A man with a 14.5-inch hairy tail growing from his back has been hailed as a god by villagers in India. Chandre Oraon, 35, was born with a patch of hair on his lower back and has refused to have it cut, leading to locals believing that he is an incarnation of Hindu monkey deity […]

A 20-year-old nursing mother, Aseye Avi of Abutia-Tegbleve in the Volta Region is in the custody of Anyirawase Police for allegedly killing her 66-year- old mother. Aseye was alleged to have hit her mother’s head with a pestle. Her mother, Gadzi Abla, died while being taken to the Ho Municipal Hospital. Police sources said the […]

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The technical handlers of Ghana’s U20 team will assess another batch of 30 players as they seek to build a strong squad for the 2015 African Youth Championship.

[Ghana Govt.]Bilateral trade between Ghana and India has crossed the one-billion dollar line as Indian companies have invested about 800 million dollars in various sectors of the Ghanaian economy.

[CAJ News]Accra, Ghana -BLU Telecoms, one of Ghana's 4G Long Term Evolution licensees aims to resume commercial operations in the third quarter of this year.

A thirty-three-year-old Thai woman had the rude shock of her life when she was raped by unidentified armed robbers at her residence in Kumasi. The victim, who claimed to be a virgin, lived in a rented apartment with two of her sisters and a Ghanaian brother-in-law. The robbers, she said, attempted raping the other two ladies but they were spared because they were in their menstrual period, but were made to look on while their sister was being raped. The three ladies operate a traditional massage centre located within their residence. Apart from the rape, the robbers made away with a cash of GH¢5,500 and US$800. Other items the robbers took away included a laptop, jewellery, seven mobile phones and a generator. The robbers locked up the victim and her sisters in the toilet and ransacked the premises making away with the valuable items. The KNUST Police have initiated investigations into the matter.  

A man who cuts his hair is about to change his life…oh, wait Coco Chanel said that about women. Well it still doesn’t change the fact that Mario Balotelli is up to something new this 2014. “Super Mario” as he is called by fans, debuted a funky new hairstyle just yesterday. Mario who is a striker for AC Milan, went […]

Former Member of Parliament (MP) for Asokwa constituency, Maxwell Kofi Jumah, says with the current situation the country finds itself in, Ghana is becoming one of the most “dangerous” countries to live in

About 2,600 students from the Mampong School for the Deaf in the Eastern Region have benefited from a free ear-screening exercise. Some of the students were given ear moulds and hearing aids to improve their hearing, while others were given free ear washing, after they had been screened. The exercise, which lasted for three days, was organised by the Ministry of Gender, Children and Social Protection and the National Council for Persons with Disability (NCPWD) in collaboration with Starkey Hearing Foundation (SHF), a non-governmental organisation based in the USA. Students with hearing impairment from the Volta, Brong Ahafo and the Ashanti regions as well as Adjei Kojo in the Greater Accra Region will also benefit from the exercise. Gender Minister Speaking at the function in Accra, the Minister for Gender, Children and Social Protection, Nana Oye Lithur, said that her outfit was committed to ensuring the wellbeing of persons with disabilities. She said the ministry would support any effort  targeted at the reduction of isolation, poverty, illiteracy and inequalities in society. “The government of Ghana on its part recognises the existence of inequalities for opportunities among marginalised persons including persons with disabilities and the need to strategise through a pragmatic approach to bridge the gap,” she added. She lauded SHF for the initiative it had embarked upon and encouraged all persons with hearing impairment to participate in the three-day exercise. NCPWD Director For her part, the Programmes Director of the NCPWD, Ms Amanorbea Dodoo, noted that the exercise would assist the beneficiaries to be independent. Ms Dodoo was happy that a lot of the students had the opportunity to re-assess their hearing impairment. With the provision of the hearing aid and ear moulds, the director said she was hopeful that majority of the beneficiaries would have their problems corrected through a gradual process. The founder of SHF, Mr William F. Austin, indicated that his organisation was prepared to assist persons with disabilities, especially those with hearing impairment. In all, Mr Austin said millions of people the world over had benefited from free ear screening from the organisation.  

