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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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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 →
Agona West: 9 schools score zero percent in BECE
Posted on | CommentA total of nine schools in the Agona West Municipality of the Central Region scored zero percent in the 2013 Basic Education Certificate Examinations (BECE). Mr Samuel Oppong, Agona West Municipal Chief Executive (MCE) made this known when he addressed … Read more →
Lovers jailed 15 years for robbery
Posted on | CommentTwo love birds who managed to rob Cemix Company limited in Accra of huge sums of various foreign currencies have been sentenced to 15 years imprisonment each by an Accra Fast Track High Court.Avo Kevorkion is said to have facilitated … Read more →
Expresso banned for poor service quality
Posted on | CommentThe National Communications Authority (NCA) has barred Epresso from sales and marketing promotions until operational challenges in some of its network areas are resolved. The ban, which followed Quality of Service (QoS) compliance findings in February this year, is expected … Read more →
PHOTO: 3 arrested for stealing supermarket safe
Posted on | CommentThe Tema Regional Police have arrested three suspected thieves who allegedly stole a metal safe containing a large sum of money belonging to the employer of one of the suspects. The suspects were Sylvester Donkor, Richard Apau and Jonathan Ahinful, … Read more →
Boko Haram’s request: Nigeria rejects captive girls ‘swap’
Posted on | CommentNigeria has insisted it will not agree to a request to free imprisoned Islamic militants in return for the release of dozens of kidnapped schoolgirls. Interior Minister Abba Moro said Boko Haram, the group holding the girls, was in no … Read more →
Reject Boko Haram – Muslim Clerics tell Ghanaians
Posted on | CommentSome Muslim clerics in Tamale have pledged their unflinching commitment to resist the infiltration of any form of religious fundamentalism within the Muslim Ummah in the area. They condemned the activities of the so-called Muslim sect Boko Haram, whose criminal … Read more →
PHOTOS: Woman gives birth to conjoined twin girls who share a body but have two brains
Posted on | CommentAn Australian woman has miraculously given birth to conjoined twins with one body and two brains despite doctors initially telling them to terminate the pregnancy. Renee Young and Simon Howie, of Tregear in Sydney’s west, welcomed their daughters on Thursday … Read more →
Nigeria girls ‘shown’ in new Boko Haram video
Posted on | CommentA new video released by Islamist militants Boko Haram claims to show around 100 girls kidnapped from a school in Nigeria last month. The group’s leader, Abubakar Shekau, said they would be held until all imprisoned militants had been freed. … Read more →
Nissan profits jump 10% as sales rise
Posted on | CommentNissan has seen full-year profits jump 10%, boosted by better sales, cost-cutting and a weaker yen. Japan’s second-biggest carmaker said net profits in the year to end-March were 389bn yen ($3.8bn; £2.26bn), on sales up 20% to 10.48tn yen. Nissan … Read more →
Another Boko Haram member captured in TB Joshua’s church
Posted on | CommentAnother member of the dreaded Boko Haram sect allegedly confessed at Nigerian Pastor T.B. Joshua’s church today, stating that he was being paid N2,000,000 to bomb churches. Nearing the end of the service, during the time Joshua’s ‘Wise Men’ were minisring ‘deliverance’ to people, … Read more →
Full text: 1st Lady Lordina Mahama’s wish on Mother’s day
Posted on | CommentThe global campaign against the abducted girls by Boko Haram in Nigeria has had the 1st Lady of the Republic of Ghana, Lordina Mahama joining in. The Mother of Ghana has made a passionate appeal to the Boko Haram to … Read more →
PHOTOS: Ghanaian women march against abduction of Nigerian girls #BringBackOurGirls
Posted on | CommentA group of concerned women in Ghana has staged a peaceful protest against the kidnapping of the over 200 students from a Government Girls’ Secondary School in Nigeria on Mother’s Day. The women matched through some principal streets of Accra … Read more →
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