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Ex-Mozambique president’s son gets 12 years in jail for graft

Ndambi Guebuza, the son of Mozambique’s former president Armando Guebuza will serve 12 years in jail after he was convicted in a $2 billion corruption case, a court ruled Wednesday. The scandal emanated from loans to three state-owned companies — Indicus, Ematum and Mam — meant to finance a fishing …

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2022 World Cup: Ex-Kotoko coach Prosper Narteh Ogum gets Black Stars scouting job

Former Asante Kotoko coach, Prosper Narteh Ogum has landed a job with the Black Stars ahead of the 2022 World Cup in Qatar, Footballghana.com understand. Narteh Ogum is currently clubless after parting ways with Asante Kotoko despite steering the club to annex the 2021/23 Ghana Premier League. With Ghana set …

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KIA gets first standard certified airline repair facility

3AMS-CELMS is to operate Ghana’s first Maintenance Repair and Overhaul (MRO) facility at Kotoka International Airport. The company, according to Ben Owusu – a Senior Aviation Safety Inspector and Manager at Quality Assurance – is nearing the completion of its certification process that was started some five years ago. The …

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VIDEO: ‘Near-naked’ dressing by two women gets social media talking

Social media has gone haywire as two women were captured at an event dressed in obscene fishnet attire similar to what drove Rwanda’s President, Paul Kagame, to imprison a young woman for two years. In a video shared by blogger, GhKwaku, the women were captured walking up to a stage …

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Afia Schwarzenegger gets banned on TikTok

Controversial socialite, Afia Schwarzenegger, has been banned from the social media application, TikTok, where she has over 500,000 followers. What may have caused the ban on the socialite’s account remains a mystery as some social media users have attributed it to a couple of videos she did to mimic the self-acclaimed …

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Ofori-Atta’s company getting richer whiles Ghana gets poorer – KKD fumes

Veteran broadcaster, Kwasi Kyei Darkwah, known as KKD has cited the minister for Finance Ken Ofori-Atta over what he says is conflict of interest. According to him, the minister is benefiting at the expense of the country. “I read a report yesterday that broke my heart, I saw how much Ghana owes …

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Luck eludes thief as he gets shocked by live electricity cables

The entire Bulk Power Station that serves electricity to  Nhyiaeso, Danyame, Ridge, the Ashanti Regional Coordinating Council (RCC) and its environs went offline after a thief in his early 30s got electrocuted while attempting to steal cables. The said ECG station is located close to the RCC in Kumasi. The …

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Ex-South African player gets top coaching role at Man United

Manchester United boss Erik ten Hag has added to his backroom team with the appointment of Benni McCarthy as a first-team coach. The former South Africa striker was a boyhood Reds fan and scored twice against us for Porto in the 2003/04 Champions League knockout stages. “I support Man United …

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Highest pensioner receives GH¢142k, lowest gets GH¢300 monthly – SSNIT

The top ten highest paid pensioners in Ghana receive between Ghc142,567.90 to Ghc42,187.83 every month whilst the lowest on the scheme receive between Ghc300 and above, the Social Security and National Insurance Trust (SSNIT) has revealed. The Social Security and National Insurance Trust (SSNIT or the Trust) is a statutory …

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Zimbabwe will start selling gold coins this month as inflation gets so bad

Zimbabwe will start selling gold coins this month as a way to tame inflation that has weakened the local currency, the country’s central bank said. The governor of the central bank, John Mangudya, noted that the coins, known as Mosi-oa-Tunya, would be available for sale from July 25 in local …

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