The seven deadly sins of relationships are like dating deal breakers but with the ante significantly upped. Here are seven ways to damn a relationship just when it begins, or after years of commitment: #1. Fighting unfairly: There’s no nice way to fight, but it must be done. You don’t want to be a dirty ...

Two people have been killed in clashes between pro-Ukrainian and pro-Russian activists in Ukraine’s eastern city of Kharkiv, officials say. Five people were injured overnight, as gunshots were fired. Rival groups blamed each other for the violence. Earlier, Russia and the US failed to agree on how to resolve the crisis in Ukraine’s Crimea region, ...

Big businesses should make a commitment to give at least 20% of philanthropic spending to education projects, according to an international campaign. It wants to reverse a trend that sees 16 times more corporate charitable spending on health than education. The Unesco-backed campaign is to be launched at the Global Education and Skills Forum meeting ...

Flaws in Android could be used to allow hackers to read WhatApp chats, it has been claimed. Dutch security expert Bass Bosschert said the flaw allowed any app to read and send chat logs. He fears it could be used by hackers to create ‘rogue’ apps. ‘The WhatsApp database is saved on the SD card ...

The Board Chairman of the World Trade Centre (WTC), Accra, Togbe Afede XIV, will be leading a delegation of prominent business professionals on a trade and investment mission to Rio de Janeiro and Sao Paolo in Brazil from March 29 to April 3, this year. The visit is to encourage trade missions and other companies ...

President John Dramani Mahama has disclosed that education had been and will continue to be the priority of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) government. In pursuance of that, he said government will continue to spend a chunk of its budgetary allocation on school infrastructure to make students of all educational levels comfortable. President Mahama announced ...

The African Parliamentary Network has described as confusing, the appeal thrown to the public by Parliament to come forth with any evidence on the bribery and corruption allegations made against some Legislators. They Network is of the opinion that the House should have instituted an internal investigation into the matter rather than resorting to the ...

Dancehall artiste, Shatta Wale has hit the studios with Jamaican artiste Jah Vinci. Their collaboration comes days after they both mounted the stage at the Accra Sports Stadium for the GH All Star LIVE concert. Both acts look excited at the opportunity to work together, and are expected to tap into their combined experiences. Wale, ...

Kumawood actor, Kojo Nkansah popoularly known as Lil’ Wyn, is reported to have knocked down a 10-year-old boy with his Toyota car with registration number GT-8224-12. According to reports, instead of getting out of his car to help the victim, Lil’Wyn sat in his car unconcerned till officials from the Red Cross Society attended to the boy. As the atmosphere got tensed, Lil’Wyn still ...

Players in the nascent gaming industry are up in arms against the Gaming Commission over a new fee structure which they describe as “astronomical” and capable of crippling the gaming industry. The new fees, which are between 100 and 500 per cent increase over the previous ones, have seen, for example, the Gaming Licence, which ...

Saudi Arabia has issued a list of 50 names new parents are banned from giving their children, including Linda, Lauren, Sandy and Amir. The Arab nation’s interior ministry justified the ban by saying the names either contradicted the culture or religion of the kingdom, or were foreign, or ‘inappropriate’. Among the others are Alice, Elaine ...

A French court has jailed former Rwandan spy chief Pascal Simbikangwa for 25 years over the 1994 genocide. In a landmark trial, Simbikangwa was found guilty of complicity in genocide and complicity in crimes against humanity. It was not immediately clear whether his lawyers would appeal. Simbikangwa, 54, who is paraplegic after a car crash, ...

The communications systems of missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 were deliberately disabled, Malaysia’s Prime Minister Najib Razak has said. The new evidence, based on satellite and radar tracking of the plane, is “consistent with the deliberate action of someone on the plane”, he said. The investigation is “now entering a new phase”, he said, focusing ...

The General Secretary for the Progressive People’s Party (PPP), Kofi Asamoah-Siaw has called for the dismissal of the Mayor of Accra, Alfred Oko Vanderpuijie. His reasons for the call is that “the traffic situation is bad, the city is engulfed in filth, so what are the achievements of the Mayor ever since he was given ...

The Food & Drugs Authority (FDA) is warning the public about a fake brand of the Zentel dewormer on the market. The post-market surveillance team of the authority impounded the fake drugs in three pharmacy shops in Accra after running thorough analysis on samples. Zentel is an over-the-counter drug which is meant for the treatment ...

Luis Suarez is one of the best players in the World today and he has scored many, many top quality goals. Here’s five of the best! 1) v Norwich 2) v Norwich 3) v Hull City 4) v Newcastle 5) v Man City   Credit: footballtips.com

Ghana’s under-fire Parliament has made an open appeal to people with pieces of evidence on bribery and corruption against its members to submit them to the clerk for onward submission to the Leadership of the House. The Ghanaian Legislature is facing a major credibility crisis after a former Leader of the House made bribery claims ...

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The Naa-Dasana family in Bimbila has dismissed claims that government is supporting them in the protracted chieftaincy dispute. This was in response to claims by the rival Nakpaa-Naa Salifu Dawuni’s family that the northern regional Minister, Bede Zeden had taken sides in the matter. Addressing the media in Accra on Friday, March 14, 2014, Spokesperson ...

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