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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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Nelson Mandela’s wife says he’s still “very ill”, house “is like an ICU ward”
Posted on | CommentNelson Mandela’s ex-wife says South Africa’s former president remains “quite ill” and unable to speak because of tubes that are keeping his lungs clear of fluid, though he is relaxed. Winnie Madikizela-Mandela told South Africa’s Sunday Independent newspaper that Mandela’s … Read more →
Nigerian traders in Ghana drag Ghana to ECOWAS Community Court of Justice
Posted on | CommentNigerian traders in Ghana have dragged the country to the ECOWAS Community Court of Justice over the enforcement of the Ghana Investment Promotion Council (GIPC) Act.The act, which was revised in July this year, among others, specifies the criteria foreigners … Read more →
Cigarette-smoking toddler gives up and now addicted to food
Posted on | CommentAt the age of two he shocked the world after being pictured chain-smoking cigarettes. Two years on he’s now a normal, cheeky five-year-old – and, while he’s managed to kick the habit, he now has another addiction. Food. Aldi Rizal became … Read more →
Pastor encourages parents to posion their 12-year-old son
Posted on | CommentA Pastor has incited a man and his wife to poison their 12-year old son to death after he told them their son was behind his wife’s sickness. Samuel Nanegbe, a 41 year old man from Fumso, in the Adansi … Read more →
Google and Microsoft agree measures to block abuse images
Posted on | CommentLeading search engine companies Google and Microsoft have agreed measures to make it harder to find child abuse images online.As many as 100,000 search terms will now return no results that find illegal material, and will trigger warnings that child … Read more →
BECE resit begins 2015
Posted on | CommentStudents who fail the Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE) will, from February 2015, be allowed to resit the examination as private candidates. This follows an agreement reached between the government and the West African Examinations Council (WAEC) to allow students who … Read more →
Lady pours hot water into the vagina of inlaw
Posted on | CommentA lady believed to be in her late 20s did the unthinkable last Sunday when she allegedly poured hot water into the private part of 26-year-old Aisha Amadu at Apremdo near Takoradi. We gathered that Aisha, a native of the Upper … Read more →
PHOTOS: Victoria Hammah’s grandma pleading for mercy and revealing Prez. Mahama is her nephew
Posted on | CommentThere is a shocking revelation from the grandmother of the sacked Deputy Minister of Communications, Victoria Hammah. The grandmother of the multi -million dollar Minister said Vicky Hammah and President Mahama were siblings, explaining that the President’s mother, Abena Kupor, was a direct … Read more →
1,053 ghost names on Korle Bu Teaching Hospital’s payroll
Posted on | CommentOne thousand and fifty-two members of staff cannot be accounted for at the Korle-Bu Teaching Hospital (KBTH) after a head count.An additional 60 who are paid through the hospital’s internally generated funds (IGFs) can also not be accounted for.Of the … Read more →
Inspector-General of Police (IGP) granted two-year extension of service
Posted on | CommentThe Inspector-General of Police (IGP), Mr Mohammed Ahmed Alhassan, has been granted a two-year extension of service. This follows approval granted to a request by the Interior Ministry to the Vice-President for Mr Alhassan to stay in office to continue … Read more →
Wanted by Police; help to arrest and get Laptop and GHC300
Posted on | CommentThe Kasoa Police Station is in search of Akwebo who is popularly known as ‘Lawyer’ or ‘Ackah’ a resident of Kasoa. The above named wanted person who is reported to have run away with a taxi belonging to his brother, … Read more →
Armed robbers attack police station over arrest of their gang members
Posted on | CommentThe Mampong District Police Station was attacked on Saturday night by three hooded gunmen over the arrest of their gang members. Lance Corporal Ofori Djumor, who was on night duty alone, sustained some bullet wounds and he is recuperating at … Read more →
New Victoria Hammah Tape: Rawlingses issue erupts; plot to sack Ayitey Basty exposed and more
Posted on | CommentThe Rawlingses have popped up in a different secret tape recording of the private conversations of fired Deputy Communications Minister, Victoria Hammah. In the new tape, a male interlocutor, whom the apparent voice of Ms Hammah kept referring to as … Read more →
PHOTO: Man arrested for having sex with a goat
Posted on | CommentThe ‘whistle blower’ who gave this picture to www.233times.net did it on the condition of anonymity. He said the police warned those around not to take picture on their phone neither to they circulate it. So this piece is reported … Read more →
MTN says blame thieves for disruption of services
Posted on | Commentdisruption of servicesThe leading telecommunications operator in the country, Mobile Telecommunication Network (MTN), has attributed intermittent disruption of services to theft of its property at various cell sites by some unscrupulous persons. Charles Akoto, a Technical Officer of MTN disclosed … Read more →
Tourism fetched Ghana US$2.5 billion last year
Posted on | CommentTourism fetched Ghana US$2.5 billion last year, confirming the sector as the fourth largest export after gold, cocoa and remittances. The amount was spent by 1,263,857 international tourists who visited the country during the year, according to an official of the … Read more →
University of Ghana to stop running diploma programmes after the 2015/2016 academic year
Posted on | CommentThe University of Ghana, Legon, will stop running diploma programmes after the 2015/2016 academic year.The decision, which will be gradual, is in line with the proposed transformation of the school into a research university.The Vice-Chancellor, Professor Ernest Aryeetey, who announced … Read more →
UPS confers Doctorate Degrees on Otumfuo Osei Tutu II, Edward Doe Adjaho & Albert Kan-Dapaah
Posted on | CommentThe University of Professional Studies, Accra (UPSA), formerly Institute of Professional Studies (IPS), yesterday conferred honorary Doctorate Degrees on three distinguished national figures including the Asantehene Otumfuo Osei Tutu II. The other recipients of the award were Edward Doe Adjaho, … Read more →
Woyome strikes “Some people will pack their bags and leave this country after my court case”
Posted on | CommentEmbattled businessman, Alfred Agbesi Woyome, has expressed strong reservations about media reportage about him outside the courtroom.An obviously angry Woyome stepped out of the courtroom Wednesday to confront a team of journalists after the day’s hearing in the High Court … Read more →
Free Party For Legon Graduates On Nov. 9
Posted on | CommentThe management of Ecstacy Entertainment and Paliment lounge have collaborated to reward students of University of Ghana, Legon graduating this Saturday, November 9 with a free graduation after party. This comes on the heels of financial cry from most people … Read more →
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