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Couple busted for shoplifting at Legon Shell Shop

A man and a woman, both in their 50s, were arrested on Friday, 26 July 2019 by the Legon police command for attempting to steal from a Shell fuel station at Legon, Accra.Class News’ Jonas Ofori Yeboah, who was at the scene when the incident happened, reported that the shop …

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Hearts of Oak to part ways with Benjamin Mensah

Accra Hearts of Oak are set to part ways with their second choice goalkeeper Benjamin Mensah. Footballmadeinghana.com understands the Phobians will part ways with the former New Edubiase goalkeeper in the coming days as Kim Grant look to make changes at the goalkeeping departments of the club. According to our …

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4 dead, others injured in gory accident

Four women have been confirmed dead, with 10 other passengers injured after the bus they were travelling in got involved in an accident around Koluedor in the Ada West District of the Greater Accra Region. The accident occurred on the Tema-Aflao Highway. The bodies have been deposited at the Bator …

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NAM1 granted GHS1bn bail

The embattled Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of gold dealership firm, Menzgold Ghana Limited, Nana Appiah Mensah (NAM1), has been admitted to a GHS1-billion bail bond by an Accra Circuit Court on Friday, 26 July 2019.He is to provide five sureties.Earlier, aggrieved customers of the now-defunct firm stormed the court with …

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BREAKING: Court approves historic R5bn settlement in silicosis saga

The Gauteng High Court in Johannesburg has approved the historic R5bn settlement agreement in the lengthy silicosis case. Judge Leoni Windell found that “all the parties made an effort to ensure that the settlement agreement is reasonable, adequate and fair.” “The terms of the settlement agreement demonstrate that they succeeded …

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Vigilantism Bill finally passed into law

The Vigilantism and Related Offences Bill, 2019 has finally been passed by Parliament after corrections were effected on Clause 7 (3) of the Bill. Parliament first passed the bill last Monday, but it rescinded the passage following a motion moved by the Majority Leader, Mr Osei Kyei-Mensah-Bonsu, that the sentencing …

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Libya recovering bodies of drowned migrants

The authorities in Libya are still recovering the bodies of those who drowned after their boat sunk in the Mediterranean Sea, UN refugee agency (UNHCR) spokesperson Tarik Argaz told the BBC’s Newsday programme. He added that, according to some survivors, there were between 250 and 300 migrants and refugees on board …

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Scores of customers of defunct Menzgold have amassed at the premises of the Accra Circuit Court in anticipation of the trial of the Chief Executive Officer of the company, Nana Appiah Mensah, alias NAM1. NAM1 is said to have defrauded 16,000 people of GH¢1.68billion on the name of investing their …

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Navrongo: Police intercepts 2k bags of diverted PFJ fertiliser

The Kasena-Nankana Municipal Police command in the Upper East Region has impounded two truckloads of subsidised fertiliser meant for the government’s flagship Planting for Food and Jobs programme.The first of the two trucks with registration numbers GT 2981-09 and AS 928- 13, each loaded with 1,000 bags of the diverted …

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Ghanaian women explain why they cheat on their partners

A group of women on Twitter have revealed anonymously why they cheat on their partners. A Twitter user with handle @zubaidah_x did a poll where she wanted to find out from the ladies if they were cheating on their partners. 40% of the women said no, 11% said yes with …

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‘I’m waiting for Sarkodie to advice me again’– Shatta Wale

Ghanaian dancehall artiste, Shatta Wale in a recent interview with Empire radio has indicated that he wants Ghana’s ‘Artiste of the Decade’, Sarkodie to ‘ADVICE’ him again. It can be recalled that Sarkodie did a track for Shatta Wale somewhere last year dubbed ‘ADVICE’ where Sarkodie gave Shatta Wale a …

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Lilwin identifies why Ghana Movie Industry is Dying

Movie actor, Lilwin believes that Ghanaians should not blame the failure of the movie industry on the insults used in the movies. According to him, the movie industry is suffering because it does not get the needed support from stakeholders. He mentioned that some producers have to take loans to …

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Extend gas to areas with mineral deposits – Akufo-Addo

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has urged the Ghana National Gas Company (Ghana Gas) to ensure that gas transmission is extended to parts of the country with significant mineral deposits. He said when that was done, it would help develop the country’s mining sector and enhance its transformational agenda through …

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Fake pastor jailed 10 years for fraud

Thirty-year-old self-acclaimed pastor, Isaac Kofi, has been jailed 10 years by the Ashaiman circuit court for defrauding by false pretence. Prosecuting, Assistant Superintendent of Police (ASP) Ahenkorah Afrifa, Ashaiman divisional police command, told the court that, the accused was arrested on 09/07/2019 from his hideout after series of complaints were …

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Cuba to train 40 Zongo medical students yearly

The Government of Cuba has accepted to train 40 brilliant but needy medical students a year from Zongo, inner city and other deprived communities in Ghana. This follows a proposal by Vice President, Dr Mahamudu Bawumia, to the Government of Cuba to extend the special arrangement between the two countries …

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Second-year SHS students to remain on double-track

The government has announced that second-year senior high school (SHS) students will remain on the double-track system when the next academic year begins in September this year. The announcement follows the delay in the execution of the additional projects being embarked on by schools operating the double-track system in the …

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Scores feared drowned in shipwreck off Libya

Up to 150 people may have drowned in a shipwreck off the coast of Libya, the UN refugee agency says. A further 150 people were rescued by fishermen and returned to Libya by coastguards, the UNHCR said. It is not clear if the migrants were on one or two boats …

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The US federal government is to resume executing death-row inmates after nearly two decades without an execution, the justice department said.Attorney General William Barr directed the Bureau of Prisons (BOP) to schedule the executions of five inmates convicted of murder and other crimes.Mr Barr said the five had been convicted …

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Akufo-Addo launches Community Mining programme

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, on Wednesday, 25 July 2019, launched the Community Mining Programme at Wassa Akropong in the Western Region.The Community Mining Programme is aimed at formalising mining in selected communities across the country.With, at least, one community mine expected to be set up in each of the …

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