The Ghana Health Service (GHS) has lost 525 of its skilled personnel and professionals to brain drain within the last 12 months, the Director-General, Dr Patrick Kuma Aboagye, has revealed. To this end, he said the service had put in place a number of measures to mitigate the impact of …
Read More »Niger coup: We are ready to leave ECOWAS – Burkinabe Defence Minister declares
Kassoum Coulibaly, the Minister of Defence of Burkina Faso has restated his country’s readiness to support the military junta in Niger amid looming action from the regional bloc. In an interview with a Russian news channel, Coulibaly stated that his country was also open to leaving the Economic Community of …
Read More »Ladies should pay bills, men should cook — Life Coach urges dropping rigid gender roles
Renowned life coach Solomon Buchi has urged Africans to drop rigid gender roles in relationships. According to him, the traditional gender role allocations are no more useful and need to be abolished. “I can’t cook for my wife…it’s a woman’s job,” Buchi wrote, mimicking a common perspective. “I can’t pay …
Read More »Counter accusations as SDA pastor closes down church over claims his elders are corrupt
A pastor at a Manhyia branch of the SDA Church has been forced to close his own church over allegations that the elders of the prayer ministry have been involved in corrupt practices. The Acts 2000 local SDA Church at Manhyia was closed down also because, according to its leader, …
Read More »‘A one-night stand, DNA test, child-neglect’ – All about Amakye Dede’s ‘fight’ with an alleged mistress
Amakye Dede’s alleged mistress, Georgina Darko, has opened up on the neglect and pain she had since encountered after discovering she was pregnant with the musician’s son. This comes on the back of their supposed son, who stormed social media throwing attacks at the veteran musician for abandoning him all …
Read More »Niger coup: ECOWAS needs 50,000 men, barely have 1,000
Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa, Member of Parliament for North Tongu, has claimed that the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) is facing a logistical nightmare with its plans to deploy soldiers to Niger to reverse the July 26 coup. According to him, reliable sources had said the bloc requires about …
Read More »Thousands volunteer to join Niger army as ECOWAS military intervention looms
Thousands of people lined up outside the main stadium in Niamey on Saturday (Aug. 19) responding to the call for civilian auxiliaries in support of the armed forces. The event organiser said the junta was not involved in this initiative, although it was aware of it. Regional countries have threatened …
Read More »ECOWAS official shoots down Ablakwa’s ‘50,000 troops needed’ claims
Abdel-Fatau Musah, the Commissioner of Political Affairs, Peace and Security of the ECOWAS, has diputed claims that the bloc needs 50,000 troops in Niger if they are to deploy men to oust the military junta. He said Niger’s military stands at 13,000 and it won’t take 50,000 men to face …
Read More »Why this Kwahu millionaire is single-handedly constructing a 5km alternative route in the mountains
An unassuming millionaire and native of Kwahu, Yaw Sarpong, has recalled the beautiful experience he had with his family some years ago when they went to see a cave hidden somewhere within the mountains, and how that led to him deciding to construct a 5km road. Yaw Sarpong explained that …
Read More »Soldier accidentally kills himself at Michel Camp while readying to take post – Military
The Ghana Armed Forces (GAF) has confirmed the death of one Private Bayou Roger, whose rifle accidentally went off killing him instantly. The incident, according to a statement dated August 19 occurred at a Base Ammunition Depot at Michel Camp. “Preliminary investigative report indicates the soldier was seen sitting on …
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