A certain bride, who is seemingly battling inferiority complex, has pleaded with her best friend to look ‘ugly’ in order not to outshine her on her wedding day. In a leaked chat with the bride and her bestie, the former was seen giving reasons why makeup and hairdo, should be …
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Ghana Passport Application Fees Increased
Parliament has given the final approval to increase passport application fees. A statement from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Regional Integration noted that Passport fees for booklets with 32 pages will now cost GHS100 while fees for the newly introduced booklets with 48 pages will cost GHS150 effective February …
Read More »Armed robbers seize truck carrying 220 bags of cocoa
A gang of armed robbers has reportedly seized and fled with a KIA truck, loaded with 220 bags of cocoa, on the Bogoso-Tarkwa-Nsuaem road. The truck, with registration number AS 8864 – 19, was carrying the cocoa to the Takoradi Port. The incident happened at about 0200 hours on January …
Read More »[VIDEO]: Miss Ghana brouhaha: Inna Patty ‘gives up’
Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Exclusive Events Ghana, Inna Patty, has established that she has stopped fighting the several rumors by some individuals who constantly try to discredit her hard-earned reputation. The pageant has been saddled with contentions including the incessant resignation of beauty queens in the last couple of …
Read More »AWW violence: Stay away from NDC’s commemorative durbar – Police warn officers
The Greater Accra Regional Command of the Ghana Police Service has ordered its officers in the region to stay off the National Democratic Congress’ (NDC) durbar scheduled on Friday to mark the first anniversary of the Ayawaso West Wuogon by-election violence. Friday, January 31, 2020 marks one year since the …
Read More »3Music Awards 2020: Sarkodie leads with 13 nominations, Shatta Wale, Stonebwoy follow closely
The nominations for the 3rd edition of the 3Music Awards were announced on January 30, 2020. Leading the nomination for this year’s edition is rapper Sarkodie. The 2019 Artiste of the Decade swept 13 awards with his works including ones from his just-released album ‘Black Love’. Sarkodie was nominated under the …
Read More »[VIDEO]: Snake charmer killed by cobra
A snake charmer has died after being bitten by a king cobra while he was showing off his “magic skills” to villagers. The black magic shaman, named Norjani, caught the huge reptile a week ago in West Kalimantan, Indonesia. He kept it locked in his wooden hut for “traditional …
Read More »A portion of US border wall falls into Mexico
Newly installed panels from the US border wall fell over in high winds Wednesday, landing on trees on the Mexican side of the border. The area is part of an ongoing construction project to improve existing sections of the wall.Agent Carlos Pitones of the Customs and Border Protection sector in El Centro, …
Read More »Voter roll: Near-blows at deadlocked IPAC meeting
The meeting between the Electoral Commission, its Eminent Advisory Committee and the Inter-Party Advisory Committee (IPAC) over the election management body’s decision to compile a new voter roll ended in a deadlock on Thursday, 30 January 2020 with some of the participants almost exchanging blows but for the intervention of …
Read More »Nigeria to announce reopening of its border on Friday
The Nigerian government is expected to announce the reopening of its border with Benin after months of closure. According to Citi FM’s report, the Nigerian government in a memo signed by the Comptroller of its Immigration Service, Victor David Dimka, said a decision will be announced on Friday 31st January …
Read More »Man Kills Rival For Having Sex With Wife In Toilet
“Upon my return from work, I heard my wife moaning inside our toilet and when I went close, I spotted her having sex with a man inside the toilet, and I kicked the man to the ground…” These were the words of a 46-year-old electrician who has been arrested for …
Read More »A Plus descends on Barclays over Liwin video, bank reacts
Musician and satirist A Plus is mad at Barclays Bank, accusing the financial institution which is changing its name to Absa of trying to “take advantage” of budding artiste Bosom P-Yung. A Plus’s fury was triggered after he sighted a video of actor Kwadwo Nkansah (Liwin) performing Bosom P-Yung’s monster …
Read More »Coronavirus: Death toll rises as virus spreads to every Chinese region
The death toll from the coronavirus outbreak has risen to 170, and a confirmed case in Tibet means it has reached every region in mainland China. Chinese health authorities said there were 7,711 confirmed cases in the country as of 29 January. Infections have also spread to at least 15 …
