CLICK RADIO GHANA PRESENTS SPIRITUAL USES OF HERBS AND ZOOTHERAPY

ADWERA

WITH GYATABA OSEMPAKANYI ON WATER AND HERBS

DO YOU KNOW THAT THE RULING SPIRIT OF GHANA HAS 72 HEADS?

THE POWER OF OUR FOREFATHERS

APOSTLE KWADJO SAFO IS A "GOD" FOR GHANA

CLICK SPIRITUAL DRIVE

SPIRITUAL BENEFITS OF TAMEAWU

WHAT IS HIDDEN PART II

THE POWER IN AFRICAN PALM TREE WITH DR. SHALOMO LARTEY

SHOULD GHANA BUILD A NATIONAL CATHEDRAL

EDWIRA

SPIRITUAL POWERS IN CASSAVA

ADDRESSING SPIRITUAL PROBLEMS WITH HERBS

NANA OFEI ON HOW TO CONNECT WITH GOD

HOW TO PROTECT YOURSELF

SELF IMPOSED CURSES

THE ACTIVITIES OF WITCHCRAFT

NANA YAA BAAKOWA

THE POWER OF OUR FOREFATHERS II

THE 33 MILLION DEMONS

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