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Akufo-Addo extends ban on public gatherings by two weeks

President Akufo-Addo has extended the initial one-month ban on public and social gatherings by an additional two weeks. The extension became operational after he signed the Executive Instrument (EI) to give effect to the new directive. In a series of tweets on Sunday, April 12 explaining the legalities around the …

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Woman stabs husband to death for cheating

A 30-year-old woman Adwoa Duku has stabbed her husband Kojo Nyarko 37 years to death at Gomoa Fetteh in the Gomoa East District of the Central Region. Information gathered by Kasapa News Yaw Boagyan indicates that the couple has engaged in a blood covenant banning them from cheating on each …

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Sarkodie paid for his BET Awards – Asem alleges

Ghanaian hiplife musician Asem isn’t backing down on his beef with multiple award-winning rapper, Sarkodie. The two have engaged in a heated beef for the past few days, and it seems the issue is still escalating. In a new freestyle video, Asem has accused Sarkodie of using fraudulent means to win his BET Awards. Sarkodie has won two …

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Shatta Wale, Kuami Eugene to headline Easter Monday virtual concert

Ghanaian music hitmakers, Shatta Wale and Kuami Eugene are set to perform at a virtual concert to be held on Monday, April 13. The two were billed by The Ministry of Communications to perform as part of planned activities to launch software to help trace and track persons carrying coronavirus. The ‘COVID-19 VIRTUAL CONCERT’ will …

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Pope holds Easter Mass at empty St Peter’s Basilica

Pope Francis has celebrated Easter Sunday with a Mass held behind closed doors at St Peter’s Basilica in the Vatican. This year’s Holy Week events were modified to take place without the public. The Pope will also replace his traditional address to crowds at St Peter’s Square with an online …

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Potential coronavirus drugs may cost as little as $1 – Study

Potential coronavirus treatments could be made for as little as $1, well below their typical price tags in pharmacies, according to an analysis of nine drugs in clinical trials. If their promise is confirmed in ongoing studies, medicines for Covid-19, including hydroxychloroquine, which President Donald Trump touted as a treatment, and Gilead …

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Pogba ‘hungry’ to return to action after injury

Manchester United’s Paul Pogba says he is “more hungry” to succeed after missing most of the season with injury. The France international, 27, has not played since 26 December, having suffered a further setback following an early-season foot problem. Pogba told the United Podcast he has been “frustrated for a …

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16-year-old girl kidnapped and raped

Police in Delta State, Nigeria have arrested two men for allegedly kidnapping and raping a 16-year-old girl in the Abasa suburb of Delta State, Nigeria.     A Nigerian activist, Harrison Gwamnishu took to Facebook to break the news to the world. According to in the suspects are in police …

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Coronavirus: Three pastors sue govt

Three pastors have sued Kenyan government after church services stopped operating due to the coronavirus lockdown put in place to halt the spread of the deadly disease. Justice James Makau of The High Court revealed on Friday that three pastors, Don Mutugi Majau, Joan Miriti, and Alex Gichunge sued the …

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Coronavirus: Boris Johnson ‘owes his life to NHS staff’

Boris Johnson has said he owes his life to the NHS staff treating him for coronavirus. The prime minister, 55, thanked medics at St Thomas’ hospital in London, where he continues to recover after spending three nights in intensive care. It comes as UK deaths from the virus are expected …

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Lockdown: TV Africa journalist assaulted by military officer

All attempts by the President, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo to crave the indulgence of security personnel in the country to be patient and professional while enforcing the lockdown, seem to have fallen on death ears, as a TV African journalist has savagely been assaulted by a uniformed military man. The unexpected incident …

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Bundle of cash burn in Suame house fire; dozens displaced

Dozens are counting their losses as wads of an unspecified amount of hard Ghana Cedi banknotes burn and shred in an inferno that razed down a whole house and it’s adjoining makeshift residential structures in the Suame Municipality of the Ashanti region on Saturday evening. All other valuable items also …

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12 Ghanaians die of Coronavirus in US

Nine more Ghanaian residents of New York in the United States of America (USA) have died of the novel coronavirusdisease, bringing the total number to 12. This comes after three people; two women and a man were confirmed dead in March. Dr Frank Acheampong, Ghanaian resident and health worker, disclosed this on Adom FM’s Saturday Super Weekend News. “You …

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Police investigate shooting of police officer

The Tema Regional Police Command is investigating a case involving the alleged accidental shooting of a police officer by a colleague security man whilst on Operation COVID-19 Safety duties. The police officer was shot in the right lower thigh at Tema Newtown whilst on a joint security operations to ensure …

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Coronavirus: Govt redefines vulnerable to absorb more beneficiaries

Government has redefined the ‘needy and vulnerable’ to get more people to benefit from the food distribution initiative. The Government, through the Ministry of Gender, Children and Social Protection, with support from the Ministry of Finance, has now included persons who engaged in petty trading of non-edible items and had …

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Another bus catches fire on Kintampo-Tamale Highway

A 60-seater bus that was bound for Bawku in the Upper East Region has caught fire at Pinamisa, a farming community on the Kintampo-Tamale Highway in the Bono East Region according to confirmed sources available to MyNewsGh.com. Passengers on the bus with registration AS 1557-17 it is gathered, escaped unhurt …

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GES sacks Tamasco ‘rapist’ teacher

The Ghana Education Service (GES) has sacked Razak Alhassan, aka Starboy, a sports teacher who allegedly raped a 16-year-old student of Tamale Secondary School (Tamasco). A letter signed by the Deputy Director-General, Anthony Boateng read “management has decided that the appointment of Mr. Alhassan Abdul Razak should be terminated. The …

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