The co-founder and chief executive of Twitter has had his own account on the service taken over by hackers. A group referring to itself as the Chuckling Squad said it was behind the breach of C’s account. A spokeswoman for Twitter told the BBC that the site was urgently investigating. The account tweeted out a […] The post Twitter CEO and co-founder Jack Dorsey

The Judicial Committee of the Northern Regional House of chiefs has unanimously declared the enskinment of Alhaji Abuba Nasinmong of the Jafok family as Bunkpurgu Na-ba as null and void. According to the counsel, the enskinment of Chief Nasimong from the Jafok clan in 2007, was a violation of the rotational system of the Bunkpurgu […] The post N/R: Enskinment

Chairman of Group Nduom, Papa Kwesi Nduom has sued the Bank of Ghana; Finance Minister, Ken Ofori Atta; Attorney General, Gloria Akuffo; and receiver for GN Savings and Loans, Eric Nana Nipah. He wants the court to among other things quash the decision of the Bank of Ghana to revoke the license of GN Savings […] The post Nduom sues BoG, others over revocation

A Civil Society Group, Cluster on Decentralization and Citizen Participation, has petitioned the Ministry of Gender Children and Social Protection on the need to lay before parliament the Affirmative Action Bill by the end of the year. The bill, which has been pending for about 13 years, is expected to increase the participation of women […] The post Gender Ministry petitioned

Professor Emerita Takyiwaa Manuh, a former Director for Social Development Policy Division at the UN, is demanding more decisive action from the state and governments to bridge the gender gap in Ghanaian society. All these efforts will be in service of Ghana’s democratic credentials, she affirmed in her address at the 15th Kronti ne Akwamu […] The post Gov’t

The Ghana Education Service has cautioned against sacking students who do not have the new uniform it introduced for Junior High School students. The Director-General of the GES, Professor Kwasi Opoku Amankwa in an interaction with the media said since the uniform will be phased out in three years, there shouldn’t be instances of students […] The post Don’t sack

The Ghana Federation of Disability (GFD) on Friday withdrew from a protest by some Civil Society Organizations calling for the passage of the Affirmative Action Bill. The CSOs hit the street on Friday clad in red to demand action on the bill but according to the Ghana Federation of Disability (GFD), the bill excludes persons […] The post Federation of Disability

The Chief Justice, Ms. Ladyship Sophia Akuffo, has been served a notice of reminder to consider a petition submitted to her office to investigate a ruling delivered by the Tamale High Court, which the petitioner, Abdulai Sirta, described as unfortunate. Mr Sirta, who is the Chief Executive Officer of a small-scale mining company at Tinga […] The post Complainant petitions

The Minister of Gender, Children and Social Protection (MGCSP) Cynthia Mamle Morrison has advised young girls to adhere to personal security measures to prevent being kidnapped. They should at all times avoid the company of bad friends and relatives and desist from walking in darkness to prevent any possibility of being kidnapped by unscrupulous persons. […] The post Gender

The Minister of Gender, Children and Social Protection (MGCSP) Cynthia Mamle Morrison has advised young girls to adhere to personal security measures to prevent being kidnapped. They should at all times avoid the company of bad friends and relatives and desist from walking in darkness to prevent any possibility of being kidnapped by unscrupulous persons. […] The post Gender

The office of former president John Kufour has asked the public to disregard information on social media about the demise of former first lady, Theresa Kufuor. According to the office, the former first lady is alive and is in good health contrary to such reports. Speaking to Citi News, an aide to the former president, […] The post Former first lady Theresa Kufuor not dead –

Google has removed a popular app after researchers discovered it was spreading malware. The troubled app is CamScanner, a program that scans files and converts them into PDFs. Researchers at security firm Kaspersky had found a number of negative reviews on the app’s Google Play profile that complained the app had the “presence of unwanted […] The post Google

Vice President, Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia says government will put adequate measures in place to help protect security officials to avoid cases where officers die while on duty. He made this statement at Abuakwa in the Ashanti region while speaking at the funeral grounds of Lance Corporal Mohammed Awal, one of the officers killed at Kasoa […] The post Gov’t

The Sawla police in the Savannah Region have arrested two suspected robbers who operate on the Sawla-Wa highway. The suspects are Yakubu Haruna, 24 and Seidu Haruna, 18. One of the suspects has been identified by one of his assailants. The arrest is being viewed us a breakthrough in the fight against robbery on that […] The post S/R: Two arrested in connection

Some unknown persons have invaded a fenced site at the affordable housing project site in Koforidua where tonnes of iron rods purchased for the construction of the project are being kept. The iron rods, which have been abandoned at the site of the stalled project for years, have been left at the mercy of rains […] The post Iron rods at affordable housing project

Mohammed Arafat, a 20-year-old unemployed, who was arrested for possessing 117 wraps of dried leaves suspected to be Indian hemp, at Toase in the Atwima-Nwabiagya South Municipality, has been remanded into prison custody by the Nkawie Circuit Court. His plea was not taken and would reappear before the Court presided over by Mr Michael Johnson […] The post Man arrested for

A senior Justice Department official resigned after being found to have watched porn on a government computer, according to newly released summary of an investigation by DOJ’s inspector general. The summary does not name the now-former deputy assistant attorney general, nor does it say when the actions occurred. According to the summary released Thursday, the […] The post Justice

The suspended CEO of the Public Procurement Authority, Adjenim Boateng Adjei has returned to the Office of the Special Prosecutor for the second day of interrogation. He is being questioned along with his brother-in-law and co-director of Talent Discovery Company Ltd (TDL), Francis Arhin. The two were indicted in an investigative piece by freelance journalist, […] The post Interrogation

My love for The Mirror newspaper goes way back to my Senior High School days.  I, together with my elder brother would contribute money to grab the paper every Saturdays at the now-defunct newspaper stand near the Nima Post Office. We patronized the paper because the column for students contained passages that improved our comprehension […] The post Kayayei drop pans for reading

Mercury is remains an important element and has many uses across the world from health care to electronic and electrical applications. However, mercury related issues have become a matter of general concern in the recent past and continues to be matters to be with us for some time unless we take the bull by the […] The post Mercury in your mouth [Article] appeared first on