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Yaw Tog shares his London experience

Ghanaian rapper Thorsten Owusu Gyimah, popularly known as Yaw Tog, has shared how it felt participating in the Ghana Party in the Park festival for the first time. According to him, when his team reached out to him with the news, he was calm and excited because he was expecting …

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Social media critique, mockery trail govt’s GH¢100 Cathedral fundraiser

• Government is urging citizens to contribute financially to the building of a National Cathedral • Netizens are lambasting government over failed priorities • Finance Minister Ken Ofori-Atta says the project will be commissioned on March 6, 2024 Social media reactions have trailed the appeal by government that Ghanaians contribute financially towards …

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PHOTOS: ‘One teacher, One laptop’ distribution begins

The Government has secured laptops to be distributed to teachers under the one-teacher-one-laptop policy. A letter signed by the Deputy Director-General of the Ghana Education Service, Anthony Boateng urged all regional directors to liaise with heads of Senior High Schools in their regions to provide them with a validated list …

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Church members evicted by armed police officers while worshipping

Some church members of the Top Outreach Church International, a breakaway faction of the Global Evangelical Church in Tema Newtown, were left stranded after armed police personnel who were acting on a court order, evicted them while worshipping in Church on Tuesday afternoon. The action by police personnel from the …

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More trouble for NDC’s Assin North MP

•The Central Regional General Secretary of the NPP wants James Quayson prosecuted for perjury •He has petitioned the CID the investigate and prosecute James Quayson •The Cape Coast High Court has ruled that Quayson was not eligible to contest the 2020 elections After losing his seat as the Member of …

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Google workers will need Covid jabs to return to office

Google workers will need to be vaccinated before returning to the office, the US tech giant has said. The policy will begin at its US campuses within weeks and then be rolled out globally for its 144,000 employees. Many firms are weighing up their stances on vaccinations. Publisher Bloomsbury said …

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Facebook warns growth set to slow ‘significantly’

Facebook has warned that it expects revenue growth to slow down “significantly” in the second half of 2021. The tech giant saw revenue rise to $29bn (£21bn) in the three months to 30 June, up from $18.69bn last year. But it said that sales would slow “as we lap periods of increasingly …

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Kuwait bans unvaccinated citizens from travelling abroad

 Dubai: Kuwait on Tuesday banned unvaccinated citizens from traveling abroad as of August 1, the government communication office reported. The decision exempts children under 16 years and those with a health ministry certificate saying they cannot be vaccinated. Also pregnant women, who get a pregnancy proof certificate from authorities, are …

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SA’s Schoenmaker, Corbett set up dream Olympic final in 200m breaststroke

South African swimming duo Tatjana Schoenmaker and Kaylene Corbetthave advanced to the women’s 200m breaststroke final at the Tokyo Olympics after winning their semi-finals on Thursday. The final, which takes place at 03:41 (SA time) on Friday, will see Schoenmaker start as comfortably the fastest qualifer from the semi-finals while Corbett qualified 4th fastest. Schoenmaker and …

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520 Covid-19 deaths recorded in SA in 24 hours

In some good news, SA passed the 7-million mark for the number of vaccines administered. There were 194,891 jabs administered by 5pm on Wednesday, taking the national tally to 7,065,432. There were 520 Covid-19 related deaths recorded in SA in the past 24 hours, as well as 17,351 new infections. …

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VIDEO: Jail Mahama Like SA President Jacob Zuma – Kofi Akpaloo

Kofi Akpaloo, founder and leader of the Liberal Party Of Ghana (LPG) has called for the incarceration of former president John Dramani Mahama. Kofi Akpaloo has asked that John Dramani Mahama be jailed like former South African President, Jacob Zuma as per a new video sighted by OccupyGh.com According to …

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Herdsman Stabbed To Death

A headsman who was protecting his herd from being stolen has lost his life after being stabbed by a suspected thief last Saturday, July 24, 2021. The deceased, 60-year-old Rugah Abubakari who was stabbed at Odomeabra, a suburb of Kwamekrom in the Oti region gave up the ghost while receiving …

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