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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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Man found hanged at Tema
Posted on | CommentA young man believed to be in his 30s has been found dead at Tema, hanging from a tree along the Nungua-Tema road. According to citizen journalist Osofo Ansong, who broke the news to Chief Jerry Forson on Accra100.5FM’s breakfast … Read more →
Over 100,000 people ‘trapped’ in modern slavery in Ghana – Report
Posted on | CommentAbout 25 families of the victims of the June 3 flood and fire disaster have received the stipulated cash support of GH¢10,000 per head from government. This addition brings the total number of families that have received the cash support … Read more →
Families of June 3 disaster victims get GH¢10,000 each
Posted on | CommentAbout 25 families of the victims of the June 3 flood and fire disaster have received the stipulated cash support of GH¢10,000 per head from government. This addition brings the total number of families that have received the cash support … Read more →
Ghana buys 180mw from Ivory Coast to tackle dumsor
Posted on | CommentDespite sinking millions of dollars into acquiring new generation capacity, especially expensive emergency power plants, to fix the power crisis which has hiked electricity tariffs, Ghana is still importing 180 megawatts of electricity from Ivory Coast to close deficits. Ghana … Read more →
Takoradi: WAEC official demands sex for better grades
Posted on | CommentA young man who claims to be an official of the West African Examination Council in Accra and has been demanding sex from candidates who just completed their 2016 WASSCE Exams for better grades has been exposed in Takoradi. The … Read more →
Fuel prices to go up from Wednesday
Posted on | CommentPrices of petroleum products are to go up by three percent at the pump from Wednesday, the Chamber of Petroleum Consumers Ghana has hinted. The marginal increment is prompted by the rise of crude oil prices on the international market … Read more →
Policeman killed by armed robber
Posted on | CommentA policeman was last Friday gunned down during a gun battle between a team of personnel and a notorious robber at Asofan, near Ofankor in the Greater Accra Region. The deceased has been identified as Corporal Francis Aballo, 37. Another … Read more →
Headmaster arrested for defrauding 250 people
Posted on | CommentThe Headmaster of the Zion Basic School in Keta in the Volta Region, Mr Elias Bidas, is in the grip of the police for allegedly defrauding more than 250 people under the pretext of recruiting them into the security services. … Read more →
PHOTOS: Prez. Mahama commissions Komenda Sugar Factory
Posted on | CommentPresident John Dramani Mahama will today commission the new Komenda Sugar Factory at Komenda in the Komenda-Edina-Eguafo-Abrem (KEEA) District of the Central Region. This was made known by the Minister of Communications, Dr Edward Omane Boamah. The Komenda Sugar factory … Read more →
I’ve never been arrested – ‘Fake’ Doctor
Posted on | CommentThe man who was reportedly nabbed by police for practicing medicine for twenty years without a license has told Citi News, he has never been arrested. The founder of the Covenant Clinic in Madina, Accra, Adams Arimeyaw, says even though … Read more →
Trainee allowances have been invested in ‘massive infrastructure expansion’ – Dep. Minister
Posted on | CommentA Deputy Minister for Education, says the money that would have spent on paying teacher trainee allowances has been invested in infrastructures in the colleges of education across the country. Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa said the infrastructure expansion has increased enrolment … Read more →
Barclays Bank fraudster arrested trying to dupe another customer
Posted on | CommentThe man who duped a school boy in the Barclays Bank branch in Osu, Accra, has been arrested. The man who was caught on a closed circuit television (CCTV) camera sometime in March posed as a worker of the bank … Read more →
PHOTOS: Day old baby abandoned at cemetery in Sekondi/Takoradi
Posted on | CommentA newly born bouncing baby boy who was abandoned at a Cemetery at Mpintsin near Kojokrom in the Sekondi/Takoradi Metropolis has been rescued and is receiving attention at Stratford Clinic in the Same community. Kofi Hackman, the Good Samaritan who … Read more →
Kumasi: Electricity Bills killing us – Private mortuaries
Posted on | CommentOwners of private mortuaries in Kumasi have revealed that they are being shoved out of business following high electricity tariffs. They indicate the skyrocketing electricity bills are now gradually leading to most of them closing down their facilities since they … Read more →
5 UN peacekeepers killed in Mali
Posted on | CommentFive United Nations peacekeepers have been killed and another was seriously injured in an attack in central Mali. The soldiers – who were from Togo – were travelling in the Mopti region when their vehicle came under fire before hitting … Read more →
Prez. Mahama to commission Komenda Sugar Factory today
Posted on | CommentPresident John Dramani Mahama will today commission the Komenda Sugar Factory in the Central Region. The project came alive after government secured a thirty five million dollar Indian Exim Bank loan facility to revamp it. Currently Ghana’s annual sugar requirement … Read more →
Sustainable natural resource management; Could Ghana be ‘Resource-Cursed’?
Posted on | Comment‘Where is the Wealth of Nations?’ This question is asked by the World Bank in its 2006 Report because it admits revenues generated from natural resources in many countries have escaped the people; those who see and bear the negative … Read more →
Consumers owe ECG GH¢1.6bn
Posted on | CommentThe government, private institutions and individuals owe the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) about GH¢1.6 billion in electricity bills as of 2014. The acting Director of Finance of the ECG, Mr Frank Anokwafo, told the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) last … Read more →
Zimbabwe slashes retirement age as cash runs out
Posted on | CommentZimbabwe is so desperate for cash it has cut the retirement age for members of its enormous uniformed forces from 60 years to 50. Only those who fought in the 1970s liberation struggle are allowed to remain in service until … Read more →
Apple fights call to block facetime
Posted on | CommentA patent-licensing firm is seeking to force Apple to suspend its Facetime and iMessage services claiming it has suffered “irreparable harm” as a result of the tech giant’s actions. VirnetX was awarded $625m (£426m) in February after a jury found … Read more →
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