The Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Africa Integras, Andrea Pizziconi, has backtracked on her earlier accusation which suggested that the Vice-Chancellor (VC) of University of Ghana (UG), Professor Ebenezer Oduro-Owusu, sexually harassed her. According to her, the Professor never harassed nor did she ever say in her earlier tweet that she was harassed. She rather […]
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President Trump is the ‘most mentally ill human being in America’-Rihanna
Rihanna has called President Donald Trump “the most mentally ill human being in America right now.” Gracing the November issue of Vogue, the 31-year-old singer spoke about the gun violence in America and called the president out following the two mass shootings in 24 hours back in August 2019. “The fact that it’s classified as something different because […]
Mexico: Mayor dragged through streets for failing to fulfil campaign promise
Eleven people have been arrested in southern Mexico after the mayor of their village was dragged out of his office, tied to a pick-up truck and dragged through the streets. Police intervened to free Mayor Jorge Luis Escandón Hernández, who reportedly suffered no major injuries. It was the second attack by farmers demanding that he […]
Sexual Harassment: My accuser is a desperate and frustrated ‘liar’- Legon Vice Chancellor
The Vice Chancellor of the University of Ghana, Professor Ebenezer Owusu-Oduro has described sexual harassment claims made by Andrea Pizziconi against him as borne out of desperation and frustration. He insists that the accusations are not true and can never be true touting himself as a man of impeccable moral conduct who will never stoop so […]
Woman waits for husband still in coma for 37 years
The story of Bernadette Adams, the wife of former French footballer, Jean-Pierre Adams has resonated with many around the world. Bernadette’s love for her husband who is still in a coma for over three decades now continues to excite and marvel many. Her husband’s life was brutally turned upside down in 1982 when then 34 years […]
Passport facial recognition checks fail to work with dark skin
When it launched a new passport checking service, the Home Office knew that it had trouble handling some shades of skin, a report in the New Scientist has revealed. The facial recognition technology failed to recognise the features of some people with very light or dark skin. The problem had become apparent during trials of the […]
Elizabeth Ohene writes: The missing outrage
In 1952, I was seven years old, I was in Class Three and I was living in Abutia with my grandmother. There was a celebration marking the opening of a bridge near or in a village called Podoe, which meant the road was now opened from Abutia to Juapong. I am told there was a […]
Telcos deliberately sabotaging gov’t because they’re being monitored
Dr. Mark Assibey Yeboah, Chairman of Parliament’s Finance Committee, has accused telecommunication companies of making government unpopular regarding the implementation of the 9% increment in the Communication Service Tax (CST). Consumers started paying more for communication services following the implementation of the 9% CST on October 1, 2019. Speaking to journalists after an Article IV […]
Africa can’t compete west with ‘cutlass and hoe’ – Dumelo
Ghanaian actor and Ayawaso West Wuogon parliamentary aspirant, John Dumelo has said that Africa needs technological approach to achieve agricultural revolution. He said this on his Facebook page after speaking at today’s edition of this year’s Sahara Sparks ongoing in Tanzania He said Africa cannot compete with the rest of the world if it continuously rely […]
Our credibility at stake if MMDCEs referendum fails – Akufo-Addo
The President, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has urged his appointees to ensure the success of a planned National referendum aimed at making the position of Metropolitan, Municipal and District Executive an elected one. Addressing Chief Executives of some 27 Assemblies in the Ashanti region on Wednesday as part of his tour of the region, the […]
Ocultist arrested for allegedly killing his aunt
The Sege police last Sunday arrested 24 year old Isaiah Tetteh Sebbie at Goi, a suburb of Sege, for allegedly butchering his aunt for ‘ritual’ purposes. The deceased, Madam Tornyasi Sebbie, aged 70, is said to be at logger heads with the suspect before her untimely death. Sege Police Commander DSP George Aboagye told the […]
Man forges wife’s signature, divorces her without her knowledge
An American man is presently on the run after he allegedly forged his estranged wife’s signature on their divorce papers. According to the New York Daily News, Paul Nixon – who hails from Texas – ‘fraudulently’ divorced his wife without her knowledge. Mr. Nixon is now being sought after for submitting false documents and false information […]