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Suspected Fulani herdsmen hack two to death, injure another

Suspected Fulani herdsmen killed two persons in Zongo Akiki, Makurdi Local Government Area in Benue State. Zongo Akiki is a community located along Nigeria Army School of Military Engineering , NASME, Northbank, Makurdi. It was the first herdsmen attack in the metropolitan council since gunmen launched a blistering attacks on Benue …

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Photos from historic 60th anniversary of Hobgetsotso Festival

This year’s Hobgetsotso Za by the people of the Volta Region was termed historic due to the presence of Asantehene Otumfuo Osei Tutu II and Ga Mantse, King Nii Tackie Teiko Tsuru II, who graced the festival on the invitation of the Awoamefia Togbi Sri III. There was a display of culture …

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Four gunned down in Enchi during shootout with palace guards

Four people have reportedly been killed at Enchi, the capital of Aowin Municipality in the Western North Region. According to information obtained by Ghanaguardian.com, the victims were gunned down after a confrontation with the guards stationed at the Enchi Palace. Ghanaguardian.com gathered that the deceased stormed the palace in the …

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Africa’s oldest President marks 40 years in power

Africa’s oldest president and one of the continent’s longest-serving rulers – President Paul Biya – will mark 40 years in power this weekend. Nationwide commemorative activities have been planned and his supporters are celebrating his achievements. But the 89-year-old’s opponents are lukewarm, calling on him to step down and hand …

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We can’t trust Shatta Wale, investigate him – Starboy Kwarteng

Starboy Kwarteng, the father of late Dancehall songstress, Ebony Reigns, has asserted that award-winning reggae-dancehall artiste Shatta Wale should be investigated as he might have something to do with his daughter’s death. According to him, he’s been disturbed after hearing the allegation but doesn’t want to conclude anything until he has …

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Okafor Emmanuel sentenced to 5 years imprisonment for drug trafficking

Justice Nicholas Oweibo of the Federal High Court in Lagos has convicted and sentenced a former professional footballer, Okafor Emmanuel Junior to five years’ imprisonment for cocaine trafficking.   The judgement was handed down after Emmanuel pleaded guilty to the charge of trafficking in the banned substance made against him by the …

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Five killed in suicide bombing at Somalia military camp

Deadly attack on Mogadishu military training camp comes a week after twin explosions in the city killed at least 116 people. A suicide bomber has detonated his explosives near a military training camp in Somalia, killing at least five people and wounding 11 others, according to the state-run SONNA news …

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VIDEO: Plane plunges into Tanzania’s Lake Victoria

A plane has crashed into a Tanzanian lake early Sunday morning according to multiple local media reports. The incident happened in the Lake Victoria located in Tanzania’s Kagera region. In photos circulating on social media, the plane has plunged into the river with only the tail showing. As part of …

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How Gabby compared Somalia’s currency to the cedi in 2014

In the midst of a depreciating currency, past views of members of the governing New Patriotic Party, NPP, have often become topical. Past social media posts – Twitter and Facebook – on the performance of the Ghana cedi has often been dug up to point to how critical NPP leaders …

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Why Ghana doesn’t really have a fertilizer crisis

There’s been a lot of media brouhaha about the fertilizer crisis in Ghana, focusing on recent huge price increases for inorganic (synthetic) fertilizer. Indeed, the price of inorganic fertilizer in Ghana has gone up about 5-fold in the last two years (and for those lucky enough to receive government-subsidised fertilizer …

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Robbers engage police in a shootout; abandon booty and arms

Four(4) suspected armed robbers have attacked and robbed some residents of Kusanaba in the Bawku West District of the Upper East Region, MyNewsGh.com reports. The suspects according to the Zebilla Police, attacked their victims at the Kusanaba Forest and made away with various sums of money. According to the facts …

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