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Woman stabs her 74-year-old grandmother over fish

A Kenyan woman who was arraigned for stabbing her 74-year-old grandmother in the stomach after a quarrel over a piece of uncooked fish, has pleaded guilty to charges of causing grievous bodily harm.   The suspect identified as Binti Asma Juma, was arraigned before Mombasa Chief magistrate Martha Mutuku, on charges …

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Girl, 7, attacked by deadly viper

  A seven-year-old girl who was grabbing hold of a banana was bitten by a venomous snake.   The bothrops jararaca is Brazil’s fourth most dangerous snake with its venom capable of inflicting necrosis and limb loss,   At around 6.30am on Thursday, Dec. 1, a girl woke up at …

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Mandatory debt exchange programme would be illegal – Attorney-General

The Attorney-General, Godfred Yeboah Dame has in a legal opinion indicated that a mandatory Debt Exchange programme would be illegal. Finance Minister Ken Ofori-Atta on Monday announced domestic bondholders with the exception of Treasury bill holders will be affected by the debt exchange program. Per the arrangement, bondholders will get 0% interest …

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Driver jailed for bribing police officer with Ghc 5

Many commercial drivers have normalized, if not justified bribing police officers to get away with committing road traffic offences. A taxi driver, David Ayensu who worked at Tudu in Accra was part of the unlucky few that got hooked by the law after bribing a police officer with the Motor …

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Parliament approves 2023 budget

Parliament on Tuesday, December 6, 2022, approved the Budget and Economic Statement for Ghana for the 2023 financial year. According to 3news.com, the budget was approved by the House after the conclusion of the debate on it by Members of Parliament. The leader of the minority caucus of the House, …

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Moody’s downgrades GCB Bank to Caa3 from Caa2

International ratings agency, Moody’s has downgraded GCB Bank PLC’s (GCB Bank) global long-term local currency deposit ratings to Caa3 from Caa2. Moody’s investors also downgraded the bank’s long-term foreign currency deposit ratings to Ca from Caa2, its long-term Counterparty Risk Ratings (CRRs) to Caa3 from Caa2, its long-term Counterparty Risk …

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Don’t Criticise People Who Give Thanks To God! —Bishop Saah Warns

As the annual thanksgiving service of the Jospong Group of Companies (JGC) and Zoomlion Ghana Limited (ZGL) gathers momentum, the Presiding Bishop of the Action Chapel International, Adentan, Bishop James Saah, has cautioned against criticising someone’s thanksgiving to God. This, he warned, could spell doom for the one doing the …

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Four coaches who could replace Otto Addo at Black Stars

Black Stars coach, Otto Addo has left his role as the Black Stars head coach following Ghana’s group stage exit from the 2022 FIFA World Cup. The German trained gaffer said he would love to continue his career in Germany in the long run. “Me & my family are happy …

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Hearts, Kotoko to earn $380,000 after Black Stars World Cup exit

Ghana Premier League giants, Accra Hearts of Oak and Asante Kotoko are set to receive $380,000 windfall following Daniel Afriyie Barnieh and Danlad Ibrahim’s involvement in the 2022 FIFA World Cup. Hearts and Kotoko will earn $190,000 each as part of the FIFA Club Benefits Programme, beneficial monies rewarded to …

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Revealed: Nigerians transported armed robbery to Ghana

Even though there was violence everywhere in the 1980s and 1990s, armed robberies in Ghana were extremely rare. Although I drove a cab and a trotro in Accra and Cape Coast, I never encountered any armed robbers there. It was after traveling from Ghana to Nigeria in the early 1980s, …

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Agric Minister Begins Tour of Northern Ghana

The Minister of Food and Agriculture (MoFA), Dr. Owusu Afriyie Akoto, is currently touring northern Ghana. The visit, which is the last leg of the minister’s regional working tour embarked upon early this year, will take him to Upper West, Upper East, North East, Savannah and Northern regions. It follows …

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Afro Arab Microfinance Grabs Best Customer Service Award

Afro Arab Microfinance, A subsidiary of the Afro Arab Group has been awarded as the Customer Service Focused Microfinance Company of the year 2022-23. The awards ceremony which was held at the Accra City Hotel saw stakeholders from the financial, tourism, education, and business industry gracing the event. The General …

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Nana Tonardo goes after A Plus

Emil Wood, popularly known as Nana Tonardo, has slammed Kwame A Plus for criticizing the court’s judgement in which some UTV panelists including himself were fined GHC65,000 each. On December 1, 2022, the court slapped UTV’s United Showbiz host, Nana Ama Mcbrown, and some panelists including Kwame A Plus and Mr. Logic an amount …

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PHOTOS: Meet Jackie Appiah’s mother

Ghanaian actress Jackie Appiah, on her birthday, has travelled back to her roots to give back to society and spend time with the people of her hometown. In several videos shared on blogger Nkonkonsa’s page on Instagram, the birthday celebration, held at Ejisu Abankuro in the Ashanti Region, also captured …

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