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Newborn baby’s body found dumped in Cape Town CBD

The body of a newborn baby has been found dumped in broad daylight in a busy street of Cape Town’s city centre. Police spokesperson Sergeant Wesley Twigg confirmed that the body was found on Wednesday in Plein Street near Parliament. “A concealment of birth case was registered for investigation. The investigation …

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Check out pictures from Jackie Appiah’s graduation

School isn’t a place for the faint of heart especially if one stayed home for more than 20 years just so they could go back to bag a degree. It was a beautiful day for Ghanaian actress Jackie Appiah who graduated from the University of Ghana with a bachelor’s degree in Political …

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Arsenal fans hail Thomas Partey for performance against Wolves

Arsenal fans across the world are drooling over the performance of Ghanaian midfielder Thomas Partey in their dramatic 2-1 victory over Wolves in the English Premier League. The Ghanaian midfielder was at his majestic best in executing his role as the connection between the Arsenal defence and the attack. Partey …

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Chris Hughton breaks silence on Black Stars appointment

Newly-appointed Black Stars Technical Advisor, Chris Hughton has revealed what informed his decision to accept his role in the Black Stars. In his first interview since his Black Stars appointment, the coach disclosed that his new role in Ghana is to advice the interim head coach, Otto Addo. According to him, his father’s connection to Ghana …

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Police cancel invitation to Nigel Gaisie over ‘Umuofia’ prophecies

The Ghana Police Service has reportedly cancelled an invitation extended to the founder and leader of the Prophetic Hill Chapel, Prophet Nigel Gaisie. It will be recalled that GhanaWeb on February 23 reported that Prophet Nigel Gaisie had received an invitation from the Criminal Investigations Department of the Ghana Police Service. The invitation by the police according to GhanaWeb sources …

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Why Adwoa Safo is still on leave

There have been calls for the governing NPP to make the Dome-Kwabenya seat vacant so that a by-election can be held to elect a new Member of Parliament. This according to some NPP supporters will allow for Parliamentary business to continue since absentee MP for the area, Sarah Adwoa Safo is impeding progress. Adwoa …

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EOCO alert! These two companies are ponzi schemes

The Economic and Organised Crime Office (EOCO) is cautioning the general public to desist from investing and patronising services of Royal Gardens Network and Hubtel Mobile Money Lending. According to the state’s organised crime-combatting agency, its checks have established that the two firms are registered neither with the Bank of …

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Explosions in Kyiv on second day of Russian attack

Ukraine’s capital Kyiv was rocked by several explosions early Friday on the second day of Russia’s military intervention in the country. The series of blasts were heard at 4.20 am local time (0220GMT). On Thursday, similar explosions occurred in the cities of Kharkov, Kramatorsk, Mariupol, Mykolaiv and the port city …

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Evacuate Ghanaians stranded in Ukraine – Parliament to Govt

Parliament has tasked the government to ensure the immediate evacuation of Ghanaian students currently stranded in Ukraine. Russia has invaded some territories in Ukraine under rebel control. The development led to the shelling of Ukraine. Some Ghana students who spoke to Starr News appealed to the government for their evacuation. …

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Komenda group welcomes new date for operationalisation of sugar factory

A pressure group calling itself, Fix Komenda Sugar Factory in the Central Region has welcomed the decision by President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo to operationalize the dormant sugar-producing factory after six years. The pressure group over the years has been pushing for the operationalization of the multi-million-dollar sugar factory built …

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Hushpuppi is not dead – Kemi Olunloyo

Nigerian investigative journalist Kemi Olunloyo has come out to clarify her tweet yesterday suggesting that the Hushpuppi is dead. The controversial journalist yesterday posted on her timeline that someone who she referred to as “The boy” had died. According to her, the news about the person’s death wouldn’t be made …

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Zionfelix renders apology over tribalistic comments

Ghanaian blogger, Felix Adomako, popularly known as ‘Zionfelix’ has issued an apology for his tribalistic comments while interviewing UK-based Ghanaian sound engineer, Nektunez. Zionfelix had been lambasted on social media for grilling Nektunez, who hails from the Volta region, over the latter’s inability to speak the local Akan language. The …

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Nigeria offers to evacuate its citizens from Ukraine

The government of Nigeria says it will evacuate its citizens who wish to leave Ukraine as soon as airports are re-opened in the country. In a statement, Nigeria’s foreign ministry says the West African country “has received with surprise” the reports of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. A spokeswoman for the …

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Nigeria to ban money rituals, smoking in Nollywood movies

Nigeria’s Federal Government has ordered filmmakers to take out money ritual content from their movies. Information and Culture minister, Lai Mohammed who announced this on Monday during a media visit in Abuja said some of the suspected ritual killers claim they learnt the act of ritual killings on social media …

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PHOTOS: Celebs who went back to school after getting famous

There’s never an age too old for school, as some people have proven to the younger generation who for one or several reasons missed the chance to make it to tertiary. When you’re a celebrity juggling a schedule filled with filming, travelling, interviews and other celebrity duties, it can be …

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