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The Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) has served notice it will be taxing street beggars as part of moves to widen the tax net. The exercise will also target individuals, especially women selling Dubai Wax prints and other imports through door-to-door and neighboring nationals trading on bicycles in the Northern region. The Principal Revenue Chief at the Small Tax Payer Office of the GRA in the Northern region Alhaji Yahaya Mohammed told journalists that some individuals occupying the streets are now harvesting a lot of daily earnings that fall within the tax threshold. “Those who carry things on their heads to sell (hawkers) be it cloth or consumables, we will tax them, how much more people who earn daily,” the Revenue Officer said. “GRA taxes foreigners in town and by law the beggars fall within the taxable threshold,” Alhaji Mohammed stressed, adding that those into alms taking as a form of business and a “hobby” should be ready to pay tax on their earnings. Alhaji Yahaya, h...

A BIRTH TODAY A birth today. It all love! In times like this, The miners seek over treasures than life, But comes out with nothing than half, The little gold on the spring balance, May weigh more legal tender in hands, Where thy worth is not measurable in this heart, In your thoughts you keeps fumbling, A true worth of the love u can't perceive in my eyes, But bounds in thy dreams only when you look straight in this heart, For what the miners keeps looking for, Very bountiful you find in this heart as harvest, Feel thy heart with joy first, Place thy head on my left breast, In joy, thy birthday song is been played, Where could u've been if not here. The clouds may fall to darkness, As our sight to our love ones in the ways of the bat, Dark and blind in thy thoughts, But the waves of thy love shows us the path, A birthday today is not only a dream to thy happiness, But a heart joy offering poured upon thy years, Where a plate of good health we want...

Manchester United Red, yellow and the spear, The devil it bare but glorious we fair, Win! win!! we share, Where loose pierced our heart in thirst, Running on the rails through to our dreams, Trumpets fancied on the theatre of dreams, Glory! glory!! we sung in history, 1998 it been kept as a seed, Thou jealousy from the treble thy eyes bleed, In unity I feed, in United I have been, Climbing the ladders with Sir's and Charlton's, An archives of waving trophies, A famine land breeding groceries, The reds side of counting histories, Manchester! Manchester!! we shouted, The red side in United. @jcsonjenuis

A mother who beat her eight-year-old ailing daughter to death has been arrested by the police and currently being prepared for court. The Korle-Bu District Police apprehended the 38-year-old mother of four at Korle-Gonno in Accra following a tip-off. According to police, Larteley Mensah beat young Tani Sanni until she passed away. Police sources say the young girl suffered at hands of her own mother because she failed to cover up her vomit with sand as she had been instructed to do. The eight-year-old had been battling a chronic skin disease. Tani Sanni had been staying with her dad following the separation of her parents, however, due to the deterioration of her chronic skin disease, the father brought her to her mother for proper care. Body Larteley Mensah reportedly sought the help of two individuals who assisted her to bury the body secretly at midnight at Lavender Hill. Lavender Hill is an area in Jamestown situated in close proximity to where liquid waste is dis...

 The Vice-President, Dr Mahamudu Bawumia, on Thursday cut the sod for work to begin on a 5.4-kilometre road from the Tema Steel Works Junction through the offices of the Driver and Vehicle Licencing Authority (DVLA) to the Tema Oil Refinery (TOR) Junction in Tema. The project, being financed by the government of Ghana, is expected to be completed in 18 months. The work will be undertaken by Messrs Joshob Construction Company and Lemef Construction Limited, both local companies. A mini-durbar of the chiefs and people of the Tema Traditional Area and captains of industry was organised to herald the project. Significance The Vice-President said the project was a pilot one that could be extended to some major roads in the country, since it was cheaper building a concrete road than an asphalt road. Download and install the Graphic News App for the latest news in Ghana and digital replica's of Graphic Publications According to him, the road was selected based on its func...

