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UPDATE | More than 70 people dead after fire breaks out at ‘informal settlement’ inside Joburg building

A fire broke out at a five-storey building in Johannesburg early on Thursday morning. Screengrab via @CityofJoburgZA/ X At least 73 people have died and more than 50 others were injured after a fire broke out at a building in the Johannesburg CBD on Thursday morning. Johannesburg Emergency Management Services …

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70-year-old fake lawyer arrested at Amasaman Circuit Court

There was drama in the Amasaman Circuit Court on Wednesday, August 23, 2023, when the judge hearing a case ordered the arrest of the lawyer representing the defendant in the case – 70-year-old Nii Bi Griffiths Dodoo. The registrar of the court, with the help of warrant officers promptly arrested …

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VIDEO: Instant justice: Boy, 25, burnt to ashes for murdering a 70 year-old woman

A 25-year-old man has been burnt to ashes for allegedly murdering  a septuagenarian in her farm at Apaaso in the Bekwai Municipality of the Ashanti Region The suspect who was only identified as Papa Yaw is said to have been lynched and burnt by some irate youth on Sunday July …

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Tension at KNUST as students who paid 70% of fees are unable to register for Second Semester

Some students of the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) studying through the University’s Distance Learning programme have been left aggrieved and uncertain of their ability to continue with their programmes of study after being unable to register for the second semester even though they have managed to …

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VIDEO: Heartbreaking story of a 70-year-old man who has been doing drugs since 1977

A 70-year-old man has shared the damning effects of his drug addiction which has left him in ruins and financially broke. Speaking with Kofi Adoma on his YouTube channel, Kwabena Josiah, who turns 71 in a few months, recounts that he has been addicted to hard drugs from 1977 till …

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Chicken to sell above 70 cedis – Poultry Farmers

Brace yourself to pay more for chicken this festive season because the Ghana Poultry Farmers Association is estimating an upward adjustment in the price of your favourite protein source. Poultry, initially selling at 55 Ghana cedis two weeks ago, now sells at 70 Ghana cedis on the market. However, this …

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70% of poultry farms on verge of collapse; as poultry feed rises by 300% in 2 years

About 70 percent of poultry farms in the country are on the verge of collapsing as poultry feed increases astronomically, president of the Ghana National Association of Poultry Farmers (GNAPF), Victor Oppong Adjei, has said. Two years ago wheat bran used to sell at GH¢15 for a 25kg bag, but …

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70-year-old farmer found dead in a bush

A 70-year-old cocoa farmer, Opanyin Kweku Oppong Abdulai, has been found dead in his farm at Dapong village, near Upper Bobikuma in the Agona West of the Central Region. The body of the deceased has been deposited at the Swedru Municipal Government Hospital mortuary for autopsy. A source at the …

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Girl, 12, saved from marrying man, 70, just moments before wedding ceremony

A 12-year-old girl was saved from marrying a 70-year-old man just moments before the wedding ceremony. Two months ago, Amira was excited. Her brother was getting married, she was told, so the family was preparing to head to Garissa Town, a Kenyan county adjacent to the Somalia border, for celebrations. “I had …

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Nigel Gaisie captured on video attempting to assault 70-year-old landlady

The founder and leader of Prophetic Hill Chapel, Prophet Nigel Gaisie has been captured on camera in a fracas with a woman said to be his landlady. According to the host of the Seat Show on Net 2 TV, Kwaku Annan, the prophet and his landlady engaged in a heated confrontation over …

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