The Cedi traded against the dollar at a mid-rate of 8.0671 Its trade value against the Pounds Sterling was at a mid-rate of 9.7410 The Euro’s mid-rate stands at 8.2096 Note that these rates may be different at a forex bureau near you. Our forex bureau rates are provided by Afriswap …
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A child forced to sit in boiling water over lost of Ghc8
According to reports, a mother in Samreboi, in the Wassa Amenfi West Municipality has forced her 3- year old girl to sit in boiling water because her daughter did not return one of the sandals she bought for 8 Ghana Cedis. Hence, the mother boiled water and placed the child …
Read More »Missing Kenyan election official found dead – Reports
A man in charge of a polling station in Kenya’s capital, Nairobi, has been found dead days after his family reported him missing, Kenyan media outlets are reporting. The body of Daniel Mbolu Musyoka was found in a forest in Loitoktok at the foot of Mt Kilimanjaro near the border …
Read More »Kissi Agyebeng announces ongoing investigation into Mahama’s Airbus scandal
The Special Prosecutor, Kissi Agyebeng, has stated that his office is engaged in an ongoing investigation into allegations of bribery made by Airbus SE against some officials of the government of Ghana during the erstwhile John Dramanani Mahama era. The Airbus scandal in which the European aircraft manufacturer made allegations …
Read More »Fire kills mother and 2 children at Ohwim
A mother and her 2 children have been killed by a fire outbreak in the private residence at Ohwim in the Bantama sub metro of the Kumasi metropolis. The woman identified as Philomena and her 2 kids aged 8 and 4 were reportedly burnt beyond recognition. Speaking in an interview …
Read More »Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games Legacy: Enhancing West Midlands – Africa Economic Relations
Monday 15 August 2022, Birmingham – African Business Chamber (AfBC) hosted the Annual Midlands – Africa Business Forum 2022 in Birmingham to coincide with the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games under the theme “Accelerating Economic, Trade, Investment, Tourism and Cultural Relationships to Unlock and Drive Sustainable Growth”. Speakers in attendance included: …
Read More »How bank robbery prank landed Nigerian skit maker in prison
Eyinatayo Iluyomade, a 19-year-old Lagos-based comedian, has been arrested and charged to court for saying an expensive joke. The skit maker was alleged to have dropped a threat note of robbery at First Bank’s Sabo branch counter, in Ondo town, on Friday. The Police Public Relations Officer of the Ogun …
Read More »What number of times a healthy person should urinate in a day, find out
Frequent urination is a problem that affects a large number of people and cannot be overstated. Due to more significant medical conditions like diabetes and bladder related difficulties, some people have frequent urination. While some persons appear to have difficulty distinguishing between frequent urination and normal urination, others appear to …
Read More »Do you eat the head of fish? See what it does to your brain
The more a part of us have created to pay interest to “You’re what you consume” from nutritionists, and without a inquiry, they’re correct, at the grounds that, in case you consume ineffectively, your prosperity falls aside as such, continuously selecting in case you really need to stay sound or …
Read More »3 medical problems eating groundnuts may help prevent
Groundnut, also known as peanut and pignut is one of the best sources of protein. Consuming groundnut is very beneficial for our health especially in winters. Peanuts contain vitamin E, magnesium, foliate, copper and arginine. Studies reveal that peanuts can even be useful for weight loss and reduce the risk …
Read More »5 ways your body uses to warn you of impending stroke attack and foods to avoid
A stroke is one of the known medical emergencies in the world today and it occurs when the blood supply to certain parts of the brain is either reduced or hindered, thus preventing brain tissue from having access to their oxygen requirements, as well as other nutrients. This causes brain …
Read More »What Alan Kyerematen told Hopeson Adorye after ‘controversial’ comment
One-time New Patriotic Party (NPP) Parliamentary Candidate for Kpone-Katamanso Constituency, Hopeson Yaovi Adorye, has recently come under fire following some comments he made about Dombos (Northerners) in the party. Addressing a Health Walk held for Alan Kyerematen over the weekend in Kumasi, he made comments to the effect that Dombos in the NPP have …
Read More »VIDEO: Sam George’s party dance goes viral
Aside from his difficult job as a legislator, he tries to be the guy who makes people laugh. That is why he is constantly in the news, for both good and bad reasons. Sam George is currently popular for his dancing. If you looked at the dance moves he was …
