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3 remanded for gang-raping 16-year-old girl

The Koforidua District Magistrate Court “B” has remanded three young men for allegedly gang-raping a 16-year-old student. The incident occurred at Akyem Bososu in the Fanteakwa North District of the Eastern Region. The three accused persons; Collins Narttey,20, Eric Ansah alias Ramos,22 and Mohammed Ganiu,23, are on remand at the …

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Robbers shoot community police assistant to death

A 25-year-old community police assistant has been shot and killed by suspected robbers on Sunday at Oyoko, in the Bosomtwe District of Ashanti. The deceased identified, as Evans Boateng, was said to be stationed at the Kumasi Central Police Station. According to police source at Kuntanase, there was report of a …

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TB Joshua breaks silence on ‘failed’ coronavirus prophecy

Popular Nigerian pastor, TB Joshua, has addressed his botched prophecy in which he claimed the Coronavirus pandemic would end on 27 March 2020. The religious leader said the Holy Spirit gave him the prophecy that the pandemic would end on 27 March, The Daily Sun reports. During an interview on …

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Martins, Gyan and the greatest Africans to play in China

#10 Christopher Katongo Something of an unlikely winner for the BBC African Player of the Year award in 2012, Katongo won over the public with his inspirational showings for Zambia as the Chipolopolo pulled off an astonishing, emotional victory at the Cup of Nations. The attacker, who has had something …

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NDC’s Sabina Appiah-Kubi Has Died

Former National Democratic Congress (NDC) Parliamentary Candidate for Assin South, Sabina Appiah-Kubi, has reportedly passed on. This is according to the NDC Central Regional Communications Officer, Kwesi Dawood. Ms Appiah-Kubi, a former District Chief Executive (DCE) for Assin South under late President Mills, is said to have died after a …

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Lockdown will be phased out gradually – Dlamini-Zuma

Minister of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma says some of the measures the government has put in place during the lockdown will remain once it is lifted. The minister was speaking during a media briefing by members of the national command council (NCC) in Pretoria on Thursday. The …

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No free power for customers indebted to ECG – Minister

Energy Minister John Peter Amewu has clarified that persons who have been taken off the national grid due to indebtedness will not benefit from the absorption of electricity tariffs. The Minister responding to a question on how such persons can benefit from the benefit said only those who will pay their arrears …

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Police arrest 30yr old nursing mother over fake new currency

The Nkawkaw Divisional Police command has arrested a 30yr old pepper seller Amoako Christiana, a nursing mother for carrying an undisclosed amount of fake new Hundred and Two hundred notes. Amoako, according to the police was arrested when buying goods from the Nkawkaw Central and Agogroshie markets upon a tip-off. …

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Electricity tariff relief to cost Gov’t GHS1 billion – Amewu

Government is providing a cumulative electricity tariff relief of an amount equivalent to about GHS1 billion, the Minister for Energy, John Peter Amewu has disclosed. This approximately covers a customer population of bout 4.8 million meters across the country for the three month period beginning April, May and June. He …

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Coronavirus: Ghana will not go into economic recession – IMF

The International Monetary Fund, IMF has projected that Ghana will not go into an economic recession later this year due to Covid-19 pandemic. Some developmental partners of Ghana including the World Bank have warned that the country could go into an economic recession due to the Covid-19 outbreak. IMF Country …

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Fuel prices to drop marginally – IES

The Institute of Energy Securities (IES) is forecasting prices of fuel on the local market remaining largely stable. However, it anticipates that competition between Oil Marketing Companies (OMCs) to control and gain more market shares may culminate in fuel falling marginally within the second Pricing window of April 2020 This …

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Ghana League money is for ‘hand to mouth’ – Shilla Illiasu

Former Asante Kotoko central defender Shilla Illiasu Alhassan says the Ghana Premier League is not financially rewarding hence players should always work hard to secure moves abroad. Shilla Illiasu joined the Porcupine Warriors from city rivals King Faisal in 2005 and played for a year before moving to Russian league …

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Teenage girl commits suicide

A 15-year-old girl identified as Ummi Garba, has committed suicide by consuming rat poison in Gwaram Local Government Area of Jigawa in Nigeria. Confirming the incident, the spokesperson of the state police command, SP Abdu Jinjiri, said the incident happened on April 4th at Kofar Gabas quarters. Jinjiri said the …

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