The vigilance of a commercial driver prevented two robbers from running away with their booty. The suspects had earlier robbed a fruit seller and jumped on their motorbike to escape, but luck eluded them when the driver knocked them into a nearby storm drain. DSP Effia Tenge, Head of …
Read More »VIDEO: Speeding driver escapes unhurt as car crashes into tree on UG campus
Driver and a passenger in a Honda Accord saloon car escaped unhurt when they crashed into a tree Wednesday evening on the campus of the University of Ghana. The accident occurred on the stretch from the Mensah Sarbah Hall annexes to the Fire Station. According to eyewitnesses, the driver of …
Read More »#FreeAkuapemPoloo: Sarkodie pleads on behalf of Akuapem Poloo
Ghanaian rapper Sarkodie has reacted to Akuapem Poloo‘s convicting saga which has since become a major subject on various social media platforms. Socialite Akuapem Poloo was yesterday convicted on her own plea after she was arraigned before court for releasing naked photos together with her son. Social media users were raged over what they …
Read More »Why are so many babies dying of Covid-19 in Brazil?
IMAGE COPYRIGHTJESSIKA RICARTE More than a year into the pandemic, deaths in Brazil are now at their peak. But despite the overwhelming evidence that Covid-19 rarely kills young children, in Brazil 1,300 babies have died from the virus. One doctor refused to test Jessika Ricarte’s one-year-old son for Covid, saying …
Read More »Afghanistan: ‘We have won the war, America has lost’, say Taliban
Driving to Taliban-controlled territory doesn’t take long. Around 30 minutes from the northern city of Mazar-e-Sharif, passing large craters left by roadside bombs, we meet our host: Haji Hekmat, the Taliban’s shadow mayor in Balkh district. Perfumed and in a black turban, he’s a veteran member of the group, having …
Read More »Akufo-Addo signs Book of Condolence for Prince Philip
LISTEN 15 HOURS AGO 0 President Akufo-Addo Wednesday signed the Book of Condolence for Prince Philip, the Duke of Edinburgh, opened at the British High Commission in Accra. Prince Philip, husband to Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom, and the longest-serving royal consort in British history, died in Windsor Castle at …
Read More »Mahama signs book of condolence for Prince Philip
John Dramani Mahama Former President John Dramani Mahama on Wednesday, 14 April 2021signed a book of condolence opened at the British High Commission in Accra for Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh. “He lived a long and fulfilling life during which he touched the lives of many across the world, especially …
Read More »Men urged to examine testes at least once a month
A Urologist and Head of Department of Surgery at the Tamale Teaching Hospital has urged men to examine their testes at least once every month and report any possible disorders to a hospital. According to him, though testicular disorders, especially testicular cancer, are rare, early detection is necessary for …
Read More »Zuma ready to be a ‘prisoner of court’ after ignoring order to file affidavit
Jacob Zuma.Picture: SUPPLIED Former president Jacob Zuma on Wednesday missed the Constitutional Court’s deadline to argue in mitigation of sentence, a move that could see him being sent to jail for contempt of court. Chief justice Mogoeng Mogoeng last week directed Zuma to file papers on what his sentence should …
Read More »Convicted Akuapem Poloo faces three-year jail term
Ghanaian actress Rosemond Alade Brown, popularly known as Akuapem Poloo, faces a maximum of three years in jail for going nude on social media with her son. An Accra Circuit Court on Wednesday convicted her and ordered for a pregnancy test for her before her sentencing on Friday 16 April 2021.. …
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