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IMANI exposes massive conflict of interest at EC

A Vice-President of Policy Think Tank, Imani Center for Policy & Education, has delivered the biggest blow yet to the ongoing discussion on the prudence in spending GHC400 million to compile a new voters’ register by the Electoral Commission (EC) led by Jean Mensah, by exposing a selfish agenda of …

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Akufo-Addo picks nomination forms

President Akufo-Addo’s Special Advisor, Victor Newman has picked presidential nomination forms on his behalf at the New Patriotic Party’s Headquarters in Accra. The President is the first to pick presidential nomination forms since the party opened nominations on January 20. President Akufo-Addo was unable to pick the forms on his own …

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Farmer guns down Surveyor

A 34-year-old Mapping and Surveying apprentice, Thomas Yaw Kyame, has been gunned down by a farmer after mistaking him for a game. The incident occurred at Sikorkor, a farming community near Agavenya in the New Juaben South Municipality of the Eastern Region. The body of the deceased has been retrieved …

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Nigeria mosque attack death toll rises to five

Five people have died from Sunday’s attack at a mosque in Nigeria’s town of Gwoza in the north-eastern Borno state. Two suicide bombers and two victims died on the spot, while a fifth victim died while receiving treatment. Nine other people are being treated for injuries, according to an aid …

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Police rescue four-year-old from kidnappers in Ogun

A four-year-old boy, Hamod Adeniran, has been rescued from three men, who allegedly lured him out of his mother’s shop and abducted him in the Arepo area of Ogun State. PUNCH Metro gathered that the kidnappers were about to board a bus with Hamod at the Arepo bus stop on …

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Buhari orders air strikes against bandits

Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari has ordered air strikes against bandits, kidnappers and cattle rustlers in forested areas bordering three major states in the north and centre of the country. On Saturday gunmen killed 11 people and kidnapped four women during door-to-door attacks in Niger state, reported Sahara Reporters and The …

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Sammy Gyamfi granted bail

A few hours after five officials believed to be from the Bureau of National Investigations arrested the National Communications Officer of the National Democratic Congress, Sammy Gymafi the outspoken stalwart has been granted bail. Sammy Gyamfi was arrested while heading towards his car after participating in a television discussion on Accra-based UTV. …

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GFA set to announce STC as official transport partner

The Ghana Football Association (GFA) are set to sign a deal with State Transport Corporation, STC, as the transportation company to transport referees to designated venues on Match Days. The deal will ensure that match officials are transported to and from all football match venues in a bid to curtail the …

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Chaos at Ayawaso East Municipal assembly

There was a pandemonium at Ayawaso East Municipal assembly Monday following a delay to inaugurate newly-elected assembly members. It comes after suspicion that the municipal chief executive is deliberately frustrating the process to favour new members appointed the flagstaff house. Youth numbering over 200 invaded the Municipal Assembly, demanding for …

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Sammy Gyamfi threatens ‘mass actions’ against EC

Communications Director for the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC), Sammy Gyamfi has threatened “mass actions” against the Electoral Commission. The NDC Communications Director, speaking on Citi FM News, noted that the Inter-Party resistance against the EC’s decision to compile a new voters’ register will soar up and that the group …

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VIDEO: How Kobe Bryant was killed in a helicopter crash

Kobe Bryant died in a helicopter crash in Calabasas Sunday morning alongside her daughter, Gianna Maria-Onore Bryant with three others. A viral video has emerged which capture how the helicopter crashed and landed in the valley. The helicopter caught fire in the air with its engine sputtering before it went …

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Man dies in fire he set to his father’s house

A 50-year-old man has been killed in a fire that ravaged a residential apartment at Achiase, in the Nwabiagya North District of the Ashanti Region. The deceased, identified as Emmanuel Amega, believed to be mentally ill, allegedly set fire to the five-bedroom apartment of his 70-year-old father, Kwame Amega. Preliminary investigations …

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We trusted Shatta Wale but he failed us – CEO of Charter House

The nominations for the 2020 edition of the Vodafone Ghana Music Award (VGMA) have been opened and some sections of music lovers and Ghanaians are calling on the organizers Charter House to recalled Stonebwoy and Shatta Wale into this year’s event after they were indefinitely banned last year. The CEO …

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Ghanaian students in China demand evacuation

Ghanaian students in Wuhan in China, are calling on government to evacuate them from the country since there is an outbreak of coronavirus in the country. According to the Wuhan Chapter President of Ghanaian students, Samson Opoku, the city has been completely locked down for eight days and as a result, …

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UPDATES: Why Sammy Gyamfi was arrested.

The National Communications Officer for the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Sammy Gyamfi has been arrested by the Police. His arrest is in connection with his alleged involvement in forgery and attempts to spread false i information to cause fear and panic. He was picked up at the premises of UTV …

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