Benin’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 →
The Deputy Chief Executive Officer of the Ghana Highway Authority (GHA), Baba Kassim has indicated that work on the Accra-Kumasi road will soon continue but not until the government honours its side of the bargain by releasing funds to defray … Read more →
Doctors at the Korle-Bu Teaching Hospital are working round the clock to save the life of a three-year-old girl who was defiled by a 25-year-old galamsey operator at Daboase in the Western Region. As a result of the attack, the … Read more →
Hundreds of residents in Kumasi in the Ashanti Region, led by the Regional branch of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) and the Ashanti Regional Parliamentary Caucus are currently marching through streets of the city. The demonstration, dubbed “Ya y3 den” … Read more →
The Asantehene Otumfuo Osei Tutu II has cut the sod for the commencement of construction works on the Kumasi City Mall at Asokwa in Kumasi. The USD110 million Kumasi City Mall, covering an area of 29,000 square metres, is being … Read more →
Checks on the preparedness of some Junior High Schools in the Sekondi–Takoradi Metropolis ahead of the 2014 Basic Education Certificate Examinations (BECE) which falls on the June 16 has revealed that the schools are battling with low attendance. A tour of … Read more →
Thirty-one commercial sex workers and two of their male patrons were arrested in a police swoop in Accra Monday. One of the commercial sex workers is said to be five-months pregnant. The operation, which started at 11 p.m, was part … Read more →
Nana Kwaku Bonsam who says he would report Prophet TB Joshua to the Pope so that he will call him to order has accused him of killing the late President of Ghana, Professor John Evans Atta Mills. Kwaku Bonsam said TB Joshua … Read more →
At least three persons, including two student nurses, were reported dead with over a dozen injured in a motor accident in which a Mawuli School bus carrying 70 students, tumbled from the Aprede-Asesieso Mountain into a valley Friday evening. Unconfirmed … Read more →
The Cape Coast Polytechnic has been shut down. This is in compliance with the Polytechnic Act which says that a school will be closed down after 21 days of continuous strike. The Polytechnic Teachers’ Association of Ghana (POTAG) embarked on … Read more →
Commercial sex workers in Tamale have upwardly adjusted their fees. With condom, one sexual bout or short time which was GHC5 is now GHC10 and GHC15 respectively. For only romance and massaging, they charge between GHC3 and GHC5 cedis. They … Read more →
Eight students of the Central University Collage, escaped death last Friday, when the hostel they were occupying collapsed. None of the students was hurt as they were all not in the building during the incident. The two-storey uncompleted structure located … Read more →
Police in Dansoman have begun investigation into a case of attempted child theft after a 35-year-old woman was apprehended by residents. The residents at Gbegbeyise near Dansoman Last Stop arrested the woman who was alleged to be luring a 3-year-old … Read more →
Bill Gates believes he has found the solution to the AIDS crisis in the form of a skin-like condom that, unlike current condoms, men will actually want to wear. The Independent reports that the Microsoft founder has given a $100,000 grant … Read more →
A single mother of four was so poor she felt forced to sell her newborn son for £130 in rural India. Gauri Shah, 32, who lives in a slum near railway tracks in a village, in Jalpaiguri, West Bengal with … Read more →
A couple have been arrested for allowing their 11 year-old son’s weight to balloon to 15 stone. Police were alerted by doctors who treated the youngster twice in one month and were concerned for his wellbeing. The parents of the … Read more →
Pandemonium occurred at the International wing of the Murtala Muhammed International Airport yesterday as an Ijebu man(name withheld) and his family were barred from boarding an Air France flight to London. According to eye witnesses, all seemed to be well … Read more →
David is a husband, father and former pastor who has been married to his high school sweetheart, Jennifer, for 20 years. Together, they have two sons and, as it would appear on the outside, an ordinary relationship. But David has … Read more →
Some Ghanaian students studying in Luhansk, Ukraine are currently stranded following the on-going clashes between the pro- Russian separatist and the Ukrainian Military forces. The Russian Separatists on Monday took over two Ukrainian military bases in Luhansk, Eastern Ukraine after … Read more →
President John Mahama has visited areas that were affected by Thursday’s floods in Accra. The floods destroyed several properties especially in many parts of Accra leaving residents stranded and frustrated. The President therefore visited the areas to assess the extent … Read more →
A middle-aged woman believed to have been trapped in a flooded drain was found dead Friday in Dome, Accra. The woman who is yet to be identified, becomes the first reported fatality following Thursday’s downpour in the Greater Accra, Volta … Read more →