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2021-04-07

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2021-03-19

[I] Goldman Sachs staff revolt at ‘98-hour week’
[I] Over half of staff go back to workplace
[I] Health chiefs confirm Oxford-AstraZeneca Covid jab safe to use
[S] Kotoko Signs Second Brazalian Player
[N] It Is A Blatant Lie That I’ve Declared My Prez Ambition-Agric Minister
[S] Accra Mayor to change face of sports in Greater Accra
[S] Ambassador Lutterodt charges GOC prez to tackle Martha Bissah issue
[S] Ben Nunoo-Mensah hits ground running for GOC
[S] Black Stars to Engage Uzbekistan In International Friendly
[N] House of Chiefs calls for collaboration with MMDCEs for development
[N] Baby Harvesting: More suspects picked
[N] Police pledge commitment to bringing Sheikh Maikano’s murderers to book
[B] ARB Apex Bank admitted to Ghana-Sweden Chamber of Commerce
[N] Desist from starting race ahead of time - Obiri Boahen to NPP presidential
[N] Gov’t announces construction of five interchanges in Ashanti
[N] Controversial textbooks: NPP urges NaCCA to enforce rules without fear or favour
[N] Staff working on Tamale interchange call off strike
[N] Newly proposed taxes a huge hindrance to businesses’ recovery
[N] Government can’t take a unilateral decision on salaries for public workers
[N] Ghana records 2 new Covid-19 variants; experts call for immediate action

2021-03-17

[S] First GFA safety and security seminar takes place today
[B] NDPC holds consultation medium term framework for 2022-2025 in Oti
[B] More investments recorded in Western Region despite COVID-19
[N] Ghana records 698 COVID-19 deaths
[N] NDC’s Ofosu Ampofo behaves like a toddler – Allotey Jacobs
[S] Don’t tax sports betting, ban it – Ato Forson to government
[N] Ama Benyiwaa Doe slams Allotey Jacobs; says he has no influence
[N] Approving Akufo-Addo’s ministers ‘regrettable and unfortunate’ – NDC caucus
[S] Don't rush Satellites players, warns GFA coaching boss
[N] Eastern Regional Hospital detains 246 patients for non-settlement of bills
[N] COVID-19 vaccination in Ghana: 1,000 reports received on adverse effects
[N] Ignore reports of rift between local, foreign staff at AfCFTA secretariat – Govt
[N] Remain calm, support our leadership in Parliament – NDC Council of Elders
[N] Ghana hasn’t recorded any case of blood clots from COVID-19 vaccination – FDA
[N] 9-year-old boy burnt to death as stepfather sets house ablaze
[B] Budget cuts for legislature, judiciary won’t be entertained – Speaker
[I] Half of UK managers back mandatory Covid vaccines for office work
[I] Brussels to propose Covid certificate to allow EU-wide travel

2021-03-16

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African News

[ 2021-03-07 ]

$300K ransom paid to free 14-man crew on Chinese boat - Nigerian army
The Nigerian army freed 14 crew from a Chinese
fishing boat from their pirate kidnappers on
Saturday, after a month in captivity.

Lieutenant Colonel Mohammed Yahaya told AFP news
agency a ransom of $300,000 was paid before the
crew were freed.

The Chinese fishing boat, registered in Gabon, was
seized using high-speed boats off the Gabonese
port of Port-Gentil on February 7 and the crew –
six Chinese nationals, three Indonesians, a Gabon
national and four Nigerians – kidnapped.

The boat, with the crew still on board, was
spotted some 110km (68 miles) from the Nigerian
island of Bonny a few days after the attack.

Maritime security consultants Dryad Global said
the hijacked Chinese boat was used as a
“mothership” for attacks on oil tankers.

Attacking ships to kidnap their crew for ransom
has become common in the Gulf of Guinea, which
runs from Senegal to Angola, taking in the
southwest coast of Nigeria.

The perpetrators are usually Nigerian pirates.

The Gulf of Guinea accounted for more than 95
percent of all maritime kidnappings last year –
130 out of 135 cases – according to the
International Maritime Bureau (IMB), which
monitors security at sea.

The region witnessed a 40-percent increase in
cases related to piracy and kidnapping during the
first nine months of 2020, according to the IMB.

Experts point to Nigeria’s Niger Delta as a
major source of recruitment for pirates. The
region’s oil riches do not benefit the local
population who also find their traditional
economic sectors of fishing and farming wrecked by
pollution from oil extraction.

Beset by poverty, the local population is fertile
ground for pirate gangs to recruit foot soldiers
and to hide out between forays.

Source - aljazeera



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