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Ramadan: Buhari urges Muslims to exercise discipline, feed the poor

The President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), Friday in Abuja urged the Muslim Ummah nationwide to seek greater personal discipline, which is necessary for the realisation of a great nation. According to a statement signed late Friday by his Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu, Buhari said …

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Terrorists kill seven soldiers in Nigeria

A combined team of soldiers, operatives of the Department of State Services and the police have been deployed in Kaduna to locate and possibly rescue passengers abducted by terrorists, who attacked the Kaduna-Abuja train on Monday. It was learnt that the Federal Government had given the Nigerian Air Force express …

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Price of bread increases to GH¢8

Effective Saturday, April 2, 2022, prices of bread in the Ashanti regional capital, Kumasi, would be increased to GH¢8. A loaf of bread was previously sold at GH¢6. According to bakers that spoke to Adom News, the prices of flour, sugar and other ingredients have increased astronomically. The GH¢2 increment, …

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Africa’s Top 10 teams in latest FIFA World Ranking

Despite missing out on the 2022 Qatar World Cup, Nigeria’s Super Eagles are ahead of Ghana’s Black Stars in the latest FIFA world rankings. The Super Eagles were rated 30th on FIFA’s March rankings, which were revealed on Thursday. Ghana’s Black Stars are ranked 60th in the world, whereas Senegal’s …

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Two jailed 60 years for stealing GH¢380

Two persons have been slapped with a combined jail term of 60 years by an Accra Circuit Court. Unemployed 21-year-old Abdul Rashid Issah and Abubakari Iddrisu who is a 27-year-old mason were found guilty of charges of robbery after they pleaded not guilty to the charges and their case taken …

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Nadia Eke slams Prez Akufo-Addo for meeting Black Stars…

Nadia Eke, a triple jumper from Ghana, has expressed her concern with the men’s senior national team’s apparent preferential treatment in qualifying for the 2022 World Cup. The President, Nana Akufo-Addo, and Vice President, Dr Mahamudu Bawumia, visited the Black Stars players and technical team at the Jubilee House on …

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32 year old man rapes 75 year old grandmother to death in Nigeria

A 32-year-old, Iliya Musa, has allegedly raped a 75-year-old grandmother to death in Adamawa State in Nigeria. SaharaReporters further learnt that the incident happened last Saturday in Maduguva community in the Mubi North Local Government Area. Samuel Adamu, who is the son of the rape victim, said, “The rapist come …

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Dozens feared dead as building under construction collapses

Dozens of people have been feared killed after a one-storey building collapsed in Taraba State. SaharaReporters learnt that the building, which is under construction, was reduced to the ground on Friday with several workers stuck in the rubble. An eyewitness who does not want his name mentioned, said the building …

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LIVESTREAMED: FIFA World Cup draw in Qatar

The draw for the group stage of the World Cup will take place on Friday, April 1 at 12:00 pm ET, at a gala event to be held at the Doha Exhibition and Convention Center in Doha. The draw will determine the composition of the eight groups of four teams …

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Lighting kills four in Ondo community

Four youths have lost their lives in Ago-Dada in Akure North Local Government Area of Ondo State following a lightning strike in the community. The incident was said to have occurred during a rainstorm in the community. A source in the village said the killing of the young boys sparked …

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‘Tamale Interchange’ is a flyover – Civil Engineer

Civil Engineer, Abdular Mahama, has clarified that the edifice recently inaugurated by President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo in the Northern Regional capital, Tamale, is a flyover. According to the engineer, for the road infrastructure (bridge) in Tamale to be an interchange, it must offer the opportunity for road users to switch roads. …

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NHIA officials sacked by Parliament’s Committee on Health

Parliament’s Committee on Health on March 31, 2022, sacked officials of the National Health Insurance Authority (NHIA) after it emerged that less than 10 percent out of a total of over 2billion Ghana cedis collected last year was deposited into the health fund. According to the Ranking Member of the …

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INTERPOL nabs Ghanaian gospel musician in Cotonou

The International Police (INTERPOL) in Cotonou has arrested a Ghanaian gospel musician Jacklin Sarfo Gyamfua aka Ohemaa Jacky who absconded from Ghana whiles on trial for defrauding by false pretenses. She was arrested by INTERPOL, Cotonou when INTERPOL, Accra sent a signal for her arrest and upon that also found …

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