Ten Turkish sailors who were kidnapped last month off the coast of West Africa have been released, according to reports in Turkish state media. The 10 men were bound for Ivory Coast aboard a container ship when the vessel was intercepted by pirates off the coast of Nigeria on 16 …
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Ghana and Angola waive visa entry requirements
Ghana and Angola have waived entry visa requirements for their nationals who are holders of valid diplomatic and service passports. Holders of these passports may transit through and stay in the territory of either Ghana and Angola for a period not exceeding ninety (90) days from the date of first …
Read More »Major travel disruption after power cut across England, Wales
Commuters have been left stranded across England and Wales after a sudden power outage left nearly a million people without electricity across the majority of regions. Blackouts were reported just after 5pm in London and the South East, the South-West, Wales, as well as the Midlands, the North-West and the …
Read More »24,000 multiple registrants will be dragged to court – EC
The Electoral Commission (EC) says the about 24,000 Ghanaians cited for engaging in multiple registrations will be arraigned before district courts. The Director of Electoral Services at the Commission, Dr. Serebuor Quaicoe told Citi News that the cases were discovered in the ongoing audit of the limited voter registration exercise …
Read More »Zoomlion collaborates with GHS to train staff in Upper East on mosquito control
Zoomlion Ghana Limited in collaboration with the Ministry of Health has conducted a day’s intensive training programme on effective larval source management for its operatives executing the malaria control exercise in the various Municipal and District Assemblies (MDAs) in the Upper East Region. The training program which was organized by …
Read More »Ghana, Angola waive Entry Visa Requirements
Ghana and Angola have waived entry visa requirements for their nationals who are holders of valid diplomatic and service passports. Holders of these passports may transit through and stay in the territory of either Ghana and Angola for a period not exceeding ninety (90) days from the date of first …
Read More »Telco dropped me because I was pregnant – Yvonne Nelson
Actress Yvonne Nelson has revealed that a telecommunication company dropped her from being its ambassador because she was pregnant. The actress narrated how she was broken and hurt as she was just about three months away from delivering her baby. Before she was dropped, Ms Nelson said she was ready to …
Read More »Man order friends to gang rape wife to dead
In a horrifying incident in India, a man addicted to gambling and alcohol bet his wife after running out of money and allowed his friends to gang rape her after losing the stake. The incident took place in Jaunpur district and after the incident; the victim went to court when …
Read More »We rejected GHC25k bribe; arrested trucks smuggling PFJ fertilisers – GIS
The Ghana Immigration Service (GIS) has revealed that six of its Border Patrol Officers refused to accept a GHS25,000.00 bribe and arrested two trucks loaded with bags of smuggled fertilisers diverted from government’s Planting for Food and Jobs (PFJ) programme in the Upper West Region to be sold in neighbouring …
Read More »Ruiz-Joshua rematch set for Saudi Arabia in December
Mexican-American world heavyweight champion Andy Ruiz Jr. will fight Britain’s Anthony Joshua in a rematch in Saudi Arabia on Dec. 7, Sky Sports reported on Friday. Ruiz produced one of boxing’s biggest upsets by beating the 29-year-old Joshua with a seventh-round stoppage at New York’s Madison Square Garden on June …
Read More »GIS intercepts 1,950 bags of PFJ fertilizers being smuggled to B. Faso
Six Border Patrol Officers of Ghana Immigration Service on patrols have turn down a Ghc25,000.00 bribe and have arrested two trucks loaded with bags of smuggled fertilizers meant for government flagship planting for Food and Jobs social intervention initiative in the Upper West Region. A total of 1,950 bags were …
Read More »Ghana Manganese Company ordered to resume operations
The Ministry of Lands and Natural Resources has rescinded its decision to shut down the Ghana Manganese Company (GMC). The sector Minister, Kwaku Asoma-Cheremeh, said the decision was reversed following meetings with the company and some stakeholders. Mr Asoma-Cheremeh on Monday announced the shutdown of the company for allegedly causing …
Read More »More buildings demolished at Ridge to make way for National Cathedral
