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In a strong worded statement, government has condemned the office of former President John Mahama for leveling “a number of baseless allegations” against the sitting president, Nana Akufo-Addo. The former president’s office had accused President Akufo-Addo of “orchestrating attacks” on the person of John Dramani Mahama “based on lies and pedestrian propaganda”. READ MAHAMA’S STATEMENT “President Akufo-Addo is busy fixing the mess and rot that was bequeathed to him by the Mahama government, and, therefore, does not have the luxury of time to indulge in orchestrations of lies and propaganda,” Information Minister Mustapha Hamid responded in a statement on Friday.…

An anti-graft group has dragged CHRAJ to the Supreme Court for overstepping its bounds in the 2.25 billion-dollar bond case in which the finance minister Ken Ofori-Atta is accused of conflict of interest. The group, Dynamic Youth Movement of Ghana (DYMOG) is claiming CHRAJ in determining a petition on the controversial bond, made some serious pronouncements, which in its view, contravenes aspects of the 1992 constitution. DYMOG on May 8, 2017 petitioned the Securities Exchange Commission (SEC) to investigate the transparency of the bond, its classification and a claim of possible conflict of interest in the issuance of the said…

Pressure group, OccupyGhana has threatened to go to court if the Births and Deaths Registry does not reverse its discriminatory stance against registration of some local names. The government agency has up to 30 days from Friday, January 26 to correct the “illegality” or face OccupyGhana in court. Officials at the agency  claimed they are empowered to stop the registration of names such as Nana, Maame, Nii and Nhyira on the basis of the Registration of Birth and Death Act, 1965 (Act 301). But OccupyGhana in a statement said, “We have however checked that Act and all relevant laws including…

Whether you’re looking to grow an impressive list of followers or simply get your content in front of the right eyes, we’ve assembled 20 tips to get you using Twitter more efficiently – whether you’re new to Twitter or you want to build up your following and get the most out of this impactful platform. 20 tips for Twitter Tip 1: Check your hashtags Hashtags can be found virtually everywhere. While they may be ubiquitous, it’s worth taking a minute to understand how to best use hashtags on Twitter. A way of grouping tweets together, hashtags allow users to join conversations…

Residents in the South African city of Cape Town have been warned to “save water as if your life depends on it” to avoid the supply being shut off. A severe drought has forced the city’s municipality to limit consumption to 50 litres (11 gallons) per person per day. Officials are urging people to switch off their toilet cisterns and limit flushing to conserve water. The head of the provincial government said if the taps ran dry it would be “the disaster above all disasters”. Helen Zille said it was still possible to avoid what has become known as Day…

The Ministry of Health has denied putting out any forms for sale for persons interested in enrolling in any of the Public Health Training Institutes. “They are fake,”  Robert Cudjoe the Public Relations Officer of the Ministry confirmed to 3FM 92.7 Friday morning. There have been reports circulating on social media about the sale of application forms into the various Public Health Training Schools in the country. “The Ministry/ Health Training Institutions’ Unit wish to state categorically that, the said circulation of sale of forms on Social Media is false and must be disregarded by the Public,” the ministry said…

At least 39 people have been killed and more than 70 injured in a fire at a hospital in South Korea. The blaze is thought to have started in the emergency room at Sejong Hospital in the south-eastern city of Miryang. About 200 patients were inside the building and an adjoining nursing home at the time. It is South Korea’s deadliest fire in almost a decade and the toll is expected to rise with several of the injured in critical condition. Firefighters told the Yonhap news agency that the victims appeared to have died from smoke inhalation. Hospital medical staff,…

Smokers need to quit cigarettes rather than cut back on them to significantly lower their risk of heart disease and stroke, a large BMJ study suggests. People who smoked even one cigarette a day were still about 50% more likely to develop heart disease and 30% more likely to have a stroke than people who had never smoked, researchers said. They said it showed there was no safe level of smoking for such diseases. But an expert said people who cut down were more likely to stop. ‘Stop completely’ Cardiovascular disease, not cancer, is the greatest mortality risk for smoking,…

Smokers need to quit cigarettes rather than cut back on them to significantly lower their risk of heart disease and stroke, a large BMJ study suggests. People who smoked even one cigarette a day were still about 50% more likely to develop heart disease and 30% more likely to have a stroke than people who had never smoked, researchers said. They said it showed there was no safe level of smoking for such diseases. But an expert said people who cut down were more likely to stop. ‘Stop completely’ Cardiovascular disease, not cancer, is the greatest mortality risk for smoking,…

The trial judge Justice L. L. Mensah in the case involving Gregory Afoko who has been accused of murdering the former Upper East Regional Chairman of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), has ordered both parties to work expeditiously for the trial to end by June. He said, “This case would not travel beyond June, and I urge you both to try hard to collaborate with the court so that we see the end of it”. The Judge said, the Prosecution must make sure to prepare their witnesses ahead so that one after the other they can speed up the trial.…