     The Ga Traditional Council (GTC) has placed a ban on drumming and noise-making in the traditional area starting from May 14 to June 14, 2018.      The one-month long ban is a custom that precedes the celebration of the Homowo Festival of the chiefs and people of Ga Mashie.      Nii Dodoo Nsaki II, the Acting President of the GTC announced this when he addressed a news conference at the Ga Mantse Palace in Accra on Monday.      He called on the chiefs and the elders of Accra and its environs to ensure that the ban was enforced in their respective areas in collaboration with the local district Assemblies.      Nii Dodoo Nsaki said a monitoring team had been put in place with special identity cards to ensure the compliance of the ban with the support of the Police, Asafoatsemei and the Accra Metropolitan Assembly special taskforce.      “They will visit flashy points and arrest reca...

 “No one loved my children more than I do. God knows I love them very well, but as a Muslim, I take consolation in the fact that God loves them more… He gave them to me and He has taken them.” These were the words of Mustapha Issah, father of the three children, who died through insecticide poisoning last Friday at Abavana Down, Kotobabi, a suburb of Accra. He said, “I have spoken with my wife, and we accept it in good faith just as the Quran has directed and we shall be fine.” The children, identified as Sultan Mustapha and Alia Mustapha, nine-month-old twin girls and their two-year-old brother, Salia Mustapha, died while receiving treatment at the 37 Military Hospital when they were rushed there together with their parents for treatment for suffering respiratory challenges. The father, Mustapha Issah and wife, Muniratu Ibrahim, survived the insecticide poisoning and are doing well. How It All Happened Narrating how the incident occurred to DAILY GUIDE at their Abava...

 A 26-year-old woman has been sentenced to 24 months in prison with hard labour for throwing her day-old baby girl on a refuse dump by the Kade District Magistrate Court. The baby was found dead on the dump hill with parts of the body eaten by pigs. The convict, Comfort Asor also known as Ataa Panin, unemployed, pleaded guilty with explanation. Prosecuting, Police Detective Inspector Isaac Owusu Achaiw said, on April 15, 2017 at about 7:30pm, the Kade District Police command received a call that a body believed to be a day-old baby had been found dead on a refuse dump at Akyem Abodom in the Eastern Region. The Police proceeded to the scene and found that half of the body from the lower abdomen through the legs including the eyes of the baby had been eaten by pigs. Investigations revealed that on April, 13, 2017, at about 6am, the convict who was pregnant went to deliver at the maternity home of one Ellen Amposah, a traditional birth attendant at Abodom. After the accu...

 Tragedy hit a young couple in Accra when they lost their three children to death through insecticide poisoning. The children, nine-month-old twin girls and their two-year-old brother, died at Abavana Down, a suburb of Accra, last Friday night. They had ingested a deadly substance called organo-phosphate found in a product called Topstoxin, a fumigation tablet for the control of insects in stored grain, processed food and feeds, and neighbours rushed them and their parents to the 37 Military Hospital for medical care. The substance, also known as AlP, is used as a rodenticide and insecticide and a fumigant for stored cereal grains. Experts say it is used to kill small verminous mammals such as moles and rodents. The incident occurred after one of the parents had sprayed their home with the poisonous substance to get rid of cockroaches. According to hospital sources, the mother of the deceased children dissolved some of the tablets and sprayed it indoors to kill cockro...

 “There is no unity, there is no love. When you are progressing in the industry, people try to pull you down,” Prince David Osei. Speaking to Abeiku Santana on UTV’s ATUU show, the US-based Ghanaian actor said some of the attitudes by his colleagues hinder the progress of the industry. “Sometimes those saying things about you have not spent even two minutes with you before, just because he/she knows you in the industry, they say all sought of things to tarnish your image and reputation” he stated. Prince David Osei further stated that unlike the Ghana movie industry, there is so much love and unity within the Nollywood actors and actress. “Even if someone has a busy schedule and there is a role for him or her to play in a production, he or she can pass the role to a different person but it is not the same in Ghana. It is only backbiting that they know best,” he stressed. Prince David Osei believes until the actors and the actresses become one in the industry there is no...

