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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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VIDEO: Father clubs 4-year-old son to death
Posted on | CommentA father is reported to have committed a gruesome act by beating his own four year old son, to death. The reason behind the cruelty is yet to known as the offender who is a teacher, is currently at large. United Television … Read more →
Revealed: 10,250 Ghanaians suffering mental distress, depression
Posted on | CommentAt least 10,250.000 Ghanaians, predominantly women, are suffering from mental distress and depression, the Chief Psychiatrist of the Ghana Health Service, has said. The number represents 41 per cent of the population. According to Dr Akwasi Osei, who is also … Read more →
Prophetess shot dead
Posted on | CommentPolice in Accra are investigating the killing of a Prophetess, Agnes Koomson at Sowutuom London Hills in a case of a suspected land dispute. Her death is suspected to have been carried out by landguards over a parcel of land. … Read more →
Our husbands need decent retirement packages – Wives of Policemen cry
Posted on | CommentThe members of the Northern Regional Branch of the Police Wives Association (POWA) have expressed the utmost regret at the extreme frustration and socio-economic difficulties that confront their husbands (police personnel) after retiring from active service to the state. According to the … Read more →
VIDEO & PHOTOS: Massive demonstration hits Prez. Mahama
Posted on | CommentA massive nationwide demonstration declared by Organised Labour is underway across the country. The demonstration, which aims at protesting what organisers say is the poor economic state of the country, is happening simultaneously across the country. Workers in both formal … Read more →
Police shoot man during demonstration
Posted on | 1 CommentA man in the Brong Ahafo region was allegedly assaulted by the Police during Organized Labour’sdemonstration in the region on Thursday. The victim, who was mistaken for one of the demonstrators, was reportedly shot by the Police during the protest. Speaking … Read more →
PHOTO: Pupils sit on piled-up cement blocks to learn
Posted on | CommentThe condition in which pupils of Amenam Local Authority Primary and Junior High School study hoping that the education they receive will ensure a better future for them is beyond deplorable.Amenam is a farming community in the Eastern Region, about … Read more →
34-year-old man sentenced to death for murdering friend
Posted on | CommentA 34-year-old mason from Bomfa in the Ejisu-Juaben Municipality has been sentenced to death by the Kumasi High Court for murdering his friend over GH¢20. The convict, William Koffie, who pleaded not guilty to the charge of murder, was, however, … Read more →
Ghana Marine Police to begin confiscating jet skis in Ada
Posted on | CommentThe Ghana Marine Police has hinted it would begin confiscating Jet Skis and speed boats along the Ada estuary, ahead of this year’s Asafotufiam festival. Every August, the festival attracts thousands of people from all walks of life including Diasporans … Read more →
Full Statment: UTAG declares indefinite strike
Posted on | CommentThe University Teachers Association of Ghana (UTAG) has declared an indefinite strike. According to UTAG, the decision to strike was necessitated by what they consider as government’s deliberate attempt to unduly delay the payment of their book and research allowance. … Read more →
Illegal chainsaw operators make $200m annually
Posted on | CommentIllegal chainsaw milling across the country accounts for over 84 percent of Ghana’s lumber supply annually with an estimated volume of 497,000 cubic metres and a market value of over $200 million, according to the Ghana Integrity Initiative (GII). Executive … Read more →
3 Police officers in court for defiling 12-year-old girl
Posted on | CommentThree police officers of the Upper West Regional Police Command were on Tuesday remanded into prisons custody by the Wa Circuit court presided over by His Honor Bright Issac Kwentey for allegedly defiling a 12-year-old primary six pupil. The three, … Read more →
Dozens feared dead in Taiwan plane crash
Posted on | CommentAs many as 45 people are feared dead after a TransAsia Airways passenger plane crashed on one of Taiwan’s Penghu islands Wednesday, Taiwan’s Central News Agency reported. At least nine other people were injured in the crash of the twin-engine … Read more →
Head Pastor of Shiva Linga Church jailed 15 years for defiling 8 girls
Posted on | CommentAn Accra Fast Track High Court on Wednesday sentenced Nana Akwesi Agyemang, the Head Pastor of Shiva Linga Church, Ghana, to 15 years imprisonment for defiling eight girls. The girls were between the ages of three and 12. This was … Read more →
Sierra Leone’s chief Ebola doctor contracts the virus
Posted on | CommentThe head doctor fighting the deadly tropical virus Ebola in Sierra Leone has himself caught the disease, the government said. The 39-year-old Sheik Umar Khan, hailed as a “national hero” by the health ministry, was leading the fight to control … Read more →
Read statement: Dismissed Korle-Bu CEO reappointed by new Health Minister
Posted on | CommentNewly sworn-in Health Minister, Dr. Kwaku Agyemang-Mensah, has overturned an earlier directive by his predecessor, Sherry Ayittey for Rev. Albert Okpoti Botchwey to step down as CEO of Korle Bu Teaching Hospital, saying after being made Minister, “wisdom” demanded that … Read more →
3 police officers, civilian defile 14-yr old girl
Posted on | CommentThree police officers have been remanded by a Wa circuit court to reappear on July 31, 2014 for allegedly abducting and defiling a 14-year old Primary Six pupil in the Wa municipality of the Upper West region. The three police men who … Read more →
PHOTO: Father dresses as Spider-Man every day to please son
Posted on | CommentA dad has given his son the ultimate action figure – by dressing up every day for him as superhero Spider-Man. Christopher Lee, 35, said he wears the £22 costume – with Christopher Jnr, three, in a matching one – as … Read more →
2nd year SWESBU Student hangs herself
Posted on | CommentA second-year day student of the Agona Swedru School of Business (SWESBU), Miss Lvy Owusu was on Monday found hanging in an uncompleted building at Agona Swedru. A Police spokesman pleading anonymity who made this known to newsmen at Agona … Read more →
GH?140,000 financial malfeasance hits Korle-Bu
Posted on | CommentThe Korle Bu Teaching Hospital (KBTH) was in 2013 deprived of GH?140,776.30 meant for development projects, according to an interim forensic audit report done on the pharmacy department of the hospital. The audit, which covered the period between January 2012 and … Read more →
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