Policy think tank, IMANI Ghana, has criticised new forex rules by the Bank of Ghana (BOG) aimed at shoring up the cedi against major international currencies

New Patriotic Party (NPP) Member of Parliament (MP) for Tema East constituency, Daniel Nii Kwartei Titus- Glover says the National Chairman of the party; Jake Obetsebi-Lamptey is likely to lose his position ahead of the NPP’s congress on April 12, 2014, in Tamale

Small Scale illegal Miners (popularly referred to as galamsey) have desecrated about 30 graves belonging to the people of Kpalsko-Zangoyiri in the Bawku-West district of the Upper East Region. Quite apart from this, the illegal Miners have not spared an area of about five kilometers radius destroying trees and water bodies in the course of their activities. Due to persistent complaints from the people of the area about the activities of the Illegal Miners, the Bawku-West District Security Committee (DISSEC) in collaboration with the Bawku- West Police Command organized a swoop and arrested 34 of the Illegal Miners. The Bawku- West District Police Commander, Assistant Suprintendant of Police (ASP) Mr. Christian Dogbatse said those arrested would be screened and those found culpable would be processed for court, indicating they will be charged for mining without license as well as conspiracy to engage in illegal mining. The District Chief Executive for Bawku-West, Mr. Ayamde  Simon Agbango said areas in which illegal mining in the district takes place included Widnaba, Sapelga, Teshi, Kusanaba and Zangoyiri, adding that it was in Zangoyiri that it was carried out in a massive scale. He said following the directive from the Presidency for the various Security Committees of the Metropolitan, Municipal and District Assembles to combat the menace of galamsey in their jurisdictions, the Bawku-West District decided to embark on a sensitization campaign to educate the miners on the dangers of illegal mining and on the need to stop their activities. He said those at Zangoyiri  did not heed to their appeal and continued degrading the environment and coupled with persistent complaints from the people DISSEC embarked on an operation leading to the arrest of 34 people but said the miners numbered about 500 in the area. He said the DISSEC in collaboration with the Police High Command would continue with the operations until the small scale illegal miners were flushed out from the district. Mr Agbango called on the Minerals Commission to consider opening their offices in the various district to make the processing and acquisition of mining permits less cumbersome as most small scale miners complain of frustrations from the Minerals Commission in the acquisition of mining lincences.  

A 30-year-old woman (name withheld) who was born without a vagina is getting help from doctors and some Ghanaian philanthropist so she could go for surgery and get a vagina

Henry Alibah, the 24- year-old student who posted his ex-girlfriend’s nude photographs on social media platform “Facebook,” on Wednesday broke down in tears when he appeared before a Circuit Court in Accra for the second time

New mortality estimates from the World Health Organization (WHO) show that annual measles deaths have reached historic lows, dropping 78 per cent from more than 562 000 in 2000 to 122 000 in 2012

  The Tema branch of the Association of Ghana Industries (AGI) has urged the government to consider investing more in renewable energy to sustain the energy sector. Considering the variables which inform the adjustment in electricity tariffs, including the depreciation of the cedi and increasing crude oil and gas prices, the association said the government should consider solar and other renewable energies to generate power. The Tema Regional Chairman of the AGI, Mr Charles Mensah, made the submission at a stakeholders’ meeting organised by the Public Utilities Regulatory Commission (PURC) in Tema to discuss the automatic adjustment formula (AAF). The AAF is a pricing mechanism adopted by the PURC to track and incorporate movements in key uncontrollable determining factors to reflect the cost of electricity and water supply quarterly. Research important Mr Mensah said to ensure sustainable and reliable energy in the future, the government needed a long-term initiative to complement the current source of energy in the next five years and beyond. He recommended that the government invest in research to find a lasting solution to the current crisis. While acknowledging the problems facing the utility providers due to the economic hardship, Mr Mensah said it was necessary to plan for the long term. He further urged the PURC to serve notice to industry players of increment in tariffs so that they could factor it in their budgets. Why solar energy should be considered Explaining that renewable energy should be considered in the near future, the Director of Planning and Business Development of the Volta River Authority (VRA), Mr Bernard Kofi Ellis, said the Ghana National Gas Company was not in a position to meet the local demand for gas. He said although the thermals needed about 320 million cubic metres of gas per day to function at full capacity, Nigeria was currently producing 70 million cubic metres through the West African Gas Pipeline. He said even if Ghana Gas started producing about 90 million cubic metres of gas, it would add up to make 160 million cubic metres, which would still not meet the target of 320 million cubic metres needed per day. He added that the demand for gas for electricity production was likely to increase to about 1,000 cubic metres in 10 years due to additional thermal plants.   Therefore, he said, as long as Ghana depended on crude oil to support the production of electricity, the tariffs would continue to be high because the prices were rising. Draft policy The AGI consultant on energy, Mr Andrew Lawson, said the government needed to consider drafting a policy on solar energy to make it easy and attractive to use by individuals and the country as a whole. Citing the case of Australia, