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A taxi driver has allegedly been shot dead within the Sekondi/Takoradi metropolis of the Western Region. He was allegedly shot three times in the chest by some unknown assailants believed to be armed robbers. His body was then dumped at Dunkwa, near Beposo in the Shama District. A resident told host of Omanbapa on Connect FM, Nhyiraba Paa Kwesi Simpson Saturday that the deceased went to work Friday but never returned home. According to the resident, efforts to reach the deceased whose name have been given only as Kaya, proved futile causing his colleague taxi drivers to mount a search…

The Volta Regional Police Command has arrested a carpenter, Fofo Amedo Kwame, at Adaklu Sagbele for allegedly murdering an eight-year-old girl at Nyive, in the Ho Municipality. The carpenter after his arrest led the police to pick a 12-year-old boy, he claimed was his accomplice. Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCOP), Mr Oduro Kwateng, Volta Regional Police Commander, at a press briefing in Ho, said on September 03, 2019 at about 2230 hours the Ho Municipal Police Command received a report that an eight-year-old girl, Yawa Adzimah was sent on an errand by her mother at 1730 hours within Nyive township…

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has extended his sincere condolences to the government and people of Zimbabwe on the death of their former president Robert Mugabe. In a letter to President Emerson Mnangagwa, the President of Zimbabwe, President Akufo-Addo stated that “Robert Mugabe will be remembered, above all, for his immense contribution to the liberation of Zimbabwe and Southern Africa from imperialism, colonialism and racist rule. “His dedication to the cause of Pan-Africanism is fully acknowledged,” he stated. The President added that “through his marriage to the late Sarah “Sally” Francesca Hayfron, his first wife, the Ghanaian people have always…

Contestants of this year’s Ghana’s Most Beautiful will this Sunday take on the task of educating Ghanaians about the history of the 16 regions with focus on where their tribes migrated from. Each of the 16 contestants will mount the stage to tell the stories behind their tribes, their food, clothes and other cultural traits of their people. From the Ewes who migrated from Notsie through to the Akans whose origin can be traced to the Sahara desert, the contestants will take viewers on a journey from their place of origin through to their present place of settlement in Ghana.…

Former Barcelona, Inter Milan and Chelsea striker Samuel Eto’o has announced his retirement from football at the age of 38. The Cameroon forward, who made his debut in 1997, scored more than 350 goals across his club career, winning the Champions League twice with Barcelona and once with Inter. Eto’o, also named African Player of the Year four times, posted the news on his official Instagram, saying: “The end. Towards a new challenge. Thank you all, big love.” View this post on Instagram THE END😉 VERS UN NOUVEAU DÉFI… Merci à vous tous big love ❤️ adrénaline…

Hospital staff, visitors and patients who access healthcare from the Salaga Government Hospital in the Savannah Region have resorted to open defecation due to lack of a functioning toilet at the facility, authorities have revealed. The only toilet facility for the hospital which was constructed in 2002 under the HIPC project has deteriorated forcing, visitors to abandon it to defecate in the open around the hospital. As a result, patients, their visitors and hospital staff including nurses, always walk about 500 metres away from the hospital daily, to defecate in the bush and around the dilapidated toilet facility. Patients who…

The Toronto International Film Festival is well under way, firing the starting gun of awards season. If a film generates buzz here at the festival, then that gives it some early momentum which can ultimately carry it through to Oscars in February. But it’s not just the Academy Awards on people’s lips – the festival is also a chance for political activists to grab headlines, for studios to grab movies they think will sell, and for journalists to grab as much coffee between screenings as possible. Here are some of the conversations taking place on the ground at TIFF. Political…

International relations expert, Dr. Vladmir Antwi-Danso, is demanding the African Union (AU) suspends South Africa from the continental body over renewed xenophobic attacks in that country. At least five people have been killed and almost 300 people arrested in the fresh violent attacks on foreign nationals in South Africa. Shops owned by foreigners have been looted and properties destroyed in the attacks. Nigeria this week withdrew its vice president Yemi Osinbajo from the World Economic Forum gathering in Cape Town, and recalled its high commissioner to South Africa. Rwandan President Paul Kagame and Malawi’s Peter Mutharika also pulled out of…

The Ghana School Feeding Programme (GSFP) says it did not sanction or approve the termination of contracts of some caterers under the programme. Some caterers across the country had their appointment with the programme “unilaterally terminated” and new ones appointed while others were reallocated to different schools by some Metropolitan, Municipal and District Assemblies. But a statement from the GSFP dated September 6 said “we have not authorized or engaged in any arrangement with any assembly to change schools for our caterers for the 2019/2020 academic year”. It thus directed all caterers under the programme who were affected “to disregard…

Government has asked authorities at the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) to reconsider the decision converting Kantanga Hall, an all-male hall of residence, into a mixed one. Education Minister Mathew Opoku Prempeh in letter to the chairman of the KNUST council said “the position of Government on this matter that (Katanga) University Hall remain a male hall of residence”. Authorities at KNUST last year converted single sex halls single-sex halls –  Katanga Hall, Unity Hall (Conti) and Africa Hall – into mixed halls;  a decision that triggered agitations among students and alumni resulting in a violent protest…