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Benin’s Wadagni wins presidency in landslide with over 94% of votes
Posted on with No CommentBenin’s Finance Minister Romuald Wadagni secured a landslide victory in the West African nation’s April 12 presidential election, garnering over 94% of ?the votes, provisional results from the electoral commission showed on Monday. Sacca Lafia, head ?of the country’s ?independent … Read more →
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Utility providers want upward adjustment
Posted on | CommentUtility Providers in the country have called for an upward revision in tariffs owing to the rising cost of their operations. The Public Utilities Regulatory Commission (PURC) would be reviewing tariffs next month. According to some service providers, the rapid depreciation of the cedi against major currencies had … Read more →
How small businesses can benefit from good PR
Posted on | Comment“PR is extremely important, and being able to use it in the right way means everything. You have to market your success.” – Lee Haney, bodybuilder and former Mr. Olympia All organisations big or small, local or international, private … Read more →
PHOTO: Suspected witch confesses
Posted on | 1 CommentA rare incident occurred at Akyem Ajobue in the Akyemmansa District of the Eastern Region last Friday when one Prophet Owusu Agyemang Prempeh cast out the demon of a 67-year-old self-confessed witch, Madam Abena Gyisiwaa, aka Alaba, before a large … Read more →
30,000 WASSCE candidates cannot get admission to UCC, KNUST
Posted on | CommentMore than 30,000 candidates who were successful in the 2014 West Africa Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE) may not be able to access university education in the 2014/2015 academic year. This is because two major public universities – the Kwame … Read more →
Court threatens to free Rosemond ‘killer’
Posted on | CommentThe Tema Magistrate Court has threatened to acquit and discharge Abraham Kwame Oyoko Baah, the 27-year-old auto-electrician who is standing trial for allegedly murdering Rosemond Nyampong, a 32- year-old staff of the Stanbic Bank who was killed in her residence at Baatsona, off the Spintex Road, Accra, last year. … Read more →
4 spiritualists arrested for Gh¢86,394 Fraud
Posted on | CommentFour Spiritualists in the Eastern Region who allegedly defrauded some unsuspecting persons of various sums of money totalling Gh¢86,394.00 under the guise of multiplying their money for Orem, have been arrested by the police. They are Nana Yaw Sofehu, 32, … Read more →
Founding member of Christ Embassy explains why Pastor Chris’ wife must divorce him
Posted on | CommentRev. Anita Oyakhilome’s friend and founding member of Christ Embassy, Cyla Simpson, has taken to Facebook to explain the circumstances surrounding Pastor Chris and Anita Oyakhilome’s misunderstanding and why Rev. Anita must proceed with the divorce. “I am writing this … Read more →
PHOTO: 5 Notorious robbers grabbed
Posted on | CommentThe Accra Regional Police Command has arrested five notorious robbers suspected to be behind a series of robberies in East Legon and its environs. The suspects are Padi Hanson, aka Miss Call, 21-year-old trader; William Gbeku, aka Minister, 34, taxi … Read more →
Slice of Princess Diana’s wedding cake auctioned
Posted on | CommentA 33-year-old slice of cake from Prince Charles and Princess Diana’s 1981 wedding has sold at auction for $1,375. The cake, still in its original white and silver presentation box, was sold online Thursday by Nate D. Sanders Auctions of … Read more →
Fidelity Bank buys ProCredit
Posted on | CommentFidelity bank has fully acquired ProCredit savings and loans company. The deal which is yet to be approved by the bank of Ghana and shareholders of the bank will see Fidelity bank purchasing all shares held by ProCredit’s two shareholders … Read more →
Forestry Commission says “Ghana to soon import water”
Posted on | CommentMr Samuel Afari-Dartey, Chief Executive of the Forestry Commission, has hinted that, Ghana would soon have to import potable water if the nation continues to lose its forests cover. He expressed regret that the rate at which the nation’s forest … Read more →
AGAIN: Fuel shortage hits Accra
Posted on | CommentWe can confirm that there is shortage of petrol and diesel in some parts of Accra. This follows visits to some pump stations in Adabraka and other parts of the central business district of Accra which revealed some stations do not … Read more →
PHOTO: Ebola Patient Flees clinic in search for food
Posted on | CommentThere were chaotic scenes as crowds followed infected man, who was wearing a wristband to show he had tested positive for the disease, and some stallholders argued with him as he approached. The patient escaped from Monrovia’s Elwa hospital, which last month … Read more →
POTAG to strike again
Posted on | CommentBarely a week after calling off their three-month old strike, polytechnic teachers are threatening another strike if their August salaries are not paid. POTAG embarked on a strike in May to protest the non- payment of their book and research allowance. The … Read more →
No national service postings this year due to Ebola scare?: NSS debunks: Check details
Posted on | CommentThe National Service Scheme (NSS) has debunked news making rounds that there will be no postings this year due to the Ebola scare. Consequently, the NSS at a press conference yesterday announced that postings will be released at 6pm today. … Read more →
Research reveals: 98% of Ghanaian pupils can’t read
Posted on | CommentA fresh survey has revealed that about 98 per cent of pupils in basic schools of Ghana can neither read nor understand English or any Ghanaian language effectively.According to the latest National Education Assessment report, only two per cent of … Read more →
The tragic story of a 16-year-old girl who was given to a guy for GHc5
Posted on | CommentA 16-year-old girl has lost her life at the Ridge Hospital in Accra because a 72-year-old self-styled prophetess/herbalist, called Elizabeth Charles, allegedly gave her to a guy for GH?5 and the guy impregnated her while she was only 15 years … Read more →
PHOTO: 29-Year-old cobbler arrested during robbery
Posted on | CommentA 29-year-old cobbler was in the early hours of Friday arrested by a joint Police-Military Patrol Team at Tema Community 25 breaking into a house to rob its residents. Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCOP) Mrs Beatrice Zakpaa Vib-Sanziri, Tema Police … Read more →
UTAG: Maintenance of book and research allowance as condition to end strike
Posted on | CommentUniversity teachers will hold a crunch meeting with government today to insist that the book and research allowance be maintained as a condition to end a protracted strike lasting over a month. “We expect that the [book and research allowance] … Read more →
Cholera kills 4 in Cape Coast
Posted on | CommentAbout 153 cases of cholera have been recorded in Cape Coast in the past two weeks. Four of the patients have died, with three deaths occurring at the Metropolitan Hospital at Bakaano while the other occurred at the Cape Coast … Read more →
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