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NAGRAT says NaCCA knew of LGBTQ content before public outcry
Posted on with No CommentThe President of the National Association of Graduate Teachers (NAGRAT) says the National Council for Curriculum and Assessment (NaCCA) knew about the controversial content in a Senior High School teacher manual long before public outrage forced its withdrawal. Jacob Anaba … Read more →
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RIP: President Mahama’s Special Adviser, P.V. Obeng is dead
Posted on | Commentwww.233times.net can confirm that Paul Victor Obeng, chairman of the National Development Planning Commission is dead. He died Saturday at a hospital after he reportedly collapsed at the Agape Filling Station at Spintex Road in Accra. He was rushed to the Lekma … Read more →
86 suspects arrested in a Police swoop
Posted on | CommentThe Manhyia Divisional Police Command in the Ashanti Region on Wednesday arrested 86 suspected criminals from their hideouts in a special operation carried out in some communities within the jurisdiction of the Command in the Kumasi Metropolis. The Police suspected … Read more →
Taxi driver jailed 5 years for stabbing twin sister
Posted on | CommentA 28-year-old taxi driver, Kwesi Aidoo, has been sentenced to five years imprisonment in hard labour by a Cape Coast Circuit Court for stabbing his twin-sister, Esi Aidoo with a pair of scissors at Akotokyire in Cape Coast. Kwesi pleaded … Read more →
Mahama warns – Guinea-Bissau elections must be peaceful
Posted on | CommentPresident John Mahama has pledged his support to the people of Guinea-Bissau as they prepare to participate in the second round of elections to choose their next President. The President, who doubles as the Chairman of the Economic Community of … Read more →
Apple and Google settle patent row
Posted on | CommentMobile phone industry giants Apple and Google have agreed to dismiss lawsuits they had brought against each other over technology patents. In a joint statement, the companies said they would work together in “some areas of patent reform”. But the … Read more →
PHOTO: Pastor beaten close to death for having affair with member’s wife
Posted on | CommentBULAWAYO Pentecostal preacher Pastor Nyathi of Healing Ministries has been beaten to within an inch of death by a member of his congregation after he was caught having an affair with the parishioners’ wife. Detained for two days and repeatedly beaten by church member Isaac Dube, Pastor Nyathi is … Read more →
PHOTOS: Friends find $40,000 hidden in secondhand couch
Posted on | CommentThe last time you dug into your couch cushions, what’d you find? Some lint, a pen, maybe a couple loose coins? Whatever you came up with, it likely paled in comparison to the $40,000 three friends found in their couch, a … Read more →
NDC blows over GH38, 000 on 1 bore hole
Posted on | CommentThe increasing raid on the nation’s resources by the people who have been given the mandate to manage the destinies of the about 27 million Ghanaians continues to manifest in all facets of the administration of the Mahama-led National Democratic … Read more →
3 killed, dozens injured in twin bomb blasts in Kenyan capital Nairobi
Posted on | CommentAt least three people were killed and dozens more wounded when bombs exploded in two buses on a busy highway in the Kenyan capital Nairobi. Two privates buses were ripped apart by what is believed to be improvised explosive devices. … Read more →
For the blind: World’s first customisable Braille phone launched
Posted on | CommentSighted people take using phones and touchscreens for granted, but for blind people it is a luxury. London-based OwnFone has created the world’s first customisable Braille handset to give visually impaired people more independence and confidence with mobile devices. The … Read more →
PHOTO: Police arrest robber who raped pastor’s daughter
Posted on | CommentPolice intelligence has led to the arrest of an 18-year-old employed man who raped the daughter of a Kumasi-based pastor at gun point during a robbery incident. Jeff Appiah who has admitted committing the crime, with the support of an … Read more →
Sudanese court sentences woman to death for marrying Christian man
Posted on | CommentA Sudanese court has sentenced a woman to hang for apostasy – the abandonment of her religious faith – after she married a Christian man. Amnesty International condemned the sentence, handed down by a judge in Khartoum, as “appalling and … Read more →
PHOTO: Pastor in massive fraud
Posted on | CommentTHE POLICE have mounted a search for Dr Prince Tetteh, purported co-founder of the London-based Worldwide Miracle Outreach Church (WMO), who is alleged to have been involved in numerous fraudulent activities. Dr. Tetteh, said to be the younger brother of … Read more →
Special schools can’t reopen due to feeding grant arrears
Posted on | CommentThe Conference of Heads of Special Schools (COHESS) has decided to put on hold the reopening of the schools until feeding grants are released. It has, therefore, directed all heads of the 24 special schools in the country not to … Read more →
Delegation to negotiate release of military equipment in South Sudan
Posted on | CommentA high-powered Ghanaian delegation is scheduled to leave Accra Thursday for South Sudan to negotiate the release of intercepted military equipment to Ghanaian soldiers on a peacekeeping mission in that country. The South Sudanese authorities intercepted arms, ammunition and other … Read more →
Nigeria soldiers ‘fire at army commander in Maiduguri’
Posted on | CommentSoldiers in Nigeria have opened fire on their commander in the north-eastern city of Maiduguri, witnesses say. Maj-Gen Ahmed Mohammed escaped unhurt after soldiers shot at his car at the Maimalari barracks, the sources said. The soldiers blamed him for … Read more →
Pastor burns boy to deliver him
Posted on | CommentA 41-year-old pastor of the Holy Church of Ghana in Mankessim in the Central Region, who used heated stones to burn the body of a nine-year-old boy under the pretext of exorcising him of a demonic spirit, has appeared before … Read more →
Achimota substation explosion: Accra in darkness
Posted on | CommentMost parts of Accra and its environs are currently in darkness, following an explosion at the Achimota substation of the Electricity Company of Ghana. The explosion which occurred around 7:30pm on Wednesday left major parts of the capital in darkness. … Read more →
Thousands of University of Ghana Students to miss graduation
Posted on | CommentSome students of the University of Ghana are planning on demonstrating against the school’s authorities over anomalies a new grading system has created which could potentially prevent thousands of final year students from graduating. Under the new system, a student … Read more →
Abducted girls: Not all girls in video were taken in April 14 raid, some relatives say
Posted on | CommentWho are the girls in that Boko Haram video? The local governor says they’re all from the Chibok boarding school raided by Boko Haram militants April 14. But some relatives say they don’t see their daughters in the video, and … Read more →
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