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A 35-year-old man was rushed to hospital after putting 15 sewing needles into his penis in search of ‘excitement’, Chinese doctors have said. The man had the needles in his penis for around one year and sought out medical advice after suddenly feeling intense pain and seeing blood while urinating. Doctors spent an hour and a half removing all craft tools from the narrowest part of the penis on June 20. HuaShuang Morning Post reported that the 35-year-old bachelor was admitted to The General Hospital of Shenyang Military Region in Shenyang of Liaoning Province on June 20. The 15 sewing…

About 8,000 personnel are expected to be recruited into the Ghana Police Service by the end of the year to beef its human resource capacity. The Ministry of the Interior, Mr Ambrose Dery, made this known when he interacted with the media at the first ever National Police Command Conference in Kumasi last Thursday. The conference was attended by regional police commanders, regional crime officers and senior police officers. More female recruits Mr Dery said the government was working in partnership with the Ghana Police Service to ensure that more women were recruited in a bid to correct the male-female…

The Ghana Revenue Authority has embarked on an exercise to retrieve over GHC11million in tax default in the Ashanti Region. Eight institutions, which have not settled their tax liabilities between 2013 and March 2017, are being targeted in the exercise. They include Naa Achiaa Estate Limited at Esereso owes over GHC2 million, Mediterranean Project Limited also owes over GHC 4millon, and Fabrication Workshop owes over GHC 7million, Their action is in breach of section 134 of the Internal Tevenue Act[Act 592 ] which requires that persons assessed shall pay the tax due within 30 days from the date of service…

A total of seven crocodiles have been killed in an attempt to break into tilapia farms at Nabrunye in the Lawra District of the Upper West Region to eat the fishes. About 17 of the crocodiles were killed in the first year of the farms in 2015, the farmers told TV3, nothing the crocodiles have become a major threat to their tilapia farms. The crocodiles are believed to be gods to some of the natives in the community hence it becomes a taboo to kill them intentionally. The nets protecting the fish in the water killed the crocodiles, according to…

Traditional authorities of the Ga-Dangme State in Accra will on June 29 place Nungua and its environs under curfew to perform some traditional rites as part of the celebration of its annual festival. All residents will be required to stay indoors at exactly 10:00pm on Thursday, a statement signed by the Nungua Oblatai Mantse, Nii Okplen Jalesane II, under the authority of the Ga-Dangme State overlord, Gborbu Wulomo Shitse announced. It mentioned Grader estates, Baatsonaa, Okpoi Gonno, Addo Gonno, Nungua township, Nungua estates, Spintex Road, Kotobaabi, Sakumono township and Sakumono estates and other as the affected areas. The authorities warned,…

President Donald Trump has accused his predecessor Barack Obama of inaction over alleged Russian interference in the US election in 2016. Mr Trump said Mr Obama had learned well before the 8 November poll about the accusations and “did nothing”. His comments followed an article in the Washington Post which said that Mr Obama learned last August of President Vladimir Putin’s “direct involvement”. The alleged meddling is the subject of high-level investigations in the US. President Putin has repeatedly denied any Russian interference into the presidential election. The Washington Post article says Mr Obama was told early last August by…

Traditional method of birth spacing through the use of the menstrual cycle is gaining grounds in rural areas in parts of Upper East Region of Ghana and reducing the patronage of modern family planning methods. This is partly due to religious and cultural beliefs as well as suspicious side effective. This situation has led to a rapid repeat birth among couples with over 68 per cent of women reporting birth spacing of less than twenty four months between their youngest child and the next child in northern Ghana. The effects of this  large family size is putting pressure on the…

Kofi Adams, National Organiser of the National Democratic Congress has jumped to the defence of former President John Dramani Mahama, rubbishing claims suggesting the latter caused the NDC’s defeat in last year’s general election. Doubled as the 2016 national campaign organizer of the party, Mr. Adams insisted that irrespective of what others think, the former president is NDC’s best bet for the party in 2020 presidential election. According to him, the former president did everything possible within his powers to win the elections, save for the fact that the New Patriotic Party (NPP) promised more than the NDC, adding that…

The body of a man killed by a mortuary man in Bolgatanga in the Upper East Region has been dumped at the Bolgatanga Municipal Police Station. The action by the youth of Yorogo, a surburb of Bolgatanga, was triggered by Police intervention that saved the mortuary man from being lynched. Police say the mortuary man was driving in the Yorogo area on Thursday when his vehicle knocked dead the deceased about 6:00pm. The vehicle was vandalised and set ablaze by some angry youth of the area including some relatives of the deceased later on Friday converged the Bolgatanga Regional Hospital…

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has nominated five persons to the positions of Municipal and District Chief Executives (MDCEs). They are Musah Issah for Gushegu District Assembly, Abu Mohammed, West Mamprusi; Hajia Hawa Ninchemah, Bawku Municipal; Kwasi Bonzoh, Ellembele; and Ms Kate Ametefe for Adaklu District Assembly. Their nomination was in accordance with article 243(1) of the 1992 Constitution and section 20(1) of the Local Governance Act, Act 936. Meanwhile, 15 other persons have been re-nominated as MDCEs by the President. They are George Kyei Baffuor, Asante Akim Central; Ebenezer Tettey Kupaulor, Yilo Krobo Municipal; Ms Jennifer Dede Afagbedzi for…