MUSE The sound of a muse My thought absorbs are truly in nudes, Perceived the goddess generations of the semens of Zeus, Those imaginative smiles like a memory of the nine muses, The protection of her heart, the death of Achilles, Overcoming the proud death of Romeo-Juliet, Foolish in the eyes of the man without love belt, Muse!! Your love art drawn on this inspiring smiles, Love gain in pain stand the same, In calls high on the mountain she came, Palms open thy heart she gave thy love on this day, Forgone the "Yeats" words on never give all the heart for love, But the well understanding of the pragma stands above, A calming relationship of the melting magma, She? A royal storm over this heart mountain, When her love rains falls on the mountain into the fountain, The queen is clean and her love is keen, Finely sharpened and fiercely piercing the heart of the king, Still staring into the fountain glass, A bulky eyes dreaming for the love to last, Muse...

ROCKSTAR   On the strings of the sounding hap, You lying beside me won't be bad, On the bed of your heart back, With the little tweets in my ear, A sound grammar like words of Shakespeare, Turn me on the strings, heart engineer, Whiles you make thy heart lies in a cool pool, From the walking source of this river, A day, anytime I hear from you, In a manner I laid stupidly on the dead wood, All to die in your life for full, As the sweets of the honey flows on dreaming, It in the river you did use as a bait, This heart is for you and yours in me, On the river preparing this heart on plate to taste, Not in the test exams we failed, In the dark clouds we saw the rainbow, Tied around the heart necklace for today and tomorrow, Where tomorrow never comes stand forever, Not the sick paint on the walls it keep reaping, The rains are not active until June, Those walls quipped with cement not to break, When the cattle dies at the anger of the gun, Why does thy hear...

 Actor Abraham Attah is all grown up now and a lot has, indeed, changed about him from when he had a stint with the movie industry. He shared a shot of himself at the gym on April 1 on Instagram, showing off his shirtless body and six-packs to the world. The shots were perhaps taken to let everyone see the changes he has been going through in his body, even though this is not his first time of going shirtless on social media. Indeed, the transformation is awesome, and his followers are loving him for that. His post early April had over 11,000 likes on the social platform. The Ghanaian-born Hollywood actor got his break in 2015 film ‘Beasts Of No Nation’ for his lead role of child soldier Agu. Attah was awarded the Marcello Mastroianni’s best young actor award at the 72nd Venice International Film Festival and other several awards for his role. He is currently living in the U.S. for his career and education and was in 2017 featured in Marvel film ‘Spider-Man: Homecoming’...

SINKING SHIP The Voice I heard, cold in sadness, The tap flowing from her displeased eyes, Where thy heart soaked with the piercing pins of pains, Tattered in the soaking mouth of mud, Dirty now in a damp squib, The heart shape you kept drawing, now dead as dodo, Where is the picture we took? Out of the options I stood in the dung, The dreams are faded and hard to follow, Whiles she kept singing the song of the sinking ship, Her heart is crippled, as you saw in crochets, The heart lying on the floor down to earth, Drunk in love with morning palm wine brewed, From a stage drama she took to be mocked, Whiles the murmuring of her teasing pain got her knocked, Thou cast out her drying pain on the harmattan, Hunting dust in her sinking ship, For he left her to slip to skip the traveling ship, A journey she dreamt of living with the Titanic ship, The tears on the eyes of the ship, Whiles it slips out of the grips of the sea with a swallowing bow, Thy heart is empty ...

