Poultry farmers in the Bono Region say Ghana’s local industry is in the position to meet demand locally and for export if government provides the right support. The Bono Region has over 3,000 poultry farmers who produce about 50 percent of the country’s local poultry products. Ghana still spends millions …
Read More »Travellers can now subscribe for ¢400 insurance cover via WhatsApp
Management of Old Mutual Health Insurance has launched an innovative local travel accident policy that allows subscribers to apply for cover through social media platform, WhatsApp. The product is an ‘on-demand’ travel accident policy that provides pay as you go cover for individual road journeys from city to city in …
Read More »Iraq protests: The women rising up on Baghdad’s walls
Since October, a wave of anti-government protests has swept across Iraq. The protesters represent a cross-section of society and, unusually for a traditionally patriarchal country, women have taken a leading role. Their prominence is celebrated in murals which have sprung up across the capital, Baghdad. Baghdad’s Tahrir Square, epicentre of …
Read More »Angry Michy blasts both Ibrah One and Shatta Wale for mentioning her name in their feud
Michy has joined the beef between Shatta Wale and Ibrah One in a bid to caution the two to desist from mentioning her name in their petty squabbles. In a post sighted by zionfelix.net, she expressed her total displeasure that the two grown men have decided to behave like small …
Read More »‘I slept with your wife’ – Ibrah and Shatta throw fresh shots at each other
Looks like the ‘beef’ between Shatta Wale and Ibrah One keeps getting worse by the day. It all started when an ex of Ibrah one and a blogger dropped Ibrah’s naked pictures after the latter refused to pay a sum of $20,000 to the former in blackmail. The nudes got …
Read More »South Africa tightens tourist safety strategy
Tourism Minister Mmamoloko Kubayi-Ngubane has announced that R40 million has been ring-fenced to improve safety, especially for tourists visiting SA. The funds have been reprioritised from the Tourism Marketing South Africa (TOMSA) levy, which is meant for tourism services in South Africa. Addressing media in Tshwane on Thursday, Kubayi-Ngubane said …
Read More »Albania earthquake: Arrests over deaths in collapsed buildings
Nine people have been arrested in Albania on suspicion of murder and abuse of power over the collapse of buildings in last month’s earthquake. Two of those arrested on murder charges owned hotels that collapsed in the city of Durres, one of the areas worst hit. Both hotels had been …
Read More »Govt absorbs WASSCE fees for first batch of free SHS students
Government says it has absorbed the registration fees and cost of practical for students in public senior high schools who will sit for next year’s West Africa Secondary School Certificate Examination (WASSCE). These candidates are the first batch of the free SHS education introduced by President Nana Akufo-Addo in September …
Read More »Minority to boycott vetting of Chief Justice nominee
The Minority in Parliament has served notice to boycott the vetting of the Chief Justice nominee, Justice Kwasi Anin-Yeboah. Justice Anin-Yeboah if approved by Parliament will succeed outgoing Chief Justice Sophia Akuffo who retires on December 20, 2019. The Chairman of the Appointments Committee of Parliament and First Deputy Speaker …
Read More »6-year-old girl allegedly killed for rituals at Adiembra
A 6-year-old schoolgirl has allegedly been kidnapped and killed for rituals at Adiembra near Dompim in the Tarkwa-Nsuaem Municipality of the Western Region, MyNewsGh.com reports According to the police, father of the deceased claimed he went to farm leaving his three children at home. Later in the day, one of …
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