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US visa pause does not affect short-term travel for Ghanaians – Ambassador Victor Smith
Posted on with No CommentGhana’s Ambassador to the US, Emmanuel Victor Smith, has clarified that the United States’ temporary suspension of immigrant visa processing does not apply to non-immigrant visas for Ghanaians, including those for business and tourism. The clarification comes amid growing concern … Read more →
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Zookeeper asks hospital officials to wheel him in sick bed to say farewell to his animals (PHOTO)
Posted on | CommentThis is the touching moment a giraffe bid a sad farewell to a dying worker who’d spent his entire adult life cleaning their enclosure at a Dutch zoo. The 54-year-old maintenance worker, who’s suffering from a terminal cancer, asked that his … Read more →
Details: Late Vice Prez, Alhaji Aliu Mahama’s son Farouk to marry on April 6
Posted on | CommentFarouk Aliu Mahama, Son of Late Former Vice President Alhaji Aliu Mahama is expected to tie the knot with his longtime sweetheart, Ayisha Abdalai on April 6. The traditional marriage ceremony is expected to be graced by National Chief Imam, … Read more →
KATH missing baby saga: Ministry of Health to announce decision today
Posted on | CommentThe 14-day ultimatum by the Ministry of Health for authorities at the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital (KATH) to produce the bodies of five stillborns expires today. The ministry will later today announce actions it plans to take against authorities of … Read more →
VIDEO: Meet Ghanaian Chief who drives taxi in New York
Posted on | Comment“Coming to America” story of Ghanaian chief, Isaac Osei, who is a New York cab driver since 1977, but Chief of Akwamu whenever he comes home to Ghana. Draped in his golden chieftaincy regalia and driving the Yellow Cab. Watch … Read more →
Revealed: How UCC Nigerian undergraduate was murdered by his Ghanaian roommate over $4,500
Posted on | 1 Comment18-year-old Godwin Awogbo, a 300 level student of University of Cape Coast in Central region, Ghana, studying Social Science was brutally killed. His body had been found with some his internal organs gorged out, with his hands and legs tied. … Read more →
PHOTO: Woman arrested for smuggling 14 parcels of wee
Posted on | CommentA 33-year-old Nigerian woman has been arrested by the police for attempting to smuggle 14 parcels of compressed dried leaves suspected to be Indian hemp, to Nigerian by road. Suspect Mary Ann Nnena Okasor Nwodo, a native of Anambra State, … Read more →
PHOTO: Lady vomits GHc50 notes and broken bottles after ordeal with ‘sakawa’ boys
Posted on | CommentFamily of a young woman is in shock because their 19-year-old daughter, who disappeared for a week in January this year, returned and began vomiting money, broken bottles, nails, an egg and pins. 19-year-old Rebecca Ankobea, who is currently living … Read more →
Student attempts poisoning his Teacher by putting hand sanitizer in her coke
Posted on | CommentA Florida teenager is accused of trying to poison his teacher by putting hand sanitizer in her Diet Coke. The Northwest Florida Daily News reports that the 15-year-old was arrested Tuesday and charged with poisoning his teacher’s drink. The charge … Read more →
19-year-old girl nabbed for robbery
Posted on | CommentA 19-year-old lady, Ikima Adams, who is said to be a member of a group of gangsters that have been snatching vehicles at gunpoint from their owners in Kumasi and its environs, has been nabbed by the Tafo/Pankrono Police. Ikima … Read more →
Gay Banker strangled wife, burnt body in incinerator to hide his sexuality
Posted on | CommentA bank worker who married to conceal his homosexuality strangled his wife a few months later with a metal vacuum pipe, a court heard Tuesday. Jasvir Ram Ginday throttled Varkha Rani and tried to destroy her remains in an incinerator … Read more →
PHOTO: Cheaper iPhone 5C introduced
Posted on | CommentApple has unveiled a cheaper, smaller version of the iPhone 5C smartphone and brought the fourth-generation iPad back from the dead. Sales of the colorful, plastic iPhone 5C have been below the company’s expectations, and CEO Tim Cook acknowledged in January that Apple misjudged … Read more →
Find out: Timetable for Load-shedding (dumsor dumsor)
Posted on | CommentAt long last, the time table for the load-shedding is out. Released via the Public Relations office of the Electricity of Ghana, William Boateng, the Company’s Public Relations Officer (PRO), said on Tuesday, March 18, 2014 that the time table … Read more →
Pathetic: Berekum SHS students sleep in dining hall/classrooms
Posted on | CommentBerekum Senior High School (BESS) is in dire need of a girls’ dormitory as the school’s dining hall and some classrooms have been converted into dormitories to enable students get a place to lay their heads. A classroom block is … Read more →
ECG aspires to be leading power distributor in Africa
Posted on | CommentAn Employee Performance Management System, a 2014-2017 strategic plan is being implemented by the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) to become the leading electricity distributor in Africa. The plan is designed to constructing a number of lines, injecting of transformers … Read more →
Gel for women to prevent HIV out
Posted on | CommentA gel that can be used by women after sex to protect against HIV is a step closer, according to researchers. Drugs applied three hours after infection could protect female monkeys from a type of HIV, US scientists said. The … Read more →
TV Presenter and 6 others nabbed for heroin
Posted on | CommentSix persons including Aisha Gangarey, a TV presenter, were nabbed by the Federal Bureau of Investigations (FBI) and US authorities for allegedly importing 3.7 kilograms of heroin into the United States of America (USA). The accused persons, who have been put … Read more →
Tema Motorway: 30,000 cars pay tolls daily
Posted on | CommentDespite the various kinds of vehicles that ply the Accra-Tema motorway and the huge funds it generates daily, the 49 years old road is yet to benefit from its earnings. The deplorable motorway is the only road network in Ghana … Read more →
Judge wades into legalisation of Marijuana
Posted on | CommentA Circuit Court judge has waded into the debate on the legalisation of marijuana started by the Narcotics Control Board Executive Secretary, Mr Yaw Akrasi Sarpong, last week. Mr Francis Obiri, who presided over some drug-related cases Monday, suggested that … Read more →
PHOTO: Man, 22, resurrects 7 days after burial
Posted on | CommentResidents of Luk, a Togolese farming community near Bunkpurugu in Bunkpurugu-Yunyoo District of the Northern Region, are living in fear and panic following the mysterious ‘resurrection’ of a man seven days after his burial. Twenty-two-year-old Konkper-Laar Samuel, a standard 16 … Read more →
PHOTO: Cow floats at La Beach
Posted on | CommentSwimmers at a portion of the La Beach not far from the La Beach Towers in Accra—under construction—were stunned yesterday when they spotted a cow being driven towards the beach by the waves. An eyewitness who beheld the strange spectacle … Read more →
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