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US-based Ghanaian doctor indicted for more than $23m in healthcare fraud

A US-based Ghanaian surgeon, Dr Moses deGragt-Johnson has been indicted after allegedly falsifying $26m in claims from private health insurers and the US government. The Ghanaian born surgeon who is facing 58 counts of indictment has been accused of performing unnecessary procedures on patients, billing health care companies millions for …

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Man beats deaconess wife to death in Lagos over sex

The running battle between a couple in Ladi-Lak, Bariga area of Lagos State, has ended on a tragic note as the husband, John Onyeme, reportedly beat his wife to death. City Round learnt that the deceased, Esther Onyeme, was a deaconess and proprietress of a nursery and primary school in …

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Delay throws a challenge on Nana Aba being a Pimp

Television personality, Deloris Frimpong Manso alias Delay has challenged Ghanaians claiming renowned Broadcaster Nana Anamoah is a pimp and thereby pimping young ladies rich men to provide prove. There were reports that Nana Aba Anamoah pimps young ladies to rich men in Ghana and other parts of the world a …

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A/R: Vals Day accident leaves 7 in critical condition

Seven (7) people have their lives hanging in the balance after being involved in a terrible accident at the Trede-Kentinkiren road on the Atwima Kwanwoma District of the Ashanti Region. The accident occurred on Friday February 14, 2020 day around 10 pm according to an eyewitness account to MyNewsGh.com The victims …

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‘Prygia’ kills octogenarian in fatal accident (Photos)

A woman believed to be in her 80s died instantly when a tricycle she was on board collided with a Sprinter bus at Asawasi near the Kumasi Central Mosque in the Asokore Mampong municipal of the Ashanti region. The tricycle, with registration number, M-19 AS 8055, crashed with the bus …

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Famous Kumasi building demolished for market project

A famous building located within Kumasi Central Market has been demolished to pave the way for the construction of the Kumasi Central Market Phase 2 project. Christened as ‘Edwom Aborosan’ to wit ‘Market storey building’, the one-storey building is one of the historical architectural works in the Ashanti Region, notably …

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Coronavirus: First death confirmed in Europe

A Chinese tourist has died in France after contracting the new coronavirus – the first fatality from the disease outside Asia. The victim was an 80-year-old man from China’s Hubei province, according to French Health Minister Agnès Buzyn. He arrived in France on 16 January and was placed in quarantine …

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Feasibility studies on proposed Sky-Train project completed – GRDA

Chief Executive of the Ghana Railway Development Authority (GRDA) says the feasibility studies on the proposed sky-train project for Ghana has been completed and is under review. According to Richard Dombo, government after the review will sign a contract to begin the implementation of the project. “The sky trains are …

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Mali violence: At least 30 killed in spate of violence

At least 30 people, including nine soldiers, have been killed in three separate incidents in Mali. Twenty one were killed when gunmen attacked a village in central Mali, burning houses, crops and livestock. A group of eight soldiers also died in an ambush, while another was killed during an attack …

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Boko Haram leader gives condition for Chibok girls’ release

Abubakar Shekau, leader of the Boko Haram sect, has given a condition under which the remaining Chibok schoolgirls in captivity will be released. More than 100 of the 276 girls abducted from Government Secondary School, Chibok, Borno state, in 2014, have remained in Boko Haram custody. In a video, the …

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Man City banned from Champions League

Uefa have announced that Premier League champions Manchester City have been banned from the Champions League for the next two seasons. Pep Guardiola’s side have also been fined £25m for “serious breaches of Financial Fair Play Regulations”. The decision “is subject to appeal to the Court of Arbitration for Sport …

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Only 34% of Nigerians use condoms during sex

Only 34% of adult Nigerians surveyed in a national poll use condoms during sex. According to the survey carried out by NOIPolls, the results show that only 28% of the general population that uses condoms do so consistently. This is despite the fact that most of those surveyed said it was …

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VIDEO: Fire destroys dozens of structures at Dagomba Line in Kumasi

A fire has gutted tens of make-shift residential structures, amid unconfirmed reports of missing children, at Aboabo Dabgomba Line in Kumasi, the Ashanti Region capital. The slum is home to thousands of porters popularly known as ‘kayayei’ and scrap dealers. Watch the video below: Luv News Editor, Saeed Ali Yaqub reported that …

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Afram Plains: Nurses perform emergency roadside delivery

Two Nurses – Opoku Richard an enrolled Nurse and Abekah Nelson, a Mental Health Nurse – Thursday night conducted an emergency delivery for a pregnant woman who was in unexpected labour while on a motorbike. The pregnant woman – Yaa Ziegeh, her mother, and husband were on a motorbike from …

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Ursula shakes Ablekuma West as she submits forms to contest primary

Mrs Ursula Owusu-Ekuful, Member of Parliament (MP) for Ablekuma West, has urged delegates of the party to renew her mandate as parliamentary candidate to enable her continue to transform lives and bring real change to the constituency. According to the Communications Minister, the transformational agenda being pursued by the Akufo-Addo …

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Court acquits Pastor Obeng Bekoe of fraud

An Accra Circuit Court on Friday acquitted and discharged Pastor Emmanuel Obeng Bekoe of a GH¢115,000.00 fraud charge brought against him over the sale of fertiliser. Pastor Bekoe, with Baba Charles Yides, a caretaker, was charged with conspiracy to commit crime and defrauding by false pretence; but he was found …

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