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Trump says King will be ‘very safe’ during US visit after security talks
Posted on with No CommentDonald Trump has said King Charles III will “be very safe” during his state visit to the US, which is due to begin later on Monday. Further security talks took place between the White House and Buckingham Palace after a … Read more →
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Niger president serves quit notice
Posted on | CommentNiger President Mahamadou Issoufou has given a strong signal that he is ready to leave office in 2021 when his current term of office expires. Issoufou became president in 2011 and secured re-election in 2016. The ruling Nigerian Party for … Read more →
Agona Nkwanta: Man busted for sending wife’s panties to fetish priest for rituals
Posted on | CommentA man is in the grips of the police for sending his wife’s panties to fetish priest for rituals. The culprit (name withheld) from Annkyernyin Nkwanta near Apowa in the Ahanta West Municipality of the Western Region requested the Agona … Read more →
450 communities to benefit from potable water project
Posted on | CommentSome 450 communities are set to benefit from the implementation of a potable water project in rural and peri-urban areas. Addressing the press on Sunday, Information Minister, Kojo Oppong Nkrumah, said the government is embarking on this project as part of … Read more →
Energy Ministry to address Ghanaians on recent power outages
Posted on | CommentThe Energy Ministry is expected to address Ghanaians through the media later this morning on issues regarding power supply in the country. This comes in the wake of several reported cases of intermittent power cuts in various parts of the … Read more →
First degree to be a minimum requirement for all teachers – Minister
Posted on | CommentAs part of Government’s strategic reforms in the teacher education space, first degree will be the minimum requirement for teaching at any of the country’ s education system, Prof Kwesi Yankah the Minister of Tertiary Education said. Prof Yankah said … Read more →
Takoradi: 25yr old man dies in akpeteshie drinking contest
Posted on | CommentA 25 year old unemployed man has died in an akpeteshie competition at Ntankoful in the Sekondi-Takoradi Metropolis, today Friday morning around 11: 15am. The deceased whose name is given as Hamza believed was said to have consumed 4 of the ‘quarter’ … Read more →
Police Service proposes schools to train ‘Okada’ riders
Posted on | CommentThe Ghana Police Service has called on authorities to critically lay a solid foundation before attempting to review the law that forbids the use of motorcycles – popularly referred to as ‘okada’ – for commercial purposes. According to the Service, … Read more →
Yaa-Naa sends delegation to Chereponi over violence
Posted on | CommentThe Overload of Dagbon, Yaa Naa Mahama Abukari II, has sent a delegation to the troubled Chereponi and Saboba districts to discuss peace and a cease-fire. The visit of the delegation was a follow up on last week’s invitation of both … Read more →
Two charged with rape over British girls’ Ghana attack
Posted on | CommentTwo men have been charged with a series of offences including rape after a group of British schoolgirls was attacked at gunpoint in Ghana. A number of armed men entered accommodation where the pupils and their teachers were staying during a … Read more →
Don’t give in to “dirty old men” for iPhones – CJ to girls
Posted on | CommentGirls must stop using their bodies to acquire material things from “dirty old men”, chief justice Sophia Akuffo has said. Speaking at a mentoring session for girls in Kumasi, the Supreme Court judge said devices such as iPhones are not … Read more →
I’ve no magic, officers aided my jail escape – Robber tells court
Posted on | CommentA suspected armed robber who is said to have spiritually disappeared from the Kumasi Central Prisons says he has no spiritual charms but aided in his escape by police and prison officers. Abdul Razak, one of five people charged with … Read more →
Parliament finally passes RTI Bill
Posted on | CommentParliament has finally passed the Right to Information (RTI) Bill into law. The Bill was passed following the completion of its consideration stage after several policy changes, amendments and months of rigorous debates on the Floor of the House. The … Read more →
2,200 Workers to be posted to new regions
Posted on | CommentThe Minister of Regional Reorganisation and Development, Mr Dan Botwe, has announced that the government will be posting at least 100 experienced workers of the Local Government Service to each of the newly created regions to cater for the human … Read more →
Work on 17 E-Block schools completed
Posted on | CommentWork on 17 community day senior high schools (SHSs) in the country, known as E-Blocks, have been completed and operationalised, the Ministry of Education has stated. It formed part of 23 E-Block schools selected for completion by the government. The … Read more →
World Bank Vice-President advises Ghana to Work towards 100% Internet access
Posted on | CommentThe World Bank Vice-President for Africa, Dr Hafiz Ghanem, has advised Ghana to work towards achieving a 100 per cent Internet access. He said that was a necessary vision and dream for the country because the digitisation of the Ghanaian … Read more →
Takoradi baby stealing saga: What neighbours of ‘baby thief’ are saying – “The man is innocent”
Posted on | CommentResidents of Effiakuma Zongo (Alhaji Bawa area) in Takoradi, the neighbourhood of ‘baby thief’ Rose Mawusi Fiaku, 42 years and a Seamstress who stole 1 year old baby Francis Mauwsi Ahiagbenu on Friday 22nd March, 2019 at Market Circle are … Read more →
Takoradi: This is where Baby Mawusi, 1yr old stolen baby was kept by ‘baby thief’ (PHOTOS)
Posted on | CommentFrancis Mawusi Ahiagbenu, the 1 year old baby who was stolen last week Friday March 22, 2019 at Takoradi Market Circle has been found by the SWAT unit of Ghana Police Service. The SWAT unit of the Ghana Police Department … Read more →
Girl, 13 suspected to have been killed and ‘hanged’
Posted on | CommentA 13-year-old girl, Abigail Aklugu, was on Monday morning discovered dead and virtually sitting on the floor except for a strand of nylon rope that held her neck to a mango tree at Nsuta in the Sekyere Central District of … Read more →
UTAG demands resignation of UEW governing council Chairman
Posted on | CommentThe University Teachers Association of Ghana (UTAG) has called for the immediate resignation of the Chairman of the governing council of the University of Education Winneba, Professor Nicholas Abakah. UTAG has also called on President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo to … Read more →
Population and Housing Census slated for March 2020
Posted on | CommentThe next Population and Housing Census in Ghana is expected to take place on March 15, 2020. A 24-member Steering Committee set to provide political, cultural and institutional support for the conduct of the 2020 Population and Housing Census has … Read more →
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