 Actress Priscilla Agyemang, known as Ahoufe Patri in the showbiz, has debunked rumours she is pregnant. The actress rubbished claims that she smokes weed. Speaking to JoyNews’ MzGee at the just ended 2018 Ghana Music Awards, Ahoufe Patri admitted that stories about her smoking weed were a blow because her mother was involved. “You can’t bully me. I mean when you hear something like that about yourself and also because they [rumour mongers] involved my Mum that [and] was below the belt and it got me but I am good now,” she said. The actress cum video vixen initially refused to respond to the weed smoking claim but later when asked if she was pregnant, she rebutted. “Ok so the weed allegation is not true and I am not pregnant,” she stressed. Background Ahuofe Patri of Kalybos fame (real name Priscilla Opoku Agyeman) has become the next Bob Marley in Ghana, smoking too much weed such that her own family is deeply worried about her general wellbeing, GhanaCelebrities.C...

Three persons suspected to be Ghanaians have been arrested in Britain for being part of a 13-member drug syndicate that smuggled £32 million (GH¢203,001,958.59) worth of cocaine and cannabis into the country. The three, Felicia Kufour, Mark Agoro, 52 and Wilfred Owusu, 30 were arrested in separate raids across the southern part of England with other members of the gang in 2016. Mark Agoro has been sentenced to 14 years and 6 months in prison whilst Wilfred Owusu received a 20-year sentence. Felicia Kufour however, is still awaiting her sentence. Felicia was arrested when she went to the Heathrow Airport to pick up a drug-laden bag from a Rio flight. According to a report by dailymail.co.uk, she was waiting in arrivals to pick up the bag, but staff of the British Airways noticed the Rio suitcase should not be there and rolled it away. Upon sensing danger, Kufour tried to flee but was seized by border force officers. The report further indicated that Mark Agoro and Wilfred...

An Circuit Court has issued a bench warrant for the arrest of Braimah Kamoko popularly known as “Bukom Banku,” for failing to appear before it. The boxer, together with five others, four of whom are at large, is facing charges of assault, causing damage and two counts of causing harm but failed to attend court when the case was called on Tuesday, April 17. One Albert Annan alias Agya One, businessmen and second accused has been also been charged for assaulting Bukom’s son. They had earlier on denied the charges and were granted bail.   The case has been adjourned to April 19. Prosecuting, Chief Inspector Emmanuel Ohene Agyei, told the Court presided over by Madam Marian Affoh that the prosecution witnesses are Ziyad Musah the Assemblyman of Amamomo Electoral Area in James Town and Mavis Moffat, a businesswoman both residents at James Town. Kamoko also lives at Bukom whilst his accomplice, a businessman lives at Amamomo, all in Accra. On April 2, this year, at about ...

A High Court in Tamale on Tuesday granted bail to the embattled nurse of the Damongo Government Hospital accused of raping an Italian national who was receiving treatment for malaria at the facility more than a week ago. Ernest Green, 28, who has been in police custody since April 06, was slapped with a bail sum of GH100, 000 with one surety. The Court, presided over by Justice Osei Kwame Gyamfi quashed an earlier decision by a Circuit Court to remand the accused nurse in custody until April 26. The High Court Judge ruled that the suspect be released from police custody because prosecutors have failed to give him hearing since his arrest. Justice Osei Gyamfi also said prosecutors could not provide medical report about the rape claim by the alleged victim. The ruling today raised more questions about the credibility of the ongoing police investigation into the matter, but the duty of the High Court was limited only to deciding whether the suspect should be bailed from police...

 A 30-year-old Journalist has been stabbed to death at Bekwai in the Ashanti region. An eyewitness told host of Kumasi Morning Show, Akwesi Agudey, on Kumasi 104.1 FM on Monday, 16 April 2018, that she was found dead in a pool of blood in her residence around 6:00pm on Sunday, 15 April 2018. The deceased, Ama Agyeiwaa Kodie, popularly called Portia was stabbed in the chest. She was a News Anchor for Bekwai based DESS FM. Bekwai Municipal Police Commander, DSP Edward Obeng Boateng, has confirmed the incident. He said investigations have commenced into the case. Source: peacefmonline

