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Prez. Mahama vows to keep inflation in single digits after sharp decline
Posted on with No CommentPresident John Mahama has reaffirmed his government’s commitment to sustaining inflation within single digits, following a marked drop in the rate to 3.2 per cent. The President said the achievement forms part of a broader strategy to stabilise the economy … Read more →
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This condom changes colour if it detects STIs
Posted on | CommentA team of teenage inventors have revealed a condom capable of changing colour when it comes into contact with STIs. The prescient prophylactic has a built-in indicator that alters its colour depending on what infection it picks up. It was … Read more →
BECE leakage: Police arrest 13
Posted on | CommentPolice have arrested thirteen persons in connection with the leakage of this year’s BECE examination papers. Deputy Education Minister in charge of Tertiary Eductaion, Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa who confirmed the arrests to Joy News says Head of WAEC Rev Sam … Read more →
WAEC releases timetable for BECE cancelled papers
Posted on | 1 CommentThe West African Examinations Council (WAEC) has released the timetable for the re-sit of the five cancelled papers for the Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE). Candidates will retake the five papers on June 29 and 30. On Monday June 29, … Read more →
PHOTOS: Irate sodom and gomorrah residents invade State House
Posted on | CommentVictims of the Saturday mass demolition exercise at Sodom and Gomorrah in Accra have invaded the State House as part of their protest against the exercise which took place in the area. According to the irate residents, a member of … Read more →
PHOTOS: Sodom & Gomorrah residents threaten boko haram in Ghana
Posted on | CommentWould their threat heed to something? – Or it’s just a strategy to scare government after pulling down their wooden structures in the nation’s biggest slum area. Displaced settlers at the Sodom and Gomorrah slum in Accra, mostly Northerners, have … Read more →
Another recruitment scam hits Ghana Police
Posted on | CommentAnother recruitment scam involving a number of young men and women has hit the Ghana Police Service. The prospective recruits carrying their trunks, mattresses and ‘chop’ boxes and holding their appointment letters converged on a house at Amamoley, near Sowutuom … Read more →
Prostitutes at Circle take self-imposed leave
Posted on | CommentMany female sex workers who ply their trade at nightclubs, drinking spots and hotels around the June 3 disaster scene at the Kwame Nkrumah Circle have taken self-imposed leave. The few of them who still go to those joints do … Read more →
PHOTO: Fattest man dies at age 33
Posted on | CommentBritain’s fattest man has died after ballooning to 65 stone. Carl Thompson, 33, had been confined to his bungalow for a year, relying on NHS carers to wash and feed him. Yesterday emergency services and the fire brigade were seen … Read more →
Prez. Mahama declares war on cocoa thieves
Posted on | CommentPresident Mahama has stated that his administration will ensure that anybody arrested for diverting cocoa inputs such as fertilizer meant to be distributed free of charge to farmers would be prosecuted. “You will go to jail if you are caught … Read more →
Volta Teachers turn Taxi Drivers during school hours
Posted on | CommentSome teachers in public Senior High Schools in the Volta region have abandoned classrooms to engage in commercial transport business during school hours, Today has learnt. Today’s investigations established that professional teachers paid with taxpayers’ money to be in school … Read more →
Korle Bu: 4 employees sacked over GHc900,000 fraud
Posted on | CommentThe Korle Bu Teaching Hospital Board has terminated with immediate effect, the appointment of some of its employees due to what it described as “gross incompetence and dereliction of duty in the management and day-to-day operations” of its pharmacy. Following a forensic … Read more →
PHOTOS: US church shooting suspect arrested
Posted on | CommentA 21-year-old man suspected of killing nine people at a historic African-American church in Charleston, South Carolina, has been arrested. Police said Dylann Roof, of Lexington, South Carolina, was detained during a traffic stop in Shelby, North Carolina. The gunman … Read more →
PHOTOS: Husband gives ex half of everything he owns
Posted on | CommentA German man seems to be following his divorce agreement to the letter by using power tools to give his ex-wife half of everything he owns. The man posted a video of him cutting chairs, beds and phones in half … Read more →
Sack WAEC Boss – NAGRAT
Posted on | CommentThe National Association of Graduate Teachers (NAGRAT) has called for the resignation of the Very Rev. Sam Nii Nmai Ollennu, Head of the Ghana National Office of the West African Examinations Council (WAEC), following the leakage and subsequent cancellation of … Read more →
Ramadan: Pray for peace, prosperity in Ghana – Prez. Mahama to Muslims
Posted on | CommentPresident John Dramani Mahama has urged Muslims to pray for peace and prosperity in Ghana as they begin this year’s Ramadan month of fasting. It is the belief of Muslims that the Holy Quran was first sent down to the … Read more →
IMF begins review of support for Ghana
Posted on | CommentAn International Monetary Fund (IMF) team visiting Ghana has begun the first assessment of the government’s performance under the three-year programme for the release of the next credit facility of $114 million. The Finance Minister, Mr Seth Terkper, said at … Read more →
Leak of 5 BECE papers: BNI probes WAEC
Posted on | CommentThe Bureau of National Investigations (BNI) has taken over investigations into the leak of five subject papers in the ongoing Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE). In line with that, the head of the West African Examinations Council (WAEC) in Ghana, … Read more →
Transport fares to go up 15%
Posted on | CommentNational Trustee of Ghana Private Road Transport Union (GPRTU), Mr. Kwesi Ansah has hinted that, there will be increment in commercial transport fares. Speaking to Nhyiraba Paa Kwesi Simpson on Jolly Breakfast Show (JBS) on Skyy Power FM in Takoradi, … Read more →
United States and Ghana partner to improve child literacy
Posted on | CommentThe United States Government, through the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) in collaboration with Ghana’s Ministry of Education (MOE) and the Ghana Education Service (GES) will launch the ‘Partnership for Education: Learning activity’, which will benefit over 2 … Read more →
PHOTOS: BECE Candidate, 1 other arrested for robbery
Posted on | CommentTwo suspected armed robbers, including a final year junior high school (JHS) student have been arrested by the Madina District Police for allegedly robbing a boutique at Madina Ritz Junction. The suspects- Yaw Borkor, 21 and Gilbert Kwesi, the 19-year-old … Read more →
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