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Undertakers protest at Home Affairs over death certificates

Funeral undertakers protest at the Department of Home Affairs Head Offices in Pretoria. (Photo by Gallo Images/Alet Pretorius) Undertakers protested outside of the Department of Home Affairs offices in Pretoria on Tuesday over numerous issues, including the registration of death certificates. At the heart of these issues was certificates of …

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VIDEO: Fire rips through Durban textile factory

A fire broke out at a factory in Durban on Monday. Emer-G-Med Firefighters are battling a blaze that started at a factory in Durban on Monday morning. “Firefightes and emergency services are currently at a scene of a fire at Brickfield Road where there is a factory on fire. It …

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Suspected robber shot dead; three others arrested at Jacobu

One person has been confirmed dead after a group of suspected armed robbers engaged in a shoot-out with police at Jacobu in the Ashanti Region. According to the police, the Jacobu patrol team, in their routine duties on the Anwiankwanta-Obuasi stretch at dawn on Tuesday, saw a group of four …

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Fabio Gama is the benchmark for quality in GPL – Asante Kotoko PRO

  Acting Communications Director of Asante Kotoko, David Obeng Nyarko, has claimed that Brazilian midfielder Fabio Gama Dos Santos is the benchmark of measuring quality players in the Ghana Premier League. Asante Kotoko‘s Fabio Gama and Ibrahim Salifu of Accra Hearts of Oak have been in the news lately as fans continue to …

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Cement price hike due to production cost – Manufacturers

    The Chamber of Cement Manufacturers Ghana has indicated that the high cost of cement is a result of the high cost of production, unfair trade practices, low utilisation of cement products, and unfair competition. The Chamber believes the pressure caused by the COVID-19 pandemic is also a major factor. Ghana …

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Diana Asamoah begs for forgiveness from Ga Traditional Council

Ghanaian Gospel Musician, Diana Asamoah, who was on Monday, 10th May 2021 arraigned before the Ga Traditional Council following some disturbing comments, has begged Ga chiefs for mercy. This comes after she made an unfortunate statement about the Ga festival, Homowo, which she ignorantly tried to link to idol worship …

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Armed robbers, police in shootout at Kwashieman

The Police are on a manhunt for two suspected armed robbers, who engaged the police in a shootout at Kwashieman, Accra, on Sunday. The suspects, who suffered gunshot wounds during the shootout reportedly snatched a Toyota Yaris taxi cab with registration number GW8215-20 from its owner, at Lapaz, in Accra. …

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We’ll not stop burning excavators – Defence Minister

  Defence Minister, Dominic Nitiwul has reiterated that all machines seized in the ongoing exercise to clamp down on illegal mining would be destroyed. Concerns have been raised over the decision by the task force to burn excavators and machines seized. A private legal practitioner, Mr Bobby Banson has said it will …

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29-year-old baby thief arrested by police

Eunice Adomako, a 29-year-old resident of Oduman near Ablekuma in Accra, has been arrested for allegedly stealing a six-month-old baby. According to reports, Eunice failed to inform her two boyfriends after she lost her baby at birth at the Korle Bu Teaching Hospital last December 2020. Her two boyfriends, one …

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Herbert Mensah Suspended As Ghana Rugby Chairman

 Herbert Mensah The Board Chairman and President of Ghana Rugby, Herbert Mensah has been suspended indefinitely by the board of Ghana Rugby for abuse of office.  The decision comes on the back of a petition from the Ghana Rugby Union Players Association to the Rugby Board accusing Mr. Mensah of …

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Kasoa murder: Runaway fetish priest arrested in fresh case

  The on-the-run Fetish priest in Kasoa Murder, whose name was given as Wazinga, has been arrested in another case of attempted ritual killing. Wazinga was arrested after attempting to perform money rituals for another person. It will be recalled that two teenagers, aged 16 and 17 respectively, on Saturday, …

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3 illegal miners jailed 15 years

  Three illegal miners have been jailed five years each by a Circuit Court in Koforidua for engaging in illegal mining at Tentenku No.8 near Kofi Pare in the Kraboa Coaltar district of the Eastern Region. The convicts, Alhassan Abass, 28, Ibrahim Mohammed, 45, and Munkaila Djebo, 38, were apprehended …

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Liberian President Oppong Weah’s Son Jailed

The son of Liberia’s ex-footballer president, George Weah, has been handed a six-month suspended jail sentence by a French court for “Ibiza-style” parties at his home in an upmarket Paris suburb. George Weah Junior, 33, was also ordered to pay 20,000 euros (24,000 dollars) to his neighbours after more than …

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Presidential bodyguard returns after 50-year absence

Getty ImagesCopyright: Getty Images Milton Obote, Uganda’s first elected president, was exiled in Tanzania along with his head of securityImage caption: Milton Obote, Uganda’s first elected president, was exiled in Tanzania along with his head of security A former head of security for late Ugandan President Milton Obote, who was …

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VIDEO: Police gun down suspected robber, 3 arrested

A suspected armed robber has been gunned down by police officers of the Jacobu District Police Command on Tuesday May 11. date rush The Police also arrested three other suspects on the Obuasi-Anwiankwanta stretch of road in the Ashanti Region. Jacobu District Police commander, Superintendent Abdulai Iddrisu speaking on Akoma …

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Kan Dapaah installed Assistant Grand Master of Freemasons in Ghana

National Security Minister, Albert Kan Dapaah, has been appointed and installed as Assistant Grand Master of Freemasons in Ghana. This was at a ceremony held in Accra on Saturday, May 8, 2021, by the Grand Lodge of Antient Free and Accepted Masons of Ghana. Mr Dapaah was installed together with other prominent …

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