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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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Man Clubs Wife To Death Over Alleged Gossiping
Posted on | CommentA 36-year-old woman, Atta Yagyiri, was in the evening of last Sunday clubbed to death by her husband, Dakurah Yagyiri, at Tizaa Zampare in the Gyirapa District in the Upper West Region, after the husband accused her of gossiping about … Read more →
Kofi Annan ‘horrified’ by Kenya attacks
Posted on | CommentFormer United Nations Secretary-General, Kofi Annan says he is “horrified” at the recent terrorist attacks in Kenya. More than sixty people have been confirmed dead including Ghana’s former chairman of the Council of State, Professor Kofi Awoonor in the attack … Read more →
Ghanaians mourn Prof. Kofi Awoonor
Posted on | CommentPeople from all walks of live have visited the Accra residence of Professor Kofi Awoonor, former Chairman of the Council of State, who died in Nairobi, Kenya on Saturday September 21, to express their condolence. According to a Ghana News … Read more →
Kenya mall attack: Military says most hostages freed, death toll at 68
Posted on | CommentAuthorities in Kenya appeared close to ending a deadly siege Monday at an upscale Nairobi mall, where attackers have killed at least 68 people, injured 175, and are believed to still be holding about 10 people hostage.“All efforts are underway … Read more →
15-year-old boy rapes 3 kids including 10 month-old baby
Posted on | CommentAn Upper Area Court in Mararaba,in the central Nigerian state of Nasarawa has remanded a 15-year-old -boy in prison custody for alleged raping of three children, including a 10-month old baby. The accused, himself a minor, who lives in Rafin … Read more →
Fresh gunfire attack inside Nairobi Westgate complex
Posted on | CommentHeavy gunfire and explosions have been heard at the shopping centre in Nairobi where militants are said to be holding a number of hostages. 68 people have been killed and more than 170 injured since the attack began in Kenya’s … Read more →
75 Killed In Sunday Morning Suicide Bombing At Christian Church In Pakistan
Posted on | CommentAccording to NBC News: A suicide bomb attack on a church killed at least 75 people as parishioners left the building Sunday, officials said, in what is the biggest attack on Pakistan’s Christian community in many years. Women and children were … Read more →
Professor Kofi Awoonor killed in Nairobi terrorist attack
Posted on | CommentFormer Chaiman of the Council of State, Prof. Kofi Awoonor has been killed in Saturday’s shooting incident at a shopping mall in Nairobi, Kenya. Prof. Awoonor died from gun shot wounds in the stomach during an attack on the Westgate … Read more →
“I’m Shocked” By Awoonor’s Death – Prez Mahama
Posted on | CommentPresident John Mahama who is on his way to New York, USA, has described as a sad twist of fate, Professor Kofi Awoonor’s presence at the Nairobi Mall where terrorists killed shoppers including Ghana’s former Chair of the Council of … Read more →
Gov’t Tax Imposition On Phone Importation Now 43%
Posted on | CommentMobile Phone dealers in the country have expressed disappointment in the government for imposing huge taxes on their business. According to them, they have been unfairly treated by government. They disclosed that the initial tax imposition of 20% has hiked … Read more →
Health Alert: Uncovered mass grave at Awudome Cemetery pose health risk
Posted on | CommentAwful stench from decomposing bodies in an uncovered mass grave at the Awudome Cemetery in Accra is creating a health concern but managers of the cemetery say they are waiting for more bodies before they cover the pit. Tens of … Read more →
20-year-old prostitute kills her 4-day-old baby with rat poison
Posted on | CommentA 4-day-old baby boy has been gruesomely murdered by his own mother who fed him with a N40 rat poison. Binta Shuaibu, 20, conspired with her friend, Hindatu Umar, 27, to commit the dastardly act in Dan Amarya village, Danja Local Government Area … Read more →
Contractors Threaten To Take Government To Court
Posted on | CommentThe Association of Building and Civil Engineering Contractors of Ghana (ACCECG) has issued a two-week ultimatum to the government to pay arrears owed its members. The Association said it would resort to court if government failed to pay all outstanding … Read more →
Afari-Gyan Is The Best Electoral Commissioner In Africa – NDC MPs
Posted on | CommentThe majority in Parliament has defended the credibility of Electoral Commission Chairman Dr. Kwadwo Afari Gyan. The majority lawmakers say the EC boss has led a team of commissioners who have on consistent basis, transformed the electoral system in the … Read more →
I have left ECG in a good state – Allotey Jacobs
Posted on | CommentI have left ECG in a good state – the results of a self-assessment by Bernard Allotey Jacobs, a member of the governing National Democratic Congress, after his position as a Board member of the Electricity Company of Ghana comes … Read more →
Metro Mass Driver dies behind steering wheel of moving bus
Posted on | CommentA driver of the Metro Mass Transit died behind the steering wheel of a moving bus on Monday. None of the passengers onboard the bus got hurt, according to reports. The driver who is yet to be identified, was said … Read more →
Gov’t to create half a million jobs by 2016 – Mahama Ayariga
Posted on | CommentGovernment has set itself a target to create a minimum of 500,000 jobs by the end of 2016, Minister for Information and Media Relations, Mahama Ayariga, has announced. He said the government had put in place workable strategies to achieve … Read more →
Son rapes mother in Ado Ekiti, Nigeria
Posted on | CommentAlthough the Omotehinde family kept mute over the issue, some people in the neighbourhood said they heard about the incident. The residents spoke with our Punch in separate interviews on Thursday. One of the residents said, “The news was shocking. Not many … Read more →
We keep our victims in Church and share ransom with Pastors- Kidnapper reveals
Posted on | CommentThe Anambra State Police Command has arrested 38-year-old wanted kidnap suspect, Okafor, a graduate ofMathematics from the Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka. Okafor popularly known as Igwe did not only fall afoul of the law as a kidnapper, he also messed up the … Read more →
GNPC Not Involved In The Sale Of Drill Ship – Kwesi Pratt
Posted on | CommentManaging Editor of the Insight News Paper, Mr. Kwesi Pratt Jnr. said the Ghana National Petroleum Cooperation was not implicated in the sale of the Drill Ship and therefore has no document covering the sale. GNPC, on the advice of … Read more →
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