Thrivent Financial donates $10,000.00 to Asanteman Assoc. of Chicago

Thrivent Financial donated $10,000.00 to the Asanteman Association of Chicago and Midwest when they met the Ghanaian Community in Chicago to introduce to them Affordable Life Insurance, Disability Insurance and other Investments that promote community improvement projects. Asanteman Association of Chicago  organized kente dance in 2015 to raise funds to support the Komfo Anokye teaching hospital maternity ward, a…

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Why Ghanaian footballer in Italy killed his mum and sister

Ghanaian footballer Solomon Nyantakyi shocked the footballing world after he killed his mum and sister in Italy. The 21 year old who plays for Parma is reported to be under the influence of drugs but former Chelsea striker Hernan Crespo, who once played for Parma and now vice president of the club says the young prodigy was in bad…

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Ghanaian footballer kills mother and sister in Italy

Solomon Nyantakyi, 21, admitted to having murdered his 43-year-old mother Nfum Patience and his 11-year-old sister, Magdalene, after he was picked up by the Police trying to escape the crime. He disappeared immediately after the incident and was untraceable by phone moments after the double murder, the chief suspect said. One of the two brothers Raymond Nyantakyi, 25, gave…

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Expect more Ghanaian deportees – US Ambassador

Robert Porter Jackson, the US Ambassador to Ghana, has said the US government will again embark on another mass deportation of Ghanaians who have overstayed their visas. Appearing before the parliamentary Select Committee on Foreign Affairs to explain circumstances leading to the expatriation of 63 Ghanaians from the States recently, the US diplomat revealed that over 7,000 Ghanaians had…

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Ghanaian deportees arrive in Accra from US in handcuffs

Some illegal Ghanaian immigrants in the United States of America have been deported. They arrived at the Kotoka International Airport (KIA) in Accra on Wednesday, 14 June in handcuffs. The National Disaster Management Organisation (NADMO), the Ghana Immigration Service (GIS) and the Ghana Police Service screened the deportees upon arrival. The deportees, most of whom had no records on…

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GNC CELEBRATES 29th ANNUAL GHANAFEST IN CHICAGO

The Ghana National Council of Metropolitan Chicago (GNC) and its Affiliates proudly present the 29th Annual Ghanafest in Chicago, IL. Ghanafest is a one day festival every last Saturday of July that displays Ghanaian culture, food, fashion, and music. Members of the Ghanaian, African, African-American, and every community near and far are cordially invited to join in the festivities…

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Ghanaian stabbed on a horror date in Australia

A young man is in hospital after being viciously stabbed in an ambush by a woman he met online. The attacker and two of her friends attacked the man inside his car, leaving him bleeding heavily and begging for help. Following the brutal attack the man was left for dead on a footpath. “I’m dying,” he could be heard…

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Wall Street financier busted for $800K fake loan scheme

Anthony NyameA Wall Street financier hatched an elaborate scheme to steal $800,000 from three clients, including a church, officials said. Anthony Nyame, CEO of General Capital Corporation, was arrested Wednesday for falsely telling his marks that he could arrange millions of dollars in loans for them if they fronted thousands in collateral, authorities allege. In one instance, Nyame allegedly…

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A 20 year old Ghanaian shot and killed in Virginia

RICHMOND, Va. — A 20-year-old Virginia Commonwealth University student was killed overnight in the Carver neighborhood, adjacent to the university. Samuel Kwarteng, from Alexandria, Va., was shot and killed during an altercation off campus in the 1200 block of W. Moore Street, VCU President Michael Rao announced. Kwarteng resided in the 1700 block of Jacqulin Street, according to police,…

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Ghana “chief” jailed in the US

When Joseph Darkoh skipped town to escape federal heroin distribution charges 20 years ago, Brooklyn federal prosecutors said he went on the lam with distinction. Darkoh fled to Ghana, apparently serving as a village chief, they said. But the 68-year-old chief will only be in charge of a prison cell for the next two years, after he was sentenced…

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