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Four-year-old Toby Apomuta Abotisum has been diagnosed with a condition called Pulmonary Atresia Ventricular Septal defect popular known as Hole in Heart. Young Toby needs a curative surgery to repair his defect, but doctors at the Cardiothoracic Centre of the Korle Bu Teaching Hospital say the operation cannot be done in Ghana due to limited logistics, and that it ought to be done in India. An amount of $14,000 is needed for the operation, and this amount covers travel costs and other expenses totaling an equivalent of GHȻ 100,000. The family of the four-year-old is therefore appealing for support. Toby…

A prison officer at the Tamale Central Prisons, Cpl. Sackey Emmanuel Kwabena, is in the grips of the Northern Regional Police Command for possessing five wraps of substance suspected to be Indian hemp.  The suspect was arrested at the prison facility by two of his colleague officers, ASP Francis Weigam and Chief Officer Gilbert Guru, in the early hours of Monday February 4, 2019. According to the Northern Regional Police PRO, ASP Yussif Mohammed Tanko, the suspect was spotted with a hand bag at the prisons premises and when the bag was searched, the exhibits were found on him. In…

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo says the mining industry has what it takes to help make the sought-after economic transformation in Africa, and, thereby, make the African people prosper. Speaking at the 2019 edition of the Investing in African Mining Indaba on Tuesday, February 5, 2019, President Akufo-Addo stated that it is not right that Africa, which is so rich in the minerals that are sought after by the world, should remain inhabited by the poorest people on the globe. Whilst acknowledging that African countries have not always done well in negotiations with the companies that have mined her minerals…

All is set for the grand finale of this year’s Celebrations show, as the final group has been kicked out of the competition. ETW had to bid a painful farewell to the competition as they were the last to exit the competition ahead of the grand finale scheduled for Sunday, February 17, 2019. Last Sunday’s performances saw each of the groups dish out music from across Africa. ETW kicked off the show in their full length costume to match their song Tambira Jehovah by Zimbabwe’s Mkhululi. Evans Ogboi’s “Numneka and Onye” was performed by Royalty, who thrilled studio audience and…

Area Head of the Church of Pentecost (COP) in Tema, Apostle Matthew Larbi-Wettey, has underscored the readiness of the church to provide education on environmental sanitation care in the country. The church, he said, would as part of the education undertake clean up exercises and take community based environmental care initiatives such as tree planting across the nation. Apostle Larbi-Wettey gave the commitment at the launch of COP Environmental Care Campaign at the Tema Area Assembly. The launch forms part of the corporate social responsibility of the church to the nation, and also to support President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo…

Ten people including a baby have died in a fire at an eight-storey building in south-western Paris, fire service officials say. More than 30 people – including six firefighters – were injured. One person is in a serious condition. Fifty people were evacuated by ladders from the blaze in the upmarket 16th arrondissement. The Paris prosecutor says it may have been deliberately started. Police have detained a female suspect. French President Emmanuel Macron said that the country “had woken up to tragedy”, and praised the fire services for their courage. Rue Erlanger is a residential street close to the Parc…

A former National Security Minister under the Jerry John Rawlings’s administration, Kofi Totobi Quakyi, has described as “traitors” persons who have counselled President Nana Akufo-Addo on the Ayawaso West Wuogon by-election violence. The former minister has also condemned the incidents of violence which occurred at the residence of the NDC candidate, Delali Kwasi Brempong, and the La Bawleshie Presby School Polling Station last Thursday during the by-election. In an open letter to the President, Mr Totobi Quakyi insisted the conduct of the government and that of the Electoral Commission betrays the president’s legacy. He insists that any calculated attempt by…

A court in Zimbabwe has convicted a popular self-styled prophet of fraud and fined him $700 (£540) for falsely claiming he had a herbal cure for HIV and Aids. Walter Magaya earlier pleaded guilty to contravening the Medicines Control Act by selling an unapproved drug. Police arrested him in November, and seized a herbal drug which he said could cure people who had HIV and Aids. Zimbabwe has the sixth highest HIV prevalence rate in sub-Saharan Africa. About 1.3 million people were living with HIV, according to UN data compiled in 2016. The 35-year-old Magaya is among a group of…

A court in Zimbabwe has convicted a popular self-styled prophet of fraud and fined him $700 (£540) for falsely claiming he had a herbal cure for HIV and Aids. Walter Magaya earlier pleaded guilty to contravening the Medicines Control Act by selling an unapproved drug. Police arrested him in November, and seized a herbal drug which he said could cure people who had HIV and Aids. Zimbabwe has the sixth highest HIV prevalence rate in sub-Saharan Africa. About 1.3 million people were living with HIV, according to UN data compiled in 2016. The 35-year-old Magaya is among a group of…

Multiple award-winning Ghanaian artiste, Okyeame Kwame, who was among the many top celebrities hired by gold-dealership company Menzgold as brand ambassadors, has declined to respond to questions pertaining to matters arising from freeze on customers’ deposits. As one of the men who endorsed the activities of Menzgold across all media platforms – national television, radio, online and on billboards –  Okyeame Kwame was expected to deny or confirm if he had led Ghanaians on a wrong path given his ambassadorial role. He met on TV3’s New Day with Johnnie Hughes. But Okyeame Kwame would not answer. Okyeame Kwame said he…