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Gunshots heard at NAM1 residence as scores picket for paymen

More than 100 irate customers of the defunct gold dealership firm, Menzgold Ghana Limited have massed up at the Trassaco home of the CEO Nana Appiah Mensah (NAM1). The customers from Accra, Tarkwa and Kumasi have served notice that they will sleep at the premises of the house until they …

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A/R: Subin NDC parliamentary candidate died

The National Democratic Congress (NDC) Parliamentary Candidate for the Subin Constituency in the Ashanti Region, Lingford Owoo, popularly known as CD has passed on. Lingford Owoo died at his residence Adankwame in the Ashanti Region at about 12:00 am on Wednesday January 8, 2020 after a short illness. Family sources that spoke to otecfmghana.com on …

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Farmer who impregnated daughter commits suicide in police cell

A 42-year-old farmer, Yaw Tawiah who was suspected of impregnating his stepdaughter at Ntonso, a farming community near Sankore in the Asunafo South District of the Ahafo region has died in police custody, MyNewsGh.com reports. Police say he hanged himself in the toilet inside the cells of the Sankore Police …

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No Ghanaian player in 2019 CAF Best XI

No Ghanaian player was named in the 2019 African Best XI released by CAF on Tuesday in Cairo. Also known as the FIFpro Africa Best XI, the squad was chosen by the players. Senegal dominate the list with three players Kalidou Koulibaly, Idrissa Gana Gueye and Sadio Mane- who was …

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Iran attack: US troops targeted with ballistic missiles

Iran has carried out a ballistic missile attack on air bases housing US forces in Iraq, in retaliation for the US killing of General Qasem Soleimani. More than a dozen missiles launched from Iran struck two air bases in Irbil and Al Asad, west of Baghdad. It is unclear if …

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Japan tops 2020 list of world’s most powerful passports

What’s the travel document that opens more doors around the world than any other? It’s a Japanese passport. The Henley Passport Index, which periodically measures the world’s most travel-friendly passports, has released its first report of the new decade. Japan is now top of the leaderboard, offering visa-free or visa-on-arrival access …

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Akufo-Addo wants to use ambulance as campaign message – NDC

The opposition NDC has accused the Akufo-Addo government of seeking to make political gains with the distribution of the ambulances. According to the NDC, the ruling party intends releasing the vehicles when elections are near so they can use as a campaign tool. The distribution of the ambulance has become …

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Ghana Card: 5 arrested for registration malpractices

Four officials of the National Identification Authority (NIA) and one other person have been arrested by the police for engaging in various registration offences and malpractices during the ongoing mass Ghana card registration exercise being conducted in the Ashanti Region by the NIA. The arrests, which occurred between 3rd and …

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Takoradi Port Traffic Increases

The Takoradi Port recorded an increase in port traffic from 8.2 million metric tons (mt) in 2018 to 9.9 million mt in 2019, representing an increase of 21 per cent in total port traffic. It also registered an increase of 43 per cent in exports. The port however, recorded 13 per …

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Qasem Soleimani: Trump says US killed ‘a monster’

President Donald Trump has said the US killing of Iranian commander Qasem Soleimani saved a lot of lives, calling him a “monster”. Mr Trump said Soleimani “was planning a big attack” when he was killed in a US drone strike in Baghdad last Friday. But Mr Trump appeared to draw …

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Counselor Lutterodt gives couples twerking & s3x tutorials (video)

Renowned marriage and relationship counsellor, George Lutterodt, has been spotted in a viral video giving twerking and s#x tutorials. In a video sighted by Gossips24.com, the controversial counsellor is seen describing the s#x position to an audience. One can see a lady wearing only lingerie in the video as she …

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BREAKING: Man Commits Suicide Over ‘Unsuccessful Bets’

OccupyGh.com has stumbled on a sad story of a 27-year-old man identified as Meshack Keith Bwisa, has been found dead after being declared missing since December 25. The deceased said to be an employee of the Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA) — registry department — in Kakamega, was found after his relatives …

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Mane wins best African Player award

Senegalese and Liverpool mercurial player Sadio Mane has won the 2019 African Player of the Year award. He won the prestigious award for the first time in a ceremony held in Cairo this evening. Mane beat compatriot and club mate Mohammed Salah of Egypt-winner in 2017 and 2018 and Algerian …

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GES to publish performances of second cycle schools – Dr. Adutwum

Deputy Minister of Education, Dr. Yaw Osei Adutwum has revealed that his outfit would soon be publishing the performances of second cycle schools to the public. Speaking at an education forum on the theme, ‘Ghana’s transformation agenda on education, basic and Secondary’, Dr. Osei Adutwum said the objective is for …

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Unexplained wealth to be criminalised – Special Prosecutor

As part of its anti-corruption programme this year, the Office of the Special Prosecutor is pushing the agenda for the criminalisation of unexplained wealth. When successful, it will lead to the amendment of the Special Prosecutor’s law to place the burden of proof on public servants and private individuals to …

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200 NPP supporters defect to NDC at Singa/Daboya

About 200 members of the governing New Patriotic Party (NPP) in the Daboya- Mankarigu Constituency of the Savanah Region have defected to the main opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC). Enumerating their reasons for defecting to the NDC, the defectors said their community is lagging behind in development after voting massively …

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Fire consumes 17 stores, Bible escapes unscathed

Fire has ravaged 17 stores – 15 of them made of freight containers and the other two built from traditional materials – at Asokwa Tunsuom in the Bekwai municipality of the Ashanti Region. The inferno started around 6 p.m. on Monday, 6 January 2020 and destroyed properties worth thousands of …

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Anin Yeboah sworn-in as 14th Chief Justice of Ghana

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has sworn into office the 14th Chief Justice of the Republic of Ghana, Justice Anin Yeboah, marking the beginning of a new era in the history of the Judiciary. Addressing the investiture ceremony of the Chief Justice of the Republic at the Jubilee House, after …

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