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An 88-year-old man has passed away just a day after graduating from Salvation Ministries Bible School in Rivers State, shepherded by pastor David Ibiyeomie. According to a Facebook user who broke the news, the 88-year-old man made calls through to his children to check on them, almost as if he knew his time was up. He will be buried on Saturday the 12th of May 2018. Oraye St. Franklyn shared the news on Facebook. He wrote: “THE LAST DON DROPS THE MIC LIKE A REAL SUPERSTAR It’s not every day you find a man prepare himself for the glorious life hereafter. A day after these photos were taken on the day of his graduation from Bible School, he checked out quietly without hassling anyone at age 88. He knew his time had come but he wasn’t going to leave without checking up on his children. So he put calls through. Who really does that? lol “Hello people, I hope y’all are good? Nothing much just checking up on you.” How could we have known it was the last we would be hearing from him? ...

Colonel Nikolay Pavlov, the Armed Forces Attache at the Russian Embassy in Ghana, has said Ghana would receive some up-to-date helicopters from the Russian Government. He said the consignment was part of a wide programme to equip the Ghana National Defence Force in enhancing its capability to protect its airspace, land and territorial waters. Col. Pavlov said this at a ceremony to mark the 100th Anniversary of Russia’s Motherland Defenders’ Day, at the residence of the Ambassador, Mr Dimitry Suslov, in Accra. He said Russia would also broaden the operational capabilities of the Ghana Army to expand their participation in peacekeeping missions of the United Nations worldwide. Col Pavlov said the Russian Army had totally new sets of objectives because of the new national security priorities and foreign shifts of recent years. These objectives, he said, were aimed at deterring the military and political threats to the security or interests of the Russian Federation; and at the suppor...

Miss Ghana 2017 – Margaret Derry Mwintuur Margaret Derry Mwintuur has been awarded the prestigious title of Miss Ghana 2017 in a gliterring ceremony last weekend. Marigold Frimpong and Priscilla Nana Akua Gameli comes in as 2nd runner and 1st runner ups respectively. Margaret will now represent Ghana at Miss World 2018. She will succeed Aphua Akrofi as Miss World Ghana. Aphua was 1st runner-up in Miss Ghana 2015 and has been handpicked to represent Ghana at Miss World 2017 in China next month. The decision was made so as to give the new winner more time to prepare for what will be the most important competition of her life. Miss Malaika 2017 – Pearl Nyarko Held at the National theatre last night (November 4), the grand finale of the Miss Malaika beauty pageant, saw 25-year-old Pearl Nyarko emerge as ultimate winner, beating 9 other contestants to annex the throne. The feat makes Ms. Nyarko, an MPhil candidate at the University of Ghana, the 15th queen since the i...