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Prez. Mahama vows to keep inflation in single digits after sharp decline
Posted on with No CommentPresident John Mahama has reaffirmed his government’s commitment to sustaining inflation within single digits, following a marked drop in the rate to 3.2 per cent. The President said the achievement forms part of a broader strategy to stabilise the economy … Read more →
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How US spies found al-Qaeda’s top man in Kabul
Posted on | CommentLast year, during the chaotic US withdrawal from Afghanistan, President Joe Biden pledged his administration would not allow the new Taliban-led regime to make the country a safe-haven for terrorists. The remarks were intended to indicate that, as far as … Read more →
US kills al-Qaeda leader in Afghanistan drone strike
Posted on | CommentThe US has killed the leader of al-Qaeda, Ayman al-Zawahiri, in a drone strike in Afghanistan, President Joe Biden has confirmed. He was killed in a counter-terrorism operation carried out by the CIA in the Afghan capital of Kabul on … Read more →
Mentally challenged woman stones man to death at Kwame Nkrumah Circle
Posted on | CommentAn unidentified young man has been stoned to death by a mentally challenged woman. The incident is reported to have happened on Monday afternoon atop the Kwame Nkrumah Circle. In a video circulating on social media, the unknown man was … Read more →
Law Students cry over ‘undisclosed’ pass mark for professional course admissions
Posted on | CommentLeadership of the National Association of Law Students has expressed its displeasure with the decision taken by the Independent Examinations Committee of the General Legal Council not to disclose the pass mark for this year’s law school entrance exams. The … Read more →
GH¢5 charge on SIM card self-registration will go to the App developers – NCA
Posted on | CommentThe National Communications Authority (NCA) has disclosed that the GH¢5 charge on the self-service SIM registration application will go to the app developer. Speaking on Citi News, the Deputy Corporate Affairs Director at the NCA, Kwame Gyan, while failing to give … Read more →
Spio-Garbrah appeals High Court ruling on case against Wontumi
Posted on | CommentFormer Trade and Industry Minister, Dr. Ekwow Spio-Garbrah has filed an appeal after a Kumasi High Court dismissed his $10 million suit against the Ashanti Regional Chairman of the New Patriotic Party, Bernard Antwi Boasiako popularly known as Chairman Wontumi. … Read more →
28,485 candidates sit for WASSCE in Western and Western North Region
Posted on | Comment422,883 final-year senior high school (SHS) students in total across the country will write this year’s West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE) for School Candidates. The high school exams, which will begin with the practical session today, August 1, … Read more →
Food shortage may hit Ahanta West Municipality soon
Posted on | CommentThere are fears that food shortage may hit Ahanta West Municipality in the Western Region due to the poor road network. Ntaakrom is said to be the food basket of the Ahanta West municipality, the town that produces food for … Read more →
Shocking: 99-year-old woman’s shocking dying wish causes massive stir (PHOTOS)
Posted on | CommentA great-grandmother had a singular request for her grave: a 5½-foot-tall, nearly 600-pound penis statue. Catarina Orduña Pérez’s family erected the monument in “recognition of her love and joy for life,” according to Vice. “She wanted to break the paradigm … Read more →
PHOTOS: 3 Injured in accident on KNUST campus
Posted on | CommentA Toyota Corolla with registration number AW 5256-21 has been involved in an accident on the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) campus. Reports indicate the accident occurred on Saturday night on the Brunei hostel road. It led … Read more →
Police recruits: 2,973 personnel pass out
Posted on | CommentThree thousand two hundred and twenty-four police recruits have passed out from five police training schools in the country. They are made up of 1,953 males and 1,020 females who constitute the first batch of recruits for 2022 who have … Read more →
Instagram U-turns on TikTok-style revamp
Posted on | CommentInstagram says it is pausing a rollout of new features on its app following backlash online from users, influencers and celebrities. Among the new features was an increase in recommended video content, in a similar style to rival app TikTok. … Read more →
Takoradi: Construction of nurses’ bungalow, market in EKMA in the pipeline – MCE
Posted on | CommentThe Effia Kwesimintsim Municipal Chief Executive (MCE), Mr Kojo Acquah says the assembly will soon embark on a massive infrastructure drive in some selected communities in the Municipality. Among them is the construction of a nurses’ bungalow for the Adientem … Read more →
Takoradi: BU residents cry of dusty roads
Posted on | CommentThe progress of work on the BU to Adiembra road in the Sekondi Takoradi Metropolis is in a slow pace as Kingspok Construction Company Limited, the Contractors responsible for the road has abandoned the site. Residents in the area say … Read more →
PHOTOS: British High Commissioner enstooled queen mother of Gbese
Posted on | CommentThe British High Commissioner to Ghana, Harriet Thompson, has been enstooled as Development Queen mother of Gbese in Accra. Madam Thompson will serve with the stool name Naa Okaitso Mnalimi I. She was enstooled by His Majesty Nii Ayi-Bonti II, … Read more →
Prince Charles accepted £1m from Osama Bin Laden’s family – Report
Posted on | CommentThe Prince of Wales accepted a payment of £1m from the family of Osama Bin Laden, the Sunday Times reports. Prince Charles accepted the money from two of Osama Bin Laden’s half-brothers in 2013, two years after the al-Qaeda leader … Read more →
SIM card re-registration extended to Sept 30
Posted on | CommentThe nationwide SIM cards re-registration exercise has been extended to September 30, 2022 The Minister for Communications and Digitalisation, Ursula Owusu-Ekuful announced this at a press conference in Accra Sunday. “Upon consultation with stakeholders in the industry, I have reluctantly … Read more →
Vice President and others mourn with Dr Boadi Nyamekye
Posted on | CommentVice President, Dr Mahamudu Bawumia has led high-ranking government officials to grace the one-week ceremony of the late father of lead Pastor of The Maker’s House Chapel International, Dr Michael Boadi Nyamekye. The father, Charles Kofi Nyamekye, died on Friday, July 22, … Read more →
E-levy target revised downwards from ¢6.9bn to ¢611m
Posted on | CommentExpected revenue from the E-Transaction Levy (e-levy) has been revised downwards from the initial ¢6.9billion as stated in the 2022 budget statement to ¢611million in the mid year budget review. The initial target as stated in the 2022 budget document … Read more →
Nigeria headteacher sentenced to death after pupil’s murder
Posted on | CommentA high court in the northern Nigerian city of Kano has sentenced a primary school owner and his friend to death by hanging for the kidnapping and subsequent killing of a five-year-old pupil. Abdulmalik Tanko and his friend Hashimu Isiyaku … Read more →
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