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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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Africa should deliver Europe from it’s darkness – Pastor Mensa Otabil
Posted on | CommentMotivational speaker and preacher, Dr Mensa Otabil says it is time for Africa – “the centre of Christianity” in the world – to rescue Europe from its “darkness.” The International Central Gospel Church General Overseer says despite the fact that … Read more →
Adomi bridge to be closed
Posted on | CommentThe Ghana Highway Authority has announced the Adomi bridge will be closed to traffic today, Monday, March 10, 2014. It will remain closed until 2016. This is to make way for repair works on the only bridge linking the Volta … Read more →
Pastor arrested for conducting virginity test on 20-year-old female member
Posted on | CommentThe Ogun State Police Command said yesterday, that it had arrested a Pastor identified as Adekunle Kayode, 34, for conducting virginity test on a 20-year-old female member of his church in Abeokuta, the state capital, using his finger. Kayode, a pastor in charge of … Read more →
PHOTO (18+): Boyfriend wins bet by sleeping with his girlfriend in the open in a club
Posted on | 1 CommentAccording to the ‘whistle-blower’ who told www.233times.net this story, the man in the picture had gone on a bet with his friend to sleep with his girlfriend in the open in the club (name withheld for now) where they were … Read more →
5-year-old Kindergarten Pupil drowns in pool
Posted on | CommentFive-year-old kindergarten pupil of Sandabi International School, Wumpini Mubarik, on Friday got drowned in a swimming pool at Discovery Hotel in Tamale, the Northern Regional capital. The hotel belongs to beleaguered Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Goodwill International, Philip Akpeena … Read more →
Better Ghana Agenda laptops distributed to Teachers
Posted on | CommentA total of 2,331 Better Ghana Agenda laptop computers have now been presented to teachers who completed the Rlg Information Communication Technology training under the Basic school Computerisation Project in the Central Region. The Central Regional Minster, Dr Samuel Sarpong, … Read more →
VIDEO: World champion typist sets new record; now types with his nose
Posted on | CommentA world champion typist has set a new speed record – with his nose. Mohammed Khurshid Hussain, 23, wrote a 103-character sentence in just 47 seconds after practicing his technique for six hours a day, the International Business Times reported. … Read more →
Cal Bank Policeman angrily shoots 2 customers
Posted on | CommentA policeman on duty at the Derby Avenue branch of Cal bank in Accra has reportedly shot and injured two persons out of anger. The policeman who was on duty on Saturday afternoon opened fire on customers in the banking … Read more →
Energy drinks ‘increase the risk of mental health problems’ – Research
Posted on | CommentEnergy drinks can lead to mental health problems and drug and alcohol abuse in teenagers, researchers have warned. Their findings have been published just a day after it emerged a teenager’s heart stopped three times after downing 10 Jagerbombs mixed … Read more →
Pathetic: How Students of Sekondi School for the deaf are fed
Posted on | CommentAuthorities of the Sekondi School for the deaf are desperately trying to re-enact the miracle of Bethsaida where Jesus fed 5,000 people with five loaves of bread and two fishes. Their attempt at a miracle would however leave the students … Read more →
Supreme Court: Man guilty of making holes in condoms before sex
Posted on | Comment07The Canadian Supreme Court has upheld the sexual assault conviction of a man who poked holes in the condoms he wore during sex with his girlfriend. Craig Hutchinson sabotaged the condoms his partner insisted he wear in a bid to … Read more →
CEO of Whatsapp says how Ghanaians use Whatsapp astounds him
Posted on | CommentJan Koum, Co-founder and Chief Executive Officer of Whatsapp, the social messaging service recently acquired by Facebook for US$19billion, has commended the country for its innovative approach to using its mobile application. Mr. Koum, making his first public appearance at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona after … Read more →
45-year-old Teacher falls into dilapidated toilet
Posted on | CommentA 45 year old teacher at Achinakrom Senior High School in the Ejisu Juabeng Municipality of the Ashanti Region had the worst experience of his life when he fell into a dilapidated maggot-infested toilet in his school. The tutor whose … Read more →
TV3 workers up in arms against management over end of service benefit
Posted on | CommentWorkers of privately owned TV Station, TV3, are up in arms against management and board of the station, accusing them of failing to pay their End of Service Benefit. Some of the protesting workers told Myjoyonline.com they had been negotiating … Read more →
PHOTO: Student arranged her friend to be gang raped
Posted on | CommentKwara State Commissioner of Police, Ambrose Aisabor, on Thursday paraded a female student of College of Technology, Offa in Kwara, Miss Mary Awolola, said to be a cultist, for allegedly luring her friend to be gang-rapéd by five of her … Read more →
4 Nigerian men lashed for gay acts
Posted on | CommentFour Nigerian men have received 20 lashes each after an Islamic court in the northern city of Bauchi convicted them of gay sex, officials say. Confessions had been forced from the Muslim men after they were beaten up in custody, … Read more →
51 Students collapse at Tema Independence Day Parade
Posted on | Comment51 students collapsed in the Tema Metropolis on Thursday morning during a parade to mark Ghana’s 57th independence anniversary celebration. Out of the number, 49 were students drawn from various schools in the Ashaiman Municipality who had converged at the … Read more →
Father sleeps with stepdaughter 6 times; fined 2 sheep
Posted on | CommentThe chief and elders of Wassa Saaman near Wassa Akropong in the Western Region have slapped a fine of two sheep and bottles of schnapps on a 35-year-old man for allegedly engaging in an abominable act that can incur the … Read more →
India police use WhatsApp to trace missing boy
Posted on | CommentA missing 11-year-old boy in India has been found after he was spotted by a member of the public who received a WhatsApp alert sent out by police. Police in the northern town of Bareilly say they used the instant … Read more →
Cardinal Peter Turkson criticises Uganda for anti-gay law “homosexuals are not criminals”
Posted on | CommentVatican cardinal, Peter Turkson, has criticised Uganda’s anti-gay law and called for the repeal of its severe penalties. Cardinal Peter Turkson, who is president of the Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace, said Tuesday that “homosexuals are not criminals” and … Read more →
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