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Read More »New Name Proposed for Nigeria
Nigeria New Name Proposed The United Republic of Africa (URA) has been proposed as the new name for Nigeria. Tax consultant, Adeleye Jokotoye, made the proposal recently. Mr Jokotoye submitted his proposal to the House of Representatives for Nigeria’s name to be changed to United African Republic (UAR). The proposal …
Read More »National Daily Minimum Wage for 2021 is GH¢12.53
The National Daily Minimum Wage (NDMW) for 2021 is GHC12.53, the National Tripartite Committee (NTC), announced on Thursday, June 03, 2021. The figure represents six per cent over the 2020 figure of GHC11.82. The Committee also fixed the 2022 NDMW at GH¢13.53, which is eight per cent over the …
Read More »BBC’s Sex for Grades: Nigerian lecturers dismissed!
The management of the University of Lagos has dismissed two lecturers caught on camera demanding sex from a ”student” in a special BBC report. The lecturers – Dr Boniface Igbeneghu of the Department of European Languages and Integration Studies, Faculty of Arts, and Dr Samuel Omoniyi Oladipo of the Department of Economics, …
Read More »I fear for my life – Mother of Rasta student
The Mother of Rastafarian student, Maana Myers has said she is living in fear after an unidentified person peeped through her window with a torchlight days ago. According to her, the unidentified person bolted when she tried getting out to see who the person was. “After the court ruling, I …
Read More »VIDEO: Akufo-Addo’s ambulance used for transporting cement
In a video which has since gone viral on social media, one of Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo’s ambulances has been used to transport cement. According to information from grapevine, the ambulance was being used somewhere in Gomoa East, specifically around the Budumburam area. The video has shocked many since the …
Read More »Man arrested for burying one and half-year-old son alive
A man identified as Paul Adobaw, popularly known as Kojo Okor, has been arrested in Breman Brakwa in the Central region for burying his child alive at the backyard of his house. According to a police report, the suspect’s tenant, Abubakari Mohammed, aged 59, lodged a complaint on May …
Read More »Oteele’ commends Afro-Arab Group Chairman for exemplary leadership
Award-winning Kumawood actor cum comedian Stephen Yaw Mawunyo popularly known as Oteele has commended the Group Chairman of the Afro-Arab Group of Companies Alhaji Salamu Amadu for his exemplary leadership and serving as a role model for most of the youth especially those in the Zongo communities. “I’m honoured to …
Read More »Mother takes suckling baby into hall for govt scholarship exams in Tamale
• The yound mother took her little daughter into the exams hall in Tamale • The exam in question is a government run programme sponsored by the Petroleum Commission • It aims to increase the number of Ghanaians working in Ghana’s growing oil and gas sector An unidentified young …
Read More »Couple arrested for burying sickle cell child alive on pastor’s advice
A man and his wife have been arrested by the Breman Asikuma Police in the Asikuma Odoben Brakwa District for allegedly burying their two-year-old baby alive on the advice of their pastor. The pastor who is on the run is being trailed by the police. The incident happened at …
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