Chairman of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) Paul Afoko has alleged that the people who besieged the party’s headquarters on Tuesday wielding knives and machetes were members of the governing National Democratic Congress (NDC). Some angry persons stormed the premises of the NPP headquarters on Tuesday with machetes and knives disrupting an on-going press conference and ...
The Korle Bu Polyclinic in Accra  is overwhelmed with with cholera patients and will need about three days to decongest, according to the hospital. In a statement signed by  its Assistant Public Relations Officer, Gladys Ansong, the hospital stated that “over 923 cases of cholera had been reported at the polyclinic, resulting in the deaths ...
The President of IMANI Ghana, Franklin Cudjoe is claiming his cell phone numbers have been tapped. A post on his Facebook page on Tuesday alleged that “YES, My cell numbers in the public domain are officially being tapped. It has been confirmed now.†He however declared that despite the confirmation, he will not be deterred ...
The Bawku Municipal Security Council has assured the families of Alhassan Hadi and Tijani Issaka, the two victims of Thursday’s fatal shooting incident in the Municipality, that the culprits will be found. The two men were killed and two others injured when the group they were in was shot at, reportedly by two unknown assailants. ...
The government of Ghana has indicated it might consider banning flights from Ebola affected countries should they suspect anyone travelling into Ghana has the virus. The World Health Organization (WHO) has urged governments not to impose blanket bans on trade and travel on Ebola-affected countries. On Saturday however, Kenya declared a travel ban on persons traveling ...
The Agbogbloshie market is one of Ghana’s biggest slum communities. A visit to the place reveals the dehumanizing conditions people are living in. The crime rate in the slum has earned it the name Sodom and Gomorrah. Sanitation in the slum is very bad and the dump site close to the slump is believed to ...
About 61 per cent of girls miss school annually due to lack of menstruation hygiene facilities in their primary schools, experts have revealed. According to a United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund (Unicef) survey report conducted in 10 districts between 2012 and 2013, education specialists said girl pupils miss one to three days of class ...
Surfline Ghana, one of the three licensed 4G LTE telecom service companies in the country, will officially launch its commercial service Tuesday. The service  which is expected to change the landscape of data services in the country, will initially cover only the Greater Accra Region, with plans of expanding to other regional capitals in the ...
The national chairman of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Paul Afoko has clarified that the directive given to the party’s acting director of communications to proceed on leave was a “purely administrative decision.” “… the party’s steering committee [subsequently] took the decision to make some appointments as deputy directors of communication for the party,’’ he ...
Sanitation is a major problem in Ghana. A recent cholera outbreak in Accra has claimed 45 lives and affected over 5000 others. Reports indicate that one person has died and about 25 other cases of cholera recorded in Kumasi. One of the main challenges when it comes to preventing diseases is access to toilet facilities. ...
Top Nigerian female singer, Tiwa Savage has hinted that she is expecting a baby nearly a year after she held her traditional wedding in Lagos and barely six months after her white wedding in Dubai. Tiwa, who married her manager, Tunji ‘Tee Billz’ Balogun, tweeted:, “The spirit of a mother, #Mrsteebillz #marriedandtaken.†Before now, there ...
Marriage is a very important ceremony in every community in Ghana. The requirements for marriage differs from ethnic group to ethnic group. The dowry (or bride price), which is an amount a prospective groom pays to the brides family has become the source of sorrow for many would-be couples. In some part of the power-plagued ...
An ongoing press briefing by the national executives of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) turned bloody when some party youth stormed the headquarters with machetes. Some persons are reported to have sustained various degrees of injuries while some vehicles belonging to some party members have also been vandalized. Citi News’ Richard Dela Sky who was ...
A press conference by the national executives of Ghana’s main opposition, the New Patriotic Party (NPP) turned bloody on Tuesday when some angry party youth stormed the headquarters with machetes. Some supporters of the party who were present sustained various degrees of injuries while a vehicle belonging to the national women’s organizer, Otiko Djaba was ...
Land acquisition leading to prolonged litigation is a major challenge faced by developers and institutions in the country. There have been instances where one piece of land has been sold to several people. Surprisingly, all most of the people manage to produce documentation to prove ownership. Some people sometimes employ land guards to protect the ...
The Central Region of Ghana is one of the poorest in the country. Among the many challenges is the falling standards of education at the basic level. The regional capital, Cape Coast, is largely a fishing community with an estimated population of 170,00 people. Cape Coast is historically known as the citadel of Ghanaian education ...
The Bank of Ghana has moved to prevent microfinance companies in operation, from changing their names to cover their tracks after failing to manage depositor’s funds prudently. The Central Bank said the move follows its observation that some of the companies change their names in an attempt to hide liquidity challenges and seek a fresh ...
Is there a rule of thumb for getting married at a certain age? Most young Ghanaian women are pressured by their family, friends and the society at large to get married when they are in their late 20′s. The pressure usually leads to most of these women hastily getting into relationships that later do not ...
A dead whale was washed ashore at Atuabo in the Ellembelle District of the Western Region last Sunday. Measuring about 10 metres, the sea mammal was found in-between the pre-fabrication area of the Ghana Gas Company and the Atuabo cemeÂÂtery. The Assembly member for AtuÂÂabo, John Quashie, who confirmed the story, indicated that as at 3:00 ...
The DreamOval Foundation, in partnership with the Ghana National Association of Teachers (GNAT) and Ashesi University, has embarked on its annual teacher training program, iTeach, from the 17th to the 22nd of August this year. This year’s program will see close to a hundred teachers from the Northern Region of Ghana trained in ICT on ...
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