NOEMA Noéma (Thoughts) Twinkle twinkle little stars The birds kept flying Where our faith lies behind bars On a long jailed term we went buying As the little truth gathered spat farce. There she gathered her thoughts to trade A bounty ideas brought as offering A bound of love in heart came to our aid As joy of logs set for burnt offering, Where could the smiles mines fades? In our thoughts the cemetery doors are closed forever Whiles the death souls keeps lingering And her baby keeps shivering the fever A phantom manifestation we keep clinging The overflow of our tears exceeding our laughter. Noéma by Jcsonjenuis

One of Ghana’s favourite Afrobeats musicians, Patapaa, who was very confident of grabbing the “Song of the Year” award at the 2018 Vodafone Ghana Music Awards lost his temper and stormed out of the venue after losing out to Fancy Gadam. Before the main ceremony held at the Accra International Conference Centre on Saturday, April 14, the Swedru-based singer had granted several interviews where he bragged about winning the “Song of the Year" accolade. But, unfortunately for him, Tamale-based Afrobeats performer Fancy Gadam won the award with his major hit single, titled “Total Cheat” featuring Sarkodie  Fancy beat competitions from late Ebony Reigns, KiDi, Kuami Eugene, Shatta Wale, Joe Mettle, Captain Planet, Magnom, King Promise, Sarkodie and Patapaa to win the award. Shortly after the announcement, Patapaa was spotted having a skirmish with his management before storming out of the auditorium. It’s unclear why he stormed out but many speculated that his actions w...

BROKEN I smiled trying, when love came crying, In a pool of tears I tried finding, Where the mud I fell in I tried washing, Soaked still in the thoughts of past dirt, A fall from height in hurt, A Brut drink I seek for these thirst, Whiles wine mocks this journey I trek, A dry throat I feels on this desert, As pain care a hoot to the eye, A debris of a heart kept for the next eye, Where skeptic seek the reality in sight, Joy remains a threat on the empty streets, As the next stroll I'm taking with fear treat. Broken @jcsonjenuis

 Crowds have gathered in South Africa for the funeral of the anti-apartheid campaigner, Winnie Madikizela-Mandela. Thousands of mourners have crowded into a stadium in Soweto, near Johannesburg, where the campaigner is being given a high-level send-off. Her casket was draped in the national flag, and her granddaughter Swati Dlamini Mandela read the eulogy. Mrs Madikizela-Mandela, former wife of Nelson Mandela, died earlier this month at the age of 81. A controversial figure, Mrs Madikizela-Mandela was lauded for her role in the anti-apartheid struggle. But she later shunned by the political elite for endorsing punishment killings for government informers. Mrs Madikizela-Mandela was a social worker when she met her future husband, then a prominent anti-apartheid campaigner, in the 1950s. They were married for a total of 38 years. For almost three decades of that time, they were separated by Mr Mandela's long imprisonment. They had two daughters together.  Sour...

A Final-year General Arts student of the Mozano Senior High School in the Central Region Portia Donkor has met her untimely death after her cloth caught fire during prayers in church. The mother of the 18-year-old student Efua Asantewaa had taken her to the church for prayers to aid her pass successfully the ongoing WASSCE exams but things went sour for the girl. Efua Eguama , 45, the Prophetess and leader of the African Faith Church  at Breman Bedum  whose church the girl’s  family had visited is said to have poured oil on the girl in the course of the church service . She is said to have lit a candle and given to the girl to hold as part of the fortification process to help her pass the WASSCE exams. The cloth of the student however caught fire in the process causing her to suffer severe burns and had to be sent to the Breman Asikuma hospital as the fire could not be readily quenched,  and later transferred to the Korle Bu Teaching hospital where she passed...

