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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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19yr old defiles class 3 pupil at cemetery
Posted on | CommentFataw Abdul,19, unemployed, has been remanded into prison custody by the Tarkwa Circuit Court for allegedly defiling a 14-year-old primary three pupil at the Bogoso old cemetery in the Prestea Huni/Valley District. The accused person, who pleaded not guilty, would … Read more →
Justice Dery petitions GJA to withdraw award to Anas
Posted on | CommentEmbattled High Court judge, Mr Justice Paul Uuter Dery, wants the Ghana Journalists Association (GJA) to withdraw the 2015 Journalist of the Year award conferred on Anas Aremeyaw Anas. Justice Dery was among 12 High Court judges, 20 magistrates and … Read more →
Interest payment on mobile money wallets begins on Sept 11
Posted on | CommentMobile telecom operators with mobile money service have clinched a deal with their partner banks for them to pay interest on customers’ balances in their wallets. This follows a Bank of Ghana (BoG) approval for mobile money operators to negotiate … Read more →
Prez. Mahama approves new allowance for soldiers
Posted on | CommentPresident John Mahama has finally succumbed to pressure from the officers and men of the Ghana Armed Forces over their peacekeeping allowance, increasing it from $31 to $35. Earlier last month, the president announced an increase on the per diem … Read more →
Brazil Senate has voted to remove President from office
Posted on | CommentBrazil’s Senate has voted to remove President Dilma Rousseff from office for manipulating the budget. It puts an end to 13 years in power of her left-wing Workers’ Party. Ms Rousseff denies the charges. Sixty-one senators voted in favour of her impeachment … Read more →
The Church will not be cowed by Politicians – Christian Council
Posted on | CommentThe Christian Council of Ghana says it will not be cowed into silence on key matters affecting the welfare of Ghanaians. General Secretary of the Council, Reverend Opuni Frimpong, says irrespective of attacks the church suffers in the hands of … Read more →
PHOTO: Man arrested for car snatching
Posted on | CommentA 40-year-old taxi driver is in the grips of the Accra Regional Police Command for car snatching. The suspect, Daniel Quaye, was arrested when he tried to rather frame the victim as an armed robber when his plans went south. … Read more →
Major shake-up hits Ghana Police Service
Posted on | CommentThe Inspector General of Police (IGP), John Kudalor, has made yet another reshuffle in the top hierarchy of the police service, with barely four months to the polls in December. This is the IGP’s fourth reshuffle since his appointment in … Read more →
Presby Moderator names Politician who tried bribing him
Posted on | CommentThe outgoing Moderator of the Presbyterian Church of Ghana, Professor Emmanuel Martey has named the name of the politician who attempted to bribe him with a $100,000, a V8 and a house at Trasacco to the leadership of the church. … Read more →
PHOTO: 3 Armed robbers grabbed
Posted on | CommentThree suspected armed robbers are in the grips of the Accra Regional Police Command for their involvement in a series of armed robbery cases in the Teshie Nungua enclave. The suspects are Stephen Bediako, 30 years, unemployed; Kwaku Nuworkpeh, 35, … Read more →
Pregnant woman, 8 others die as boat capsizes
Posted on | CommentNine people, including a pregnant woman, drowned when the boat they were travelling in capsized on the Dakar river in the Northern Region. The police confirmed to Citi News that only four of the thirteen people on board the boat … Read more →
Takoradi: Machine cuts Diamond Cement staff into pieces (DISTURBING PHOTOS)
Posted on | CommentWork at Western Diamond Cement Ghana limited at Bokro near Apowa in the Ahanta West District of the Western Region came to a standstill in the afternoon of Saturday, August, 27 after one of the workers lost his life under … Read more →
DISTURBING PHOTO: Man dies in girlfriend’s house after sex
Posted on | CommentA 37-year-old man, Sikiru Olanrewaju, reportedly died in his sleep after having rounds of sex with his girlfriend on Surulere street in the Abule Egba area of Lagos State, PUNCH reports. The report stated that the girlfriend alerted neighbours after discovering … Read more →
Jake Obetsebi Lamptey slept with my mum, I’ve lost sympathy for NPP – Maurice Ampaw
Posted on | CommentLawyer Maurice Ampaw has revealed that he is yet to get out of the emotional pain inflicted on him by a former National Chairman of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) Jake Obetsebi Lamptey. He accused the deceased NPP stalwart of … Read more →
Full list: 21st Ghana Journalist Awards Winners – Anas wins big
Posted on | CommentInvestigative journalist Anas Aremeyaw Anas has been adjudged the overall best journalist of the year 2015 at the 21st Ghana Journalist Awards (GJA). He was awarded for his investigative piece on judicial corruption that led to the dismissal of judges … Read more →
Veep escapes accident on Winneba-Cape Coast highway (PHOTO)
Posted on | CommentVice-President Kwesi Amissah-Arthur narrowly escaped an accident last Saturday when a saloon car that failed to heed a signal to stop crashed into one of the four-wheel V8 vehicles in his convoy, causing the latter to summersault and eventually land upside-down … Read more →
39 Ghanaian pilgrims repatriated from Saudi Arabia
Posted on | CommentSome thirty nine female pilgrims from Ghana have been repatriated from the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. “The Pilgrims Affairs Office, Ghana (PAOG) regret to announce the repatriation of some 39 female pilgrims from the kingdom of Saudi Arabia,” a statement … Read more →
Chief Imam receives Martin Luther King award
Posted on | CommentThe National Chief Imam Sheikh Osman Nuhu Sharubutu has been honoured with the ninth Martin Luther King award for Peace and Social Justice. US Ambassador to Ghana, Robert Jackson presented the Muslim leader the award for his contribution to Nation … Read more →
Scrap taxes on medicines – Chamber of Pharmacy
Posted on | CommentThe Chamber of Pharmacy Ghana, has called for the removal of the current taxes on medicines, which are contributing to the current increases in prices of the commodity and threatens quality health care delivery. They said the removal of the … Read more →
Standards of Journalism falling – GIJ Dean
Posted on | CommentMr James Asante, the Dean of Journalism at the Ghana Institute of Journalism, Accra, has noted that the standards of journalism are falling hence the need for efforts to reverse the trend. He said the principles of journalism, which require … Read more →
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