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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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Gov’t shouldn’t compensate ‘Ponzi scheme’ victims -Kofi Bentil
Posted on | CommentThe Vice- President of Policy, think tank IMANI Ghana, Kofi Bentil, has absolved the government of any liability incurred by Ghanaians who invest in fraudulent investment schemes. Mr. Bentil said the government has no responsibility towards citizens who decide to … Read more →
Heavy Police Presence At Japekrom After Youth Leader’s Killing
Posted on | CommentThere is heavy Police presence at Japekrom in the Brong Ahafo region. 42-year Wofa Sina Atta was killed by gunmen believed to be from Drobo, a rival community. 15 others were injured in the shooting incident and rushed to a … Read more →
South African court finds white farmers guilty of murdering black teen
Posted on | CommentA South African court on Wednesday convicted two white farmers of murdering a 16-year-old black boy suspected of stealing sunflowers in a remote northwestern farming community. Pieter Doorewaard and Philip Schutte were found to have killed Matlhomola Mosweu on April … Read more →
Japanese Nano Technology Company to establish plant in Ghana
Posted on | CommentM-TEchX Inc, a Japanese Nano Technology Company, is to establish a plant in Ghana to produce Nano fibre for oil and gas and medical cleaning. The company would partner Waste Management companies to collect the plastic waste generated as a … Read more →
Teacher Drowns After Saving Wife And Child
Posted on | CommentA teacher in his 30s has drowned in the Afram River after saving his wife and child when a boat ferrying them was destabilized by a strong wind. The teacher Dzakpotor Dziwonu Maxwell was attached to Bumpata D/A Primary School … Read more →
Two jailed 18 years for defilement
Posted on | CommentA Circuit Court in Accra on Wednesday sentenced Richard Addo, a 25-year-old barber, to 10 years imprisonment for defiling a 12-year-old girl at Ashalley Botwe, a suburb of Accra. Addo was found guilty by the court on a charge of … Read more →
First Lady inaugurates two projects at Cape Coast Teaching Hospital
Posted on | CommentThe First Lady, Mrs Rebecca Akufo-Addo, has inaugurated two facilities to promote effective maternal and child health delivery at the Cape Coast Teaching Hospital. The facilities are an Obstetrics and Gynaecology Emergency Block, funded from the hospital’s internally generated funds … Read more →
6 Die in Savelugu, Nanton floods; 2,459 others displaced
Posted on | CommentSix persons died, while 2,459 others, including 45 pregnant women, were displaced in the recent floods that occurred in the Savelugu municipality and the Nanton District in the Northern Region. A total of 906 acres of farmland was also destroyed, … Read more →
Theresa May faces backlash over hint to extend Brexit transition to 2021
Posted on | CommentTheresa May is facing a backlash from Brexiteers for indicating the UK could extend the Brexit transition period to the end of 2021. EU officials said the prime minister had suggested she was “ready to consider” extending Britain’s transition out … Read more →
‘Funding for NABCO not a problem’ – Oppong Nkrumah
Posted on | CommentInformation Minister designate, Kojo Oppong Nkrumah has shot down calls for a dedicated revenue channel for the Nation Builder’s Corps (NABCO) programme. Government is investing several billions of cedis into the initiative for the 100,000 graduates engaged under the programme. … Read more →
MTN, Vodafone & AirtelTigo to charge more for services from Nov. 1
Posted on | CommentGhanaians will from November 1, 2018, start paying more for the services rendered by telcos operating in the country. The telcos, Airtel-Tigo, MTN and Vodafone, say they are adjusting their tariffs upwards. The Ghana Chamber of Telecommunications which made the … Read more →
Body of missing Saudi journalist was cut into pieces – Turkish officials
Posted on | CommentA Saudi mission that resulted in the apparent death of journalist Jamal Khashoggi in Istanbul was organized by a high-ranking officer with the General Intelligence Presidency, Saudi Arabia’s main intelligence service, three sources familiar with the case told CNN. One … Read more →
1.5 million Ghanaians obese; Ghana No.2 in W/Africa – FAO
Posted on | CommentGhana is number two in West Africa with increasing cases of obesity. This is according to the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) Representative to Ghana and Regional Programme Leader for Africa, Dr. Abebe Haile-Gabriel. According to him, there are currently 1.5 million obese Ghanaians. He … Read more →
100,000 NABCo recruits pass out
Posted on | Comment100,000 recruits of the Nation Builder’s Corps (NABCo) successfully passed out today, Wednesday, October 17, 2018 in Accra. NABCo forms part of government’s commitment towards addressing the high unemployment in the country. It will be managed by the office of the President … Read more →
Woman kills herself after husband’s “death”
Posted on | CommentA man in China whose wife killed herself and their two children after he allegedly faked his own death for an insurance payout has surrendered to police. The 34-year-old was presumed dead after his car was found in a river, … Read more →
Okada has gone beyond police control – MTTD
Posted on | CommentThe Head of Research and Programmes of the Motor Traffic and Transport Department (MTTD) of the Ghana Police Service, Superintendent Alexander Kwaku Obeng says the use of motorbikes for commercial purposes has gone beyond police control. Consequently, he has called … Read more →
Ashanti Region tops NaBCo jobs – NaBCo boss
Posted on | CommentThe Ashanti Region recorded the highest number of applicants for the Nation Builders Corps (NaBCo) jobs. Speaking at the graduation ceremony of 100,000 beneficiaries of the NaBCo initiative at the Black Stars Square in Accra Wednesday morning, the Chief Executive … Read more →
Mother, Daughter Drown As Floods Swallow Five Communities
Posted on | CommentA 54-year-old mother, Akosua Sawo and her eight-year-old daughter, Grace Sawo have drowned after a deluge of flood water swept their home at Akanteng in the Lower West Akyem Municipality of the Eastern Region Tuesday Evening. A joint operation team … Read more →
Police hunt for 32-yr old man for killing his wife and child
Posted on | CommentThe Police in the Central Region is searching for Kwame Obey, a 32-year-old man who murdered his wife and child, and also left their three other children with severe injuries. The Central Regional Police Command on October 14, received information … Read more →
NABCO will succeed – Nana Addo tells critics
Posted on | CommentPresident Akufo-Addo has hit back at critics who downplayed the impact of the Nation Builders Corps (NABCO) initiative. Nana Akufo-Addo says the initiative will go a long way to partly address the current unemployment situation in the country. Speaking at … Read more →
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