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Ghanaian actress Yvonne Nelson has engaged her followers on Twitter with two questions all aimed at pastors and churches. The beautiful actress in a post on her Twitter handle which included a voting pattern asked if pastors are more interested in preaching the word or taking offertory. Her next question simply read, “Are majority of the churches in Ghana/Nigeria really doing the work of God?” The claim that the proliferation of more churches in Ghana is for business purpose and not to convert souls for Christ has been given credence by a majority of believers who feel churches are not…

The pupils and teachers at two farming communities in the Volta Region,  Logba Abayeme and Logba Dufi in the Afadzato, have received solar lamps, exercise and text books valued at GHC9,000 to enhance teaching and learning. The items were presented by the Rotary club of Accra Spintex in partnership with Trans-Atlantic Environmental Inc. Campaigners of “Light The World”, USA, The presentation by the two bodies is aimed at facilitating teaching and learning in the two farming communities during the night. The two communities are not connected to the national electricity grid. Logba Abayeme has a population of about 300 inhabitants,…

A passer-by tipped off police in Mexico about a dead body after finding a pair of feet poking out the top of a suitcase. The mutilated corpse had been stuffed into the blue case, which had been zipped up but the feet, wearing black socks, were still jutting out. The grisly luggage was spotted dumped next to a house in Veracruz state on Mexico’s Gulf coast. Police from the nearby town of Martinez de la Torre examined the body. They found the unidentified man had been tortured and killed before his dismembered body was shoved inside the suitcase. The Mexican…

The Greater Accra Rugby Association (GARA) under the auspices of the Ghana Rugby Football Union (GRFU) celebrated international women’s day in a grand style in Accra with a festival of Rugby at the Challilo Park in Kotobabi. Six schools took part in a World Rugby “Get Into Rugby” festival that took the form of Touch Rugby games with Abavanna JHS emerging as the winners on the day. The schools that joined in the festival included the Islamic Training Institute, Al-Wahid Comprehensive Islamic school, Darul Hijra Isamic School, Kotobabi K 13  JHS, Amoraf Science and Technology School and Abavanna JHS. People…

The Police in Bimbilla have arrested one of those who allegedly shot and killed 10 people in last month’s chieftaincy disturbances that rocked the Nanumba North District capital. Abdulai Sang, a native of Bimbilla in the Northern Region, was arrested at about 04:00pm  at the office of the New Patriotic Party in the town after he emerged from his hideout. One of the victims who was on the verge of death was said to have mentioned Sang as the one who shot her and nine others in the chieftaincy disturbances of February 9 which led to the death of children…

The official liquidator in the DKM scandal has dismissed reports that those not captured in a recently released list, would not receive their money. According to the Registrar General’s Department (official liquidator), they have been assured by PricewaterhouseCoopers, that the final list will be released by the end of March, 2017. The list in the public domain captures ten thousand names of depositors who lost their money when the company went into liquidation. So far a total of sixty thousand customers have received payment for their locked up investments. Customers who have investments below GHc10, 000 will receive all their…

The Member of Parliament for Klottey Korley in the Greater Accra region, Dr. Zanetor Agyeman Rawlings is calling for the construction of a gym in parliament to help legislators de-stress after long sitting hours. She made this request when she contributed to statement on the floor of the house to commemorate the World Kidney Day, which falls on Thursday, March 9. Dr. Zanetor Rawlings, who is a medical doctor by profession, told colleague Members of Parliament that “the extended sitting hours do have effect on our muscular skeletal system”. After close of business, she argued that members should “be given…

The member of parliament for Kumbungu in the Northern Region, Ras Mubarak says the Akufo-Addo government will not be able to achieve the numerous campaign promises made to Ghanaians in the run up to the 2016 general elections. According to him, President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo and his party made so many promises to the extent that they nearly promised ‘one-man, one-wife’ during the electioneering period. He claimed those promises the call explained that the then opposition New Patriotic Party (NPP) hauled several promises to Ghanaians which compelled them to vote for the NPP but most of them are not…

A Ghanaian student, Master Pius Kyere of the St James Seminary, Sunyani, has been adjudged the Overall Best Student in West Africa. This is because he came tops in the 2016 West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE) for school candidates. Master Kyere, the fifth successive Ghanaian student to top the West African Examinations Council (WAEC) awards, was presented with his prize at the annual WAEC Excellence Awards at the Sakyi Asare Menako Hall in Accra Wednesday. He was honoured along with two senior high school (SHS) graduates — Master Benjamin Bortey Sango, formerly of Accra Academy, and Master Richmond…

The Food and Drugs Authority (FDA) says results from its samples of koobi (salted dried tilapia) tested for formalin so far have not shown any presence of formalin. Lovers of koobi or salted dried fish got panic, when minister for science, technology and innovation, Professor Frimpong Boateng revealed that some of the koobi on the market were preserved with formalin. Formalin is a cancer causing chemical, used in the preservation of dead bodies. Speaking with 3FM Business, head of the food safety department at the authority, Maria Lovelace Johnson, said samples from sixty-three (63) different batches of koobi from twenty-…