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A 30-year-old self-styled spiritualist who defrauded a couple under the pretext of providing them winning lotto numbers, has been sentenced to two years imprisonment by a Kumasi Circuit Court. Hassan Talha, who is also a herbalist, is said to have succeeded in collecting GH¢2,000.00 from the couple to buy some items to perform rituals to conjure the winning numbers, but the numbers failed to drop. He was able to convince the couple to again part away with an amount totalling GH¢94,000.00 to enable him to buy some items to perform rituals to retrieve gold allegedly buried in their family house…

Mr Martin Kpebu[/caption] A private legal practitioner, Martin Kpebu is urging President Akufo-Addo to permanently suspend the upcoming referendum on multi-party participation at the local governance level. According to him, the December 17 is nothing but a “waste” of the nation’s resources. Relying heavily on the work of the Constitution Review Commission which suggested that “majority” of Ghanaians disapprove of partisan politics at the district assembly elections, Mr. Kpebu asked Ghanaians to vote ‘NO’ if the referendum is held. Speaking on TV3’s Saturday news analysis show, The Key Points, the lawyer wants the president to listen to the NO advocates…

The President of Coconut Federation of Ghana, Patrick Ndabiah, has called on President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, to consider the inclusion of coconut into the National Tree Crop Authority Bill which is expected to be passed by Parliament by the end of 2019. In an interview, Mr. Ndabiah said government has a responsibility to champion the commercial cultivation of Ghana’s coconut for export to the international market which has a high demand for the fruit. He said government must also acknowledge the contribution of the coconut industry in addressing unemployment as well as its potential as a reliable source of…

The President of Coconut Federation of Ghana, Patrick Ndabiah, has called on President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, to consider the inclusion of coconut into the National Tree Crop Authority Bill which is expected to be passed by Parliament by the end of 2019. In an interview, Mr. Ndabiah said government has a responsibility to champion the commercial cultivation of Ghana’s coconut for export to the international market which has a high demand for the fruit. He said government must also acknowledge the contribution of the coconut industry in addressing unemployment as well as its potential as a reliable source of…

Ranking member of Parliament’s finance committee, Casiel Ato Forson has asked Minister of Communications Ursula Owusu-Ekuful to drop the idea of taxing mobile money profits of telecommunications companies. This comes after the Communications  Minister urged the Minister of Finance and by extension the Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) to consider taxing the mobile network operators for all profits received from mobile money transactions which she claims is in the region of 80 million Ghana cedis monthly. But the former deputy minister of finance, Ato Forson argues the move will amount to double taxation as the total profits of communication companies are…

Ranking member of Parliament’s finance committee, Casiel Ato Forson has asked Minister of Communications Ursula Owusu-Ekuful to drop the idea of taxing mobile money profits of telecommunications companies. This comes after the Communications  Minister urged the Minister of Finance and by extension the Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) to consider taxing the mobile network operators for all profits received from mobile money transactions which she claims is in the region of 80 million Ghana cedis monthly. But the former deputy minister of finance, Ato Forson argues the move will amount to double taxation as the total profits of communication companies are…

A US diplomat told Donald Trump Ukraine would carry out investigations the president had asked for, a US official testified at the impeachment inquiry. State department official David Holmes said he had overheard this during a call in July between Mr Trump and the US envoy to the EU, Gordon Sondland. Mr Holmes said the call came a day after Mr Trump asked Kyiv to probe ex-Vice-President Joe Biden. Mr Trump has dismissed the impeachment inquiry as “presidential harassment”. The inquiry is investigating whether Mr Trump withheld US military aid to Ukraine in order to pressure the country’s new President…

University of Professional Studies, Accra (UPSA) fought off a determined Wisconsin International University College (WIUC) side to emerge champions of the 2019 Newsroom contest. In a brain-racking three-round encounter that had tension, emotions and passion rolled into one, the finalists won a round apiece, leaving the final round – which is the debate – to decide where the diadem goes. Determined to make good their host and win mantra, UPSA put up a spirited performance which opened for them, an eight-point gap in the final round to which WIUC couldn’t find answers. This is the second time UPSA has participated…

There’s nothing wrong with needing some help with getting yourself off. Using a sex toy to spice up a solo session is very common, and research by Lovehoney in 2017 even revealed that using a sex toy could make a woman’s orgasm last 17% longer – and who doesn’t want that? Problems only arise when we turn to more unusual items to make ourselves climax, some of which could be damaging to our genitals. Earlier this year, we warned men not to masturbate with pineapple juice (it will sting and could lead to infections) or to rub toothpaste on their…

Ranking member of Parliament’s finance committee, Casiel Ato Forson has asked Minister of Communications Ursula Owusu-Ekuful to drop the idea of taxing mobile money profits of telecommunications companies. This comes after the Communications  Minister urged the Minister of Finance and by extension the Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) to consider taxing the mobile network operators for all profits received from mobile money transactions which she claims is in the region of 80 million Ghana cedis monthly. But the former deputy minister of finance, Ato Forson argues the move will amount to double taxation as the total profits of communication companies are…