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31 Jul

BREAKING: SIM Card Re-registration Extended To September 30 – Ursula Owusu- Ekuful

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The Minister for Communication and Digitalisation, Mrs. Ursula Owusu-Ekuful, has “reluctantly” extended the nationwide exercise to re-register SIM cards to September 30, 2022. The Minister announced the extension of the deadline while addressing media personnel on Sunday in Accra. “Upon consultation with stakeholders in the industry, I have reluctantly accepted to extend the re-registration exercise to September 30, 2022,” she said. More soon…

31 Jul

UKRAINE UPDATE: Zelenskiy Announces Mandatory Evacuation Of Donetsk Region

wontumionline.comNewsUKRAINE UPDATE: Zelenskiy Announces Mandatory Evacuation Of Donetsk Region

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Saturday his government was ordering the mandatory evacuation of people in the eastern Donetsk region, scene of fierce fighting with Russia. In a late-night television address, Zelenskiy also said the hundreds of thousands of people still in combat zones in the larger Donbas region, which contains Donetsk as well as the neighboring Luhansk region, needed to leave. "The more people leave (the) Donetsk region now, the fewer people the Russian army will have time to kill," he said, adding that residents who left would be given compensation. Separately, domestic Ukrainian media outlets quoted Deputy…

31 Jul

Liverpool 3-1 Manchester City: Late Mohammed Salah, Darwin Nunez Goals See Reds Win Community Shield

wontumionline.comSportsDarwin Nunez Goals See Reds Win Community Shield, Liverpool 3-1 Manchester City: Late Mohammed Salah

Liverpool won the Community Shield after a 3-1 win against Manchester City on Saturday evening thanks to late goals from Mohamed Salah and Darwin Nunez. The win came at Leicester’s King Power Stadium ahead of Sunday’s Euro 2022 final between England and Germany. Trent Alexander-Arnold was on hand to finish off a smart move midway through the first half for Liverpool, who left new signing Nunez on the bench. For City, Erling Haaland started up top but he was frustrated early on, with his City colleagues off the pace, missing a couple of decent chances. In the second half, Nunez…

31 Jul

Man Inflicts Cutlass Wounds On Woman For Rejecting His Love Proposal

wontumionline.comUncategorizedMan Inflicts Cutlass Wounds On Woman For Rejecting His Love Proposal

A man in his thirties known as Wofa K is in the grips of the police for allegedly inflicting cutlass wounds on a female poultry farmer for rejecting his love proposal. The incident happened at Asuhyiae near Tepa in the Ashanti region. An eyewitness who wants to remain anonymous siad that the suspect had proposed several times to the victim, who is a widow, but she rejected his proposals. The eyewitness disclosed that the suspect plotted to attack the poultry farmer, and so as part of the plot, he started stealing from her poultry far until she caught him. The…

31 Jul

Police Recruits: 2,973 Personnel Pass Out

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Three thousand two hundred and twenty-four police recruits have passed out from five police training schools in the country. They are made up of 1,953 males and 1,020 females who constitute the first batch of recruits for 2022 who have successfully completed the Basic Police Training programme. The graduation ceremonies were held simultaneously in the national capital - Accra, Koforidua, the Eastern Regional capital; Ho in the Volta Region, Kumasi in the Ashanti Region and Pwalugu in the Upper East. In all, 847, 416, 361, 612 and 725 of the recruits were trained in the regions in that order. During…

31 Jul

Bawumia Explains ‘I Will Choose Ghana Card Over 1,000 Interchanges’ Comment

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Vice President Mahamudu Bawumia has strongly defended the controversial comment about his preference for Ghana Card over a thousand interchanges. Speaking at the Accra Business School, Dr Bawumia said the national identification card is more beneficial than 1,000 interchanges. “We have implemented a national identification system and today we have 16 million Ghanaians with unique identities and that is a major transformation. And sometimes a lot of people don’t even appreciate what the impact of the Ghana card is “But if you gave me 1,000 interchanges and a Ghana Card, I will choose the Ghana Card because it is more…

31 Jul

Majority May Go To Court For Ruling On Adwoa Safo’s Absenteeism – K.T Hammond

wontumionline.comNewsMajority May Go To Court For Ruling On Adwoa Safo’s Absenteeism – K.T Hammond

Members of the Majority caucus in Parliament may resort to the law court to decide the fate of the Member of Parliament for Dome-Kwabenya, Sarah Adwoa Safo. Adansi Asokwa Member of Parliament, K.T Hammond, who disclosed this on Accra-based FM news analysis programme, The Big Issue, said the court’s involvement may be the best option for the caucus, following the Speaker of Parliament’s decision to defer his ruling on Adwoa Safo. “It seems to me that ultimately we will end up in the Supreme Court on this matter,” the MP said. The Privileges Committee had delivered a split decision on…

31 Jul

Kumawood Actors Cry As They Pay Last Respects To Late Colleague, Osei Tutu

wontumionline.comShowbizKumawood Actors Cry As They Pay Last Respects To Late Colleague, Osei Tutu

Kumawood stars who showed up to pay their final respects to their late colleague Nana Osei Tutu could not hold back their tears when they graced the events. Many of the actors joined the family of the late Osei Tutu on Thursday to say their last goodbye during the funeral service in Sakora Wonoo in the Ashanti Region. Late Osei Tutu Big Akwes, Nana Yeboah, Shifu, Oteele, Michael Afranie, Oboy Siki, Kyekyeku, and Matilda Asare were among a host of others who took their turns to file past the body of the late actor. Some of them were unable to…

30 Jul

MTN Offices To Open On Sunday For Sim Registration

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MTN Ghana is urging its customers to take advantage of over 6,735 community registration points created to have their biometric data captured and register their SIM cards as the July 31 deadline draws near. The Ministry of Communications and Digitalisation announced the mandatory registration of all SIM cards in Ghana. The registration exercise which started in October 2021 is scheduled to end on July 31, 2022. Officials say MTN offices would be opened for business to attend to numerous customers who are yet to register their SIM cards on Sunday. Chief Sales and Distribution Officer of MTN Ghana, Shaibu Haruna…

30 Jul

President Orders Sports Ministry, GFA To Partner Old Footballers To develop Grassroot Football

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President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has directed the Ministry of Youth and Sports and the Ghana Football Association (GFA) to engage former footballers in the country to discuss plans of developing the sport, especially at the grassroots level. “Former footballers have contributed so much to the country. I believe they still have a lot to share with the current policymakers and administrators of football,” he said and urged the ministry responsible for sports and the association to create a platform to seek the opinion and contribution of the former footballers. The president gave the directive when some former footballers of Kumasi…