Read More »Why Voltarians are called number 9
Monica Amekoafia, the winner of the first edition of the Miss Ghana contest in 1957 while representing the Trans-Volta Togoland. She was contestant Number 9. It was from her number that people from the Volta Region are called Number 9. Background Monica Amekoafia was born on 30th June 1934 to Augustus Amekoafia …
Read More »Cedi to fall 8.60 percent in 2020 – Report
The Ghana cedi is projected to decline in value to the US dollar by 8.60% ± 1.50% at the end of 2020. This will be lower than the 12.9% depreciation to the American currency in 2019. This means the cedi will hover around GHS6.05 ± GH¢0.10 by 31 December, 2020. …
Read More »Cristiano Ronaldo breaks Instagram’s most followed person’s record
Portugese and Juventus forward, Cristiano Ronaldo has broken the scale of Instagram’s most followed person as he marks 200 million followers. Ronaldo is undoubtedly not just a football legend with many fans cheering him on the pitch but has mass crowd stalking him on social media as well. Cristiano Ronaldo …
Read More »Ghanaian teachers to benefit from ‘world class’ Teacher Survey App
A ground-breaking innovation, certain to create a significant impact across the education landscape in Ghana, is about to be launched. Known as TeacherTapp Ghana, this teacher survey mobile app, is aimed at gathering information regarding the daily lives of teachers and education in general, through a series of programmed questions …
Read More »ECG: Prepaid credit deductions’re service charges
The Electricity Company of Ghana has attributed the deductions effected on prepaid electricity to service charges. According to the power distribution company, all residential and non-residential electricity prepaid customers in the country are charged a monthly service charge depending on their consumption. The Public Relations Manager of the utility provider, …
Read More »Stock Market pulls back to start week
The GSE Composite Index tumbled by 12.46 points (-0.55%) due to losses in two banking and telecom counters to close at 2,236.29 with a -0.92% year-to-date return while the market capitalization declined by 0.23% to settle at GH¢57.96 billion. CAL Bank (-1.02%) lowered the GSE Financial Index by 1.11 points …
Read More »ECG attributes prepaid electricity deductions to service charges
The Electricity Company of Ghana is attributing deductions on prepaid electricity to service charges. According to the power distribution company, all residential and non-residential electricity prepaid customers in the country are charged a monthly service charge, depending on their consumption. Public Relations Manager, Theresa Osabutey disclosed this in an interview …
Read More »Anaesthetists to strike from Friday over title change
Members of the Ghana Association of Certified Registered Anaesthetists (GACRA) have served notice they will embark on strike from Friday, January 31, 2020. According to the association, their appeal to the Medical and Dental Council over plans to change their name has been ignored. They claim the MDC has instead …
Read More »AngloGold Ashanti to contribute US$2 for every ounce produced to develop communities
President Akufo-Addo says the AngloGold Ashanti Limited has agreed it will contribute US$2 for every ounce of gold produced into a Community Trust Fund, over the lifespan of its Obuasi Mine to facilitate development projects in the local communities of the area. According to him, a one-off contribution of US$250,000 …
Read More »Akufo-Addo shuns Special Prosecutor, insists diplomats send corruption evidence to presidency
The Office of the Special Prosecutor mandated “to investigate and prosecute cases of alleged corruption under the Public Procurement Act 203 Act 63 and other corruption-related offences implicating public officers, political office holders and their accomplices in the public sector” was conspicuously missing from the speech of President Nana Addo …
Read More »Drama in court as Ofosu-Ampofo trial witness denies statement
The prosecution yesterday called its first witness in the trial of the National Chairman of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC), Samuel Ofosu-Ampofo, and a Communications Officer of the party, Anthony Kwaku Boahen. The first Prosecution Witness, Benjamin Osei Ampofo Adjei, a broadcast journalist with Accra-based Adom FM being led …
Read More »Boxer Patrick Allotey wanted by police
Ghanaian boxer, Patrick Allotey who assaulted a fan on Sunday at the Accra Sports Stadium in the Super Clash between Hearts of Oak and Asante Kotoko has been asked to report to the Ministries Police Station in Accra. Happy Sports understands that Michael Siaw, the fan assaulted in the incident …
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