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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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48% of youth in Ghana jobless – World Bank Report
Posted on | CommentAt least 48% of the youth in the country between 15-24 years do not have jobs, the World Bank in its latest report on jobs in Ghana has revealed. The report, the landscape of jobs in Ghana, explores the opportunities for … Read more →
25% of pregnancies end in abortion – Study
Posted on | CommentOne in four pregnancies ends in an abortion each year, global estimates from the World Health Organization and Guttmacher Institute suggest. The report in the Lancet said 56m induced abortions take place annually – higher than previously thought. Researchers acknowledge … Read more →
70yr old woman gives birth to her first baby (PHOTO)
Posted on | CommentA 70-year-old Indian woman has left people amazed after she successfully gave birth to her first child after 46 years of marriage. A 70-year-old Indian woman has left people stunned after news circulated that she has given birth to her … Read more →
Germany had so much renewable energy on Sunday that it had to pay people to use electricity
Posted on | CommentOn Sunday, May 8, Germany hit a new high in renewable energy generation. Thanks to a sunny and windy day, at one point around 1pm the country’s solar, wind, hydro and biomass plants were supplying about 55 GW of the … Read more →
Headmistress stops SHS Students from exams for stealing goats
Posted on | CommentThe headmistress of Chiraa Senior High School in the Brong-Ahafo Region, Grace Manu, has reportedly prevented some final-year students of the school from writing the West African Secondary School Certificate Examination (WASSCE) because the students were alleged to have stolen … Read more →
Man caught having sex with sheep
Posted on | CommentKwame Adamu, a 26-year-old unemployed resident of Bowomoden, a farming community in the Wassa Amenfi Central District of the Western Region, was reported to have had body intimacy with a sheep belonging to one Mallam Dawda, a resident in the … Read more →
Vocational, technical students told to prioritise English
Posted on | CommentThe Ashanti Regional Manager of the Catholic Education Unit, Rev Fr. John Amankwah, has challenged students pursuing courses in technical and vocational education schools to take keen interest in the learning of English Language to support the knowledge they acquire … Read more →
Takoradi Hospital: Nurses boycott night shift (PHOTOS)
Posted on | CommentAce Broadcast Journalist Nhyiraba Paa Kwesi Simpson can state on authority that, the Out Patient Department (OPD) of Takoradi Hospital, the Second Major Health Facility in the Western Region was left orphaned as far as the services of Nurses were Concerned … Read more →
80% eligible Student voters couldn’t register – UG SRC
Posted on | CommentThe University of Ghana Students’ Representative Council (SRC), has revealed that nearly 80 percent of their students eligible to vote in the November polls were unable to register in the just ended limited voters’ registration exercise. According to the SRC … Read more →
Thieves raid Methodist Church at Komenda Dominase
Posted on | CommentIn a move that could be described as a show of lack of fear and Reverence for God, thieves have broken into the Bethel Methodist Church at Dominase near Komenda and stolen items valued at about ten thousand Ghana Cedis. … Read more →
NCA to ban WhatsApp, Skype, Viber calls in Ghana
Posted on | CommentThe National Communications Authority (NCA) says it will soon decide on whether subscribers should still be allowed to make calls over the internet with applications like WhatsApp, Skype and Viber or not. The response follows calls by Telecoms operators like MTN, that is leading the campaign … Read more →
TOR worker with gun waiting for Prez. Mahama arrested
Posted on | CommentCredible information reaching tv3network.com indicates that a worker of the Tema Oil Refinery, Senanu Asbeit Akpade is currently in the custody of the Bureau of National Investigations -BNI for possessing a gun ‘in wait for President Mahama’. Mr. Asbeit Akpade … Read more →
2 friends wound each other over cat; charged by Police (PHOTO)
Posted on | CommentTwo friends are in Police grips for wounding each other over a misunderstanding arising out of the stealing of a pussycat belonging to one of them. The two – Kwesi Atta and Enne Evans – have been issued with medical … Read more →
We’ve created 5,700 jobs created in oil sector – Petroleum Minister
Posted on | CommentTHE Minister of Petroleum, Emmanuel Armah Kofi Buah, has declared that government has created some 5,700 jobs in the oil and gas sector. He disclosed this at Sanzule during the sod-cutting ceremony for commencement of construction of an Onshore Gas … Read more →
PHOTOS: Boy born with 31 fingers and toes
Posted on | CommentMeet Hong Hong. He’s almost 4 months old, lives in China and has 31 fingers and toes. That’s not a typo. The boy was born in January with 15 fingers and 16 toes in Pingjiang County in Hunan province. He … Read more →
Ghana Police opens 2016 recruitment – Mode of appication
Posted on | CommentThe Ghana Police Service has opened recruitment for individuals who are interested in law enforcement as police officers. Beginning Wednesday May 11, 2016 applicants could purchase application vouchers at the GCB Bank Limited across Ghana at the cost of Gh?100. … Read more →
Otumfuo Osei Tutu II invites Flagbearers for golf match
Posted on | CommentAs part of efforts to lower the political temperature ahead of the 2016 general elections, the Asantehene Otumfuo Osei Tutu II is inviting the flagbearers of the various political parties for a golf match. It is the hope of the … Read more →
Afoko appears in Panama papers
Posted on | CommentPaul Afoko, the suspended Chairman of the opposition New Patriotic Party (NPP) is listed in the leaked Panama Papers. Afoko, is shown in the documents released today, May 9, 2016 as a shareholder in a company known as West African … Read more →
Bawumia builds Islamic learning centre
Posted on | CommentThe Vice Presidential Candidate of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) Dr. Mahumudu Bawumia has constructed an Islamic learning centre (Makaranta) valued at GH¢12,000 for the Zongo community in Boi Town in the Ga West Municipality of the Greater Accra region. … Read more →
300,000 pregnant women die
Posted on | CommentAvailable statistics indicate that about 300,000 women die during pregnancy and childbirth while about 3 million babies do not survive the first four weeks each year across the globe. The majority of the largely preventable deaths take place in developing … Read more →
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