Abubakar Shekau, leader of the Boko Haram sect, has given a condition under which the remaining Chibok schoolgirls in captivity will be released. More than 100 of the 276 girls abducted from Government Secondary School, Chibok, Borno state, in 2014, have remained in Boko Haram custody. In a video, the …
Read More »Man City banned from Champions League
Uefa have announced that Premier League champions Manchester City have been banned from the Champions League for the next two seasons. Pep Guardiola’s side have also been fined £25m for “serious breaches of Financial Fair Play Regulations”. The decision “is subject to appeal to the Court of Arbitration for Sport …
Read More »Only 34% of Nigerians use condoms during sex
Only 34% of adult Nigerians surveyed in a national poll use condoms during sex. According to the survey carried out by NOIPolls, the results show that only 28% of the general population that uses condoms do so consistently. This is despite the fact that most of those surveyed said it was …
Read More »VIDEO: Fire destroys dozens of structures at Dagomba Line in Kumasi
A fire has gutted tens of make-shift residential structures, amid unconfirmed reports of missing children, at Aboabo Dabgomba Line in Kumasi, the Ashanti Region capital. The slum is home to thousands of porters popularly known as ‘kayayei’ and scrap dealers. Watch the video below: Luv News Editor, Saeed Ali Yaqub reported that …
Read More »VIDEO: Love brewed in political pot: Chief Biney reveals how he met Afia Akoto
National Democratic Congress’ (NDC) Deputy National Organiser, Chief Biney, has finally revealed circumstances under which he met New Patriotic Party’ (NPP) Afia Akoto before they got married. Speaking on Adom TV’s special Valentine’s Day edition of Badwam, Mr Biney said he met his wife when they both appeared on a show …
Read More »Afram Plains: Nurses perform emergency roadside delivery
Two Nurses – Opoku Richard an enrolled Nurse and Abekah Nelson, a Mental Health Nurse – Thursday night conducted an emergency delivery for a pregnant woman who was in unexpected labour while on a motorbike. The pregnant woman – Yaa Ziegeh, her mother, and husband were on a motorbike from …
Read More »Stock Market breadth on the positive side as advancers outpace decliners
Upward price movements in three banking, insurance and telecom counters pushed the benchmark index up by 9.77 points (+0.42%) to close the session at 2,215.92 with a -1.83% year-to-date return while market capitalization increased by 0.18% to settle at GH¢56.75 billion. Ecobank Ghana (-1.14%) moderated the GSE Financial Index by …
Read More »International flights to Lagos divert to Ghana, leaving passengers stranded
All international flights bound for Lagos, Nigeria, have been diverted to Ghana following poor weather conditions and complications from new equipment installation. British Airways and Emirate Airlines are among the carriers unable to land at the Murtala Muhammed Airport in Lagos and were instead rerouted to Ghana. The diversions are …
Read More »Ursula shakes Ablekuma West as she submits forms to contest primary
Mrs Ursula Owusu-Ekuful, Member of Parliament (MP) for Ablekuma West, has urged delegates of the party to renew her mandate as parliamentary candidate to enable her continue to transform lives and bring real change to the constituency. According to the Communications Minister, the transformational agenda being pursued by the Akufo-Addo …
Read More »Court acquits Pastor Obeng Bekoe of fraud
An Accra Circuit Court on Friday acquitted and discharged Pastor Emmanuel Obeng Bekoe of a GH¢115,000.00 fraud charge brought against him over the sale of fertiliser. Pastor Bekoe, with Baba Charles Yides, a caretaker, was charged with conspiracy to commit crime and defrauding by false pretence; but he was found …
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