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Malawi declares Africa’s first polio case in years

A case of wild polio has emerged in Africa for the first time in five years, the World Health Organization (WHO) has said. Malawian health authorities have declared an outbreak of wild poliovirus type 1 after a case was detected in the capital Lilongwe, the WHO said. The poliovirus paralysed …

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5 die in early morning blaze in Cape Town informal structure

Five people died in a fire in Khayelitsha, Cape Town in the early hours of Friday morning. The fire broke out in Nonqubela, Site B in Khayelitsha, according to City of Cape Town Fire and Rescue Service spokesperson Jermaine Carelse. He said: The City’s Fire and Rescue Service was alerted …

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102-year-old woman declares to run as Nigerian President in 2023

A woman aged 102 has declared her intentions to contest for Nigerian President in 2023. The woman, Nonye Josephine Ezeanyaeche says she has good plans to be executed in Nigeria should she be voted in as President. Ezeanyaeche, who is also called ‘living legend’ or “Mama Africa’, hails from Aguata, …

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Dr Papa Kwesi Nduom wins appeal in US

A District Judge of the United States Federal court in Chicago, Illinois, Thomas M. Durkin, has dismissed an appeal filed by Birim Group against Dr. Papa Kwesi Nduom and 18 others. In US Federal court ruling available to GhanaWeb, Judge Durkin stated, “having reviewed the parties’ submissions, the Court finds …

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VIDEO: Diamond Appiah twerks in a swimming pool, shades critics

Popular Ghanaian socialite cum failed politician, Diamond Appiah, has grasped the minds of social media users with her ‘bikini body’ whiles chilling in her customized pool. She was seen in a black swimsuit which flaunted her curves as she twerked to Rema’s ‘bounce’ in water on Valentine’s Day. Sipping on …

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South Africa president travels on commercial flight to AU-EU summit in Brussels

Cyril Ramaphosa, President of South Africa boarded a commercial flight on his way to Brussels, Belgium where the African Union – European Union, AU-EU, summit is taking place. The presidency shared a video clip that showed Ramaphosa and his team walking down a long hallway at the airport to board …

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No increment in transport fare yet – GPRTU urges public

The Ghana Private Road Transport Union (GPRTU) has urged the public to disregard reports suggesting that transport fares will go up by 30 percent tomorrow, Friday, February 18, 2022. The Union said it would conclude its negotiations with the Government on Monday, February 21, 2022, after, which it would officially …

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I have no evidence – Investigator in Ofosu Ampofo case tells court

Chief Inspector Bernard Berko, the investigator in the case in which the National Chairman of the NDC, Samuel Ofosu-Ampofo and Anthony Kweku Boahen are standing trial over a leaked audiotape has said he has no evidence that the two accused persons hatched a plan before the said meeting. He also …

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How some shop owners in Wa escaped death

A provision shop owner and a seamstress have escaped death by the whiskers in the Wa Municipality of the Upper West Region after a tipper truck fully loaded with sand veered off the road and ran into their shops, destroying parts of the shops in the process. The incident occurred …

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Man, 62, shoots himself in the month

A 62-year-old farmer, Selinty Gehele has allegedly shot himself at Nkyensekrom near Nyinahin in the Atwima Mponua District of the Ashanti region. The incident occurred around 2 pm Wednesday, February 16, 2022. The son of the victim, Harrison Adam told Class News’ Elisha Adarkwah, that his father shot himself with …

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