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75-year-old woman found hanging dead in her room

A 75-year-old woman has been found dead under mysterious circumstances at Okaikrom, near Afigyase District in the Ashanti Region. According to a Kessbenonline.com report, the elderly woman was found dead in her room with a rope around her neck. For some residents, the death of the old woman comes as …

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Two Ghanaian footballers arrested in India over fake travel documents

Two Ghanaian footballers were arrested by Meghalaya Police in the northeastern part of India for not possessing valid travel documents on Saturday. A police team intercepted a tourist vehicle bearing registration number ML 05 T 3049 in NH 6 along Ummulong and detected six African nationals. Out of the six …

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14-year-old dormant factory brought back to life in Central Region

After 14 years of shutdown, Coastal Groves Limited, a wholly owned Ghanaian organic orange juice processing factory in the Central Region of Ghana, was on Tuesday, re-inaugurated by the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH. The ceremony took on behalf of the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and …

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Ghana gets legal backing to trade in Cedi among African countries – BoG Governor

The governor of the central bank, Dr.Ernest Addison, has said that legal frameworks have been firmed up to commit Ghana into trading in local currencies among countries in the African continent. He said the central bank has embarked on reforms which will enhance financial transaction with Ghana and it’s neihghbouring …

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VIDEO: Meet Herbert Adika – The man who discovered Abedi Pele in 1975

Former Black Stars skipper and African football great, Abedi Ayew Pele, would not have been who he became but for one man. The man is Herbert Adika. He was the man who spotted and nurtured Pele’s talent at the juvinille level decades ago. Abedi played for Mr Adika’s side, Great …

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Libya protesters storm parliament building in Tobruk

Protesters have stormed Libya’s parliament in the eastern city of Tobruk and set fire to part of the building. Images posted online showed thick columns of smoke as the demonstrators burned tyres outside. There have been rallies in other Libyan cities against continuing power cuts, rising prices and political deadlock. …

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Dozens freed from church awaiting ‘Second Coming’ in Ondo Nigeria

Police in Nigeria have rescued 77 people, including children, from a church where they were confined in the south-western state of Ondo. Some of them are believed to have been there for months. A police spokesperson said many of them had been told to expect the Second Coming of Jesus …

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First Igbo translation of Quran published in Nigeria

The first translation of the Quran into the Igbo language has been published in Nigeria. It was launched at an event in the capital, Abuja, at the Ansar-Ud-Deen Mosque, where Muhammad Murtala Chukwuemeka told the BBC it took him five years to translate the sacred Islamic text into Igbo from …

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Fella Makafui dazzles in pink, flaunts flawless skin in new photos

Ghanaian actress and business mogul, Frimpong Precious Makafui, popularly known as Fella Makafui, has dazzled people on social media with her new looks. She has been spotted dressed in all-pink. She wore a fitted pink mini skirt, with a short sleeved pink crop top to match with it. What highlighted …

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Terror suspect sentenced to 15 years imprisonment in Kenya

A man accused of engaging in terror activities has been sentenced to serve 15 years behind bars in Kenya. The accused, Charles Kibet Rono alias Bashir, was sentenced by Kahawa Chief magistrate Hon Diana Mochache, on Thursday, June 30, after pleading guilty to two charges of collection of information to …

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