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Niger army base attack kills 25 soldiers

At least 25 soldiers have been killed in a suspected jihadist attack on a military camp along the western border with Mali, Niger’s army says. More than 60 militants were also killed when the army – supported by partners – responded with air power, it says. Last month, 71 soldiers …

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Man kills father over cooked yam

An Ebonyi State Magistrates’ Court sitting in Abakaliki, on Thursday, remanded in a correctional centre a 37-year-old man, Chibueze Iduma, for allegedly killing his father with his walking stick. It was learnt that the suspect and his father, Mr Emmanuel Iduma, had an altercation over a piece of cooked yam …

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VIDEO: 31-acre maize farm of National Best farmer burnt

A 31-acre maize farm belonging to the 2019 National Best maize farmer Mr John Dimah in the Sissala West District of the Upper West Region has been burnt. Mr John Dimah who is still counting his loss, told Tumu-based Radford Fm in an interview monitored by MyNewsGh.com that the incident …

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AU confident of peaceful elections in Ghana

The African Union (AU) is optimistic Ghana will hold a peaceful and successful general election this year. While acknowledging that the contest will be intense and fierce, the AU remained “confident that Ghana will pull it off successfully since we have no doubts about the country’s credentials as far as …

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3 persons confess to stealing from GRA

At the Kpetoe District Court on Wednesday, 8 January 2020, three persons arrested by the Kpetoe District Police for stealing from the Ghana Revenue Authority premises in Kpetoe confessed to the crime. The three, Badawusu Kwadzo James aged 18, Bedu Godsway aged 21 and Agbowali John aged 21, pleaded guilty …

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Sammy Gyamfi ‘curses’ NPP communicators supporting Hawa Koomson

National Communications Officer of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC), Sammy Gyamfi has criticized communicators of the ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP) who are backing some comments made by Hawa Koomson in 2019. The Minister for Special Development Initiative, Mavis Hawa Koomson, while she was being interviewed about the delay …

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Former Chief of Defence Staff Quashie is dead

A former Chief of the Defence Staff (CDS), Vice-Admiral Matthew Quashie, passed away in the wee hours of Thursday. According to a senior military officer who disclosed the news to the Daily Graphic on condition of anonymity, Vice-Admiral Quashie passed away at the 37 Military Hospital, where he had been …

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Bawumia leaves Ghana for US

Vice President Alhaji Dr Mahamudu Bawumia left Accra on Thursday night for the United States of America (USA). Vice President Bawumia will be in Texas, to be precise. A statement issued by the Director Communications at his office, Frank Agyei-Twum, said the vice president will “undertake a number of official …

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GFA reacts to GBC’s statement on TV rights

The Ghana Football Association (GFA) has taken note of a statement by the Ghana Broadcasting Corporation (GBC) on the Television Broadcast Rights granted to StarTimes by the GFA, at the end of the bidding process. The GFA is shocked by the deliberate misinformation in the statement and wishes to respond …

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JB Danquah killer attempted to stab Prison officer

Daniel Asiedu, the suspect being held for the murder of J. B. Danquah Adu, former Member of Parliament for Abuakwa North has allegedly attempted to stab a senior Prison officer with an object after his mobile phone was seized in prison. Asiedu aka Sexy Dondon had told the High Court …

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Parents point fingers at hospital over stolen newborn

A heavily pregnant Ms Victoria Zubeida walked into Mikindani Medical Centre in Jomvu on Sunday evening after experiencing excruciating labour pangs. At 11pm, she successfully delivered a baby boy. However, doctors admitted the infant, saying he had developed complications. On Tuesday, around 4pm, Ms Zubeida, 25, met another expectant woman …

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South African woman found hacked to death in house fire

Police in South Africa have found a woman hacked to death in the remnants of a house fire in what they suspect was a dispute with her husband. The police suspect that Phillip Mafalo killed his wife Magdeline Mpana Mahlokwane and then set their vehicle on fire before dousing himself …

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Cosmetics hidden in fake baby: Uganda busts smuggler from DRC

The Ugandan Revenue Authority, URA, on Wednesday (January 8) recorded a marvelous bust as a woman attempted to smuggle a baby full of banned cosmetics into the country. The baby in question was actually just the dress filled with cosmetic products and strapped to the back of the woman. URA …

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Two suspects arraigned for burning teacher to death

Police in Mutitu, Kitui East, are investigating the circumstances under which a teacher was burnt to death following protests at a school. Mr Wambua Mwangangi and Mr Chris Kyalo Muli were arraigned on Thursday over the killing of Ms Daisy Mbaluka Mbathe, who taught at Ndooni Primary School. It was …

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Stop the ‘stupid’ election predictions – Senyo Hosi to prophets

Senyo Hosi, Chief Executive Officer(CEO) of Chamber of Bulk Oil Distributors(CBOD), has reacted angrily to prophecies by some popular Ghanaian prophets on which of Ghana’s two major political parties will win the 2020 elections, describing the prophecies as the “stupidity of election predictions.” The accomplished businessman is wondering why the …

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