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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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Freeze small-scale mining – Okyenhene
Posted on | CommentThe Okyenhene, Osagyefo Amoatia Ofori Panin, has appealed to the government to freeze small-scale mining because it is not different from illegal mining (galamsey) that is destroying water bodies and the environment generally. Describing small-scale mining as official galamsey, he … Read more →
3rd GITMO man spotted in Ghana
Posted on | CommentA third freed person from the Guantanamo Bay prisons has been spotted in Ghana. Mohammed El Gharani came to Ghana on his volition. He is currently in the country. The 3rd Gitmo prisoner is said to be a close associate … Read more →
4 New Takoradi boys arrested for attempting to use fathers for sakawa
Posted on | CommentFour male friends from New Takoradi, a fishing community in Takoradi in the Western region are in the grips of the Police for attempting to use their fathers for money rituals also known as ‘sakawa’. The names of the teenagers … Read more →
Teacher fined GHc1,000 for stealing ladies’ panties
Posted on | CommentThe chief and elders of the Japekrom Traditional Council in the Jaman South District of the Brong-Ahafo Region have fined a 28-year-old teacher, only named as Teacher Henneh GH¢1,000 for stealing ladies’ panties. Teacher Henneh is also to compensate the … Read more →
We are getting the anti galamsey campaign wrong – NPP Communications Officer
Posted on | 1 Comment“My major concern is its demonization, it is not an evil thing. Yes it has gotten out of hand with the water pollution especially and the involvement of foreigners but it can be managed very well if the Minerals Commission become … Read more →
PHOTOS: Funeral called off after ‘dead man’ was spotted drinking in bar
Posted on | CommentA funeral was dramatically called off after the supposedly dead man was spotted drinking at a nearby bar as mourners arrived. The grave for Wilson Oluoch had been dug in his home village near Awendo in Migori county, western Kenya. … Read more →
Smoking causes one in 10 deaths worldwide – Study
Posted on | CommentSmoking causes one in 10 deaths worldwide, a new study shows, half of them in just four countries – China, India, the US and Russia. Despite decades of tobacco control policies, population growth has seen an increased number of smokers, … Read more →
Syrian refugees finding hope in chocolate
Posted on | CommentAfter fleeing war in Syria, chocolatier Essam Hadhad and his family settled in Canada after three years as refugees. For him, getting back to work meant getting his life back on track. Essam Hadhad made a career from chocolate in … Read more →
15% increase in transport fares starts today
Posted on | CommentTransport fares will from this morning see a fifteen percent increase. This follows a publication from The Ghana Road Transport Coordinating Council earlier this week indicating the increase. This is also the first increase to be recorded in transport fares … Read more →
Facebook acts to block revenge porn
Posted on | CommentFacebook is taking fresh action to prevent so-called revenge porn from being spread across its platforms. The social network is making it impossible to repost or share intimate images of people thought to have been uploaded without their permission once … Read more →
Kumasi Academy mysterious deaths: Meningitis is cause of death
Posted on | CommentHealth authorities in the Ashanti Region have found pneumococcal meningitis is responsible for the death of four students of Kumasi Academy. The spate of death within two weeks has caused public anxiety as parents and students demanded answers. At a … Read more →
Another Kumasi Academy Student dies
Posted on | CommentThe number of mystery deaths involving students of Kumasi Academy, located in the heart of the Asokore-Mampong municipality in the Ashanti Regional capital, has risen to four, it has emerged. Education authorities in the region say the latest death involved … Read more →
1.7 million Ghanaians applied for US visa lottery in 2015
Posted on | CommentIt has emerged that about 1.7 million Ghanaians sought to leave Ghana for the US in 2015 through the US visa lottery. The number, which is the highest from a single country represented 12% of the total 14 million people … Read more →
GH¢50k donation not from Chinese Association in Ghana
Posted on | CommentThe Ghana Police Service has denied receiving GH¢50,000 from the Chinese Association in Ghana for the construction of the office complex for the Police Intelligence and Professional Standard (PIPS). According to the Service, the donation was personal, from Tang Hong, … Read more →
Accident kills 117 in Western Region
Posted on | CommentOne hundred and seventeen people were killed while 456 sustained injuries in road accidents in the Western Region in 2016. The Regional Police Command recorded 60 robbery cases in 2016 as against 56 in 2015, representing an increase of seven … Read more →
VIDEO: Man Finds out girlfriend is cheating, brings side boyfriend to help with his marriage proposal
Posted on | CommentA man found out that his girlfriend was cheating on him with another man, then went to his girlfriend’s job to propose to her..but the gag is, the side boyfriend was in on it. When she realized she had been … Read more →
Sex scandal hits Tema
Posted on | CommentA sex scandal is sweeping across the Tema metropolis reportedly involving some four boys who are said to have recorded their sexual escapades with a final-year student of a senior high school (SHS) in the area. The victim, a 21-year-old … Read more →
Galamsey in Ghana destroys water sources in Ivory Coast
Posted on | CommentActivities of small-scale illegal miners (galamseyers) in Ghana is destroying water sources in neighbouring Ivory Coast, Ghana’s Minister of Environment, Science, Technology and Innovation, Professor Kwabena Frimpong Boateng has said. The heart surgeon made the revelation on Tuesday, 4 April … Read more →
Minister of Education bans importation of exercise books
Posted on | CommentThe Minister of Education, Dr. Mathew Opoku Prempeh, popularly called Napo, has banned the importation of exercise and textbooks for public schools in the country with immediate effect. “Henceforth, we shall not import exercise books, textbooks and teacher manuals for … Read more →
John Mahama’s lawyer, COP Oppong-Boanuh fight over land
Posted on | CommentCounsel for former President John Dramani Mahama, Mr Tony Lithur, has sued a Commissioner of Police (COP) for trespassing on his land with the aid of armed policemen. Mr Lithur and another, Mr Addo Allotey, filed the suit at the … Read more →
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