Many African countries are starting to look toward Asia to develop deeper economic relationships and tap into the region’s abundant investment resources to fund development needs, Ghanaian Finance Minister Ken Ofori-Atta said Wednesday in an interview with The Japan Times. The finance minister, who was on a roughly one week trip to Tokyo to raise awareness about investment opportunities in Ghana, also stressed the need for African countries to diversify trade and investment relationships within Asia. “China has had a growing influence in Africa for some time. But most African countries are beginning to see how there could be a balance in terms of their relationship with Asia,” Ofori-Atta said. “I think Japan offers a solid alternative to a multipolar global diplomacy, and it is of interest for Africa to have diversity of options for ourselves,” he added. Ofori-Atta was also quick to point out that geopolitical considerations were not the only factor behind his country’s decis...

 Residents close to the Adabraka Market in Accra have complained about the bites of strange Mosquitoes which could lead to an epidemic due to unsanitary conditions in the area. This is due to the bad stench emanating from the drains and homes. Some foreign nationals believed to be Malians and Nigeriens are allegedly buying and selling used bottles that breed the strange Mosquitoes. Owing to the situation, the residents, especially children, often rush to various hospitals to seek treatment for severe Malaria and other diseases. Also, the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) transformers in the community are covered with heaps of used bottles, as if they are going to be recycled. This came to light during the National Sanitation Day at Adabraka, led by Victor Acquaye, Director of Public Health Department of the AMA. Vincent Yaw Ofori, a resident of the area, who spoke to Ghana News Agency (GNA) said, “We are confronted with grave sanitation problems because a large numbe...

A fatal accident that occurred at the Newmont Ahafo Mine at Kenyasi No 2 in the Brong Ahafo Region on Saturday, April 7, 2018 has claimed the lives of six workers. The deceased have been identified by the police as Kwadwo Asare, Gideon Amankwaa, Kojo Bismarch, Ben Brako, Agyei Wale and Ebenezer Sarfo. They were workers of Consar Company Limited, a sub-contracting firm which had been contracted to construct a reclaim tunnel roof at the Ahafo Mill Expansion Project. They were on the site Saturday when the structure collapsed and trapped them. Four others, Musa Sulemana, Seth Kwame, Daniel Dzitor and one other person who got injured during the accident were treated and discharged at the SOS Clinic of the mine. The Brong Ahafo Regional Police Public Relations Officer, Chief Inspector Augustine Oppong told the Daily Graphic that the bodies of the deceased had been sent to the St Elizabeth Catholic Hospital at Hwidiem for autopsy. Meanwhile, a statement signed and issued by the...

Western Cape Coast When women carries their pan In joy of the welcoming boat, And the songs from shore calling a market, The little murmurings of our folks And the meeting faith of their little penny, Till the little taken home fed a family, And songs traded to welcome canoes to the shores, On a thought our nets are filled with dreams, Dreams and melodies from the drums Around a set log-fire, Stretching our joy over night down Elmina  in the full brim of the calabash, Till the morning  journey on the gulf is set, And men gather their toils over the shores, To the incantation melodies awaiting arrival. @jcsonjenuis

 A photo of beautiful actress Nadia Buari in which she flaunts her beautiful wedding ring has sighted. The actress is captured in an impressive white dress which looks almost like a wedding dress. Nadia wears the golden ring on her wedding finger, indicating that she might have been officially married by now. Sometime ago, news about her beautiful twin girls went haywire, but the actress was tight-lipped about who the father of the baby is. She was also not forthcoming with information as to whether they were married, or just the normal “celebrity baby mama and baby daddy” thing. Therefore, the latest flaunting of the ring shows that Nadia may be officially married. According to reports, the father of her twins is an Arab who is a business tycoon. Nadia Buari is noted for dating high-profiled celebrities including Ghanaian football legend, Michael Essien, and Nollywood “bad boy” Jim Ike. Her relationship with Michael Essien hit the rocks after several cheating alleg...

