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Afenyo-Markin referred to Privileges Committee over security recruitment claims
Posted on with No CommentThe Minority Leader, Alexander Afenyo-Markin, is to face Parliament’s Committee on Privileges and Immunities after the Interior Minister formally challenged him to substantiate allegations that the ongoing recruitment into the security services is unlawful and exploitative. The development followed an … Read more →
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PHOTO: Michelle Obama joins #BringBackOurGirls campaign
Posted on | CommentMichelle Obama has joined celebrities around the world to voice their outrage over the abduction of 276 schoolgirls in Nigeria last month. She has taken part in a campaign flooding social media using the hashtag: #BringBackOurGirls, Michelle Obama shared a … Read more →
PHOTO: 4 Kumasi robbers gunned down (viewer discretion is advised)
Posted on | CommentFour alleged highway robbers, including three Fulani men, were killed in a gun battle with the police Wednesday evening. The robbers were said to have laid ambush between Anwia Nkwanta and Obuasi in the Ashanti Region, preparing to pounce on … Read more →
Naked dancers invade Korle Gonno beach; Nordsee Resort shut down
Posted on | CommentThe law has descended heavily on the owners of a popular beach resort in Accra for promoting nudity and prostitution among teenagers. The beach resort, Nordsee, located at Korle Gonno, is renowned for enticing women, including teenagers, to dance naked … Read more →
Takoradi: Man in court for whipping his mother
Posted on | CommentA 30-year-old mason, Kofi Bulisa, has appeared before a Takoradi Circuit Court for whipping his 60-year-old mother, Lucy Hackman, for continuously drinking alcohol. He was charged for assault and causing harm. The accused pleaded guilty but explained that his mother … Read more →
Police arrest couple for swindling five companies Gh¢ 2million
Posted on | CommentA man and his wife who are believed to have defrauded a number of companies in Accra, Axim and Madina to the tune of Gh¢ 2 million have been arrested. The suspects — Moses Amanor, 48, and his wife, Saharatu Adams, … Read more →
How Ezinwa escaped from Boko Haram grips
Posted on | CommentWhen Okechuku decided to help Ezinwa escape from the hands of his colleague militants, he had it planned through the very moment his attention was drawn to the pain Ezinwa was going through. She had been bleeding because she had reached that … Read more →
Nursing Students punished over Prez. Mahama
Posted on | CommentSOME STUDENTS of the Mampong Midwifery and Health Assistants School were allegedly forced to kneel before Mohammed Kwadwo Aboasu, MCE of Asante Mampong, for drawing the attention of the President to their plight. The MCE reportedly ordered the fear-stricken students … Read more →
PHOTO: Chronicle Newspaper Journalist commits suicide
Posted on | CommentALBERT Nana Asante, News Editor of an Obuasi-based radio station, Time FM, has allegedly committed suicide in the gold city. The journalist, who was also a correspondent for The Chronicle newspaper, allegedly ended his life by drinking a poisonous substance suspected to be … Read more →
PHOTO: 7 notorious thieves grabbed with 8 cars
Posted on | CommentSeven men suspected to be behind the stealing of unregistered vehicles – sent for repairs at some fitting mechanic shops at Odorkor and its environs by their owners – have been arrested by the police. The suspects are Eric Akoto, … Read more →
I will sell your girls as sex slaves – Boko Haram leader tells Nigerians
Posted on | CommentThe leader of an Islamist militant group which has abducted hundreds of Nigerian schoolgirls today vowed to sell them as sex slaves despite international outrage at the kidnappings. Abubakar Shekau, the head of Nigerian extremists Boko Haram, said he would … Read more →
Boko Haram admits abducting Nigeria girls from Chibok
Posted on | CommentNigerian Islamist militant group Boko Haram says it carried out the abduction of hundreds of schoolgirls in April. About 230 girls are still believed to be missing, prompting widespread criticism of the Nigerian government. “I abducted your girls,” Boko Haram … Read more →
Pastor with two wives sacked
Posted on | CommentA pastor who married two wives has been excommunicated from his church for refusing to divorce the second wife as directed by the church. But the matter did not end there. The first wife reported the case to the police … Read more →
Samsung ordered to pay Apple $119.6m
Posted on | CommentSamsung has been ordered to pay $119.6m (£71m) to Apple by a US court for infringing two of its patents. A jury in California delivered its verdict in a federal court in San Jose on Friday in the latest lawsuit … Read more →
Ghana to lose over $600 million over falling gold prices
Posted on | CommentThe Minerals Commission is predicting that Ghana will lose 500,000 ounces of gold this year as result of a declining gold prices, which has force some mining companies to suspend their operations. Gold Production for 2014 is estimated at 3.1 million … Read more →
Heavy rains: Boy, 13, drowns in Sekondi-Takoradi
Posted on | CommentHeavy rains in the Sekondi-Takoradi metropolis last Thursday claimed the life of a 13-year-old boy, Cornelius Cobbina, after he had allegedly slipped into a drain. Cobbina, a class six pupil of the Holy Child Experimental School at Fijai, was said … Read more →
5-Year-Old boy jumps from 19th floor window after his mom wouldn’t let him watch ‘Spider Man’
Posted on | CommentNaming him only as Valentino, police in Indonesia said the boy locked himself in his room at an apartment complex in the capital Jakarta after an argument with his mother. Officers said they were investigating the possibility the tragic youngster … Read more →
Storm kills 3 Pupils and displaces thousands in Garu
Posted on | CommentAt least three pupils died last Tuesday from thunder strikes and some 1,451 people displaced following a rainstorm that hit parts of the Garu-Tempani District in the Upper East Region. The deceased were 10-year-old class three pupil, Emelia Attiga, 12-year-old … Read more →
PHOTOS: Drug dealers jailed after posting photos of cash and cannabis
Posted on | CommentA gang of drug dealers have been jailed after two of them posed for photos with bags of cannabis and bundles of cash. Eugene May-Dyer, Russell Turner, Ian Cunningham and Grant Barnhurst, all from Birmingham, were arrested during a series … Read more →
Teachers who accept posting to rural areas to get 20% pay rise
Posted on | CommentTeachers who accept posting to rural areas will get 20% pay rise as financial compensation to motivate them to improve on their performance. Government is at an advanced stage of instituting a Rural Area Allowance for such teachers, which is … Read more →
PHOTOS: Longest-separated twins find each other
Posted on | CommentImagine delving into your family history and discovering you have a twin. That’s what happened to Ann Hunt, a 78-year-old, who had no idea she had a sibling at all until last year. Now she and twin Elizabeth Hamel have … Read more →
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