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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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PHOTOS: Ex-convict busted on his way to sell dead goat at Agbogbloshie
Posted on | CommentA 20-year-old unemployed ex-convict has been arrested for stealing a pregnant nanny goat. He was arrested when he was aboard a bus heading to Agbogbloshie to sell his bounty. The suspect, Benjamin Adjure Sowah, was arrested upon a tip-off by the … Read more →
3rd year Polytechnic students to undertake National Service
Posted on | CommentDeputy Minister in-charge of Tertiary Education, Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa has said that final year polytechnic students of the 2013/14 academic year will undertake their national service in 2014. According to him, the students who have not completed their polytechnic education … Read more →
21 police officers sacked
Posted on | CommentTwenty-one police personnel were dismissed from the Ghana Police Service in the first quarter of 2014 for various acts of misconducts, investigations by The Finder have revealed. Out of the number, two were Corporals (Cpl), 15 were Lance Corporals (L/Cpl), … Read more →
No cash, no supply – Chamber of Pharmacy Ghana
Posted on | CommentThe Chamber of Pharmacy Ghana has stopped the supply of medicines on credit to all health facilities under the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS), effective August 1. This is because all the health facilities owe members of the Stanley Adjei, … Read more →
Gays in Ghana speak out
Posted on | CommentGays in Ghana are calling on all and sundry to respect and protect their rights. According to them, even though men who have sex with men (MSM) in Ghana want to come out publicly, they are afraid of the backlash … Read more →
US sends experts to West Africa
Posted on | CommentTHE US has announced plans to send at least 50 public health experts to West Africa to help fight the worst-ever outbreak of Ebola. A senior US health official said the outbreak was out of control but insisted it could be stopped. Ebola has claimed … Read more →
Nigerian doctor contracts Ebola Virus after treating Liberian patient
Posted on | CommentNigerian authorities said Monday that a doctor in Lagos has contracted Ebola, the second case in the sprawling megacity as the deadliest ever outbreak of the disease continues to spread fear and panic across west Africa. The confirmation that a … Read more →
Ebola scare ‘kills’ bush meat business in Ghana
Posted on | CommentThe current scare of the Ebola virus is gradually affecting the patronage of bush meat in some parts of Accra. The low patronage follows speculations that the deadly Ebola virus may be contracted from bush meat such as chimpanzees and … Read more →
PHOTO: 6 robbers arrested over murder of prophetess, CPP activist
Posted on | CommentSix persons have been arrested for their alleged involvement in the murder of Prophetess Agnes Koomson, the founder of Grace Saviour Ministry, at Sowutuom in Accra last Thursday. They are Yaw Dodzi, 29, alias Awudu; Yusif Seidu, 23, alias Issif; … Read more →
Jealous woman cuts off rival’s breast
Posted on | CommentA jealous Chinese woman knocked a suspected love rival unconscious before stripping her naked and tying her up before cutting off her breasts with a pair of scissors. The horrific attack happened in city of Heshan in south-eastern China’s Guangdong … Read more →
Polytechnic lecturers strike enters 117th day today
Posted on | CommentNo resolution appears in sight after a nationwide strike by Polytechnic lecturers enters its 16 weeks and 5 days. The teachers are demanding that government pays them their book and research allowance. According to Polytechnic Teachers Association of Ghana (POTAG), government’s … Read more →
British Doctor says if Ebola was in the UK they’d cure it
Posted on | CommentA leading British public health doctor says western drug companies have no reason to cure the deadly Ebola virus because it mostly affects “powerless minority groups” The international community has failed to deal with the deadly Ebola virus because it … Read more →
Man found hanging on tree
Posted on | CommentA man said to be in his early 30s was Sunday afternoon found hanging on a mango tree at Juapong in the Volta Region after he went missing last Thursday. The man whose name was given only as Evans is said to … Read more →
81 orphanages closed down
Posted on | CommentA total of 1,620 children living in orphanages were reunited with parents, relatives, and guardians between January and April this year by the Ministry of Gender, Children and Social Protection. Consequently, 81 unlicensed orphanages across the country holding the children … Read more →
Street preachers banned in Sunyani
Posted on | CommentThe Sunyani Municipal Assembly in the Brong Ahafo Region has banned the activities of street preachers in the municipality, to stem excessive noise in the city. Over 20 street preachers had their equipment seized from the Central Business District and … Read more →
6 persons arrested for dealing in fake currencies
Posted on | CommentThe police at Adentan have arrested five men at Pantang in the Ga East Municipality in Accra, suspected to be dealing in fake currencies. The suspects, who are yet to be identified were picked together with their landlord in a police … Read more →
Uncle Ebo Whyte bares it all: How God transformed my low self-esteem
Posted on | CommentTo rise after quietly lurking along the crevices of low self-esteem and penury to become a celebrated motivational speaker and storyteller of immense repute can have only one explanation: “it’s all about God”. To be able to surmount all personal inhibitions … Read more →
PHOTO: 3 rapist robbers arrested
Posted on | CommentThe Dansoman Divisional Police Command has arrested three out of six suspected armed robbers who raided a house and raped a victim in the process. The lady victim, aged about 30 years, was raped by three of the suspected armed … Read more →
Judge throws out case after 50 adjournments
Posted on | CommentAn Accra Circuit Court last Wednesday struck out a robbery case which had been adjourned 50 times. The trial judge, Justice Obiri, who appeared fed up with the excuses from the prosecution indicated that both the investigator and the complainants who … Read more →
74 former Scanstyle employees in court
Posted on | CommentA total of 74 former employees of Scanstyle Mim Limited, a timber and wood processing company at Mim in the Brong-Ahafo Region, have dragged the company and the National Labour Commission (NLC) to court. The plaintiffs are among 205 workers … Read more →
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