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Police arrest husband over wife’s death

The police in Jigawa have arrested a 30-year-old man in Ringim Local Government area of the state over the death of his 17-year-old wife. The Spokesman of the state police command, SP Abdu Jinjiri, confirmed the arrest to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Saturday in Dutse. He said …

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Azonto has never been dead – Gasmilla

Musician Gasmilla believes despite Azonto has been out of the trends in Ghana’s music scene for some time, it has never been dead. According to him, Azonto has been re-eventing itself through what he described as “growing roots.” The ‘Telemo’ crooner made the observation on Wednesday when he joined a …

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Coronavirus: US supports Ghana to boost testing capacity

The United States of America (USA) in its quest to help Ghana win the war against the novel Coronavirus, has delivered some improved medical supplies to boost the testing capacity of Ghana. The medical supplies arrived at Kotoka International Airport on Friday, April 24, by a US Air Force C-130J aircraft …

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Man arrested for selling shea butter as cure for Covid-19

The police have arrested a 52-year-old man for allegedly selling Shea butter as a cure for Covid-19, the respiratory disease caused by coronavirus, at Awutu Breku in the Awutu Senya West District, Central region. King David told unsuspecting customers that the shea butter cream cures the disease when applied on …

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The return of Reggie Rockstone

Reginald Yaw Asante Ossei popularly known as Reggie Rockstone, whose songs made a big impact on the Ghanaian music scene in the 90s, is making a lot of waves in the music scene with his hit single, ‘Happy Day’. The hit single, which features dancehall artiste, Episode, has danceable and soul-touching …

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Seth Frimpong didn’t die from coronavirus – Diana Asamoah

With the COVID-19 outbreak rampaging the world, most Ghanaians have become quite skeptical about the cause of deaths and medical conditions of others. And the death of musician Prophet Seth Frimpong has been treated with the same suspicion. Speaking in an interview on Happy98.9FM’s ‘Showbiz Xtra’ with Doctar Cann, award-winning Ghanaian gospel …

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72-year-old man shot dead

A 72–year-old man was on Friday shot dead at Kandiga in the Kassena Nankana Municipal (KNM), Upper East Region, after a two-day violent conflict between the Doba Community in the Kassena Naakana West District and Kandiga. The two communities share boundaries and have over the past years disagreed over the …

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Rapper, Kanye West officially becomes a Billionaire

Kanye West has officially become a Billionaire, making him the second American rapper to reach that status after Jay-Z. According to Forbes, ’Ye’s Yeezy brand, which he owns in its’ entirety and falls under the Adidas umbrella, helped push him over the $1 billion mark. The publication said they dissected the …

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Panic as Effia Nkwanta hospital runs of out blood

Emergency Health delivery services are under threat at the biggest health referral centre in the Western Region, the Effia Nkwanta hospital, due to the shortage of blood at the facility. The shortage at the blood bank is mainly as a result of the dreaded COVID-19 which has brought almost everything in the …

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North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un rumored to be dead

Kim Jong Un is rumored to be dead, according to a Hong Kong broadcast network, while a Japanese magazine is reporting that North Korea’s rocket man is in a “vegetative state” after he underwent heart surgery earlier this month. A vice-director of HKSTV Hong Kong Satellite Television, a Beijing-backed broadcast network in …

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Land guards in gunfight at Dodowa forest

There was a deadly clash at the Dodowa Forest in the Greater Accra Region following a gunfight that ensued between supposed land guards and landowners. The fierce give-and-take exchange led to several injuries, as some of the victims sustained both guns and machete wounds. Information available to DAILY GUIDE indicates …

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EC meets despite court injunction

Some officials of the Electoral Commission of Ghana held a meeting Saturday morning despite a court injunction directing a halt of a planned workshop by the same. The injunction followed an action by the Member of Parliament for Ningo Prampram. Sam George secured an injunction against the EC’s decision to hold a …

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Ignore Dr. Anaba; all sample takers are experts – Noguchi Boss

The Director of the Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical Research (NMIMR), University of Ghana, Prof. Abraham Kwabena Annan has denied claims that persons tasked to take samples for testing from COVID-19 patients in Ghana lack the requisite competence. The former CEO of the Ridge Hospital, Dr. Thomas Anaba in an interview with …

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Bolgatanga market days take a new trend

Traders at the Bolgatanga market have taken a new trend in carrying out their businesses since the Municipal Assembly gave a directive for closure of the markets in order to minimize the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic. A visit by the Ghana News Agency to the Ayia market which is …

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We’ve miss our wives – Quarantined fishermen cry out

Some quarantined fishermen in Sekondi, Western Region have lamented about how they miss their wives. Listeners of Takoradi-based Skyy Power FM yesterday were stunned after the fishermen complained of not being allowed to see their spouses, saying “we miss our wives.” The fishermen went on to make a passionate appeal …

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Police grab 19 persons in connection with Tema robbery

Nineteen persons, including a female, have been picked up by the Tema Regional Police Command in connection with the daylight robbery that occurred in the metropolis last Thursday afternoon. Four out of the total number of suspects were identified among persons who scrambled for bank notes which were flying around …

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Chinese Doctors ‘Using Plasma Therapy’ on Coronavirus Patients

SHANGHAI – Doctors in Shanghai are using infusions of blood plasma from people who have recovered from the coronavirus to treat those still battling the infection, reporting some encouraging preliminary results, a Chinese professor said on Monday. The coronavirus epidemic is believed to have originated in a seafood market in …

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Ghana’s coronavirus testing model criticized

A professor of epidemiology has raised concerns about the kind of testing being undertaken by Ghana in the fight against coronavirus. Professor Fred Binka said Ghana’s testing model has not changed since the first cases of the viral disease were recorded. For him, that same type of testing is not …

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Farmer, 34 arrested for defiling 12 year old girl

Investigations revealed that the Suspect, Kwasi Amfo, asked the victim to escort him to his farm around 4am to search for paddy straw mushrooms. According to the victim who’s a younger sister to the suspect’s wife, when they got to the farm, the suspect forced her onto the ground and …

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