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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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Prince George’s 1st birthday in pictures
Posted on | CommentPrince George celebrates his first birthday on Tuesday. It has been a busy 12 months since the third in line to the throne was first introduced to the world on the steps of a London hospital. Here are a selection … Read more →
Bank of Ghana given 2 weeks to file defense in cedi suit
Posted on | CommentThe Supreme Court has directed the Bank of Ghana (BoG) to submit in fourteen days their statement of case, in the current suit filed against it by a private legal practitioner, Dr John Ephraim Baiden, on the continuous depreciation of … Read more →
Korle-Bu faces shortage of drug
Posted on | CommentPregnant women in labour at Korle Bu Teaching Hospital at risk of life-threatening complications as the facility runs out of magnesium sulphate – an essential drug for stabilizing pre-eclampsia: a rare but severe condition that causes seizures during pregnancy Joy … Read more →
Public Hospitals to be closed tomorrow
Posted on | CommentThe Out-Patient-Departments in public hospitals will be closed on Thursday as doctors join other workers to protest worsening living conditions in Ghana. The General Secretary of the Ghana Medical Association, Dr Frank Serebour is even cajoling patients whose ailment may … Read more →
Importers and Exporters Association demand: We want to meet Prez. Mahama
Posted on | CommentThe Executive Secretary of the Importers and Exporters Association of Ghana says the group will only call off their intended strike if they meet the President, John Mahama. According to the executive secretary of the association, Samson Awingobit Asaki, the members of the … Read more →
In just one year: 70% hike in food prices (Full list of foods affected)
Posted on | CommentThe current economic challenges have pushed food prices above the means of most Ghanaians, who spend more than half of their earnings on food. The situation has been compounded by the free fall of the cedi, which has weakened households’ … Read more →
Average Ghanaian if given chance to decide what to do with the oil money will … Mensa Otabil
Posted on | CommentThe shortsightedness of many Ghanaians is a major problem for the country, Head pastor of the International Central Gospel Church, Dr Mensa Otabil says. In Pastor Otabil’s view, that subculture makes most Ghanaians unable to plan beyond their current circumstances. … Read more →
Full statement: Students demand immediate dismissal of Education Ministers
Posted on | CommentThe National Union of Ghana Students (NUGS) and the Ghana National Union of Polytechnic Students (GNUPS) are calling for the immediate dismissal of the Minister of Education and her deputy Samuel Okudezeto Ablakwa. The educational sector is currently battling with … Read more →
China suspends McDonald’s and KFC’s meat supplier
Posted on | CommentChinese branches of fast food chains, including McDonald’s and KFC, have stopped using meat from a supplier in Shanghai following allegations it sold them out of date meat. According to Xinhua, the state-owned news agency, authorities in Shanghai have ordered the … Read more →
Economic difficulties may breed “very learned armed robbers” – Labour consultant
Posted on | CommentLabour consultant, Kwesi Danso Acheampong has indicated that the current economic difficulties in the country may breed “very learned armed robbers.” He told Joy Newsnite Monday the government’s failure to address the ongoing labour impasse, would compel them to use … Read more →
BEWARE: 350 cholera cases recorded in Accra; 2 dead
Posted on | CommentAn outbreak of cholera has left two persons dead and 350 more visiting hospitals in Accra to report suffering the disease caused by poor hygiene. The figures, according to Deputy Director of Health for the Greater Accra Region Dr. John … Read more →
Amoatia Ofori-Opanin II laments “criminal” nature of E/R roads
Posted on | CommentPresident of the Eastern Regional House of Chiefs, Okyehene Amoatia Ofori-Opanin II, has described the nature of the Suhum-Asamankese road as “criminal” due to its dangerous nature. He has therefore called on government to step up efforts towards the rapid reconstruction … Read more →
July 28 declared public holiday
Posted on | CommentThe Ministry of the Interior has declared Monday, July 28 as a statutory public holiday. The holiday has been declared to celebrate the 2014 Muslim festival of Eid-ul-Fitr, a statement signed by the Interior Minister, Mr. Kwesi Ahwoi, said, urging … Read more →
Railway workers call off strike
Posted on | CommentMembers of the Railway Workers Union of the Ghana Trades Union Congress (TUC) have called off an indefinite strike that began Monday July 21, 2014. The workers last week served notice they will withdraw services and stage protests on Monday … Read more →
PHOTO: Man beheads son
Posted on | CommentThe chiefs and people of Kpeyiborme near Kpeve in the South Dayi District of the Volta Region were thrown into a state of panic when a middle-aged man allegedly cut off his son’s head in the open last Friday, July … Read more →
Desist from excessive alcohol intake – DCOP Kofi Boakye tells police
Posted on | CommentDeputy Commissioner of Police (DCOP) Kofi Boakye, Ashanti Regional Police Commander, has advised personnel of the service to desist from the excessive intake of alcohol, and work to ensure that they were disciplined, whilst on duty. He said situations whereby … Read more →
PHOTO: Dad beats man caught raping son
Posted on | CommentA man who caught a man raping his son, 11, beat him up then called an ambulance to come and collect him from a “bloody puddle.” The Daytona-Beach News-Journal reports that the man, 35, who has not been identified, said … Read more →
Rail workers park trains nationwide
Posted on | CommentTrains across the country will be parked today as rail workers begin a nationwide strike to protest poor conditions of service. The workers last week served notice they will withdraw services and stage protests today to demand better conditions of … Read more →
PHOTO: Nungua zongo gas explosion kills 1; five others injured
Posted on | CommentSix family members at Nungua zongo, a suburb of Accra have sustained multiple degrees of injuries with one reported dead in a gas explosion Wednesday. Reports revealed that the family attempted to use a faulty gas cylinder, which had just … Read more →
Read letter: Chiefs reply critics; We deserve Mahama’s vehicles
Posted on | CommentThe National House of Chiefs has described as “unfounded “, criticisms against President Mahama’s donation to the House. The President presented 13 pick-up vehicles to the National House of Chiefs at a meeting with members of the House in Kumasi. But … Read more →
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