Mr. Christian Blukoo, who served as Dr. Kwame Nkrumah’s bodyguard for many years, recently said in a documentary produced by Joy Prime TV and titled “THE GUARD” that he receives a pension of only GHC47 per month. According to the information provided by Mr. Christain Blukoo, he spent the majority of his active days in the Christiansburg Castle, where he worked as one of the most significant bodyguards for Dr. Kwame Nkrumah.

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A 14-year-old girl who is pregnant and 15 other children have been rescued from being trafficked from the Central Region to Cote d’Ivoire. The children, according to rescuers were being trafficked into forced labour and forced marriages.

National Youth Organizer of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), George Opare Addo, has advised the ruling government to re-examine itself, rather than pointing accusing fingers at them. President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo was booed whiles on stage at a global entertainment event held at the Black Star Square in Accra. Thousands of patrons were at the venue to witness the Global Citizen festival which had a number of local and international artistes performing.

Two vehicles have been involved in a ghastly accident at Kalabule Junction on the Mallam-Kasoa Highway. The accident, which occurred on Friday morning, involved a Toyota Yaris registered GX 4635-22 and a commercial Hyundai Grace van with registration number As 9553-10.

The Cape Coast District Court 2 has remanded the Tufohene of Ekumfi Akwakrom, Nana Onyaa Clark, and one other suspect in connection with the death of an aspiring trainee nurse at Mankessim. This was after they appeared before the court presided over her Worship, Bernice Mensima Acknon on Thursday.

The Central Regional Police on Monday exhumed the body of Georgina AsorBotchwey, a 25-year-old student nurse who was murdered and buried in a house at Mankessim in the Mfantsiman municipality of the Central Region. A suspect, who is alleged to be a pastor has been arrested by the police but the second person, Nana Crack, Tutuhen of Ekumfi Akwakrom, whose room the body was retrieved from, is on the run.

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A 30-year-old private security man has allegedly defiled an eight-year-old girl in the Tamale metropolis of the Northern Region. The suspect has been identified as Hafiz Mohammed, stationed at the Bethel Methodist School Complex at Ward K, a suburb of the metropolis.

There is a looming danger at Elubo, a community in the Juaboso District in the Western North Region as illegal mining also known as ‘galamsey’ has taken over homes in the community. Several holes have been dug under various houses in the community with the pits left uncovered in between compound houses and their backyards in the community.