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80-year-old Equatorial Guinea prez wins sixth straight term with over 94% of votes

President of Equatorial Guinea has won re-election for the sixth consecutive time extendig his stay in office to beyond four decades. Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo, secured almost 95% of votes, in a vote he was largely expected to win. Officials results were released over the weekend by the national poll …

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Woman, 80, killed, body parts chopped off at Assin Bereku

Residents of Bereku in the Assin North District of the Central Region have been thrown into a state of shock and mourning following the gruesome murder of an 80-year-old woman. The deceased, Araba Kwantwiwaa, popularly known in the town as Ante Bee, left home on the morning of Thursday, November …

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Police arrest 80 foreign nationals at Kenyase-Duase

Police in the Ashanti Region have arrested 80 foreign nationals believed to be illegally living at Kenyase-Duase in the Kwabre East District of the Ashanti Region. The 80 foreigners believed to be Nigerians were all living in a chamber and hall apartment at Duase. Speaking on the Kumasi-based OTEC 102.9 …

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Recent photo of Nollywood veteran Olu Jacobs goes viral as he turns 80

As preparations are in top gear for the 80th birthday celebration of legendary Nigerian actor, Olu Jacobs, some Nollywood actors have started to pour encomiums on him. The veteran actor will turn 80 on July 11. Several actors, on Monday, took to their Instagram pages to celebrate Olu Jacobs with …

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80-year-old man found beheaded at Kpetoe

An 80-year-old man has been found beheaded in the Agortime Kpetoe District of the Volta Region, the District Chief Executive of Agotime-Ziope, Madam Emelia Adzimah, Agotime-Ziope District Chief Executive, has said. The headless body of the man, named Joseph Darko, was reportedly found among some palm trees along a road …

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Over 80 buildings in Agavedzi destroyed by tidal wave

The assemblyman for Agavedzi electoral area, Eben Affah, has disclosed that over 80 houses have been destroyed by the tidal waves that hit some communities in the Ketu South Municipality on Sunday, April 3, 2022. According to him, aside from the destruction of properties, the disaster has brought to a …

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VIDEO: A look at the current state of Asantehene Prempeh II 80-year-old Rolls Royce

During Ghana’s 63rd Independence Day parade held in Kumasi, the Asantehene Otumfuo Osei Tutu II graced the historic occasion in a Rolls Royce which became the centre of discussion. It has emerged that the Rolls Royce was bought in the 1940s by the then Asantehene Otumfuo Prempeh II. This was …

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Arrest cedi fall! Traders charge Bawumia, as they ask members to hike prices by 80%

The Traders Advocacy Group has directed its members to increase the prices of goods and services by 80 per cent in retaliation to the government’s reversal of the 30 per cent benchmark value discount at the ports. The General Secretary of the group, Nana Poku, told journalists on Wednesday, 2 …

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Volta Region: 80 acres of cannabis farm burnt down; pregnant woman, others arrested

The Narcotics Control Commission (NACOC) discovered and destroyed large cannabis cultivation (wee farm) at Liati Dafonu in the Volta Region’s Afadjato South District. A team of 70 officers from NACOC, Ghana Immigration Service (GIS), National Investigation Bureau (NIB), and Hohoe Divisional Police Command stormed the plantation around 7 a.m. Thursday …

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