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Wendy Shay’s Instagram Account Hacked

Ghanaian award-winning Afrobeat and Afropop singer Wendy Shay says her Instagram account has been hacked. The account has about 2.3 million followers. Wendy Shay in a tweet revealed that after the release of her Shayning Star album on Saturday 28th May 2021, her Instagram account was hacked. According to her, …

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The highest-paid Black football players in the world – Forbes

  Football players are among the highest celebrity earners across the globe. Like musicians, film actors, and show hosts, footballers also make money on and off the field. Some have also established enterprises to not only make more money but to create employment for others. Forbes’s recent publication on the …

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Macron threatens to withdraw French troops from Mali

IMAGE COPYRIGHTGETTY IMAGESimage captionMr Macron told West African leaders that French soldiers will not be in the region “forever” President Emmanuel Macron has warned that France would withdraw troops from Mali if political instability there leads to greater Islamist radicalisation. It follows a second coup in nine months in the …

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Ghana’s debt stock hits GH¢304.6 billion – BoG

  Latest figures from the Bank of Ghana’s Summary of Economic and Financial Data show that Ghana’s debt stock rose by GH¢13 billion to hit GH¢304.6 billion as of March 2021, representing 70.2% of Gross Domestic Product (GDP). The additional GH¢13 billion debt came about between December 2020 and March 2021. …

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Ghana Manufacturing Awards: Full list of winners [WATCH]

  The 2021 Ghana Manufacturing Awards has been held. The event was held at Kempinski Hotel on Friday, May 28. Below is the full list of winners. 1. Promising Manufacturing Company Of The Year Mchammah Engineering Company Limited 2. Beverages Producing Company Of The Year – Non-Alcoholic Blowchem Industries Limited …

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Journalist to drag GRA to court over obnoxious tax policy

  Ghanaian journalist and Editor of The New Independent Newspaper, Kofi Adzivor is set to drag the Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) to court over what he says is the implementation of a dangerous tax policy introduced in 2019. The young Journalist in an interview with the media in Accra disclosed …

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Missing children: 13 out of 30 kids identified by families [VIDEO]

  13 out of the 30 missing children have been identified by their families a week after Atinka TV aired its latest documentary, Missing Children” The family members visited the premises of Atinka FM/TV holding pictures of their missing children for easy identification. However, out of the over 30 families …

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Lightning struck woman dead in Kpassa

  Ninah Uwumbornyi, a 23-year-old woman at Kpassa has been struck dead by lightning, following a brief rainstorm at Kpassa in the Nkwanta North District of the Oti Region. The incident occurred at the Kpassa JHS B school park on Friday. Mr Kadil Obrenya, Kpassa West Electoral Area government appointee, …

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Karaga DCE’s driver shot dead

  The driver of the Karaga District Chief Executive Ziblim Issah has been killed by some unknown assailants at Yamo-Karaga near the capital. The incident is believed to have occurred in the late hours of Friday, May 28. The driver is believed to have been returning from Tamale, where he …

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UCC confers Doctor of Philosophy degree on Akufo-Addo

  • President Akufo-Addo now holds a Doctor of Philosophy degree • This was to honour him for the great works he’s done in the educational centre • He has subsequently become an alumnus of the University of Cape Coast The University of Cape Coast has on Saturday, May 29, …

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COCOBOD CEO allays Chinese cocoa production fears

  The Chief Executive Officer of Ghana Cocoa Board, Joseph Boahen Aidoo, has said there is no cause for the country to be concerned over the emergence of China as a cocoa producing nation. The Chinese Academy of Tropical Agricultural Sciences recently reported that the Chinese island of Hainan has …

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Canada mourns as remains of 215 children found at indigenous school

IMAGE COPYRIGHTREUTERSimage captionThe Kamloops Indian Residential School in British Columbia once housed 500 children A mass grave containing the remains of 215 children has been found in Canada at a former residential school set up to assimilate indigenous people. The children were students at the Kamloops Indian Residential School in …

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Kokrobite youth angry over destruction of gods

Some youth at Kokrobite are angry over the grading and destruction of their gods. According to them, they have been deprived of worshipping and paying homage to their gods who have protected them for years. The angry youth, who spoke in an interview, said they will deal ruthlessly with whoever …

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Woman jailed 17 years for beating toddler to death

  • The convict beat the baby up with a peach tree stick • The court handed her 17 years in jail for the offence • She was taking care of the baby as its mother worked in Cape Town A 49-year-old South African woman has been jailed 17 years …

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