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Air fares soar by nearly 25% as Iran war forces flights to re-route
Posted on with No CommentThe war in the Middle East has helped to trigger a surge in air fares, with the lowest-priced economy tickets costing 24% more on average than they did a year ago, according to new research. The report, from the consultancy … Read more →
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PHOTOS: 4 Thieves grabbed at Koforidua
Posted on | CommentFour thieves who tried to rob a banker and her husband yesterday in the afternoon are now in the Effiduase police custody for interogations. According to residents at highways, Opposite a gas filling station popular known as Lartey gas, the … Read more →
Pastor commits suicide
Posted on | CommentA Limpopo Pastor has committed suicide after he sent pictures of his penis to his church Whatsapp Group. Pastor Letsego of Christ Embassy who is married thought he was sending the picture to his lover, who happens to be a … Read more →
Samsung ‘will limit faulty Note 7 batteries’ to 60% charge
Posted on | CommentSamsung will limit the batteries of South Korean Note 7 smartphones to 60% of their capacity following a recall of the devices. The firm asked fo r Note 7s to be returned following cases of phones that exploded during or … Read more →
Ghana’s eurobond loosens IMF straitjacket ahead of elections
Posted on | CommentGHANA will have more fiscal room to maneuver ahead of elections as a fifth Eurobond gives the nation funds to pay debt and implement projects amid spending restrictions imposed by the International Monetary Fund. West Africa’s second-largest economy raised $750 … Read more →
Prez. Mahama promises free WASSCE registration in his 2nd term
Posted on | CommentGhana’s president is promising to absorb the West African Senior Secondary Certificate Examination [WASSCE] registration fees for all Ghanaian students in his second term. Giving highlights of the 2016 manifesto of the National Democratic Congress in Accra Tuesday, President John … Read more →
No cash for salaries – Gov’t diverts GH¢500m
Posted on | CommentThe Government of Ghana does not have money to pay salaries of its workers across the country for September 2016; and has therefore, decided to use part of the budget already allocated to run some 23 Ministries, Departments and Agencies … Read more →
STATEMENT: Ghanaian pilgrim dies in Mecca
Posted on | CommentThe Pilgrims Affairs Office of Ghana (PAOG) on a sad note wishes to announce the death of a 70 year old Alhaji Alhassan Kuku who was part of Ghanaian Pilgrims who were in Arafah last Sunday and safely returned back … Read more →
Prez. Mahama needs $24bn to implement 75% manifesto promises – IMANI
Posted on | CommentPolicy Think Tank IMANI Africa, has stated that the next Mahama-led administration – if given the nod in the upcoming elections – will need an amount of $24 billion to implement 75 percent of the promises contained in the party’s … Read more →
USAID donates IT equipment for agric data collection
Posted on | CommentTHE United States Agency for International Development (USAID) has presented tablets and other information and technology (IT) equipment to the Statistics Research and Information Directorate (SRID) of the Ministry of Food and Agriculture (MoFA). The electronic equipment and software valued … Read more →
Oil cash projects missing
Posted on | CommentTHE Public Interest and Accountability Committee (PAIC) has discovered that oil revenue allocated to three projects in Upper West and Northern regions might have gone into private pockets as a visit to the project sites reveal that no such projects … Read more →
There’s more to education than exams – Joyce Aryee
Posted on | CommentReverend Dr Joyce Aryee, Founder of Salt and Light Ministries, has noted that education is not only about examinations but more importantly about how the student uses the knowledge acquired to address problems in the society. She said some students … Read more →
I feel ‘so much better’ now – Hillary Clinton
Posted on | CommentUS Democratic party presidential candidate Hillary Clinton kept her pneumonia diagnosis from most of her staff, according to reports, choosing to tell only family and close aides. Mrs Clinton was reportedly concerned that news of the illness would be exploited … Read more →
Professor demands removal of Mahatma Ghandi’s statue from Legon
Posted on | CommentA former Director of the Institute of African Studies, Professor Akosua Adomako Ampofo, has started a campaign asking for the removal of the statue of Indian independence icon, Mahatma Ghandi, from the University of Ghana campus. Prof Adomako Ampofo is … Read more →
Man remanded for having anal sex with 4yr old
Posted on | CommentA 18 year- old vulganiser has been hauled to an Accra Circuit Court for allegedly having anal sex with a four- year old girl at Adenta. KwasiLarweh charged with defilement pleaded not guilty. He has been remanded into lawful custody … Read more →
Nana Addo will win December polls – Prophet One
Posted on | CommentWith the December 7 elections inching closer, one of the most controversial but popular preacher in Ghana, Prophet Ebenezer Adarkwa Yiadom alias ‘Prophet One’ has pronounced his verdict by declaring that the New Patriotic Party would win the race. The … Read more →
Hillary Clinton diagnosed with pneumonia
Posted on | CommentUS Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton has been treated for pneumonia, her doctor says, after she was taken ill at a 9/11 ceremony. Dr Lisa Bardack said she was diagnosed with pneumonia on Friday and given antibiotics, but had become … Read more →
Takoradi: 3 escape death (PHOTOS)
Posted on | CommentThree occupants of a taxi, including the driver, narrowly escaped death in Takoradi, Western Region, on Wednesday when the vehicle skidded off the road and landed in a big gutter a few metres away from Bank of Africa, Market Circle. … Read more →
World Bank approves $15m for Ghana
Posted on | CommentThe World Bank’s Board of Executive Directors has approved a $15 million Ghana Economic Management Strengthening (GEMS) Technical Assistance Project for Ghana. This is billed to strengthen the country’s institutional capacity in domestic revenue mobilization, public investment management, debt management … Read more →
Prez. Mahama promises ‘Progressively free tertiary education’
Posted on | 1 CommentPresident John Dramani Mahama says the country under his watch is inching closer to making tertiary education free, given the investments made. He indicated that as Ghana’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP) increases, tertiary education would be free. Addressing students of … Read more →
PHOTO: 2 women nabbed at Ankaful Prison for attempting to smuggle phones to convict
Posted on | CommentTwo women who attempted to smuggle prohibited items to an inmate of the Ankaful Maximum Security Prison in the Central Region have been arrested. Madina Sadat and Akosua Attah, in an attempt to outwit the security officers at the gate, … Read more →
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