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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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How Nam 1 was arrested in Dubai
Posted on | CommentDetails are emerging about how the embattled Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of gold collectibles firm, Menzgold Ghana, Nana Appiah Mensah, popularly known as NAM1, was arrested in Dubai in the United Arab Emirates (UAE). A source close to NAM1 said authorities … Read more →
Indonesian woman mauled to death by giant pet crocodile
Posted on | CommentAn Indonesian woman has been mauled to death by a pet crocodile in Sulawesi after she fell into its enclosure. Deasy Tuwo, 44, had reportedly been feeding the crocodile at the pearl farm where she worked, and where the animal … Read more →
Mobile Money Interoperability ends 2018 with 2.2 million transactions
Posted on | CommentCross network mobile money transfers were done about 2.2 million times between May and December last year, according to figures released by the Ghana Interbank Payment and Settlement Systems (GhIPSS). This shows a continuous increase in the patronage of the … Read more →
Referendum and district elections slated for September
Posted on | CommentHajia Alima Mahama, Minister of Local Government and Rural Development, has said a referendum leading to the amendment of the Article 55 (3) of the Constitution would be held alongside the district elections in September. The article, which is an … Read more →
Comply strictly with stipulated fees, GES directs SHS heads
Posted on | CommentThe Management of the Ghana Education Service (GES) has directed heads of Senior High Schools (SHSs) to strictly comply with the stipulated fees for the 2018/19 academic year. “For the avoidance of doubt, the total fees for the SHS and … Read more →
Prosecuting Nam 1 will be dangerous – Afenyo-Markins
Posted on | CommentThe New Patriotic Party (NPP) Member of Parliament for the Effutu Constituency, Alexander Afenyo-Markin says prosecuting Menzgold’s boss, Nana Appiah Mensah could be dangerous. He says such prosecution will make customers of the gold trading firm lose all their investments. … Read more →
Fire sweeps through Odorna Market
Posted on | CommentAs many as 80 stalls are reckoned to have been burnt down after fire swept through the Odorna Market, otherwise called the Pedestrian Shopping Mall at the Kwame Nkrumah Circle in Accra Wednesday night. No deaths or injuries were recorded, … Read more →
Fake DV plates dealers arrested in Kumasi
Posted on | CommentThe police in Kumasi have arrested two persons for allegedly manufacturing and selling fake DV plates. The suspects, Halidu Issah, 23, and Osei Kwadwo, 47, were arrested in their hideout at Bekwai roundabout in Kumasi. According to the police, the two … Read more →
Takoradi: 2 Notorious armed robbers get 140 years in prison
Posted on | CommentTwo ex-convicts who the police say gained notoriety in robbing some residents within Sekondi-Takoradi metropolis of the Western Region have been handed a total of 140 years in prison by the Takoradi Circuit Court. Thirty-two year-old Nicholas Nana Takyi and … Read more →
Key member of Anas’ Tiger Eye Private Investigations team shot dead
Posted on | CommentUndercover investigator and a key member of Anas Aremeyaw Anas’ Tiger Eye Private Investigations team, Ahmed Hussein-Suale has been shot dead. Ahmed was shot three times, twice in the chest and another in the neck late Wednesday night at Madina in … Read more →
Three arrested for murdering girl, 14, for ritual purposes
Posted on | CommentThe Central Regional Police Command, has arrested four persons in connection with the murder of a 14-year-old girl, Ivy Tsibu, for alleged ritual purposes at Twifo Agona in the Central Region. The prime suspect, Kwabena Asamoah aged 35, was arrested … Read more →
Kenyan president vows to avenge Nairobi terror attack
Posted on | CommentKenyan security forces have neutralised all four terrorists involved in the attack on a hotel complex in the capital, Nairobi, President Uhuru Kenyatta said on Wednesday. Kenyatta said about 700 people had been safely evacuated, vowed to avenge the 14 … Read more →
Theresa May’s Brexit deal rejected by MPs
Posted on | CommentPrime Minister Theresa May’s Brexit deal has been rejected by 230 votes – the largest defeat for a sitting government in history. MPs voted by 432 votes to 202 to reject the deal, which sets out the terms of Britain’s … Read more →
Set up C’ssion of Enquiry into Ga chieftaincy affairs
Posted on | CommentThe Ga Traditional Council has appealed to President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo to use his Executive powers under Article 278 to set up a commission of enquiry to look into the protracted dispute over the rightful claimant to the Ga … Read more →
Arrest of NAM1 in Dubai: Prez Akufo-Addo calls emergency cabinet meeting
Posted on | CommentPresident Nana Akufo-Addo has summoned an emergency cabinet meeting over the ongoing Menzgold dealership saga. The meeting, Graphic Online gathers, is aimed at weighing the options available to the government to get the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the embattled … Read more →
EOCO freezes NAM 1’s accounts
Posted on | CommentThe Economic and Organised Crime Office (EOCO) has frozen the bank accounts of Nana Appiah Mensah, the CEO of troubled gold trading firm Menzgold. EOCO secured the order to freeze the bank accounts of the beleaguered CEO of Menzgold popularly … Read more →
Nairobi Dusit hotel under attack as blasts and gunfire heard
Posted on | CommentA hotel complex is under attack in the Kenyan capital, Nairobi. At least two explosions followed by sustained gunfire were heard at the compound in the Westland district of the city, which houses the Dusit hotel as well as offices. … Read more →
US-based Ghanaian arrested for alleged murder in US
Posted on | CommentA US-based Ghanaian, Daniel Kankam, has been arrested by the Alexandia Police, Virginia for allegedly murdering one Somaya Hussein Ahmed. According to a report by Fox5dc.com, the 44-year old suspect was arrested last weekend after the police responded to a call … Read more →
Buhari names new police chief
Posted on | CommentPresident Buhari has appointed acting police chief for Nigeria, local media portals reported on Monday. Until his appointment, Abubakar Adama was the head of the National Institute for Policy and Strategic Studies (NIPSS). His appointment as Acting Inspector General of … Read more →
ECG takeover won’t cause electricity tariff increase – PURC assures
Posted on | CommentThe Public Utilities Regulatory Commission (PURC) has parried claims that the new managers taking over ECG will result in an astronomical increase in electricity tariffs. Ishmael Agyekumhene, Commissioner at the PURC, says his outfit would be regulating the new managers to ensure … Read more →
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