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Russia request to suspend Fifa ban for World Cup play-offs rejected

Russia’s request to suspend their ban from competing in the World Cup play-offs has been rejected by the Court of Arbitration for Sport. Fifa suspended Russian national teams from all competitions in February following the invasion of Ukraine. Russia appealed against the decision and wanted to be allowed to play until the …

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Teenage ‘preacher’ jailed 7 years for defilement

A Cape Court Circuit ‘1’on Friday, March 18, 2022, has sentenced a 19-year-old Prophet to seven years imprisonment, for defiling a 13-year-old girl Junior High School pupil at Assin Breku, in the Assin North District of the Central Region. The convict, Gideon Adarkwa, a prophet at True Faith Church, pleaded …

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Man burns ex-lover’s home and kills her sibling, 5,

A Gauteng man who set his former lover’s home alight and killed her five-year-old sibling in the process, has been sentenced to life in prison. Tebogo Daniel Maphopho was sentenced in the Gauteng High Court in Johannesburg on Thursday after he was convicted for arson, murder, and attempted murder. The …

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Squatters on Tema General Hospital premises endanger staff, patients

Squatters have invaded the premises of the Tema General Hospital, posing danger to residing medical staff and patients at the facility. There have been several reports of robbery attacks on the hospital premises, which the Tema Metropolitan Assembly (TMA) believed were linked to the squatters; Mr Yohane Amarh Ashitey, the …

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Posterity will judge you – Afenyo-Markin fumes at Minority

The Deputy Majority Leader Alexander Afenyo-Markin has told the Minority Members of Parliament that posterity will judge them over their decision to shoot down loan agreements in the Chamber following the recent Supreme Court ruling on voting rights for deputy speakers. “Mr. Speaker when we sit here, we communicate among …

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VIDEO: Man fined GH₵1,200 for careless driving on Suhum interchange

A driver has been convicted for dangerous, careless and inconsiderate driving on the Accra- Kumasi highway (N6) at the Suhum interchange approach. The convict was arrested on Tuesday, 15th March 2022, for dangerous, careless and inconsiderate driving, failing to comply with road traffic sign to wit ‘road marking’, and was …

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NPP can never break the eight – Vim Lady envisages

Radio and Television personality Afia Pokuaa popularly called Vim Lady has insisted that the New Patriotic Party(NPP) can never break the eight. She argues that it will take magic to change this considering recent happenings in the country and Ghana’s electoral history. “With the breaking the eight, after my analysis …

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The “Wanderer’s Poems” authored by Daniel Owusu Koranteng

The “Wanderer’s Poems” is an anthology of twenty-Five Poems that relate to the changing scenes of my life, my deepest convictions which had been sharpened by my life experiences and thoughts. Whilst growing up, I have reflected on the exploitation of our rich natural resources by foreign interests and our …

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Sex workers go digital, form WhatsApp groups

Commercial sex workers in Tana River County, Kenya, have elected to digitise their business by forming WhatsApp groups led by various veterans in the trade. According to Nairobi News, the sex workers said they were yet to recover from the effects of Covid-19 despite the lifting of regulations by the government, …

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Denkyira: Two pregnant women killed in Galamsey pit collapse

Two pregnant women allegedly engaged in illegal mining also known as galamsey have died in a galamsey pit at Denkyira-Ayanfuri in the Central Region. According to residents, the incident happened on Thursday 17th March 2022 at around 12:30 AM. The names of the two deceased, aged 35 and 25, are …

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VGMA23 nominees announcement!! who gets nominated!!!

A few weeks ago, a call was made to all artiste, music producers, beatmakers, and instrumentalists to submit their works released between January 1st and December 31st, 2021. The VGMA board and the research team, have been at work, reviewing over 1000 submissions, to ensure the most qualified make it …

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Torrential rain rips off roof of Bekwai SHS

Torrential rains in Bekwai in the Ashanti Region have ripped off the roof of some schools in the area. The rains, which lasted for hours on Thursday, 17 March 2022, caused an interruption in power supply, leaving the town in darkness. The roof of some classrooms at the Bekwai Senior …

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Chris Hughton arrives in Ghana for Nigeria games

The Technical Advisor of the Black Stars Chris Hughton is reported to have arrived in Ghana ahead of the games against Nigeria in the 2022 World Cup playoffs. According to a report by footballghana.com, the Irish-born Ghanaian coach arrived in Ghana on Friday making him the first among Ghana’s foreign-based technical team …

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