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Grace Ocansey, known in showbiz circles as Kaakie, has married her long-time boyfriend in a beautiful traditional ceremony at Manet Ville last weekend. The singer, who recently graduated from nursing school outside the country, has been off the music scene for a while to further her education. About a week ago, pictures of Kaakie hit the internet while she was having her bridal shower with friends. Friends, family and some notable personalities within the entertainment industry were at the singer’s engagement as she was joined in matrimony with her husband, Kwesi. The white wedding ceremony is expected to take place…

The Social Security and National Insurance Trust (SSNIT) has increased monthly pensions by 11 per cent for this year. This means that the minimum pension for new pensioners, beginning this month, is pegged at GH¢300 with those already on the SSNIT Pension Payroll as of December 31, 2019, who received a minimum pension of GH¢300 now having their pensions increased to GH¢357.18. The increment was done in consultation with the National Pensions Regulatory Authority (NPRA) and in accordance with Section 80 of the National Pensions Act, 2008 (Act 766). Redistribution The 11 per cent increment on the vault of money…

Records at the Accident, Emergency and Orthopaedic Department of the Korle-Bu Teaching Hospital show that commercial motor (Okada) riders top the number of road traffic accident cases during the Christmas and New Year celebrations. On December 22 and 23, 2019 the Korle-Bu Hospital admitted 30 road traffic accident cases, out of which 20 were Okada related cases. The cases made up of soft tissue injuries (wound injuries) and major injuries, including; victims breaking bones, having head injuries, being traumatized and the possibility of others losing their lower and upper limbs through amputation. Between December 20, 2019 and January 1, 2020,…

Iran’s most powerful military commander, General Qasem Soleimani, has been killed by a US air strike in Iraq. The 62-year old spearheaded Iranian military operations in the Middle East as head of Iran’s elite Quds Force. He was killed at Baghdad airport, alongside local Iran-backed militias, early on Friday in a strike ordered by US President Donald Trump. Gen Soleimani’s killing marks a major escalation in tensions between Washington and Tehran. Under his leadership, Iran had bolstered Hezbollah in Lebanon and other pro-Iranian militant groups, expanded Iran’s military presence in Iraq and Syria and orchestrated Syria’s offensive against rebel groups…

The Ghana Audit Service is to begin the verification of all assets and liabilities declared by all public office holders in the country. Article 286 of the Constitution and Public Office Holders (Declaration of Assets and Disqualification) Act,1998 (Act 550) requires a certain category of public office holders to declare all properties or assets they owned as well as liabilities owed by them whether directly or indirectly. Despite the declaration by some public office holders, the Audit Service has over the years not been able to verify the authenticity of the information provided in the declaration forms, something anti-graft campaigners…

The Social Security and National Insurance Trust (SSNIT) has increased monthly pensions for the year 2020 by at least 6.6 per cent and overall 11 per cent for the year. Lowest paid pensioners will this year receive 300 monthly while pensioners who received the minimum of 300 cedis monthly last year will now receive 357.18 cedis. The 11 per cent is higher than the forecasted inflation rate of 8.0 per cent for 2020. The 2020 rate of increase was determined using the percentage change in the annual average consumer price index for 2019. SSNIT also relied on forecast of the…

Turkey’s parliament has passed a bill that will allow the government to deploy troops to Libya to intervene in the civil war. Turkish lawmakers passed the bill on Thursday, with 325 in favour to 184 against. Turkey is allied with Libya’s UN-backed government, which is based in the capital, Tripoli. The Libyan government has been fighting an insurgency by forces under Gen Khalifa Haftar, based in eastern Libya. Egypt, which backs Gen Haftar, condemned Turkey’s vote, saying it would “negatively affect the stability of the Mediterranean region”. Last week, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said he would seek parliamentary approval…

The Inspector General of Police, James Oppong-Boanuh, has decorated the 21 newly promoted senior police officers with their badges of ranks and insignia at a short ceremony at the Police headquarters in Accra The officers include five Commissioners of Police and 15 Deputy Commissioners of Police Mr Oppong-Boanuh congratulated the newly promoted officers and urged them to put in more efforts to ensure the security and safety of Ghanaians. “Ghanaians expect more from us, and it is expected that with the new elevation you will bring your policing experiences to bear in the year 2020”, he said. On December 27,…

An old woman who was reported missing at Anaji Brigade in the Sekondi-Takoradi metropolis  of the Western Region has been found dead with some body parts removed. The naked body of the 77-year-old retired telephonist, Theresa Otoo, was discovered Thursday, January 2, 2020, nine days after her family reported to the police that she was missing. The body was found lying close to a drain at about 10:00am, about five hundred meters from where she lived. It was a sad moment for the people in the neighbourhood as they  wept uncontrollably. Family members were immediately informed and they in turn…

A Chicago-based Philanthropist, Eunice Cromwell, has officially launched her foundation upon providing free health screening and medication to scores of residents of Anomabo in the Central Region of Ghana. The Jemimah Noonoo Foundation provided free health screening and medication to over 500 people of Anomabo and its environs on Saturday, December 28, 2019 at the Anomobo Hospital. The services offered included preventative screening and treatment for hypertension, diabetes, malaria, and acute infections among others. Referrals were also given and a follow-up programme was instituted in collaboration with the hospital to ensure quality evidence-based care for the patients. The non-governmental organisation…