Author Archives: larryehu

We’ll meet with Ken Agyapong to settle feud – Obinim’s handlers

Lawyers for self-styled televangelist and founder of the International God’s Way Church, Bishop Daniel Obinim are likely to make overtures with Assin Central MP, Kennedy Agyapong in the coming days, Administrator of the Church, Rev. Kwadwo Adu Boahen has told Kasapa 102.5 FM. The move, is intended to reach a middle-ground with Ken Agyapong and bring lasting peace between Obinim ...

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AngloGold confirms 164 coronavirus cases

The Gauteng Department of Health on Sunday confirmed that 53 employees at AngloGold Ashanti’s Mponeng mine in the Merafong district have tested positive for Covid-19. According to the latest update on the company’s website, the number of positive cases has now been confirmed as 164, of which the vast majority are asymptomatic. All positive cases will be isolated in line ...

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Asanko Gold accrued US$104.8m from gold sales

During the first quarter of 2020, the Asanko Gold Mine (AGM) sold 67,820 ounces of gold at an average realized gold price of US$1,542/oz. Revenues totalled US$104.8 million, an increase of US$37.8 million from Q1 2019. The increase in sales proceeds was a function of higher sales volumes and higher average realized gold prices in Q1 2020, the company said. ...

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Kwesi Botchwey will be Mahama’s Running Mate – Sammy Awuku predicts

The opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) is yet to announce its vice-presidential candidate. Reports that five persons have been already selected emerged a few days ago but the NDC debunked it saying “the general public is therefore advised to ignore any such frivolous and fictitious letter, which is clearly a creation of some unscrupulous persons, who want to divert attention ...

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Kume Preko @ 25: Kwesi Pratt lauds ‘super brain’ Akoto Ampaw, ‘workhorse’ Wereko-Brobbey’s contributions

Kwesi Pratt Jnr, Editor-in-Chief of the Insight newspaper, has extolled the respective contributions of Lawyer Akoto Ampaw and Dr Charles Wereko-Bobby, some of the members of the group Alliance for Change, in the run-up to the mammoth anti-government protests, “Kume Preko” in 1995. Pratt Jnr. told Paul Adom-Otchere on Good Evening Ghana (GEG) last Thursday that, the private legal practitioner, ...

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125 new COVID-19 cases confirmed; Ghana’s case count now 6,808

125 Covid-19 cases have been recorded between Sunday and Monday dawn in Ghana raising the country’s case count to 6,808. The figure stood at 6,683 as of Sunday morning. The recoveries now stand at 2,070 while the death toll remains at 32, according to the Ghana Health Service data. Below is the regional breakdown of cases Greater Accra Region – ...

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245 deported Ghanaians quarantined at Ghanaman soccer center

The 245 Ghanaians deported from Kuwait over the weekend are being quarantined at the Ghanaman soccer centre of excellence at Prampram, Starr News has gathered. They are the first batch of people to be taken to the centre since the Ghana Football Association (GFA) offered the facility to government for use in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic. Starr News ...

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Sekou Nkrumah explains why he’s ‘fighting’ his siblings

Dr Sekou Nkrumah, one of the sons of Kwame Nkrumah, has explained why there is bad blood between him and his siblings – Samia Yaba Christina Nkrumah and Gamal Gorkeh Nkrumah. According to him, his siblings never communicated with him on any decision they intended to take regarding reviving their father’s political party Convention People’s Party (CPP) and the continuation ...

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Roadmap to easing COVID-19 restrictions coming – Akufo-Addo

President Akufo-Addo says consultations for easing up coronavirus restrictions in the country will be concluded this week. Addressing Muslims in a virtual message on Eid-ul-Fitr Sunday, the President said he is looking forward to announcing the roadmap towards easing the restriction which has seen churches and schools shut for over two months. “Stakeholder consultations are taking place on the way ...

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