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Head of Nigeria’s Methodist Church freed by kidnappers

Nigeria’s senior most Methodist Church leader has been released by kidnappers barely 24-hours after he was abducted. The Prelate, his Eminence Samuel Uche, was kidnapped along with two other clerics by unknown gunmen on the Lokpa axis of the Enugu-Port Harcourt Expressway on Sunday, May 29. He was released along …

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I feel disrespected by leadership of GFA – Nii Odartey Lamptey

Former Black Stars player, Nii Odartey Lamptey has said he felt ‘disrespected’ by successive leaders of the Ghana Football Association (GFA) for their failure to acknowledge his role in taking the sport to a next level. The one-time FIFA U-17 World Cup winner believes he has been continuously unrecognized, snubbed …

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Cedi has depreciated by 15.8% – BoG Governor

Bank of Ghana Governor Ernest Addison has said developments in global capital markets, combined with internal challenges that resulted in the rating downgrade of Ghana’s economy, have played out to exacerbate price and exchange rate pressures in the domestic economy. The Ghana cedi, he noted, came “under severe pressure in the first …

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Four Ghanaian players who were abandoned by their fathers

  Child neglect is a societal problem which occurs mostly when the parents split up. When there is a divorce, in most cases, the men tend to abandon their children leaving all responsibilities on the women. It happens in many societies and Ghana is no exception. Some Ghanaian players struggled …

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It was really tough when I was released by Chelsea – Rak-Sakyi

Teenage English-born Ghanaian winger Jeserun Rak-Sakyi has  recounted how he was let go by Chelsea after they West London club deemed him not good enough. The 19 year old says that it was very difficult as all he knew was Chelsea and all of a sudden he had been rejected …

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Student nearly lynched by Watchdog C’ttee members while returning from evening classes

A 17- year-old form three pupil at Breman Nwomaso in the Central Region has escaped death after the Community’s watchdog Committee members nearly lynched him while returning from evening classes around 10pm. According to the victim, he and his colleagues were returning from evening classes when they met over ten …

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Gaddafi was taken out by foreign powers, look at Libya today – Mahama laments

Former President John Dramani Mahama has lamented the current state of Libya since Muammar Gaddafi was overthrown over a decade ago. Mahama pointedly accused foreign powers of taking out Gaddafi which situation he said had thrown the North African country into a state of insecurity. He stressed that Libyans he was sure …

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Ghanaian jailed 9 years by US court over US$36m scam, to repay US$2.9m

Three months on from when he was convicted for money laundering, a US-based Ghanaian, Fred Asante, has been jailed 9 years by a court in the Southern District of New York in the United States. Initially arrested on February 17, 2021, as a member of a criminal money laundering syndicate …

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VIDEO: How a Ghanaian player was sacked by Italian club for engaging in juju

A Ghanaian player’s obsession with black magic (juju) cost him a career at an Italian club, former Sports Minister, Edwin Nii Lante Vanderpuye has alleged. According to him, the said player developed a habit of leaving the dressing room for game late. His unusual and strange pre-match ritual raised suspicions …

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