2 lovers, friend die in Delta kerosene blast
BY EMMA AMAIZEWARRI— THREE persons, including two lovers, Godstime Bisa and Fine Boson, aged 26 and 15 years respectively, were Monday night, allegedly burnt to death at Egbemene community, Warri...
View ArticlePolling agents did not endorse irregularities – Nana Akomea
General News of Tuesday, 30 April 2013 Source: Joy Online The Director of Communications of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Nana Akomea has described as hypocritical attempts by the ruling National...
View ArticleLoad shedding ends first week of May – Energy Ministry
General News of Tuesday, 30 April 2013 Source: Ministry Of Energy The Ministry of Energy and Petroleum has stated that based on its projections, the load management programme currently being...
View ArticleParliament approves 35 deputy ministers
General News of Tuesday, 30 April 2013 Source: Joy Online Parliament on Monday approved by consensus the nomination of 35 personalities appointed by President John Mahama to deputy ministerial...
View ArticleSuspected Army chief’s impersonator, two others paraded
BY GODWIN OGHRESAPELE — A 30-year-old man, Kenneth Odje, has been arrested for impersonating the former Commanding Officer, 19 Battalion Koko Barracks of the Nigeria Army, Lt Col. C. ...
View ArticleChad arrests group for ‘destabilisation plot’
File picture shows the parliament building in N'djamena. By Issouf Sanogo (AFP/File) N'DJAMENA (AFP) - Chad said it had arrested a group of people trying to carry out a "destabilisation plot," as...
View ArticleUS releases pictures related to Benghazi attack
These images released by the FBI on May 1, 2013, show three unknown suspects sought in the Benghazi, Libya, attack. By (FBI/AFP) WASHINGTON (AFP) - US authorities on Wednesday released pictures of...
View ArticleEDAIF to make mango the ‘cocoa’ of the north of Ghana
The Export Development and Agricultural Investment Fund (EDAIF), is to invest more funds into mango production in a manner that will make the fruit the ‘cocoa’ of the north.Dr. Abdul Nashiru Issahaku,...
View ArticleWork begins on the Kansaworodo light industrial area project
Captain Anthony Cudjoe (retired), Sekondi-Takoradi Metropolitan Chief Executive, on Tuesday cut the sod for work to begin on a GH¢1.3 million Kansaworodo Light Industrial Area project.Speaking at the...
View ArticleGovernment urged to speed up work on Sekyere Hemang-Brimsu pipe connection
Mr Egyir Aikins, Metropolitan Chief Executive (MCE) of Cape Coast, has visited the Brimsu Dam site, the main source of water supply to the area, following an acute water problem that hit Metropolis...
View ArticleJTF arrests gunmen, rescue 4 women in Kano
BY ABDULSALAM MUHAMMADKANO — The Military Joint Task Force, JTF, in Kano, yesterday, said it had arrested seven gunmen and rescued four women. Capt. ...
View ArticleWoman arrested for allegedly killing 2-yr-old boy in Ondo
BY DAYO JOHNSONAKURE — A middle aged woman has been arrested for killing a two-year-old boy, Toluwalase Fadahunsi, in Iju, Akure North Local Government Area of Ondo State. The deceased was said to...
View ArticleMost Muslims want sharia law, but – Study
WASHINGTON (AFP) – A majority of Muslims around the world want sharia law to be implemented in their countries but are split on how it should be applied, according to a study released Tuesday. ...
View ArticleSomalia’s war surgeons learn skills of peace
Gunshot victims are pictured recooperating in a ward at Medina hospital in Mogadishu, Somalia on April 24, 2013. By Tony Karumba (AFP/File) MOGADISHU (AFP) - Not yet named but much loved by watchful...
View ArticleSudan rebels’ surprise push was first ‘joint force’ op
Displaced Sudanese people at a camp on April 29, 2013 in the North Kordofan town of El Rahad. ...
View Article100 dead, rescuers trapped in Darfur disaster: miner
A tub full of gold pictured at a gold mine in Sudan on October 3, 2011. By Ashraf Shazly (AFP/File) KHARTOUM, Sudan (AFP) - Around 100 miners are estimated to have died inside a collapsed gold mine in...
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Chen Shicai Chen Shicai, the 42-year-old Chinese national who went on a car-snatching spree at knifepoint around the Ashaiman area and was later identified as the alleged killer of his compatriot at...
View ArticleParties in election dispute argue over pink sheets
The cross-examination of Dr Mahamudu Bawumia by Mr Tsatsu Tsikata followed the same pattern at the Supreme Court Thursday as it had done in the last two sittings, with the star witness in the election...
View ArticleTechiman Traditional Council hands over land to UEW
Prof Akwasi Asabere-Ameyaw, Vice Chancellor of UEWOseadeeyo Akumfi Ameyaw IV, head of the Techiman Traditional Council, has handed over documents covering a 940 acre-land to the Vice Chancellor of...
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