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Police probe church shooting that injured five worshippers

Four gunmen stormed a church and opened fire on worshippers during an Easter service Saturday dawn, local police have confirmed. The incident occured at the Heaven Embassy Chapel International located in the Atwima Kwanwoma District town of Afrancho near the Ashanti Regional capital Kumasi. A patrol team from the Foase …

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Boat capsizes on Volta Lake, 40 feared dead

Some 40 people are feared dead on the Volta Lake after a boat carrying them capsized due to a storm. The boat was travelling across the Lake from Tongor-Dzemeni in the South Dayi District of the Volta Region to Havorkope in the Kwahu Afram Plains North District of the Eastern …

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How can Bawumia succeed Akufo-Addo – Alan boy takes on Ofori-Atta

Abraham Boadi, former Presiding Member of the Kumasi Metropolitan Assembly, KMA, has questioned the grounds on which Finance Minister, Ken Ofori-Atta, said Vice President Mahamudu Bawumia was a perfect successor to President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo. According to Boadi, Ofori-Atta did not give any justification for his comments after the April 7 State …

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Four on bail over GHC2,100,000 attempted bank fraud

An Accra Circuit Court has granted GHC6 million bail with three sureties to Stephen Arthur over an alleged attempt to defraud Fidelity Bank Limited of GHC2,100,000 belonging to customers. One of the sureties, the court ordered, should be justified with landed property. Three of his accomplices: Nicholas Gyekye, Ahmed Ansah …

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Give us shoe factory—Tema Cobblers to government

Cobblers in the Tema Metropolis have called on the government to establish a shoe factory in their enclave for the teeming youth to venture into shoemaking as a means of employment. They told the Ghana News Agency in an interview in Tema that scores of shoemakers had acquired the necessary …

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Managing the economy is not about speaking well – Economist

International Economist, Dr. Julius Kattah has asserted that no amount of economic gymnastics will change the fact that Ghana is faced with a serious economic crisis. Speaking on Nyankonton Mu Nsem on Rainbow Radio 87.5FM in a recent interview, he noted that the government must take note of the challenges …

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Here are Africa’s Top 20 club sides – IFFHS report

North Africa dominated the latest list of top 20 African teams as released by the International Federation for Football History and Statistics(IFFHS) from 1st April 2021 – 31th March 2022. Egyptian giants and reigning  CAF Champions League holders, Al Ahly, top IFFHS 2022 African Clubs Ranking. Whiles  North African sides …

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Accra Hearts of Oak to lose three players

Accra Hearts of Oak SC are closed to losing three of their top stars in the coming weeks after break in negotiations, 442gh.com exclusively reports. The capital based side endured a checkered form in their title defense and are now confined to building a new empire with some known faces closer …

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Five shot as gunmen attack church during Easter service

At least five people sustained gunshot wounds when gunmen stormed a church and opened fire on worshippers Saturday dawn. The incident occurred at the Heaven Embassy Chapel International located at Atwima Afrancho in the Ashanti Region. According to eyewitnesses the suspected robbers wore masks and wielded locally manufactured guns. “They …

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Five persons perish in accident, five in critical condition

Five electrical engineers working with Budic Engineering Works Limited have been confirmed dead in an accident on the Wulugu-Bolgatanga road in the West Mamprusi Municipality of the North East Region. The incident happened between the hours of 11 AM and 12Noon on Saturday, April 16, 2022) after a KIA Rhyno …

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Assin North MP files motion for ‘relistment’, Stay of Execution

The Embattled Member of Parliament for the Assin North Constituency James Gyakye Quayson has filed two motions at the Cape Coast Court of Appeal including seeking for “relistment” of his appeal. The other motion is also seeking for a Stay of Execution of the High Court judgement on July 28, 2021. The Court of …

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Bishop Dag Heward-Mills’ first post after son’s death

Founder of the Lighthouse Chapel, Bishop Dag Heward-Mills lost his first son on Good Friday after a short illness. The news which emerged on the evening of Friday, April 15, 2022, has since attracted a lot of reactions from sections of the public who have shared their love with the family and …

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Easter celebration: Robbers attack church, run away with offering

A church (name withheld), located at Atwima Afrancho in the Ashanti Region has been attacked by armed robbers on Easter Friday. The robbers, while carrying out their operation injured about 5 people including 3 children. According to a TV3 report, the armed robbers bolted with the church offertory after completing …

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