Ghana’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 →
A preacher with an evangelical church in Kenya’s Nakuru County was shocked when a prostitute he picked up for sex told him she was a member of his congregation. The preacher, 56, picked the woman along Club Road, Nakuru at … Read more →
A blind man, Shaibu Ibrahim, 26, on Tuesday dragged Shehu Sarki, another blind man to a Grade 1 Area Court, Aso Pada, Mararaba, Nasarawa State. News Agency of Nigeria reports that Ibrahim accused Sarki, 32, his friend and the chairman … Read more →
The police are hunting down four suspected armed robbers who attacked the Lighthouse Orphanage at Aburi in the Eastern Region around midnight, Monday. Narrating the incident to Joy News, one Patricia the administrator of the orphanage said, “Around 12:30, I … Read more →
Popular Nigerian minister of the gospel, Prophet T.B Joshua, says he has no revelation concerning Ghana’s upcoming Supreme Court verdict but maintains that nothing will happen. “Ghanaians respect the rule of law. Nothing will happen but they will maintain their … Read more →
It appears the wind of revolution blowing across the country is not limited to the world of politics only, but also religious circles. Worshipers at the Akomadan branch of the Roman Catholic Church were last Sunday thrown into a state … Read more →
25-year-old Prince Dzah, an Associate Pastor of the Winners Chapel International, Aflao branch, was arrested by the Police for allegedly stealing about Gh¢18,000 belonging to the church. Also arrested were Theophilus Zealous, 24, a member of the Church and 23 … Read more →
The Minister of Education, Prof Jane Naana Opoku-Agyemang, has called for an immediate end to the prevailing phenomenon of protocol in the admission of students to the country’s universities and second-cycle schools.
A truck carrying scrap metal this afternoon was crashed by a train on the Graphic Road, starting a vehicular traffic on the busy road. No injuries were recorded in the accident which happened at about 3:45pm. The truck had developed … Read more →
Archbishop Nicholas Duncan-Williams says not only is Ghana’s economy “cursed” but also “broke”. “We really need to pray for Ghana,” he told his congregation in a recent sermon which was played back on Radio XYZ’s Christian programme, ‘Voice of Action’ … Read more →
An unemployed man who thought the best way of bringing up his seven-year-old physically challenged son was to chain him with three dog chains attached to a shade in his compound would have to explain his actions in court. The … Read more →
The Ho Municipality has begun a seemingly bizarre policy in which residents trade faeces and urine for cash. The dry toilet technology is an initiative from a University of Applied in Finland in which faecal matters are turned into manure … Read more →
New banks entering Ghana’s banking industry will be required to have a minimum capital of GHC120 million Cedis. The Bank of Ghana has reviewed upwards the minimum capital required for commercial banks to operate in the country to GHC120 million from … Read more →
Cameroon’s President Paul Biya has ordered the closure of nearly 100 Christian churches in key cities, citing criminal practices organized by Pentecostal pastors that threaten the security of the West African nation. But Pentecostal pastors said the move is evidence … Read more →
A 14-year-old schoolboy has been jailed after he barricaded his teacher inside a classroom then laughed as he sexually assaulted her. Desperate colleagues tried to break down the door when they heard the teacher screaming for help but could not … Read more →
The National Service Secretariat has hinted that there is a possibility of an increase in the allowance of service personnel.According to the Director of Public Affairs of the Service, Ambrose Entsiwah, “we cannot rule out that possibility because, certainly this … Read more →
The University of Ghana, Legon, says it cannot admit beyond the number that the facilities of the institution can offer for new admissions for the 2013/2014 academic year. Mrs. Stella Amoah, Head of Public Affairs for the University emphatically stated … Read more →
A newly wedded couple was last week was censured from Seventh Day Adventist by Sizinda SDA elders in Zimbabwe for dancing to worldly music at their wedding. Tinevimbo Maphosa and his wife, Moreblessing Sibanda were suspended from active participation … Read more →
Poverty and the lure of easy money constitute a volatile mix of ingredients for prostitution, and in Takoradi, the two factors are attracting a significant number of underage girls into the profession, pushing the price of commercial sex with the … Read more →
The birth of siamese twins by a housewife, Mrs. Ene Musa Andrew, at the St. Daniels hospital, Otukpo, came as a great mystery tothe people of Jerusalem street in Otukpo Local Government Area in Benue state.
BlackBerry, the embattled smartphone maker that was once the must-have brand for City bankers and technology geeks, has confirmed it is considering selling the company.The announcement, which follows weeks of speculation that it was looking at a range of new … Read more →