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Businessman, philanthropist and President of the Ghana Rugby Football Union Mr. Herbert Mensah Sunday empathised with some families in the Nima enclave of Accra who were affected by devastating flood waters two years ago by breaking bread with them in their Ramadan period. Just before the breaking of the fast at the Baaba Attah Mosque, Mr. Mensah presented beverages, Ever Pure water, and other food items including Gino tomato and noodle products to several people. Speaking before the breaking of bread with the families, the known philanthropist who also started the initiative ‘May 9 Stadium Disaster Remembered’ for sixteen(16) years said: “I…

Buildings and shops built on waterways in the Tema Metropolitan Assembly (TMA) will be pulled down to pave way for free flow of flood water, according to the Metropolitan Chief Executive Felix Mensah Nii Annang-La. Speaking on Onua FM’s morning show ‘Yen Nsem Pa’ the TMA boss minced no words when he said emphatically that nobody will be spared in the exercise. Following the downpour on early hours of Tuesday, some areas in the Tema Metropolis got flooded, rendering residents in some areas either homeless or stranded. Areas like Tema Community 2 and Lashibi Community 18, have been badly affected,…

Madam Shirley Ayorkor Botchway, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Regional Integration, has directed the re-establishment of the Economic, Trade and Investment Bureau (ETIB) at the Ministry. She explained that the re-establishment of the ETIB would realign the Ministry’s objectives to achieve the Government’s Economic Diplomacy Agenda. She said there was no doubt that one of the main tools that would be employed by the government to achieve its foreign policy objectives was Economic Diplomacy. “It is all about re-directing the focus of our diplomatic activities to reap economic benefits that will impact positively and raise the standard of living and…

Egypt is closing its airspace to Qatari planes in a growing diplomatic row, with Saudi Arabia and Bahrain expected to do the same on Tuesday. Several countries have cut ties with Qatar, accusing it of supporting terrorism in the Gulf region. Qatari nationals in Bahrain, Saudi Arabia and the UAE have been given two weeks to leave. Qatar denies backing militants and its foreign minister has called for “a dialogue of openness and honesty”. Egypt said it was closing off its airspace to Qatar from 04:00 GMT on Tuesday “until further notice”. Travel disruption is expected as the airport in…

Private legal practitioner, Kofi Diaba, says the 12-year-old boy arrested in connection with the lynching of Major Maxwell Adam Mahama cannot stand trial. The police in the Ashanti region over the weekend arrested the boy at Manso Nkwanta and eight others including women for their alleged involvement in the soldier’s death. Speaking with Stephen Anti on News Hour, on 3FM 92.7, lawyer Kofi Diaba said that persons under 18 years, in Ghana, are usually not charged with a crime. “As far as the law is concerned, he cannot commit a crime. He does not have the intentions to commit a…

The Ministry of Education has suspended with immediate effect, the transfer of all categories of teaching and non-teaching staff across the country. Sector Minister, Dr Mathew Opoku Prempeh, who disclosed this last Saturday said a number of teachers have applied to be transferred from their stations to mostly urban areas but said that cannot be granted. However, he said those with special reasons should seek permission from the education service. Addressing the New Patriotic Party executives of the Manhyia South constituency, Dr Opoku Prempeh said granting such transfers would not good for the educational system, aside the financial issues. He…

If you get a message inviting you to change the colours on your WhatsApp, ignore it. Seriously. As much as new colours on your WhatsApp would be great, unfortunately it’s a big scam, and you’re going to have to stick to green. The site uses Cyrillic letters to make it look like whatsapp.com (it’s actually шһатѕарр.com). If you visit the link you get a message saying “New colours for WhatsApp, now you can change your WhatsApp and leave it your favourite colours” stating it’s available for iOS, Windows, Apple, and Blackberry (listing iOS and Apple separately should be your first…

Thirty-four persons have officially been charged with conspiracy to commit murder and murder in the gruesome killing of a Ghanaian military officer by some residents of Denkyira-Obuasi last week. The charges were on Monday evening read to the 34 accused persons, made up of four women and two nursing mothers, who were arrested across the country within the last week. Their plea was, however, reserved by prosecutors who prayed the District Court in Accra to remand the accused persons into lawful custody to enable investigations to be concluded in the case. Proceedings have been adjourned to June 21. Prosecutors led by…

Teaser trailers of a hilarious courtroom sitcom yet to hit the Ghanaian screens have gone viral on social media, with high expectations of premiering events scheduled for Kumasi and other parts of the country. “Kejetia Vs Makola” is an urban satirical show and a subversion of the Law Procedural genre. The first of its kind on Ghana TV, it follows the amusingly unconventional legal battles between a band of misfit lawyers claiming to have been trained in law at a certain Ghana School of The Law somewhere at Kejetia and their colleagues from Ghana School of Law at Makola. Invariably…