An Ethiopian schoolgirl has told the BBC how she lost her right hand defending herself from a soldier who tried to rape her – and who had also tried to force her grandfather to have sex with her. The 18-year-old, who we are not naming, has been in hospital in …
Read More »Ten die in ethnic attacks in Nigerian city market
At least 10 people have died during ethnic clashes that began at a busy market in the Nigerian city of Ibadan in Oyo State. The governor of south-western Oyo State has imposed a dusk-to-dawn curfew to contain the violence in the city. It began after a wheelbarrow pusher, believed to …
Read More »UPDATE: Ofori-Atta flown to US over COVID complications
Finance Minister-designate Ken Ofori-Atta has been flown to the United States of America over COVID-19 complications. “The Ministry of Finance wishes to inform the general public and stakeholders that Mr. Ken Ofori-Atta, the Representative of H.E the President at the Ministry of Finance and Minister-designate for Finance, will travel to the …
Read More »Bediatuo and wife land NAPO in big trouble over mathematical sets contract
The Herald has cited the name one Sarah Mary Olufemi Adetola said to be the wife of Secretary to the President of Ghana, Nana Asante Bediatuo in the multimillion dollar the supply of the mathematical set contract which former Education Minister, Mathew Opoku Prempeh and his onetime Deputy Dr. Yaw …
Read More »Majority Leader disagrees with election of parliamentary candidates every four years
Mr Osei Kyei-Mensah-Bonsu, the Minister-designate for Parliamentary Affairs, has vehemently disagreed with the practice of organising primaries to elect parliamentary candidates every four years. The practice, he said, often resulted in high attrition rate of experienced Members of Parliament, adversely affecting the work of the legislature. Mr Mensah-Bonsu, also a Member of Parliament for Suame, …
Read More »Gender Ministry Bids Farewell To ECOWAS Volunteers
The Ministry of Gender, Children and Social Protection on Monday, February 8, 2021 honored and bid farewell to two volunteers assigned at the Ministry by the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS). Routinely, ECOWAS sends skilled volunteers to its member countries to help harness on going progress. The volunteers …
Read More »Three perish in accident at Abor Sitsofe Junction
Three people were on Sunday confirmed dead in a motorbike accident at Abor Sitsofe lodge junction on the Accra -Aflao highway. Confirming the incident to the Ghana News Agency (GNA), Mr Augustine Norpe Agbozo , an eyewitness and Assemblyman for Dzogadze electoral area within the Akatsi South Municipality, said the …
Read More »Kwadwo Darko-Mensah, CEO of Bluegrass Limited, arrested, detained
The Chief Executive Officer of the Bluegrass Group Ltd, Kwadwo Darko-Mensah popularly referred to as Onasis has been arrested by officials of the National Investigations Bureaus (NIB) to assist in an ongoing investigation as a suspect, MyNewsGh.com can confirm. The NIB, formerly the Bureau of National Investigations (BNI) arrested the …
Read More »BREAKING NEWS: Ofori-Atta flown to US over COVID complications
Finance Minister-designate Ken Ofori-Atta has been flown to the United States of America over COVID-19 complications. “The Ministry of Finance wishes to inform the general public and stakeholders that Mr. Ken Ofori-Atta, the Representative of H.E the President at the Ministry of Finance and Minister-designate for Finance, will travel to the …
Read More »Mahama must withdraw petition if Jean Mensa fails to testify – Lawyer advises
A private legal practitioner, Nii Kpakpo Samoa Addo has admonished petitioner and former president John Dramani Mahama to drop his case against December 2020 presidential elections if he fails to get the Electoral Commission (EC) Chairperson to mount the witness stand. Supreme Court Judges hearing the December election petition on Thursday, February …
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