Offices of Mobile Network Providers across the Ashanti Region are recording heavy human traffic as people rush to get their sim cards re-registered. The development follows the roll out of punitive measures by the National Communications Authority (NCA) where some mobile network subscribers have been barred from making calls. OTEC …
Read More »Women still leading as illiteracy figures hit 7.9 million – GSS report
An upcoming report from the Ghana Statistical Service has revealed that 7.9 million persons aged 6 years and older in Ghana are illiterate. This means that they cannot read and write with understanding. This figure as broken down by the GSS noted that 4.6 million females are illiterate and 3.3 …
Read More »Pass anti-LGBTQ+ Bill by October ending or we hit streets – Pentecostal Council to Parliament
The Ghana Pentecostal and Charismatic Council, GPCC, has given Parliament a deadline by which time to pass the anti-Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer; LGBTQ+ Bill, currently before the House. The bill, officially known as ‘The Proper Human Sexual Rights and Ghanaian Family Values Bill’ was laid before the House earlier …
Read More »PHOTOS: The four Johns of Ghana who met Queen Elizabeth II
The Queen of England, Queen Elizabeth II died on Thursday, September 8, 2022 at age 96. She died at Balmoral with members of the royal family by her bedside. Queen Elizabeth is the longest serving Monarch in the history of the United Kingdom having ascended the throne in 1952 at age …
Read More »‘Maa Lizzy’ trends as social media users mourn Queen Elizabeth II
Social media is often the best avenue to test the pulse of a topical issue online, often times even offline. So, it was for good reason that the global trends as at September 8, 2022; included among others, #QueenElizabeth, Rest In Peace, London Bridge etc. Queen Elizabeth II had died. …
Read More »State’s Investment into Akufo-Addo’s in-law’s private US$120 million hotel going bad
Ranking Member on the Roads and Transport Committee of Parliament has rebuked the Ghana Infrastructure Investment Fund (GIIF) for spending taxpayers’ money on a US$120 million hotel project that is gradually becoming a white elephant. Aside from the investment in the project, President Nana Akufo-Addo was bashed for offering a …
Read More »VIDEO: 7 cars in rear-end collision after tipper truck rams into one
7 cars have crashed in a rear-end collision on the Anyaa-Awoshie Road in the Greater Accra region. This was after a tipper truck rammed into one of the cars from behind. The accident occurred in the early hours of Thursday morning. Even though at the time of the accident no …
Read More »WhatsApp will no longer work on these iPhone models
WhatsApp will eventually stop supporting some outdated iOS versions which effectively leaves out a number of iPhone models. Frequently, some smartphone models are no longer supported by WhatsApp. This was especially true in November of last year. WhatsApp was no longer compatible with devices running some KaiOS, Android, or iOS versions. And …
Read More »The twin brothers who broke barriers with First-Class at Legon Law School
One is named Peter, the other Paul; the twin brothers were among some 7 top students in this year’s batch of First-Class listed law school graduates from the University of Ghana–Legon. Peter Korsi Simpson and Paul Korsi Simpson were 2 of the best who joined 5 others; Diana Amoanimaa Yeboah, …
Read More »Aisha Huang gate: Akufo-Addo appointees who are ‘under pressure’ to resign
The return into the country of a deported Chinese national notorious for engaging in illegal small-scale mining, galamsey, has dominated new headlines in the last few days. The fact that Aisha Huang, with her new identity Huang En, reentered the country ‘unnoticed’ till her arrest earlier this month at Ahodwo …
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