 Talented comedian Golda Adukwei Bulley has found unimaginable fame on Twitter with her videos mimicking Funke Akindele’s role as Jenifer in the hit series Jenifer diaries. With over 15,000 views , 3,000 Retweets and counting Golda Bulley is the new trend queen and has been contacted by several producers to appear on their set, albeit the fact that she is fairly new in the entertainment circles. Her almost unidentifiable act to that of Funke Akindele has got social media amazed as to how she perfected the art of impersonation. In an interview with THE DAILY HERITAGE, the young and vibrant Adukwei Bulley revealed that she is a huge fan of Funke Akindele and has over the years learnt to walk, talk and dress like her. “That is not to say I don’t have my personal brand, I do, but I just love mimicking Funke. Her originality is top notch.” she explained. She revealed that her type of comedy will get the world talking about Ghanaian comedy and raise the standard and practise ...

The Goaso Circuit Court in the Brong Ahafo Region, has remanded a 50- year -old man, Awudu Saani, for allegedly defiling a 9-year-old class three pupil. Police Chief Inspector P. K. Abochi told the court presided over by Mr. Mathew Anor Keremamteng, that both the victim and the suspect lives in the same vicinity at Goaso Zongo. He said on March 31, 2018, the suspect was returning to the house from work when upon reaching Goaso SDA school, he saw the victim playing with her colleagues. Awudu Saani then lured the 9-year-old into one of the classrooms and sexually abused her. He said the suspect after the act, asked the victim to go out of the classroom. The victim narrated her ordeal to a police officer deployed to the area which subsequently led to the arrest of the suspect. The victim was taken to Goaso Government Hospital for treatment where doctors confirmed the act. The suspect has pleaded not guilty, and was remanded to reappear in court on April 18, 2018. Source:...

 Three members of the Supreme Canons Band of the 66 Artillery Regiment, Volta Barracks in Ho, did not survive when the Styre Troops Carrier Military truck with registration number 72- GA- 70 on which they were travelling veered off the road and fell into a ditch. The accident, which occurred close to Spring Fields University campus, near Adaklu Township on the Ho-Kpetoe road, involved 15 members of the Band who were travelling to Akatsi Abor for an Easter programme. Confirming the incident to DAILY GUIDE, the Regional Commander of the Motor Traffic and Transport Department (MTTD) of the Ghana Police Service, Chief Superintendent Victor Oduro Abrokwa, said all occupants of the truck, including the driver, sustained various degrees of injury and were rushed to the Volta Regional Hospital where three of them died on arrival. He said seven others who were in critical condition were airlifted to the 37 Military Hospital for further treatment a day after the incident, “whiles the...

 WhatsApp just introduced 5 new features in its latest update. The app developers are busy working on some brand new features as WhatsApp is the most popular chat app in the world, the Facebook-owned chat app has been introducing many features since the app launched back in 2009. So without further ado, let’s get to the list of new features of WhatsApp. 1. WhatsApp lets you ditch your old number easily WhatsApp feature is already rolling out for the latest Android beta version (2.18.97) of the app. It allows users to migrate their account information, groups, and settings to a brand new number without deleting the account. This feature will be quite useful to WhatsApp users who want to ditch their old number. The best thing about this feature is that it will be able to notify all their contacts about having switched from an old number to a new one. Users can now even narrow this down to contacts they’ve had chats with or any specific contacts. To use this feature of change n...

 The Adanwomase Kente Weavers and Sellers Association in the Ashanti Region has woven and named a new Kente cloth ‘Oseadeeyo Akufo-Addo’ in honour of President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo. That, according to the association, was to give due recognition to the President for fulfilling three cardinal campaign promises — the introduction of the free senior high school policy, the restoration of teacher and nursing trainee allowances and the institutionalisation of the Office of the Special Prosecutor to fight corruption. Making the presentation during a call on the President at the Jubilee House yesterday, the Secretary of the association, Kwame Nyame, expressed the hope that the gesture would encourage the President to fulfill the rest of his campaign promises to the Ghanaian people. Mr Nyame said the Kente weaving industry was a viable source of employment for the youth of the country and, in that regard, called on the government to pay considerable attention to the industry...

