A German man who was facing manslaughter charges for killing his wife in a 48-hour BDSM sex session days after their wedding has been dealt a suspended jail sentence of 18 months. Judge Johannes Hochgürtel of Krefeld court in the western state of North Rhine-Westphalia ruled the fatal internal injuries that Ralph Jankus, 52, inflicted on […] The post Man
Hundreds of structures along the beaches behind the Black Star Square have been pulled down to pave way for the Marine Drive Project. President Nana Akufo-Addo, in 2018, cut sod for the construction of the US $1.2 billion Marine Drive Tourism and Investment Project in Accra. The Marine Drive Project, from its construction to the […] The post Structures at
The Electoral Commission (EC) captured 166,182 new voters in the just ended limited voter registration exercise in the Greater Accra Region. Mr. Kwame Amoah, the Regional Director of the Commission, announced this to the Ghana News Agency (GNA) and said they now have a backlog of 3,026 cases to be cleared. These are people, who […] The post 166,000 new voters registered in Greater
Having read Yuval Noah Harari’s book, ‘21 Lessons for the 21st Century’, I want to reflect on what we have become as human beings in the ‘modern’ world. Man (used in the generic sense) is a gregarious being; he is also a dependent being. The Ultimate Reality created man to have two spectrums of dependence: […] The post From
The Upper East Regional office of the National Disaster Management Organization (NADMO) has hinted that authorities in neighbouring Burkina Faso could spill the Bagre Dam anytime soon. NADMO has thus urged farmers and residents along the White Volta to adhere to its safety measures to avert loss of lives and property. Speaking to Citi News […] The post U/E:
A number of students in Ghana’s Technical Universities have been forced to allegedly defer their courses due to the Students Loan Trust Fund’s delay in disbursing monies to them. The students claim they use the monies to pay for their fees hence the delay in the disbursement is having a negative impact on them. Some […] The post Technical University
The Health Ministry is searching for funds to equip the 80-bed capacity Polyclinic at Kasoa CP, in the Awutu Senya East Municipality. The Ghanaian Times Newspaper reported that the clinic remained unequipped and unsued two years after its completion as part of the Kasoa Interchange and other road projects. The facility is currently seen to […] The post Health
The Health Ministry is searching for funds to equip the 80-bed capacity Polyclinic at Kasoa CP, in the Awutu Senya East Municipality. The Ghanaian Times Newspaper reported that the clinic remained unequipped and unsued two years after its completion as part of the Kasoa Interchange and other road projects. The facility is seen to be […] The post Health Ministry
Rescue efforts are underway at Akrokeri in the Adansi North District of the Ashanti region to save some seven persons reportedly trapped in an illegal mining pit. The pit caved in on Thursday morning when the miners were allegedly digging for gold despite a ban on the act. The Obuasi Divisional Police Commander, DSP Martin […] The post Seven ‘galamseyers’
The Nigeria national team captain, John Obi Mikel, has finally announced his retirement from international football. Mikel, on his Instagram page on Thursday, said it was time to end his long and illustrious service to Nigeria, which he began right from the U-17 cadre, till he graduated to become the Super Eagles’ captain. The 32-year […] The post Nigeria’s Mikel
The Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the National Petroleum Authority (NPA), Mr. Alhassan Tampuli believes that the yet to be implemented Cylinder Re-circulation Model (CRM) under the National Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) policy will create over 4,500 direct jobs. “Direct job creation is estimated to be over 4,500 in relation to new jobs under the […] The post Cylinder
The 1st Vice President of the Musicians Union of Ghana (MUSIGA), Bessa Simons has disclosed that the union is part of the many customers whose investments are locked at gold dealership company Menzgold. He said in an interview on Bozzlz TV that MUSIGA invested GHc70, 000 at Menzgold before the company was ordered by authorities […] The post MUSIGA’s GHc70,000 locked
The Association of Black Woman Attorneys in New York recently celebrated their week-long retreat in Ghana. This event, themed “Reinforcing Bonds and Connecting with the Diaspora” saw a large delegation from the ABWA come to Ghana. The visit was rendered more significant as it coincided with the ‘Year of Return Celebrations’ of Ghana, instituted to […] The post New
Accra Brewery Limited (ABL) has ended this year’s Retailer Development Program (RDP) by training approximately 70 of its retailers in Koforidua, in the Eastern Region and Cape Coast in the Central Region. Next year, ABL would organize a similar training program in two other regions, to share insights on how to improve their livelihood […] The post ABL
Traders at the Kumasi Central Market want city authorities to reduce the amount to be charged before they are relocated to the newly constructed Kejetia terminal to allow for construction works to begin for the phase two of the Kejetia Central Market redevelopment project. They are also calling for a requirement which says they should […] The post Kumasi Central
East Africans are complaining on social media that Beyoncé is not featuring any Swahili-speaking artists on her album to accompany the Lion King remake. The tracklist was released on Wednesday and the album will be available from Friday, to coincide with the release of the Disney film. It reads like a who’s who of top […] The post Beyoncé backlash: East
East Africans are complaining on social media that Beyoncé is not featuring any Swahili-speaking artists on her album to accompany the Lion King remake. The tracklist was released on Wednesday and the album will be available from Friday, to coincide with the release of the Disney film. It reads like a who’s who of top […] The post Beyoncé backlash:
Mr. Francis Awine Anaafo, a 33-year-old dismissed nursing trainee of the Nursing and Midwifery Training College, Sekondi in the Western Region has been slapped with a 22-month jail term for using forged documents to undergo national service as a qualified Nurse at the Goaso Municipal hospital. Mr. Anaafo was sentenced on Friday, June 28, 2019, […] The post ‘Fake nurse’
The 80-bed capacity Kasoa Polyclinic at CP, in the Awutu Senya East Municipality of the Central Region, has not been put to use since its completion nearly two years ago. The modern health facility, which was constructed as one of the components of the Kasoa Interchange and roads projects, still remains under lock and key, […] The post Kasoa: 80-bed Polyclinic
The Ghana AIDS Commission (GAC), has called for intensified efforts through stakeholder collaborations, to address issues around stigmatisation, non-adherence to Anti-Retroviral Therapy (ART), and Behaviour Change Communication, to curb new HIV infection rates and sustain treatment levels. Mr Kyeremeh Atuahene, the Acting Director-General of the Ghana AIDS Commission (GAC), made the call at the release […] The post AIDS
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