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Malawi schools shut ahead of poll ruling

A number of boarding schools in Malawi have closed and sent their pupils home ahead of a court ruling next week about the country’s disputed election. Opposition parties are challenging the re-election of President Peter Mutharika in May last year – and the judiciary has announced that its decision will …

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Allotey to face GBA Disciplinary Committee

The Ghana Boxing Authority (GBA) has extended an invitation to Patrick Allotey – World Boxing Organisation (WBO) Africa Super Welterweight Champion, following his recent conduct at the Accra Sports Stadium, during the sixth week league game between Accra Hearts of Oak and Asante Kotoko. Allotey last Sunday, was seen in …

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Another fire incident at Accra Academy

There is another fire outbreak on the campus of Accra Academy, a few days after a similar incident on the campus. The Alema Hall fire according to GhanaWeb sources started round 8:30 pm. This is the second time since January 15, when the first fire outbreak swept the same Alema …

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GUTA advises members to suspend trip to China

The Ghana Union of Traders Association is advising members of the business community, particularly traders who intend or are preparing to China for business or any other thing to hold on. It rather encourages the possibility of transacting business and other communication via the internet until the coronavirus outbreak is …

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Ghana places 5th in Africa in 2020 Best Countries report

Ghana placed 5th in Africa and number 67 in the world, according to the 2020 Best Countries Report put together by US News & World Report and supported by Wharton Business School of University of Pennsylvania and BAV Group. Egypt was 1st in Africa and number 36 in the world …

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New ambulances can locate caller, connect to nearest health centre

The newly-commissioned ambulances are fitted with digitised state-of-the-art dispatch management system, integrated with the national digital property addressing system which will automatically generate the digital address location of the caller, President Akufo-Addo has disclosed. This according to the President, will enable the control centre to determine straightaway the nearest ambulance to dispatch, he …

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Man found dead in Ashaiman storm drain

A man suspected to be in his late 30s or early 40s, was on Tuesday morning found dead in a storm drain close to the Ashaiman Under-Bridge on the Tema – Accra side of the Motorway. The deceased (yet to be identified as at the time of filing this report), …

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NDC plots against EC on a farm at Afram Plains – Kennedy Agyapong

The Assin Central Member of Parliament (MP), Kennedy Ohene Agyapong, has said the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) is hatching diabolic plans to disorganise the activities of the Electoral Commission (EC) ahead of the 2020 general election. The NDC’s main objective, according to him, is to work in secret and …

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Nana Addo warns against prank calls for new emergency number

President Nana Akufo-Addo has urged Ghanaians not to abuse the new 112 emergency services number. President Akufo-Addo made the call when he commissioned 307 ambulances procured by the government for distribution to all constituencies in the country on Tuesday. “I will appeal that this improvement in the provision of emergency …

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One person arrested over bizarre exhumation of corpse

The Nkawkaw District Police Command has arrested one person in connection with the exhumation of remains of a deceased at Awenade, a community near Nkawkaw in the Eastern Region. The suspect Nana Kwaku Ampadu, 39, was picked up by Police Monday, January 27, 2020 at about 12:35 pm at his …

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UN rights chief wants action on DR Congo army killings

The United Nations’ top human rights official has called on the government of the Democratic Republic of Congo to take action to curb human rights violations by the country’s army. On the final day of a visit to the DR Congo, Michelle Bachelet told UN radio that figures from her …

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‘US visa ban will affect vulnerable Nigerians’

The Federal Government says the speculated plan by the US to add Nigeria to its existing list of visa travel ban countries is ill-conceived. The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, stated this on Monday in London during an interview session with Reuters. The News Agency of Nigeria …

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Sarkodie breaks his silence on Kofi Amoabeng’s arrest

Musician Sarkodie has broken his silence on the arrest of his friend and business partner, Prince Kofi Amoabeng. On January 13, 2020, the co-founder of the defunct UT Bank, was arrested alongside Michael Nyinaku, the founder of the defunct BEIGE Bank, in connection with the collapse of their banks. Amoabeng …

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Ultramodern ATMs introduced in Ghana

At the just-concluded ATM roadshow held in Accra with the theme ‘’Innovation with the NextGen ATMs’’, Inlaks introduced into the Ghanaian financial sector, new ultramodern and high-tech ATMs with enhanced features manufactured by the Korean-based Original Equipment Manufacturer, Hyosung Inc, to give customers and banks seamless experience, improved customer experience …

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