Read More »Akufo-Addo must fire Ofori-Atta, Afriyie Akoto and Agyeman-Manu – Kufuor Foundation CEO
Prof Baffuor Agyemang-Duah, a governance expert and Chief Executive of the Kufuor Foundation, has listed three ministers that President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo must relieve of their positions. He cited growing public sentiment for his call for the trio to be fired amid calls for the President to conduct a …
Read More »Kenya’s Odinga laments ‘rape of democracy’ after 5th consecutive poll loss
Veteran Kenyan opposition leader, Raila Odinga, does not agree with the outcome of the just-ended presidential election having lost his fifth bid to deputy president and president-elect, William Ruto. Even though he has yet to officially comment on the loss, a former advisor to Mr. Odinga has spoken to the …
Read More »Strongman subtly replies Cabum
Osei Kwaku Vincent, popularly known in showbiz as Strongman Burner, has replied his colleague, Cabum, for his latest song titled ‘Fvck Strongman,’ aimed at bruising the ego of the rapper for a possible ‘beef’, an industry word for lyrical war. Cabum, in his song, dared Strongman to respond to him …
Read More »Court remands SHS teacher, 4 others over cannabis farm
The Kwahu Afram Plains North magistrate court presided by Her Worship Augustine Akusa-Am has remanded into Police custody the five suspects arrested over the largest cannabis farm in Obour Forest in Afram Plains North district of the Eastern Region. The suspects are Michael Anakpo, a teacher at Donkorkrom Agric Senior …
Read More »US-based Ghanaian faces 50 years in jail over fraud, money laundering
A 31-year-old Ghanaian, by name Abdul Inusah, has been convicted in the United States (US) for defrauding individuals in multiple states. According to a statement issued by the US Attorney’s Office of the Southern District of West Virginia, Inusah was convicted by a federal jury for his role in …
Read More »Wiyaala apologises to ‘big brother’ Shatta Wale
Wiyaala, the aggrieved Ghanaian singer who implicated fellow Ghanaian Shatta Wale in the Citation of Merit blunder at the 2022 ‘SummerStage’ festival, has apologised. Saturday 13 August, 2022, Wiyaala rejected the Bronx Borough’s Citation of Merit presentation at the music festival because it was done behind the scenes unlike her mate Shatta Wale’s …
Read More »Alan Kyerematen has no NPP history – Bawumia camp
A group calling itself ‘The Movement for Bawumia 2024’, otherwise known as ‘The Bawus’, has challenged the eligibility of Trade Minister Alan Kyerematen, one of the frontrunners in the governing New Patriotic Party’s flag bearer race ahead of the 2024 general elections. According to the National Chairman of the group, …
Read More »2 injured, one killed as robbers attack Goil station
A dawn attack on one of the branches of Goil Fuel Station has left two persons injured and one person dead. The deceased identified as Prosper Dotse Kugbleafe is a retired army officer and a security guard at the station. The sad incident happened at the Wassa Akropong Goil Fuel …
Read More »Prices of petroleum products to go up 5.5% – COPEC
Prices of petroleum products at the pumps are likely to go up by 5.5% in spite of reduction on the world market, the Chamber of Petroleum Consumers (COPEC) has stated. Fuel prices on the international market have seen some marginal reductions over the past two-week period, but the sharp depreciation …
Read More »UG suspends Hall Master, Senior Tutor of Commonwealth over recent clashes
The management of the University of Ghana has temporarily suspended the Hall Master and Senior Tutor of Commonwealth Hall over the recent clashes between students in the university. According to the management, the two leaders had to be removed because of their lack of cooperation in the ongoing investigation on …
Read More »Congolese Prophet Marries 4 Church Members At Once
A Congolese prophet married four v!rgins in a colorful wedding in eastern Congo. According to reports, Prophet Zagabe Chiluza wed the first wife before wed the other four, asserting that he had adopted the practice of polygamy from the Bible and used Jacob’s four wives as an example. According to …
Read More »Residential consumers to pay more than cold stores, barbering shops, salons, others as PURC increases tariffs
The Public Utility Regulatory Commission has announced that residential utility consumers will now pay more for electricity and water. According to PURC, this is to help preserve jobs and livelihoods while promoting economic development. “The Commission gave considerable thought to the role of small and medium-scale enterprises in the country’s …
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