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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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Vladimir Putin wins Russia election by big margin
Posted on | CommentVladimir Putin will lead Russia for another six years, after securing an expected victory in Sunday’s presidential election. Mr Putin, who has ruled the country as either president or prime minister since 1999, got more than 76% of the vote, … Read more →
World Bank Group General Counsel to visit Ghana
Posted on | CommentWorld Bank Senior Vice-President and Group General Counsel, Sandie Okoro is on a four-day mission to Ghana, after which she will visit Liberia. Ms Sandie Okoro’s mission is expected to enable her understand how World Bank-financed programmes and projects were … Read more →
Interest rates drop to 24.5%
Posted on | Comment– New formula expected to lead to further reductions Data published by the Bank of Ghana (BoG) shows that the industry average base rate of commercial banks has dropped to 24.5 per cent as of February 28, 2018. This represents … Read more →
4,000 Police to be recruited in 2018 – Prez. Akufo-Addo
Posted on | CommentThe President of the Republic, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, says Government will mobilise whatever assistance it can to enable the Police provide the Ghanaian people the kind of service they deserve. According to President Akufo-Addo, the aim of his administration … Read more →
12yr old boy hangs himself to death after church service
Posted on | CommentA 12 year old boy has committed suicide at Assin Bereku in the Assin North district of the Central region. The death of Kwame Adu on Sunday afternoon shook the entire community as many residents wondered what might have prompted … Read more →
Kotoka International Airport gets 3rd passenger terminal
Posted on | CommentOver the past four years, the Kotoka International Airport has been the beneficiary of several infrastructural expansion and upgrade projects. But the most ambitious and indeed most important one has been the construction of a third passenger terminal. Its construction … Read more →
Malawian woman kills toddler by inserting 30cm stick into her vagina
Posted on | CommentMalawi Police in Kasungu have arrested 34-year-old Memory Kanjere, a sex worker, for allegedly murdering a three months old child after she suspected the mother of having an affair with her boyfriend. The whole incident is said to have happened … Read more →
Ghanaian drug dealer executed in Singapore
Posted on | CommentConvicted drug trafficker Billy Agbozo was executed last Friday (March 9) after he failed in his clemency plea. Agbozo, 39, a Ghanaian national, had been found guilty and sentenced to death on July 4, 2016, for trafficking 1.63kg of methamphetamine … Read more →
Use condoms or have sex in your safe periods – MP to teenage girls
Posted on | CommentMember of parliament for Effutu, Alexander Afenyo-Markin, is pushing teenage girls in the country who cannot control their sexual drive to either have sex during their ‘safe’ periods or use condoms to avoid teenage pregnancy. “That period of ovulation, if … Read more →
Bitcoin price dropping fast
Posted on | CommentBitcoin, Ethereum, and all other major cryptocurrencies are continuing their downward slide. The prices of all top 10 coins are down by double-digit percentages in the last 24 hours, according to CoinMarketCap. Bitcoin is currently trading at $7,951, a 13.4 … Read more →
Inflation inches up to 10.6%
Posted on | CommentYear-on-year inflation inched up by 0.3 percent to 10.6 percent in February 2018, the Ghana Statistical Service has revealed. The margin of increase indicates that interest rates might not change. According to figures, the monthly change rate for February 2018 … Read more →
Forbes African 18 billionaires list
Posted on | CommentNO Ghanaian featured among African’s 18 billionaires in the latest Forbes billionaire list for 2018. According to Forbes, there were a record 2,208 billionaires from 72 countries worldwide. Aloko Dangote from Nigeria with net worth of US$14.1 billion was African’s … Read more →
$60m NIB judgment debt case review application dismissed
Posted on | CommentTHE Supreme Court has dismissed a review application seeking to overturn its own decision that quashed a $60 million judgment debt. According to the panel of seven justices of the Supreme Court, the review suit filed by Dominion Corporate Trustees … Read more →
Banks’ investment in T-Bills drop by 21%
Posted on | CommentAt the end of Dec 2017 BANKS’ investment in Treasury Bills (T-Bills) reduced significantly to 57.1 percent at the end of December 2017 from 78.1 per cent the same period the previous year, the latest Banking Sector Report published by … Read more →
Abeka Lapaz cop killer grabbed
Posted on | CommentThe suspected armed robbery gang leader who allegedly shot and killed Constable Daniel Owusu has finally been busted. Constable Daniel Owusu was attached to the Tesano Community Policing Unit and was on a motorbike patrolling with a colleague at Abeka … Read more →
Dr. Opuni, 2 others charged with abatement of crime, money laundering + 24 other offences
Posted on | CommentFormer Chief Executive of the Ghana COCOBOD, Dr. Stephen Kwabena Opuni has been sued at the Accra High Court for allegedly causing financial loss to the state. The State has leveled a total of 27 charges against Dr. Opuni along … Read more →
Gov’t indebtedness to waste managers hits GHC800 million
Posted on | CommentGovernment says it owes waste collectors and operators of landfill sites across the country about 800 million cedis, a situation that is crippling waste management efforts. Managers of landfill site claim the financial crisis they are currently battling with has … Read more →
86 Ghanaians deported from USA
Posted on | CommentEighty-six Ghanaians deported from the United States of America arrived in Ghana on Wednesday, March 13, 2018. They were arrested at different states for various immigration offences such abuse of the terms of their visas and engaging in illegal employment. … Read more →
Hajj Crisis: IC Quaye snubs Prez. Akufo-Addo’s Appointee
Posted on | CommentTrouble is brewing within the Hajj Board again as the national chairman Sheikh IC Quaye is accused of unilaterally making changes within its communication directorate without recourse to the Presidency. The 11-member Hajj Board and other officials heading the various … Read more →
New Takoradi: 13-year-old boy missing
Posted on | CommentPaul Nii Nortey, a 13-year-old Class 6 pupil of Christ the King International School in Takoradi is reported missing. The last time Paul was seen was yesterday 12th March, 2018 at 5 am when he was taking his bath behind … Read more →
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