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Black Queens coach Mercy Tagoe defends call-ups

    Black Queens coach Mercy Tagoe-Quarcoo has defended her call-ups for the WAFU Zone B Women’s Cup of Nations tournament in Cote d’Ivoire in May. The ex-international invited 30 players for camping at the Cape Coast Stadium to prepare for their title defence. The Queens tested their readiness for …

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Libyans accuse France of backing Tripoli assault

Hundreds of “yellow vest” protesters demonstrated in the Libyan capital,Tripoli against an offensive by military strongman Khalifa Haftar accusing France of backing him. Wearing the trademark yellow vests of French anti government demonstrators, they flooded the Libyans central Tripoli square to rally in support of the internationally recognised government of …

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Sri Lanka explosions: 137 killed as churches and hotels targeted

At least 137 people have been killed and hundreds more injured in explosions at churches and hotels in Sri Lanka, police and hospital sources say. At least six explosions have been reported. Three churches in Kochchikade, Negombo and Batticaloa were targeted during Easter services. The Shangri La, Cinnamon Grand and …

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Fulfil your tax obligations – GRA urges traders

The Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) has called on businessmen and women to regularly file their tax returns. Speaking at a roundtable discussion with the Ghana Electrical Dealers Association in Accra, the Commissioner-General of the Ghana Revenue Authority Mr. Emmanuel Kofi Nti said: “It is time we improved on our tax …

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Mahama has more to offer Ghanaians – Ofosu Kwakye

The former Deputy Minister of Communications, Felix Ofosu Kwakye, has defended Mr Mahama’s decision to run again for president, saying the ex-president has a lot more to offer Ghanaians. Mr Mahama has had a sober reflection of his one term performance and the current situation of Ghana under President Akufo-Addo, …

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No room for hypocrisy on Free SHS – Bawumia

The Vice President, Alhaji Dr Mahamudu Bawumia says there should be no room for hypocrisy on the implementation and beneficiaries of the Free Senior High School Education policy. In jab aimed at former President John Dramani Mahama, the Vice President said the government had no plans to stop the policy. …

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Fire destroys property at Asafo market on Holy Saturday

About a two-hour blaze on Saturday night has caused damage at the Asafo Market in Kumasi, a day after a similar fire at the Central Market. According to Graphic Online’s Kumasi reporter, Daniel Kenu, the fire destroyed mainly the shoemakers arena and some part of the meat marketing shops close …

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8 married women on death sentences at Nsawam Prison

Eight married women are on death sentences at the Nsawam Medium Security Prisons, it has been revealed. The women were behind bars for crimes they committed against their husbands, the Nsawam Medium Security Prisons Chaplain, Chief Superintendent of Prisons, Martin Padi revealed. He made the disclosure when this portal visited …

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Akufo-Addo’s boy accuses Otuam Chief for taking bribe

The Central Regional Vice Chairman of the ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP), Ekow Ewusi has taken a swipe at the Chief of Ekumfi Otuam in the Central Region for exposing the Akufo-Addo led government, describing him as a ‘liar’. As part of Former President John Mahama’s Special tour of some …

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Surgery on eyesight of MoMo merchant attacked with acid begins

The Director of Korle-Bu’ Teaching Hospital’s Reconstructive Plastic Surgery and Burns Centre, Dr Opoku Ware Ampomah, says doctors are working to correct the eyesight of a mobile money merchant who suffered an acid attack. The young lady was attacked by suspected robbers at Gomoah Fetteh in the Central Region. Dr …

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Walewale: Man lynched over locally manufactured pistol

Twenty-Eight (28) year-old Amidu Gotali Ablasi has been lynched by a mob in Moshi Fong a suburb of Walewale in the West Mamprusi District of the North East Region, MyNewsGh.com has confirmed. It is gathered that Gotali who owns a locally manufactured pistol sent it to one Sumaila Amoah to service for …

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Three arrested for illegally selling PDS meters in Kumasi

The Prosecution and Revenue Protection Units of the Power Distribution Services (PDS) in the Ashanti Region have arrested three persons including a middle-aged woman for engaging in the illegal sale of meters in Kumasi. The suspects; Aisha Abubakar, 39, Tampoli Bako, 37, and Paul Asolo, 29 are in custody while …

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Vib-Sanziri death: UN consoles Akufo-Addo, Ghana

The Secretary-General of the United Nations, António Guterres, has consoled the President of the Republic, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, and the entire country, on the sudden death of Major General Francis Vib-Sanziri, the Ghanaian Head of Mission and Force Commander of the United Nations Disengagement Observer Force (UNDOF). In a …

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Police rescue Lebanese Consular from Nigerian Kidnappers

The Ghana Police Service has rescued a Lebanese Consular General and Head of Mission of Estonia to Ghana who was allegedly kidnapped by some Nigerians today, Friday April 19. Mr. Nabil Makram Basbous, 61, was on a walk in his neighborhood at Labone in Accra when he was kidnapped by …

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Mali struggles to disarm ethnic militia suspected of massacre

Shortly after rolling into the central Malian town of Koro to detain a leader of an ethnic militia suspected of massacring about 160 villagers, a pickup truck of army soldiers was swarmed by hostile residents. Video provided to Reuters by a senior member of the Dan Na Ambassagou militia appears …

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