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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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Public transport fares to reduce by 10% from May 17
Posted on | CommentTransport operators have announced a 10 per cent reduction in transport fares across board effective Wednesday, May 17, 2023. This was contained in a statement jointly signed by Mr. Godfred Abulbire, General Secretary of Ghana Private Road Transport Union (GPRTU) … Read more →
Elon Musk names Linda Yaccarino new Twitter boss
Posted on | CommentElon Musk has named a new chief executive of Twitter, just over six months after his controversial takeover of the social media company. The billionaire said Linda Yaccarino, the former head of advertising at NBCUniversal, would oversee business operations at … Read more →
Takoradi: Man allegedly murdered and tied to electric pole (DISTURBING VIDEO/PHOTO)
Posted on | CommentA 29-year-old man has allegedly been murdered and tied to an electrical pole in Assakae, a suburb of the Effia-Kwesinstsim Municipality of the Western Region. The sad incident happened in the early hours of Friday morning, May 12. According to … Read more →
Rousing welcome for Otumfuo, Lady Julia
Posted on | CommentAsantehene Otumfuo Osei Tutu II and his wife, Lady Julia, have returned to Ghana after a visit to the United Kingdom (UK) where they witnessed the coronation of King Charles III. The Royal couple arrived in Ghana yesterday, May 13, … Read more →
Nigerian Chef, Hilda Baci breaks Guinness World Record for ‘longest cooking time’
Posted on | CommentA popular Nigerian Chef, Hilda Effiong Bassey, popularly known as Hilda Baci, has broken the Guinness World Record for the ‘longest cooking marathon by an individual.’ On Monday, May 15, 2023 morning, she broke the 87-hour, 45 minutes record set … Read more →
Let’s all get on board to fight galamsey – Prez. Akufo-Addo
Posted on | CommentThe President, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo says despite massive success in the fight against galamsey, the practice still remains an existential threat. He says the fight against illegal mining can be won if all Ghanaians get involved urging them not … Read more →
Bawumia impressed with progress of GNPC Headquarters Project In Takoradi
Posted on | CommentVice President Dr. Mahamadu Bawumia inspected the progress of work on the Ghana National Petroleum Corporation (GNPC) operational headquarters at Takoradi and expressed his satisfaction with the ongoing project. This project was a key part of the ruling New … Read more →
Jury finds Trump sexually abused writer in NY department store
Posted on | CommentA jury in a civil case has found former President Donald Trump sexually abused a magazine columnist in a New York department store in the 1990s. But Mr Trump was found not liable for raping E Jean Carroll in the … Read more →
How El Chapo’s sons built a Fentanyl Empire poisoning America
Posted on | CommentIn January 2017, days after Mexico extradited the notorious drug trafficker Joaquín “El Chapo” Guzmán to the United States, local cops in his home state of Sinaloa fell under attack. Some were shot dead in broad daylight. Others vanished and … Read more →
5 Muslim students sue schools for $300k over veil discrimination
Posted on | CommentFemale Muslim students from five schools in The Gambia have taken legal action against their schools at the high court in Banjul, after accusing them of “forcefully” removing their veils. Some of the schools in the lawsuit are Christian but … Read more →
Ghana Highway Authority to close portions of Agona-Ahanta highway for maintenance
Posted on | CommentThe Ministry of Roads and Highways in collaboration with Ghana Highway Authority, has announced that the Ewusiejoe section of the Takoradi-Agona-Ahanta highway in the Western Region would be closed to traffic on Saturday, May 13, 2023. The closure which would … Read more →
LinkedIn cuts 700 jobs and closes China app
Posted on | CommentLinkedIn has become the latest tech firm to axe jobs, closing 716 roles out of a 20,000 workforce. The social media network which focuses on business professionals will also phase out its local jobs app in China. In a letter … Read more →
Ekweremadu: ‘I’m scared, can’t return to Nigeria’, Victim begs for stay in UK
Posted on | CommentDavid Nwamini, the would-be kidney donor in the organ trafficking case that sent Nigerian Senator Ike Ekweremadu, 60, to jail, has said he wants to remain and work in the UK, as “they could arrest me or kill me in … Read more →
GHANASCO Headmaster reinstated after interdiction over ‘toilet cubicles’
Posted on | CommentThe Ghana Education Service (GES) has reinstated the interdicted headmaster of Ghana Senior High School (GHANASCO) with immediate effect. Doughlas Haruna was interdicted after a video surfaced on social media showing some students of the school using toilet cubicles allegedly as … Read more →
Mason gets 24 years for defiling his 12-year-old daughter twice
Posted on | CommentAn Accra Circuit Court has sentenced a 56-year-old mason to 24 years imprisonment for having sex with his 12-year-old daughter twice. Joseph Amon Neequaye is said to have had sex with his daughter after assisting her to do her homework. The accused … Read more →
Fijai SHS Headmaster reinstated after investigations
Posted on | CommentThe Ghana Education Service (GES) has written to the Headmaster of Fijai Senior High School, Kenneth Agbomadze, to return to office. Mr Agbomadze was interdicted in April after the Service alleged that he was charging illegal fees. A committee was … Read more →
Eric Antwi must answer on galamsey at Akufo-Addo’s house claim- Frimpong-Boateng
Posted on | CommentFormer Minister of Environment, Science, Technology and Innovation Professor Kwabena Frimpong-Boateng has said that he does not want to quarrel with the chiefs and elders of Kyebi, the hometown of President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo over the claim that illegal … Read more →
T-bills auction: Gov’t to borrow ¢3.33bn this week
Posted on | CommentThe government will borrow ¢3.33 billion from the treasury market on Friday May 12, 2023, to partly refinance maturities worth ¢2.31 billion. Joy Business understands that part of the ¢3.33 billion will be used to settle coupon payments of the … Read more →
UDS: Storey building under construction on campus collapse
Posted on | CommentA storey building under construction at the city campus of the University for Development Studies (UDS) in Tamale collapsed last Saturday during a rainstorm. There was no casualty. The incident happened at night, at a time there were no workers … Read more →
King Charles III crowned at London’s Westminster Abbey
Posted on | CommentKing Charles III was crowned on Saturday in Britain’s biggest ceremonial event for seven decades, a sumptuous display of pageantry dating back 1,000 years. In front of a congregation of about 100 world leaders and a television audience of millions, … Read more →
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