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Minority MPs boycott approval of 4 Deputy ministers-designate

Minority Members of Parliament (MP) boycotted approval of four deputy ministers-designate as the House approves them through voice votes. The nominees were Deputy Minister-Designate for Local Government, Martin Adjei Mensah Korsah; and Deputy Minister-Designate for Gender, Children & Social Protection, Lariba Zuweira Abudu. The others were Deputy Minister-Designate for Office of …

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Former PM of Cote D’ivoire sentenced to life imprisonment

Former Prime Minister of Côte d’Ivoire and former rebel leader Guillaume Soro was on Wednesday, June 23, 2021 sentenced, in absentia, to life imprisonment for “undermining state security” for acts committed in late 2019. The Abidjan court also sentenced other main defendants – Souleymane Kamagate, former head of protocol for …

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Southern African nations agree to deploy forces to Mozambique

The Southern African Development Community (SADC) has said it agreed to deploy troops to Mozambique to help it tackle escalating violence in the country’s north – but offered little specific operational details. Nearly 3,000 people have been killed and almost 800,000 – half of whom are children – have been …

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FIFA U20 World Cup winner pays courtesy call on Kwesi Nyantakyi

FC Hermannstadt defender Bright Addae paid a courtesy call on Former Ghana Football Association president Kwesi Nyantakyi and was accompanied by his wife and operations manager Dickson Boadi. The Ghanaian defender has a long-standing relationship with the former CAF first Vice president. Addae played for Kwesi Nyantakyi‘s former side Wa All Stars before …

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Anti-virus creator John McAfee found dead in cell

IMAGE COPYRIGHTREUTERS Anti-virus software entrepreneur John McAfee has been found dead in a Barcelona prison cell hours after a Spanish court agreed to extradite him to the US to face tax evasion charges. The Catalan Justice Department said prison medics tried to resuscitate him, but were not successful. It said …

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Super Clash: No ticket sales at stadium on Sunday

Tickets for the game between Accra Hearts of Oak SC and Asante Kotoko SC will go on sale on Friday, June 25, 2021, and Saturday, June 26 at selected outlets, the Ghana Football Association has announced. Accordingly, there shall be no tickets on sale at the stadium gates on Sunday, …

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Former Mauritania President jailed!

Mauritania’s former President Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz has been jailed after a judge in charge of a corruption probe ordered his incarceration. The ex-leader says he is being persecuted in a bid to keep him out of politics but has vowed he would not go into exile. A prosecutor, speaking …

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Murder suspect arrested after being in hiding for 5 months

  After five months of being in hiding, the Weija Police have arrested a suspected murderer. A release by the Police said the suspect, Joshua Quashie, a 26-year-old allegedly killed a 29-year-old man at Obakrowa in the Greater Accra Region. According to the Police, the suspect allegedly shot Nii Armah …

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Family of 10 die after drinking herbal mixture

Ten members of a family have been sent to their early grave after consuming a local herbal mixture purported to be the cure for an ailment. The tragedy happened in Biogberu village in the local government area of Kwara State in Nigeria on June 18. Confirming the incident, the spokesperson …

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Suspected Notorious Armed Robber Gunned Down By Police

A notorious armed robber by name Iddrisu Adams who was involved in series of armed robbery attacks at Tontokrom and it’s environs has been apprehended by the police. According to the Police, the said armed robber has been on the Police wanted list for sometime now and has finally been …

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23-year-old man dies from electrocution at Taifa

  A 23-year-old man has been electrocuted to death at Taifa Burkina, a community in Accra. According to the family, the electricity pole that caused his death had been insulated and left unattended until a recent repair work by the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) which left the pole exposed. The …

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Chris Brown accused of hitting woman in Los Angeles

Chris Brown has been accused of hitting a woman after a row in Los Angeles. The R&B star, 32, is alleged to have struck the woman on Friday 18 June. Officers were called to an area in the San Fernando Valley, southern California, at 7.30am local time, a spokesman for …

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Police intercept weapons, ammunition at Adeiso

Police at Adeiso in the Eastern Region have intercepted four pump action guns and 75 live cartridges from a vehicle allegedly belonging to a sand-winning company. Information gathered indicated that on June 21, 2021, at about 3:00 am, the Adeiso Police Command gathered intelligence that there was illegal sand winning …

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FULL TEXT: BoG Governor’s address at GNCCI CEO Business Forum

Hon. Minister for Trade & Industry, Alan Kwadwo Kyerematen, The President of the GNCCI, Council and Members of GNCCI, Chief Executive Officers, Distinguished Panellists, Invited Guests and Participants, It is a pleasure and a great privilege for me to be invited to address the Members of the Ghana National Chamber …

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