More state buildings from which some judges were evicted have been demolished to pave the way for construction work on the controversial National Cathedral to begin at the plush Accra Ridge. About 50 buildings made up of offices and residential apartments for state officials, have been earmarked for demolishing. Court …
Read More »‘Badu Kobi is a womanizer and a mad man’ – Akua Donkor
Founder and leader of Ghana Freedom Party popularly known as Akua Donkor has descended heavily on the head pastor of Glorious Wave Church International, Prophet Emmanuel Badu Kobi. According to the politician, Prophet Badu Kobi is a fake pastor who has not been called by God to serve. Akua Donkor …
Read More »Oyedepo curses killers of Winners Chapel’s pastor in Kaduna
David Oyedepo, founder of the Living Faith Church Worldwide, also known as Winners Chapel, has placed curses on the killers of Jeremiah Omolewa, a resident pastor of the church in Romi New Extension, a suburb of Kaduna. Omolewa was travelling with his wife and son to Abuja on Sunday when …
Read More »Unravelling Takoradi missing girls case: Where the police picked the fourth skeleton
The police has discredited claims that the place, where the fourth skeleton was recovered as part of investigations into the case of the missing Takoradi girls was a cemetery. On Tuesday, August 6, 2019, the team of forensic experts found the fourth remains, incidentally in the uncompleted building from where …
Read More »Police foil robbery attack on Filling station, arrest two suspects
The Swift intervention of Night Police patrol team in Suhum Thursday dawn around 3:00 am foiled a robbery attack on a Shell Filling Station along the Suhum to Asamankese Road. The armed robbers numbering five, armed with chisel, hammer, cutter, knives first attacked the watchman on duty and held him …
Read More »Mouse causes ‘dumsor’ in Kumasi
A big mouse, which certainly is stubborn, recently caused power cuts in some areas in Kumasi, the capital of Ashanti Region, it has been revealed. Power supply to affected areas suddenly got cut and attempts by the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) to detect the fault and repair it always …
Read More »Cocoa farmers’ price to be increased to GHC8,000 per tonne
Ghana will raise cocoa farmgate prices by 5.2% for the 2019/20 season, the first increase in four years, following strong sales of export contracts to chocolate makers and cocoa houses, industry sources have told Reuters. The farmgate price will rise to GH¢8,000 (US$1,523.81) per tonne for the season starting in …
Read More »Ghana’s entertainment industry is dangerous and full of hypocrites – Guru
Rapper, Guru says the entertainment industry in Ghana is a dangerous one and therefore one needs to pretend he’s cool with everyone just to succeed. He indicated that people making up the industry are selfish and always want the best for themselves at the expense of their colleagues. He made …
Read More »Zimbabwe minister fired over missing pension millions
Zimbabwe’s President Emmerson Mnangagwa has fired Tourism Minister Prisca Mupfumira “for conduct inappropriate for a minister of government” after her arrest over the disappearance of millions of dollars from the country’s pension fund. The country’s anti-corruption commission alleges the money went missing during her time as minister of labour and …
Read More »LIVE VIDEO: Asamoah Gyan Ghana’s particiaption in the AFCON 2019
Black Stars General captain Asamoah Gyan is speaking on Joy FM about Ghana’s particiaption in the 2019 AFCON. Gyan is expected to address issues on captaincy, his future with the team and relationship with Kwesi Appiah. Watch the interview below Source: Thepressradio.com
Read More »Asamoah Gyan refuses to back coach Kwesi Appiah’s contract extension
Ghana’s general captain Asamoah Gyan has refused to back Black Stars coach Kwesi Appiah for a contract extension insisting the decision by the authorities must be based on the performance of the team. The Black Stars produced their worst performance in Africa’s flagship competition in 13 years last month when …
Read More »I wouldn’t have accepted Black Stars captaincy if I were Andre Ayew – Asamoah Gyan
Black Stars striker, Asamoah Gyan has said that he wouldn’t have agreed to be captain of the Black Stars ahead of the African Cup of Nations if he had been in Andre Ayew’s position. Gyan was stripped of the captaincy before the recently-ended AFCON with Swansea’s Andre Ayew being handed …
Read More »Must watch: How lesbianism from SHS led me to an occult group in Ghana – Woman confesses
A Ghanaian woman has revealed how she was ushered into lesbianism the first year she attended Senior High School (SHS). According to her, she was provided all she needed by her partner and she even skipped many group meetings and classes because she had no time for books. She explained …
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