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With more and more marriages ending in divorce, plenty of couples are eager to figure out the secret to a happily ever after. Somebody has taken to Reddit to ask happily married users for the piece of advice they wish everybody knew when it came to having a successful relationship. In less than 24 hours, there have already been over 400 comments on the thread and people have been offering their honest – and hilarious – advice. With an estimated 42 per cent of marriages ending in divorce, what is the secret to making it work? Somebody has taken to…

At least three people have been killed in an early morning bomb attack at Nigeria’s University of Maiduguri, in the northeastern state of Borno. Witnesses said two explosions went off at the facility: one at the mosque where university lecturers had gathered for morning prayers and another near an entrance gate. The area police chief Damian Chukwu said a university professor was among those killed. Fifteen people were wounded and have been evacuated to hospitals, AP reported. An eyewitness told the BBC that it was a suicide bomb attack and three people apart from the suicide bomber lost their lives.…

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has given indication it is open to renegotiating some success benchmarks of its ongoing 3-year External Credit Facility (ECF) programme with the government of Ghana, following government’s inability to keep to the 5.2percent fiscal deficit target.   In an email response to questions posed by the B&FT, a spokesperson of the Fund in Washington said a team “will be ready to visit Accra in the coming weeks to discuss recent economic developments and hear from the authorities about their plans for engaging with the Fund going forward.” Ghana, the response said, appears unlikely to achieve…

The Black Stars held their first training session in Gabon on Sunday ahead of their Group D opener at the ongoing Africa Cup of Nations. The team had touched down in Port-Gentil on Saturday, a day after earlier scheduled. There were media reports that the team had rejected its training pitch as well as hotel of residence but the Ghana Football Association strongly dismissed them, on its official Twitter page. #Ghana has not rejected #can2017 training pitch. Team arrived last night & yet to observe the pitch, contrary to a media report. #AFCON2017 pic.twitter.com/aXNuftCHi8 — Ghana FA (@ghanafaofficial) January 15,…

The Accra-Tema portion of the Tema Motorway has been sealed off as a result of an accident involving a gas tanker. Eyewitness reports say the gas tanker somersaulted on the Accra-Tema portion motorway around 6:30am Monday and this has created heavy vehicular traffic on the motorway. The Deputy Tema Regional Fire Officer, Timothy Osafo Affum, who confirmed this on Onua FM’s Yensempa, explained that they sealed off the Accra-Tema portion of the road to avoid any casualty. He said the tanker [number yet to be known] was carrying gas from Accra to Tema but somersaulted around the Klagon section of…

A Turkish cargo plane flying from Hong Kong has crashed in Kyrgyzstan, killing at least 32 people, most of them on the ground, say officials. The Boeing 747 crashed amid fog into homes near Manas airport, about 25km (15 miles) north of the capital, Bishkek, the Kyrgyz government said. At least 15 buildings were destroyed and a number of children were reported to be among the dead. Flight TK6491 was to have stopped at Manas en route to Istanbul in Turkey. The plane belonged to Turkish cargo carrier ACT, which flies under the name MyCargo. The Kyrgyz government said the…

Former Attorney General Martin Alamisi Amidu has asked President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo to hasten slowly and firmly deal with any acts that smack of looting the public purse. He insinuates that Former President John Mahama’s request to remain in his official residence since being a Vice President should not be shrouded in mystery for “an experienced and eminent lawyer and statesman of your caliber”. According to the lone anti-graft crusader, the brouhaha over the ex-president’s residence almost cost President Akufo-Addo some staunch supporters. “The John Mahama retirement residence and office saga nearly cost you well-meaning supporters both in your…

I had a call from a professional journalist buddy of mine from outside our continent wanting a confirmation that Ghana’s newly installed Government was molesting supporters and officers of the erstwhile regime. To avoid soiling our image abroad, I gave him an emphatic ‘no’ for an answer. But in our social media generation, he disagreed with me and later sent me ‘evidence’ of what he had read earlier on the internet. The recent events like some perceived NPP supporters chasing their perceived NDC opponents in some state run enterprises do not portend well  for our globally well acclaimed democratic credentials.…

Rites to see the late Asantehemaa join her ancestors begin on Monday, January 16 at the Manhyia Palace, the seat of the Asante Kingdom. The four-day rites in Kumasi begin with the laying in state of the late Nana Afia Kobi Serwaa Ampem II, whose death occurred on Monday, November 14. She was 111. She will be laid in state from Monday to Thursday, when she will be buried at Breman in the Asante Kingdom. Monday will see filing past of the body by all chiefs in the Kingdom. Asantehene Otumfuo Osei Tutu II will be the last to file…

The leadership of the Tertiary Students Confederacy of the NPP in KNUST has asked President Nana Akufo-Addo not to look beyond Mrs. Henrietta Mary Eyison for the position of Deputy Minister of Education. A statement signed by the group’s President Enoch Amoako Gyimah and General Secretary Emmanuel Asare has been touting her as the best person for the position. Described as a mother for all, Mrs. Eyison, the TESCON-KNUST said “knows no boundaries or limits when it comes to making sure that the right is done in society and in our individual lives. Indeed, she has been a teacher, a…