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US charges 6 over car theft ring shipping stolen vehicles to Ghana
Posted on with No CommentSix individuals have been charged in the United States over an alleged international car theft syndicate that smuggled stolen vehicles to Ghana, following a year-long investigation by federal authorities. According to the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Columbia, … Read more →
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Inflation hits 13%
Posted on | CommentThe annual (year-on-year) inflation rate for April 2017 was 13 percent compared to 12.8 percent recorded in March 2017. This means that the general price level went up by 1.6 percent between March 2017 and April 2017. The monthly change … Read more →
Okyenhene demands immediate apology from BNI for galamsey accusation
Posted on | CommentThe Okyenhene, Osagyefuo Amoatia Ofori Panin, has demanded an immediate apology from the Bureau of National Investigations (BNI) for wrongfully accusing him of engaging in ‘galamsey’ activities. His demands follow a BNI report which named the chief and his palace … Read more →
Sophia Akuffo to be next Chief Justice?
Posted on | CommentGhanaians are likely to have another female Chief Justice (CJ) as the Council of State considers the nomination of President Akufo-Addo for the coveted position. Reliable source indicates that the next Chief Justice to succeed outgoing Georgina Theodora Wood may … Read more →
Facebook’s profits hits $3bn in first quarter
Posted on | CommentFacebook’s profits have jumped in the first three months of the year, as the social network closes in on two billion users, according to its latest results. The number of people using Facebook each month increased to 1.94 billion, of … Read more →
PHOTOS: “I ended up in a shark” in the Bahamas – Ivor Greenstreet shares
Posted on | CommentAfter his below par performance at the 2016 general elections, Ivor Kobina Greenstreet of the Convention People’s Party appears to have found a new love in sports – scuba diving. The almond fruit lover came close to nature in far … Read more →
Galamseyers return to River Pra in Western Region
Posted on | CommentBarely a week after Citi News reported on the return of illegal miners in some communities in the Eastern Region, another notorious group has returned to mine illegally in the Pra River at Daboase in the Western Region. Officials of … Read more →
Gay Doctor Sulley Ali Gabass lectures in prison
Posted on | CommentIncarcerated gay man Dr. Ali Gabass appears to have found himself a new job while he serves his time in prison at Nsawam. Dr. Gabass is imparting his knowledge in the sciences to his fellow inmates at the Nsawam Prisons … Read more →
Arrest JB Danquah’s wife over his murder – Family
Posted on | CommentThe family of the late MP for Abuakwa North J.B Danquah Adu has called on the Police to arrest his widow over his death. According to a member of the family, Solomon Nuwordu, the family believes Mrs. JB Danquah played … Read more →
PHOTO: Taxi Driver who killed radio spiritualist in Takoradi arrested
Posted on | CommentThe Taxi Driver who was reported to have stabbed a popular radio spiritualist in Takoradi has been arrested. He is 24 year old whose name was given as Hassan Salifu. He was arrested at a spraying shop at Kansaworado where … Read more →
DRONE PHOTOS: Aftermath of Sekondi-Takoradi gas explosion
Posted on | Commentwww.233times.net and Chrisland TV visited the Sekondi-Takoradi gas explosion site to get drone shots of the PCC, GHUMCO, Total Gas station and OLAM company which were affected by the gas explosion. The explosion which occurred in the early morning of … Read more →
83% Of Ghanaians without national ID
Posted on | CommentA report by the Committee on Communications of Parliament shows that the National Identification Authority (NIA) is yet to register and issue a national identification card to 83 percent of the country’s estimated 27 million population. According to the report, … Read more →
“GITMO-2 to stay for 2 years is not true”- Lawyer
Posted on | CommentClaims by government that the two former detainees of Guantanamo Bay were to spend only two years in Ghana, have strongly been disputed. The two, Mahmud Umar Muhammad Bin Atef and Khalid Muhammad Salih Al-Dhuby, were in detention for 14 … Read more →
Owusu Bempah is new Ghana Gas Communications Director
Posted on | CommentThe Communications director for the National Democratic Party (NDP) Ernest Owusu Bempah has been appointed director of communications for the Ghana Gas Company by President Akufo-Addo. He takes over from renowned journalist and communications expert Alfred Ogbamey, who has been … Read more →
Information Minister to Chinese Ambassador – ‘Call Chinese illegal miners to order’
Posted on | CommentThe Minister of Information, Mr Mustapha Abdul-Hamid, has appealed to the Chinese Ambassador to Ghana to help call to order the few recalcitrant illegal Chinese miners in the country who are bringing the hard-earned reputation of China in Ghana into … Read more →
FBI Director Comey ‘terminated’ by Donald Trump
Posted on | CommentUS President Donald Trump has dismissed FBI director James Comey, White House says. “Today, President Donald J Trump informed FBI Director James Comey that he has been terminated and removed from office,” said a White House statement. The surprise move … Read more →
Gov’t to pay teacher trainee allowance in September
Posted on | CommentThe scrapped allowance for teacher trainees across the country is to be restored by September this year, government has announced. Minister in charge of Tertiary Education, Professor Kwesi Yankah, who revealed this said the government is busily working on the … Read more →
Galamsey: Ghana loses $2.3bn
Posted on | Comment– Royalties and taxes not paid on gold produced through illegal mining GHANA lost a whopping $2.3 billion in 2016 through ‘galamsey’ activities. Isaac Karikari, a Director at the Lands and Natural Resources Ministry, who made the revelation, said the … Read more →
Sek/Tadi gas explosion: W/R Minister suspends confirmation of MDCEs
Posted on | CommentThe Western Regional Minister Dr Kweku Afriyie has suspended the rest of the confirmation of Municipal and District Chief Executive Nominees following Tuesday’s horrific Gas explosion in Takoradi. The minister who has been going round with Presidential Staffer Charles Bissue … Read more →
Strangers are using our girls – Bole Youth
Posted on | CommentSome Youth in Bole have expressed their disappointment and anger over the manner in which girls in the area are being used and dumped by people they describe as “strangers” who are mostly public servants. The youth claim some of … Read more →
EOCO invites Mahama’s elder brother Peter Mahama over his quarry business
Posted on | CommentThe Upper East regional branch of the Economic and Organized Crime Office (EOCO) has invited Mr Peter Mahama, a senior brother of former President John Dramani Mahama to furnish it with all documents covering his quarry business. Credible information gathered … Read more →
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