Data from one of the worst hit cholera areas in Accra, La Dadekotopon has revealed more men in that area are contracting the disease than women and children. Health officials in the interim cannot scientifically say why but suggest that the profile of the affected men show they are unmarried, hence are prone to buying ...

The Progressive People’s Party (PPP) is blaming President John Mahama for the death of the over 80 people who have died of cholera. The PPP is convinced that the failure of the President and his government to properly address the sanitation problem in the country has caused the outbreak. According to them, the refusal of refuse ...

Some cholera patients at the Korle Bu Polyclinic after going through initial treatment take advantage of the influx of patients to the hospital to abscond. As at Thursday, August 28, 2014, the hospital had recorded eight cases of cholera patients absconding, which the acting head of the polyclinic, Dr Gerhard Ofori-Amankwah, described as a disturbing ...

Rev. Anita Oyakhilome’s friend and founding member of Christ Embassy, Cyla Simpson, has taken to Facebook to explain the circumstances surrounding Pastor Chris and Anita Oyakhilome’s misunderstanding and why Rev. Anita must proceed with the divorce. “I am writing this to everyone with a heavy heart. It is heart wrenching to see the way people ...

The Tema Magistrate Court has threatened to acquit and discharge Abraham Kwame Oyoko Baah, the 27-year-old auto-electrician who is standing trial for allegedly murder­ing Rosemond Nyampong, a 32- year-old staff of the Stanbic Bank who was killed in her residence at Baatsona, off the Spintex Road, Accra, last year. For the fourth consecutive time, the court had ...

The founder of DB Records and top entertainer, Dapo Daniel Oyebanjo, popularly known as D’banj, seems to have proposed to Adama, his rumoured girlfriend and daughter of billionaire oil magnate, Alhaji Mohammed Indimi. Adama who had been seen in the company of D’Banj, has been flaunting a diamond ring in new pictures she posted on Instagram, ...

Four Spiritualists in the Eastern Region who allegedly defrauded some unsuspecting persons of vari­ous sums of money totalling Gh¢86,394.00 under the guise of mul­tiplying their money for Orem, have been arrested by the police. They are Nana Yaw Sofehu, 32, aka Togbui Shetor, resident of Kuku- rantumi; Farouk Alhassan, 32, aka Okomfo Anokye Kitewa, resident ...

Apple’s iCloud facility, which stores iPhone and iPad users’ photos and personal data, has a “fundamental security flaw”, an expert has warned. The online service is under scrutiny after intimate images of celebrities were stolen and leaked. It has emerged that a security measure called two-step verification, which is recommended by Apple, can be bypassed ...

The World Health Organization (WHO) says more than 1,900 people have now died in West Africa’s Ebola outbreak. WHO head Margaret Chan said there were 3,500 confirmed or probable cases in Guinea, Sierra Leone and Liberia. “The outbreaks are racing ahead of the control efforts in these countries,” she said. On Thursday the WHO is ...

Nigeria’s militant Islamist group Boko Haram has captured the town of Banki, which borders Cameroon, after government troops fled, residents say. The military has not yet commented on the latest town to reportedly fall to the insurgents in recent weeks. Fears have been raised that their main target is Maiduguri, the capital of north-eastern Borno ...

A 30-year-old pastor who defiled a 12-year-old girl has been remanded into prison custody by the Nkawie Circuit Court in the Atwima Nwabiagya District of Ashanti Region. The accused person, Eric Kwaku Poku, said to be the founder and leader of Holy Freedom Church at Afresene is to re-appear before the court on Friday, September ...

Some foreign nationals from Guinea and Sierra Leone who attempted to enter Ghana through the Paga border were turned away for failing to produce certificates indicating prior screening for the Ebola disease. The head of the Paga Port Health Unit, Francis Nyamekye, speaking on Eye Witness News said the travelers were denied entry due to ...

Did you have a childhood sweetheart? In many cases, a childhood sweetheart tends to be a neighbor or schoolmate whom we spend many hours of our glorious juvenile years playing with and, more often than not, drifting apart as we grow up and life takes us to different places. However, fate is a mysterious thing. ...

The University of Ghana’s 2014/2015 academic year will begin on Friday, September 5, 2014. The academic year  was supposed to begin on August 11, but was suspended due to a strike by the University Teachers Association of Ghana (UTAG). A statement issued by the University of Ghana however noted that the University will re-open on ...

Government has released more cholera drugs to hospitals across the country to combat the disease. Patients are reporting that although they are not to pay for the treatment of cholera, some health facilities request to be paid before treatment. Tony Goodman, the Public Relations Officer at the Ministry of Health has explained that the hospitals ...

Some recent university graduates have expressed disappointment at their postings by the National Service Secretariat (NSS). One of them, a graduate of the University of Ghana who has been posted to a mortuary said he was unhappy with the choice of posting because it has nothing to do with his area of study. The NSS ...

M.anifest’s song Someway Bi went viral days after its release. The song, off his Apae album, trended on social media sites Facebook and Twitter and has enjoyed massive airplay since its release. Following the success of the audio release, the rapper went ahead to release an awesome video which also trended for days on Twitter. ...

A flagbearer aspirant of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Alan Kyerematen has said his inclusion in the top five candidates to battle for the flagbearership slot, is an indication that the delegates still believe he is capable of leading the NPP in 2016. Kyeremanten in a statement expressed his appreciation to delegates who voted for ...

MTN Ghana in collaboration with an anti-fraud team made up of the Criminal Investigations Department (CID) of the Ghana Police Service, National Communications Authority (NCA) and other telecom service providers have nabbed two suspects engaged in a SIM Box syndicate operating in Dome –Pillar 2,Accra. This was made known during a press briefing held at ...