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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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Fake teachers dismissed in Goaso
Posted on | CommentThe Goaso Municipal Education Directorate in the Brong Ahafo Region has dismissed 40 teachers for using fake certificates to teach in the municipality. The teachers are said to have been teaching in the municipality for three years now. The Municipal … Read more →
Woman tells her story: I’ve had sex with 10,091 men
Posted on | CommentThis woman slept with 10,091 men during her 15-year stint working in the sex industry and has written a tell-all book about her experiences. Gwyneth Montenegro worked as an escort in Australia and has penned a book entitled 10,000 Men … Read more →
Husband demands divorce on his wedding night
Posted on | CommentA newlywed husband divorced his wife before they could even consummate their marriage after her ex sent him compromising photos of her. The couple had been wed only hours when the groom was passed a memory stick containing the pictures … Read more →
63 abducted women, girls escape from Boko Haram
Posted on | CommentSixty-three women and girls kidnapped by Boko Haram last month in Nigeria escaped from their captors and have returned to their burnt village, a security source and a local vigilante fighting the militant group said. The hostages were seized from … Read more →
Listen as you lead the country – Archbishop Palmer Buckle to Prez. Mahama
Posted on | CommentMetropolitan Archbishop of Accra, Charles Palmer Buckle has asked President John Mahama to listen to God and lead the government to seek the will of God. According to him, President Mahama has ‘’too many voices that often make it difficult … Read more →
Dog meat fast becoming a delicacy in Ghana
Posted on | CommentDog meat, which is frowned upon in most parts of the country, is fast becoming a delicacy for the youth across the country. In the past, the mere mention of ‘dog meat’ in southern Ghana made many people spit and … Read more →
PHOTO: Couple kills son over sex
Posted on | CommentTHE MILE 7 Police have arrested a couple who allegedly beat their eight-year-old son to death on suspicion that he was a warlock who wanted to have sex with his mother The couple, after committing the heinous act, according to … Read more →
Labourer arrested for defiling nursing mother
Posted on | CommentA labourer, accused of defiling a 15-year old nursing mother at Agbogboloshie on Thursday appeared before an Accra Circuit Court charged with defilement. Daniel Ogyadu Ansah, who denied the offence, has been remanded into prison custody to reappear before the … Read more →
From July 7: Sachet water to sell at GHp20
Posted on | CommentWith effect from Monday, July 7, 2014, the price of iced sachet water will be GHp20. A release issued by the National Association of Sachet and Packaged Water Producers (NASPAWAP), said the increase in price was due to the high … Read more →
Trotro drivers in Sekondi on strike
Posted on | CommentScores of commuters at the Sekondi ‘Tro-tro’ station yesterday became stranded, as the commercial drivers embarked on a sit-down strike in protest against the refusal of the city’s authorities to rehabilitate their deplorable lorry park. According to them, the Sekondi … Read more →
Revealed: There is no Brazilian hair in Brazil
Posted on | Comment‘Off the pitch—what we have observed in Brazil so far’ Last week we brought you the first part of the lighter side of the 2014 FIFA World Cup in Brazil. Unfortunately the Black Stars failed to advance beyond the Group … Read more →
Airport security stepped up in Britain over bomb plot fears
Posted on | CommentSecurity is being stepped up at British airports amid fears that terrorists are working on a bomb that could sidestep current measures. The move comes after the United States called for heightened precautions amid reports two terror networks are working … Read more →
Accra Psychiatric Hospital Nurses on strike
Posted on | CommentJunior nurses at the Accra Psychiatric Hospital have declared a one-week strike in protest at the delay in the payment of their salaries. They marked the beginning of the strike with a protest march at the hospital on Monday. Wearing … Read more →
Cash & carry is back: Mission Hospitals reject NHIS cards from July 2
Posted on | CommentSubscribers of the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS) who enjoy healthcare services at mission hospitals will be made to pay cash with effect from Wednesday, July 2, 2014. This follows the decision by the Christian Health Association of Ghana (CHAG) … Read more →
Ashaiman: Father burns daughter’s hand for stealing fish
Posted on | CommentA 25-year-oId man is in the grips of the Tema Police for burning the hands of his eight-year-old daughter for stealing fish from soup. Jacob Kuli, a truck pusher resident in Ashaiman, is a single parent whose wife is said … Read more →
We’ll embark on strike if… – Organised Labour to Gov’t
Posted on | CommentOrganised labour has given government a two-week ultimatum to transfer funds into the various public sector pension schemes or they would embark on an industrial action. “We wish to state that if by July 14, directives have not been issued for the … Read more →
PHOTO: Kenkey seller dies in boiling oil
Posted on | CommentA 34-year-old kenkey seller yesterday met her horrifying end when she fell into boiling oil while frying some fresh fish. The deceased, Akosua Safoa was found dead with her face submerged in the boiling oil at her private wooden kitchen … Read more →
In Pictures: #OccupyFlagStaffHouse demonstration
Posted on | Commentwww.233times.net is still on the ground taking pictures of the #OccupyFlagStaffHouse demonstration. This is a demonstration architectured by a non-partisan group – Concerned Ghanaians for Responsible Governance (CGRG) to gathered at Efua Sutherland Park and match to the Flag Staff House, the office of … Read more →
SADA to build $120m solar plant
Posted on | CommentSavannah Accelerated Development Authority (SADA) has signed a deal with Solar Giga, a Chinese company to construct a $120 million solar energy plant in Tamale, the Northern regional capital. The project, which is expected to begin by the end of … Read more →
Kojo Oppong Nkrumah calls for partnership between African and European entrepreneurs
Posted on | CommentAn entrepreneur and former host of the Joy FM’s Super morning show Kojo Oppong Nkrumah is calling for a new profound partnership between African and European entrepreneurs that will harness the true potential and opportunities on the African continent as … Read more →
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