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I didn’t kill my husband – Condemned prisoner wants to appeal her sentence

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A baker who claimed she was wrongfully jailed and currently “wasting away” in the condemned cells of the Nsawam Medium Security Prison, is pleading with Ghanaians to support her appeal her sentence. Madam Salamatu was charged for murdering her husband. Narrating how she ended up in the condemned cells during an interaction with Crime Check Foundation’s Ibrahim Oppong Kwarteng, Salamatu said she was charged for abetment to commit murder. She insists she is innocent and had no hand in her late husband death. According to her, her late husband was found unconscious in his room by their younger daughter with blood oozing from his head and upon rushing him to the hospital, he was pronounced dead. Following the demise of her husband, she was later picked by the police together with some unknown men and accused of hiring the services of assailants to kill her husband. Aggrieved Salamatu said she was also accused of infidelity which was the main reason she murdered her husband.

Open defecation: Tourists vow never to swim in Ghana’s ocean

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Ghana will have to intensify the fight against open defecation or risks losing tourists which may eventually lead to the collapse of the tourism industry in the country. This is because, tourists visiting the country are gradually getting fed up with the insanitary state of most of the tourist sites, particularly the beaches. In a report by JoyNews’ Joojo Cobbinah, tourists who visit the historical Cape Coast Castle in the Central Region have vowed never to go bathing in Ghana’s ocean due to the indiscriminate practice of open defecation along the shores of the beaches. Residents around the Cape Coast Castle, including fishermen who incidentally seek their livelihood from the same spot have turned the seaside behind the castle into an open defecation ground. They ease themselves in the water and use same water to wash their anus even in the presence of tourists. This act, according to the tourists is unacceptable and must be discouraged. They advise government to adopt a more prag

Rashida Black Beauty confirms she’s 7 months pregnant; appeals for support

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Brong Ahafo based controversial teenager, Rashida Black Beauty has confirmed reports suggesting she is heavily pregnant. 18-year-old Rashida who rose to stardom after her “Malafaka” breakup videos went viral on social media disclosed that her embattled boyfriend, Kushman is the man responsible for her seven-month-old pregnancy. Speaking in an interview with Bible scholar Avram Ben Moshe, Rashida explained that circumstances beyond her control led her into the situation she currently finds herself. During the interaction, it was revealed that she is “broke” to the point that she does not even have a mobile phone.  Rashida Black Beauty who featured in "Noko Fio" comedy drama with stars like Nana Ama McBrown, Kalybos, Benedicta Gafah, Yaw Dabo, Jackson Davies and Salma Mumin and Umar Krupp alleged that she was only exploited and earned nothing from the movie. “I didn’t just decide to get pregnant. It was the situation I was in. I wanted to even abort the pregnancy but my m