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US Embassy in Accra opens thousands of new visa slots; urges World Cup travellers to apply early
Posted on with No CommentThe United States Embassy in Accra has announced an expansion of visa processing capacity, opening “thousands of additional non-immigrant visa appointment slots,” with many said to be immediately available. The move is a direct effort to manage anticipated high demand … Read more →
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Gov’t to ban import of ‘accident cars’, used vehicles older than 10 years
Posted on | CommentGovernment is set to ban the importation of used vehicles that are older than 10 years old. The government will also place a total ban on the import of salvaged cars, also known as accident cars, pending the full passage … Read more →
TV3 Editor-cum-Head of Political Desk dead
Posted on | CommentAn editor-cum-head of political news at Media General, Edward Kwabi, who was in his thirties, has died. He died Monday night in Accra at the Korle-Bu Teaching Hospital where he was on admission receiving treatment for short ailment, family members … Read more →
Man jailed wrongfully for 15 years for defilement regains freedom
Posted on | CommentAn accounts clerk (bursar) of a school in Accra who was sentenced to 15 years’ imprisonment for allegedly defiling a 12-year-old pupil of the school and impregnating her in the process has been acquitted and discharged by the Court of … Read more →
Prophet Owusu Bempah survives gun attack
Posted on | CommentProphet Isaac Owusu Bempah, has reportedly survived an assassination attempt on his life over the weekend. According to the founder and leader of Glorious Word Power Ministry International, he had gone to the Ashanti Regional capital Kumasi for the 70th anniversary … Read more →
TV3/3FM’s Winston Amoah joins Multimedia Group as host of UpFront
Posted on | CommentWinston Amoah, an alum of Cardiff University and a former staff of Media General has joined The Multimedia Group as the new host of UpFront on Joy News, a programme that was hosted by Raymond Acquah. According to deep throat, … Read more →
Coronavirus: Global death toll exceeds 3,000
Posted on | CommentThe number of people killed worldwide by the coronavirus has exceeded 3,000, as China reported 42 more deaths. More than 90% of the total deaths are in Hubei, the Chinese province where the virus emerged late last year. But there … Read more →
Sogakope: Assembly member shot dead
Posted on | CommentResident of Sogakope in the Volta Region are in a state of shock over the alleged killing of the Assembly Member for Sogakope South, Marcus Mawutor Adzahli, by unknown assailants. It is alleged that the assailants broke into Adzahli’s house … Read more →
Revealed: Gov’t spent $18m to sponsor staff, students abroad in first half of 2019
Posted on | CommentIt has emerged that the government spent US$18.4 million in the first six months of 2019 for the payment of allowances for government employees and sponsored students attending seminars and courses abroad. This is according to a report from the … Read more →
Oil production under threat
Posted on | Comment• As inadequate infrastructure poses gloomy prospects IN SPITE of Ghana’s growing energy needs, amidst substantial natural gas reserves, inadequate infrastructure and investments to harness the commodity poses gloomy prospects even for sustained oil production. The 2019 Annual Report … Read more →
Over 6,000 customers of defunct microfinance, S&L companies paid – CBG
Posted on | CommentThe Consolidated Bank Ghana (CBG) has said a total of 6,446 individual customers of defunct Microfinance Companies, Finance Houses and Savings and Loans Companies have been paid their locked-up cash. The Bank also says 449 customers who are social and … Read more →
Pope Francis reportedly falls ill a day after praying for coronavirus sufferers
Posted on | CommentPope Francis has reportedly taken ill and cancelled an event at a Rome basilica just a day after he prayed for coronavirus sufferers in Italy. According to the UK Mirror, the pontiff prayed for coronavirus sufferers on Ash Wednesday, while … Read more →
I brought free SHS – Mahama
Posted on | CommentFormer President John Dramani Mahama has made an astonishing claim to the effect that he brought about the now highly acclaimed Free Senior High School (SHS) policy — one of the flagship initiatives of the Akufo-Addo administration. Currently, through the … Read more →
Transgender thief avoids prison because she can’t be sent to a female or male jail
Posted on | CommentA transgender thief has avoided jail because she didn’t have the paperwork to prove she is a woman and couldn’t be sent to a male prison. Leila Le Fey was sentenced to six months in prison for threatening a shop … Read more →
First case of coronavirus confirmed in Nigeria
Posted on | CommentNigeria has recorded the first case of coronavirus, health officials confirmed Thursday. The Health Ministry said on Twitter that the case was in the state of Lagos, home to the southwestern commercial capital of the same name. Lagos is the … Read more →
51-year busted for cocaine
Posted on | CommentFifty-one year old Oppong Kwaku Owusu, is facing prosecution after he allegedly expelled 100 pellets of some powdery substance suspected to be cocaine. This follows his apprehension by officials of the Narcotics Control Board (NACOB)on Tuesday, February 18, at the … Read more →
10-year-old girl has been appointed to teach in UK school as computer expert
Posted on | CommentAn after-school club at the Southfields Primary School, Coventry, England, has appointed a Nigerian pupil, Emmanuella Mayaki, to teach following the discovery of her rare talent. The 10-year-old is reported to be proficient in all main Microsoft programs by the … Read more →
BoG warns businesses, individuals who charge in dollars
Posted on | CommentFollowing a recent publication of a photo showing a shop attendant accepting dollars in exchange for goods at a shop in Accra, the Bank of Ghana (BoG) has moved to enforce the regulations that bar trading in foreign currencies in Ghana. Officers from … Read more →
Ghana rises on ranking of strongest militaries globally
Posted on | CommentGhana has moved up two places to become the 106th strongest military globally on a ranking of 138 countries. This was contained in the Global Firepower ranking 2020 which uses over 50 individual factors to determine a given nation’s Power Index … Read more →
Bugatti seized in Zambia over possible money laundering
Posted on | CommentAuthorities in Zambia have seized a Bugatti Veyron that was imported into the country on Monday, pending investigations into possible money laundering. “The vehicle has since been seized as investigations are being conducted,” Zambia’s Drug Enforcement Commission said in a … Read more →
Power situation to normalise in March – Dep Energy Minister
Posted on | CommentA Deputy Minister of Energy, Mr William Owuraku Aidoo, says the erratic power supply currently being experienced in some parts of Ghana should stabilise in a few days. According to him, the intermittent power outages was because of major repair work … Read more →
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