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Prez. Mahama vows to keep inflation in single digits after sharp decline

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President 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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Nsawam: ECG man slapped for distributing ‘light bills’

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A meter reader for the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) in Nsawam-Adoagyiri in the Eastern Region was severely assaulted by a costumer for attempting to distribute ‘light bills’ to him. The angry customer, according to Nsawam ECG Manager, Bismark Awuku, … Read more →

35-year-old man killed over 20 pesewas change

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A 35-year-old man died instantly last week at Ashaiman, near Tema, when he fell from a commercial vehicle he was hanging on to demand a change of 20 pesewas. The deceased, Razak Abdul Salifu, who resides at Newtown, a sub­urb … Read more →

MASLOC Operations Director diverts GH¢1m to 2 financial firms

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A GH¢1,055,582 fraud has been uncovered at the Microfinance and Small Loans Centre (MASLOC). An acting Director of Operations of the scheme, Ken Kwaku Boadi Asare, is alleged to have forged 102 non-existing business associations to advance GH¢1,055,582 to two … Read more →

PHOTO: 3 Ghanaians arrested for robbing Korean woman

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Three persons who allegedly robbed a Korean lady of 5,600 US dollars and an unspecified amount of Korean and Ghanaian currencies in Accra, have been arrested by the police. They are Emmanuel Debrah, 28, alias Otega, driver, John Tetteh, 28, … Read more →

PHOTO: Ghanaian construction worker beheaded in Libya?

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Reports reaching this medium indicates that a Ghanaian is alleged to be amongst 21 Egyptian Christians beheaded by ISIL affiliates in Libya. Videos of the beheadings were released yesterday but the gruesome killings was reported to have occured in Jnauary. … Read more →

PHOTO: Fake Pastors defraud Legon Students

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Two persons who allegedly posed as evangelists are in the grip of the Legon District Police.Isaac Adjei, 53, and 28-year-old Rhoney Sarfo, together with one of their accomplices, identified only as Roland, were said to have introduced themselves to some … Read more →

PHOTO: Mother burns children alive

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An African mother living in Belgium, allegedly burned her three young daughters to death. While the girls were BURNING to death, she called their father on teh phone, and said, ‘Listen to their screams’. Madysson, six, Abbygail, four, and Oumy, … Read more →

Police-population ratio in Ghana is 1:777

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The Interior Minister, Mr Mark Owen Woyongo, has revealed that Ghana’s Police- Population ratio stands at 1:777, which does not meet the United Nations’ Police-Population ratio of 1:500. “Though Ghana’s Police-Population ratio is a far outcry of what the UN … Read more →

PHOTOS: ‘Gala’: Old men defile 5-year-old girl at Effia (Takoradi)

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The Takoradi Police Command have arrested two old men; seventy (70) and sixty (60) year old at Effia, a surburb in Takoradi for defiling a 5-year-old Kindergarten  girl. Confirming the news on Jolly Breakfast Show (JBS) on Skyy Power 93.5 … Read more →

Revealed: Ghana has only 10 plastic surgeons

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Ghana currently has only 10 trained plastic surgeons that are qualified to perform surgery, the Director of the Reconstructive Plastic Surgery and Burn Centre, Korle-Bu Teaching Hospital (KBTH), Dr Opoku Ware Ampomah, has stated. He has therefore appealed to anyone … Read more →

‘Dumsor’ now on Wikipedia and Google play store

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The worsening energy crisis popularly known in Ghanaian parlance as “dumsor” has been added to the free online encyclopedia, Wikipedia. Additionally, there are at least four Applications in the Google Play Store on Android phones about “dumsor”. A direct translation … Read more →

University head’s son sodomized at Akosombo International School

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Sodomy has reared its ugly head at the famous Akosombo International School (AIS) in the Eastern Region, involving two minors. A few days ago, an alleged similar practice led to the death of one student at the St Paul’s Senior … Read more →

Reconstruction of Kumasi market to cost $298m

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A staggering US$298 million will be expended in the reconstruc­tion of the Kumasi Central Market into a modern edifice. The project would be built in three phases, starting from the Kumasi Kejetia Bus Terminal, which is the phase one, at … Read more →

DISTURBING PHOTOS: Foetus dumped in gutter at Takoradi

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Residents of Takoradi woke up to  find an 8 month old foetus dumped in a gutter close to the Takoradi-Mankessim-Cape Coast station at Amanful. This is the third time an incident of such nature has happened. Some few weeks ago, … Read more →

1 year on: Where is Suweiba’s baby?

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One year is on and Suweiba Abdul Moomen is yet to know the where about of her missing baby at the Komfo Anokye Hospital in Kumasi. Suweiba who was promised a positive outcome from Ministry of Health, headed by Hon. Sherry … Read more →

Lesbians stand high risk of cervical cancer – Research

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Lesbians may be at higher risk of cervical cancer because they get fewer screenings than heterosexual women, due partly to doctors’ sometimes incorrect assumptions about their sexual history, University of Washington researchers said on Tuesday. Although nearly all cases of … Read more →

Class 2 pupils caught having group sex

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Some Grade Two pupils in a primary school at Bulawayo in Zimbabwe were caught having group sex during break time. According to Zimbabwean website, nehandaradio.com, the school authorities caught them in act after one of the pupils was seen crying … Read more →

Parliament to investigate $89m owned by Ghanaians in Switzwerland

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The Finance Committee of Parliament says it will investigate reports that some wealthy Ghanaians have stashed more than $89 million in a bank in Switzerland. According to the Chairman of the committee, Mr James Klutse Avedzi, the investigations would begin … Read more →

PHOTO: 4 teenagers rape 19-year-old girl

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Three teenagers out of four suspects are in the hands of the Tema Community One Domestic Violence and Victim Support Unit (DOVVSU) of the Ghana Police Service for purportedly raping a 19- year-old girl in turns. Derick Kyei Baffour alias Kobby Dollar, 19; Wisdom Sanyo Adatsi alias Target, … Read more →

U.S. withdraws troops sent to Africa in Ebola crisis

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The U.S. military is sending home all but 100 troops sent to West Africa 10 months ago to support efforts to battle the Ebola epidemic, the Pentagon announced Tuesday in a press release.   “At the height of the epidemic, … Read more →

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