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WATCH VIDEO: Emmanuel Adebayor dashes Funny Face another car

Ghanaian comic actor Benson Nana Yaw Boateng aka Funny Face and Togolese superstar Emmanuel Adebayor became very close friends back in 2012 after the latter gave the former an expensive customized Range Rover. The two have ever since that time shared a great bond as brothers and from all indications, …

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Boko Haram burn homes and school in Nigeria town

Militant Islamist group Boko Haram has torched several homes and a school during a raid on a town in north-eastern Nigeria, the army says. The insurgents were heavily armed, storming the town of Korongilum on Tuesday evening in a convoy of trucks mounted with guns, as well as motorcycles. Eyewitnesses …

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Man defiles two daughters in Kaduna

Said Muhammad Al-Masiri, an Imam in Kaduna has confirmed that a Kaduna based civil servant has defiled his two daughters. “He had sex with them front and back, their vaginas and anus are damaged. I gave their mother N10,000 and she took the girls to the hospital. The doctor examined …

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Chocolate danger: Ghana’s cocoa output hit hard by dry, hot winds

Overly dry and hot winds in West Africa are damaging prospects for cocoa output for the second year in Ghana, the world’s second-largest producer, sources told Reuters News Agency. Cocoa futures on Intercontinental Exchange are near their highest in three years, driven in part by the adverse weather, which has …

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Wheelbarrow pusher electrocuted while plucking mango

A teenage wheelbarrow pusher has died after he was electrocuted while plucking mango on a tree in Enugu state, Nigeria. According to reports, the guy who was a wheelbarrow pusher tried plucking the mango on the tree with an iron rod when the rod made contact with a high tension’s …

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Woman burnt after husband pushed her into burning charcoal

A woman was severely burnt after her husband angrily shoved her onto burning charcoal. The incident occurred Tuesday, February 18, 2020, at Akotoe a farming community in the Upper Manya Krobo District of the Eastern region. According to a witness, the couple had a misunderstanding while burning biomass to produce …

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Akufo-Addo delivers 2020 State of the Nation address today

President Nana Akufo-Addo will later today [Thursday] deliver his fourth State of the Nation address to Parliament. The address is in accordance with Article 67 of the 1992 Constitution which states that “The President shall, at the beginning of each session of Parliament and before a dissolution of Parliament, deliver …

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NPP polls: Akufo-Addo files nomination today

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, will today, THURSDAY, 20 FEBRUARY 2020, at 1pm, file his nomination at the New Patriotic Party (NPP) Headoffice to contest in the party’s presidential primaries scheduled for 25 April 2020. The President is yet again, seeking the endorsement of the delegates of the NPP to …

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Hanau shooting: Nine dead after two attacks in Germany

Nine people were killed in two shootings at shisha bars in the western German city of Hanau. Several other people were also injured after a gunman opened fire at 22:00 local time (21:00 GMT) on Wednesday, police said. The suspect was later found dead at his home, along with the …

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NPP primaries: Supporters of Addai-Nimoh and incumbent MP in bloody brawl

At least, four New Patriotic Party (NPP) sympathisers in Asante Mampong Constituency were injured when supporters of two parliamentary aspirants clashed over the filing of process. Club-wielding supporters of incumbent Member of Parliament, Kwaku Sarpong Ampratwum, engaged in a free-for-all fight with those of former MP and presidential aspirant, Francis Addai-Nimoh, …

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3 NDC, 2 NPP members arrested in fresh anti-galamsey swoop

The anti-galamsey force has confirmed the arrest of five persons in relation to illegal mining at Akwatia in the Eastern Region. Speaking on Joy FM’s Newsnite Wednesday, the leader of the Special Monitoring, Evacuation and Operation Team of Operation Vanguard, Nana Yaw Boadu confirmed the arrested persons were affiliated to the two …

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KiDi grabs big deal, becomes new Samsung brand ambassador

Ghanaian musician, KiDi has been announced as the new brand ambassador for technology giant Samsung Electronics. According to Eugene Nahm, the Managing Director of Samsung Ghana KiDi’s music career reflects Samsung’s brand promise and aspirations for the new decade. KiDi, who is known in real life as Dennis Nana Dwamena, …

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Court adjourns ‘kidnappers’ case again

A Takoradi District Magistrate court has once again adjourned a case in which two Nigerians are standing trial for allegedly kidnapping and murdering four girls from Western Region’s city of Takoradi to March 19, 2020. On February 5 the State Attorney, Adeliade Kobiri-Woode, dropped the previous charge of kidnappings against …

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