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VIDEO: Bukom Banku drops ‘hit’ song for John Mahama

Even before the country gears up into full swing electioneering mode for the 2024 elections, some celebrities are gradually coming out of their shells to throw their weight behind their preferred candidate. Such is the case of controversial Ghanaian boxer Braimah Kamoko, popularly known as Bukom Banku. In a seeming declaration …

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World Bank recommends policy reforms to enhance Ghana’s trade flows

The World Bank says that additional policy reforms in investment and trade facilitation can further enhance trade flows between Ghana and the rest of the sub-region. In its Ghana Trade Competitiveness Diagnostics report, it urged the Government to among other things, take either administrative or regulatory steps to reduce port …

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US to drop COVID-19 test requirement for air travellers

The US will no longer require air travellers to have proof of a negative Covid-19 test before entering the country from abroad. Officials said they were dropping the requirement due to the “tremendous progress” the country had made in the fight against the virus. The travel industry has been pushing …

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Meet the 13-member Board of Trustees of National Cathedral

One of the top priorities of the Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo’s government is the building of a 5,000-seater Cathedral in fulfilment of a pledge made by the President to God before winning the 2016 elections. According to the President, the construction of the National Cathedral is pivotal to the development …

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22 Assembly Members In Bosome Freho want DCE Dismissed

About twenty – two (22) Assembly Members in Bosome Freho constituencies of the Ashanti Region are calling for the removal of the District Chief Executive (DCE) for Bosome Freho, Hon. Yaw Danso to avert any disaster and confusion in the constituency. According to them, tension is already boiling in the …

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UK Parliament invites MPs in Ghana for a meeting over anti-gay bill

UK Parliament has invited members of the Constitutional, Legal and Parliamentary Affairs Committee of Ghana’s Parliament to a meeting over the anti-gay bill, Chair of the Committee, Kwame Anyimadu-Antwi, has revealed. He told TV3 in an exclusive interview that the lawmakers will be leaving Kotoka International Airport (KIA) on Sunday June 12 and then walk into the …

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12 soldiers discharged, four in stable condition after accident

Twelve out of the 16 military personnel who sustained various degrees of injuries after being involved in a road crash along the Suhum – Anum Apapam Road, have been discharged. The remaining four are in a stable condition and responding to treatment. A statement signed by Naval Captain M.A Larbi, …

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Zebilla: Military truck kills one, injures many

One person has been killed with others injured after a military truck rammed into shops and containers in Zebilla, near the Custom Barrier in the Bawku West District of the Upper East Region. Eyewitnesses told modern Ghana reporter that the truck was on top of a speed from Bolga direction …

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2 killed in Lafon County sectional clashes

At least two people were killed and another injured during sectional clashes between the Ibahure and Lohutok villages of Lafon County, Eastern Equatoria State in South Sudan on Wednesday, local officials said. The youths from Ibahure village are said to have launched an early morning attack on Lomuloro village in …

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Tanzania seeks to reach new record cashew yields target

The government has started distributing subsidised inputs to cashew farmers in its efforts to meet its target of producing 400,000 tonnes in the next season and 700,000 tonnes by 2025. Government aims at increasing the use of sulphur powder, liquid pesticide and motorised sprayers following evidence that increased application of …

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Why Samini was called out on social media

Dancehall musician Samini, on Saturday morning, run to his Twitter platform to name and shame a male security man stationed at the University of Ghana electronic tollbooth. According to the dancehall singer, the young man turned him down, after several attempts to convince him to allow him pass without his …

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