 A facebook user only identified Poko Poko has narrated the inside story about how a University graduate was led to commit suicide after three years of unemployment. In a post that has since gone viral and sighted by MyNewsGH.com, the worried friend wrote: I’ve never felt this sober in my life; I write this with tears drawing contours on my cheeks. I’ve this Muslim friend in my hood called Yussif. Yesterday I closed from work and got home around 7:18PM only to find him sitting at the corner of a park doing nothing. When he saw me coming, as usual, ‘boys boys’ thing, he started “Poko, hearsay your money come oo”.. and I jokingly replied ” Charley the money de33 ecome but time no dey to spend am”.(I lied). Right after saying that, I could see sadness written all over his face but I ignored it, cracked few jokes with him and started walking home. He called me back and said, “Poko, Charley ehard oo. A come dey house like 3years after uni but no job. Momee too dey give me pres...

 It’s one of the few age-old sexual stereotypes based on scientifically-proven fact: heterosexual men prefer younger women, regardless of their own age. However, a new study into age limits of considered and actual sexual partners has found that contrary to popular belief, men’s preferred age-range actually expands as they get older, in other words, it’s not just younger women they’re attracted to. That’s not to say men don’t still have a penchant for women in their twenties, in fact, the research revealed that the youngest age men claim to be attracted to remains the same no matter how old they are i.e. a 40-year-old man would still consider a relationship with a 22-year-old woman when he turns 50 and 60 and so on. Published in the journal PsyArXiv, psychologists at Åbo Akademi University in Turku, Finland, confirmed that women have a much narrower age range, preferring male partners who are either older than them or close to their own age. When it comes to explaining th...

A total of 1,129 illegal miners have so far been arrested nationwide by anti-galamsey task force, Operation Vanguard. The joint police and military task force has also confiscated 489 excavators in its operations. Public Relations Officer (PRO) for Operation Vanguard, Squadron Leader Omane-Agyei, told host of Kumasi Morning Show, Akwesi Agudey on Kumasi 104.1 FM on Tuesday, 3 April 2018 that 285 of the excavators have also been moved to the various district assemblies while some 204 others have been immobilised at various galamsey sites. He said 132 of the illegal miners have been convicted and sentenced to prison while some others have also been fined. Squadron Leader Omane-Agyei said the various courts are currently on break, adding that “maybe around May, you will see more of our cases come up in court". Source: ClassFMonline

Beginning April 1, 2018, persons not registered with the GRA to be issued with a Tax Identification Number (TIN) will find it impossible to conduct official business and access some basic public services in the country. The Commissioner General of the Ghana Revenue Authority, Emmanuel Kofi Nti, Tuesday told journalists at a press briefing that persons without a TIN will be unable to open a bank account, file a case in court, acquire a passport or obtain a driver's licence. Mr Nti added that persons without TIN numbers will also be unable to register a vehicle, clear goods in commercial quantities from the ports or register any title to land or any document affecting land. “[The] policy is not a new tax for citizens even though it is to enhance revenue generation by ensuring that all potential taxpayers are captured,” Mr Nti stressed.4 “I wish to reiterate that registration for TIN comes at no cost to the taxpayer, it is absolutely free…we appeal to the public to take note...

A senior corporate manager from Malawi, has publicly revealed intimate details about the paternity of four of children he assumed were his. The man’s revelations come after a DNA test proved that four of the six children he had with his wife, Miriam, were not his. He broke the news to his relatives on a family WhatsApp group platform. He further gave the family the permission to feel free to share the information as widely as they wanted, saying there ‘nothing to hide’. In the message which has now been repeatedly shared on social media platforms, the man said: “You may have been hearing rumours regarding what is happening with my family. This message is meant to communicate the correct position of the situation.” He then goes on to explain that he decided to order DNA tests for his children on January 28 and received the results on March 1. He announced the results and asked for people to pray for the children who would be traumatised by the turn of events. He said: ...