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Traps and tips of online dating

The Internet has become an essential part of our life. We check on news online, book trips and vacations, buy stuff, read papers and magazines and socialize and stay in contact with family and friends using all kinds of social media or instant messengers. In other words, whatever we want, …

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Pastor rubbishes Akufo-Addo’s order on public gatherings

The Fomena District Police Command has arrested a pastor for defying church service ban. The 29-year-old Benjamin Konadu Yiadom, a presiding pastor of the True Teachings Gospel Church, Dompoase branch in the Adansi North district of the Ashanti region. According to Superintendent Albert Fii Okyere, District Police Commander, he dispatched …

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Opambour cries over lockdown in Kumasi [watch Video]

The General Overseer of Ebenezer Miracle Worship Centre, Prophet Ebenezer Adarkwa Yiadom also known as “Opambour” has opened silence on the partial lockdown declared by the President of Ghana to control the spread of the dreadful Coronavirus. Opambour also known as “Prophet One” shed tears without control on live TV …

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Dr Bawumia launches Online Scholarship Application System

The Vice President of the Republic, Dr Mahamudu Bawumia, has launched the Scholarship Secretariat’s Online Scholarship Application and Administration System, www.scholarshipgh.com, in Accra. From April 1, 2020, in just four (4) easy steps, any applicant can apply from the comfort of their homes, take an aptitude test and be interviewed …

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We have never neglected students abroad – Scholarship secretariat

The Scholarship Secretariat has denied allegations of neglect by some of its beneficiaries in India. Director of the Secretariat, Kingsley Agyemang, in a phone interview with GhanaWeb, said though this is the first time the secretariat was sending students to India, students on scholarship abroad have never been neglected under …

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Photos: Duncan-Williams feeds farmers at Adjiringanor

The Founder and General Overseer of the Action Chapel International, Archbishop Nicholas Duncan-Williams, has fed a group of young farmers at Adjringanor, a vicinity in Accra. The farmers, according to the Archbishop, are his neighbours whom he often encounters whilst walking in his community. On Monday, March 30, 2020, the …

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Airbus saga: NDC communicators gagged [audio]

Members of the opposition National Democratic Congress’ (NDC) communications team have been asked not to comment on the controversial Airbus scandal. It follows an invitation by the Special Prosecutor, Martin Amidu to parties involved in the scandal. The four persons are to assist in investigations over an alleged act of …

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Ethiopia postpones polls because of coronavirus

Ethiopia’s electoral board has postponed August’s highly anticipated general election because of the coronavirus pandemic. A new schedule would be announced once the threat of the pandemic was over, the board said. Much of its planning had been hit by the disruption caused by coronavirus, such as obtaining election materials …

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Slow internet adds to South Africa’s lockdown blues

Slow internet speeds are exacerbating an already frustrating period for many workers during South Africa’s three-week lockdown. This is because an undersea cable tore over the weekend. The West Africa Cable System (Wacs), which runs from Cape Town to Portugal and the UK, has caused major outages across all internet …

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COVID-19: Cases in Ghana hit 161

Ghana now has 161 cases of the deadly COVID-19, the Ghana Health Service has announced. According to the GHS, nine (9) new cases of COVID-19 have been reported from the Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical Research since the last update on 30th March 2020. All nine (9) cases were reported …

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Coronavirus: 3 Ghanaians confirmed dead in the US

Three Ghanaians resident in New York in the United States of America (USA) have died of COVID-19. Information Officer Ghana Consular in New York, Kofi Ameyaw, confirmed this on Asempa FM’s Ekosii Sen programme, Tuesday. He said the deceased are two women and a man who is also a pastor in …

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Boko Haram commander killed

Boko Haram Commander killed among other 100 Boko Haram members killed. Abu Usamah, Boko Haram Commander was killed by the troops of Operation LAFIYA DOLE while on special clearance operation at Gorgi in Damboa LGA of Borno State, Nigeria. The suspected Boko Haram commander killed is believed to have sustained gunshot …

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Dog fight over Bolgatanga-Bawku road

The road fund under the erstwhile Mahama administration was branded “sick” by the Majority in Parliament after their counterparts used parliamentary privilege to blame the ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP) government for the delay in the construction of the Bolgatanga-Bawku-Pulimakom road. Led by the Member of Parliament (MP) for Pusiga, …

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Messi Confirms 70% Pay Cut For Barca Players, Criticises Board

Lionel Messi confirmed on Monday that Barcelona’s players will take a 70 per cent pay cut and make financial contributions to ensure the club’s other employees are paid in full during the state of alarm in Spain. In a lengthy message posted on his Instagram account, Messi also took another …

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Kotoko open contract talks with Medeama over Justice Blay deal

Justice Blay, GHANAsoccernet.com can exclusively report. The Porcupine Warriors officially wrote to the Tarkwa-based side on Monday March 30, 2020 seeking to make the loan deal permanent. Blay joined the record Ghana Premier League holders on a season-long loan at the start of the 2019/2020 season. With the midfielder’s current …

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Kenyan boy shot dead as virus curfew enforced

Kenya’s police chief has ordered an investigation into the death of a 13-year-old boy said to have been shot on Monday evening as police enforced a curfew. The child was playing on the balcony of his parent’s house in a slum in the capital, Nairobi, when police fired live bullets …

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