiri Yeboah has accused the constituency secretary of printing an album without authorization. The NPP’s executive says the album which was printed was exhibited to have delegates in the constituency check their names as the party …

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Kwadwo Asamoah on the verge of Inter Milan exit

Ghanaian Kwadwo Asamoah is reportedly on the verge of leaving Italian giants Inter Milan this summer after struggling for consistency this campaign. Asamoah has been rarely used by manager Antonio Conte due to recurrent injuries and is said to have made up his mind of leaving. The wing-back has suffered …

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‘I’ve never claim king of azonto’ – Sarkodie

Sarkodie has clarified that he never branded himself as the Azonto King as some artists and fans have started peddling about him since he started the ‘Bring Back Azonto’ campaign. Speaking in a new interview on Okay FM, Sarkodie said his main specialty as we al know rap and that …

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Another Ghanaian nurse dies of coronavirus in the US

For the third time as many weeks, the novel Coronavirus has claimed the life of a Ghanaian nurse in the United States (US). Doreen Tay unfortunately passed on on April 21, 2020 after testing positive for the COVID-19. The deceased was a product of the St Mary’s Senior High School at Korle …

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Financing for Akufo-Addo’s 94 hospitals will be difficult – Terkper

Seth Terkper says it will be a tall order securing funds for President Akufo-Addo’s promised 88 district hospitals and 6 regional hospitals. Mr. Terkper pointed to provisional and actual fiscal data for the year 2019 which suggested that government used 98.2% of tax revenues for wages, statutory payments, earmarked funds …

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