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Two armed robbers have been shot dead by police officers from the Asankragwa Division of the Ghana Police Service in the Western Region. The two were reportedly gunned down Monday afternoon in a shoot-out with the police in their attempt to rob a Chinese national. Narrating events leading to fatal incident, Samuel Kakyire Obuobi of Ahobraseye FM told 3news.com that eye witnesses recounted to him that four young men Monday afternoon stormed Adowahu in the Amenfi West Municipality to rob a Chinese national suspected to be carrying gold. Fortunately, the police received a tip-off on the intention of the four…

Real Sociedad’s former Manchester City midfielder David Silva has tested positive for coronavirus. The 34-year-old Spaniard joined the La Liga club this month after 10 years with City in which he made 436 appearances and won 14 trophies. He is not displaying any symptoms and is self-isolating. The Spanish side confirmed the news on the same day the playmaker was revealed in his new club’s colours at Sociedad’s Anoeta Stadium. https://twitter.com/RealSociedadEN/status/1300480922815430657?s=20 Source: BBC

Kenyan investigative reporter and TV anchor Victoria Rubadiri has won the 2020 BBC World News Komla Dumor Award. Rubadiri is a presenter with Citizen TV in Kenya, where she hosts the channel’s prime-time shows. She’s a multifaceted journalist in East Africa and has interviewed some of the leading names in politics and current affairs. The award was created to honour Komla Dumor, a presenter for BBC World News, who died suddenly aged 41 in 2014. Rubadiri is the sixth winner of the award, following in the footsteps of Solomon Serwanjja, Waihiga Mwaura, Amina Yuguda, Didi Akinyelure and Nancy Kacungira. She…

The Coalition of Domestic Election Observers (CODEO) has trained and deployed 65 Long-Term Observers (LTOs) across the 16 regions. These specially trained observers are to monitor the pre-election environment in 65 constituencies from Tuesday, September 1 to Sunday, December 6. A statement issued by CODEO’s National Coordinator Albert Arhin on Monday, August 31 said the observers will be monitoring activities of key stakeholders such as the Electoral Commission, Ghana (EC), the National Commission on Civic Education (NCCE), the security agencies, political parties, traditional and religious leaders, civil-society groups as well as the media. “Among other things, the LTOs will be…

The Bole Magistrate Court presided over by Andrew Prince Cudjoe has remanded all five persons who were arrested in connection with the attack on Madam Meri Ibrahim. The accused persons are Atta Alhassan, 57, Haruna Jebuni, 56, Iddrisu Sayibu, 35, Salifu Issahaku, 45, and Zakaria Abdul Karim, 30. They have been charged with conspiracy to cause harm and causing harm. The are expected to reappear in court on September 19. Police arrest The Damongo District Police Command on Sunday, August 30 went to the Sumpini community and arrested the five suspects in connection to the attack on some four women…

The National Communications Director for New Patriotic Party (NPP), Yaw Buaben Asamoa, has said that the postponement of the launch of the manifesto of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) shows that the largest opposition party has no message for Ghanaians ahead of this year’s elections. The NDC shifted the date of the launch from Monday, August 31 to Monday, September 7. But at a press conference in Accra on Monday, August 31, Mr Buaben Asamoa said the NDC cannot even be trusted to launch its manifesto as scheduled. “Months before Covid-19 hit the world, John Mahama’s NDC set up a…

US President Donald Trump has defended supporters of his for their alleged roles in recent deadly street clashes. He suggested a teen accused of killing two in Wisconsin last week and Trump fans involved in clashes in Oregon on Saturday were acting in self-defence. Mr Trump pointed out his Democratic White House challenger, Joe Biden, has not specifically disavowed far-left activists accused of civil disorder. Mr Biden is leading in opinion polls ahead of November’s election. What did Trump say? At Monday’s White House news conference, Mr Trump blamed Mr Biden and his allies for violence in cities run by…

The Deputy Ranking Member for the Parliamentary Select Committee on Foreign Affairs has called on the government to take a second look at the cost of the mandatory test for coronavirus at the Kotoka International Airport. Dr. Alfred Oko Vanderpuije said “the $150 per test is too high. It should be reduced”. “What test would cost $150? So many places are doing it for free why must you charge such fee for a test?” he wondered. President Akufo-Addo during his 16th address on Covid-19 stated that Ghana’s international airport would be opened to international flights from Tuesday, September 1, 2020.…

Minister of Finance under the John Mahama administration Seth Terkper says the current economic situation in the country is worrying. The former minister stated that the economic situation of the country can best be described as “below par”. “If you look at the resources, it’s the only way you can describe it.” Speaking on Onua TV on Monday, August 31, Mr Terkper was of the view that the country’s performances financially could not be blamed solely on Covid-19. According to him, data showed that the economy was not doing great even before Covid-19. Ghana’s total debt as at March 2020…