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5 Reasons to Watch the Ghanaian Premier League

Most people talk about the Premier League of Ghana as a new league season is here again and … And you wonder why you should join your friends or colleagues to watch and follow the League too. Don’t worry, we gotcha! Accra Hearts of Oak present 5 reasons why the …

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NPP ‘big men’ involved in galamsey to support the party

It has emerged that the government quest to fight the galamsey menace is gradually becoming difficult as some ‘big men’ from the ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP) are involved in destroying the natural environment all in the name of finding gold. This revelation happens to be in a video circulating …

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Suspected fake lawyer nabbed by Techiman Police

A 34-year-old man has been arrested on the orders of the presiding judge of the Techiman Circuit court, Justice Alexander Graham, during Court proceedings Wednesday, February 5, 2020. The suspected fake lawyer named Iddrisu Yahaya was in court to represent some four accused persons standing trial in a robbery and kidnapping …

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Korle Bu records 2 suspected coronavirus cases

Two foreign nationals on Wednesday reported at the Korle Bu Teaching Hospital having developed some symptoms suspected to be coronavirus. The patients, a Chinese and an Argentine who have been living together in the country for some days, have been isolated at the facility while blood samples taken have been sent …

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Man, 29, defiles 13-year-old twins at Apam

A 29-year-old man has brutally defiled 13-year-old girls who are twins at Apam in the Central Region. The victims had reportedly been sent on an errand by their mother when the suspect beckoned them. The girls who were a bit hesitant decided to heed to the call. The suspect then …

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Seven persons to contest presidential election in Togo

Seven persons including President Faure Gnassingbe, leader of the Union for the Republic (UNIR), have been cleared by Togo’s Independent National Electoral Commission (CENI) to contest the country’s upcoming presidential election. This is Mr Gnassingbe’s fourth bid since coming into office in 2005, following the death of his father, Gnassingbe …

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Shop selling expired drinks to school kids uncovered

Starr News has uncovered a provision shop in Koforidua selling expired soft drinks to innocent School Children. The Shop is located close to a Private School at Two–Streams, a suburb of the New Juaben Municipality, Eastern Region, therefore highly patronized by the pupils. A label on the product -“Dada New …

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Anaesthetists Suspend Strike

The Ghana Association of Certified Registered Anaesthetists have suspended their nationwide strike. The suspension of the strike is expected to take effect on Thursday, 6th February 2020. The suspension, according to the Association follows a “fruitful deliberation and goodwill shown by stakeholders and the leadership of the union in a …

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Nigeria’s new visa policy to attract foreign talent

Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari has unveiled a new visa policy which he says is intended to attract innovation, specialised skills and knowledge from abroad. The president had last November in Egypt, announced the new visa policy which he described as a “strategic decision to bring down barriers that have hindered …

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Lesotho First Lady Maesaiah Thabane charged with murdering rival

The wife of the prime minister of Lesotho has been formally charged in court with murdering his previous wife. First Lady Maesaiah Thabane has not yet been asked to plead. She surrendered to police on Tuesday for questioning. Prime Minister Thomas Thabane has also been questioned. His estranged wife, Lipolelo …

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Trump acquitted by Senate in impeachment trial

President Donald Trump has been cleared in his impeachment trial, ending a congressional bid to oust him from office that bitterly divided the US. The Senate, run by the president’s fellow Republicans, voted to acquit him 52-48 on charges of abuse of power and by 53-47 on obstruction of Congress. …

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AngloGold to exit South Africa

AngloGold Ashanti is planning to exit its South African concessions as it plans to sell its South African assets on 21 February 2020. Its Chief Executive Officer Kelvin Dushnisky, in an interview at the 2020 Indaba Mining Conference, said it will provide an update on the sale of its South …

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Galamsey: 315 excavators seized; only 127 left – Task force

The leader of the team in charge of monitoring and securing all seized earthmoving and auxiliary equipment used for illegal small-scale mining (galamsey) has revealed that 315 excavators had been seized as of 31 January 2020 but only 127 are left in the central pool in Accra. According to Nana …

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Duffuor, Asiama, 7 others charged over uniBank collapse

A former Finance Minister and founder of uniBank, a former Deputy Governor of the Bank of Ghana and seven others have been charged by an Accra High Court for playing roles leading to the financial sector crisis. Dr. Kwabena Duffuor was charged by the state with 68 counts of Fraudulent …

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Law school mass failure: Parliament calls for remarking

The house of legislature has called on the Ghana Legal Council (GLC) to remark all scripts of failed students in the 2019 Ghana School of Law (GSL) entrance exams. Parliament’s recommendation follows the mass disqualification of over 1,600 law students who sat for the 2019 entrance exam for admission to …

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Taadi missing girls: Suspects charged with murder

A Sekondi High Court on Wednesday 5th January discharged the two Nigerian Suspects in the Takoradi kidnapped girls saga, Sam Udoetuk Wills and John Orji but were quickly re-arrested by the police and charged with murder at the Takoradi District Magistrate Court. This was after the State Attorney, Adeliade Kobiri-Woode, …

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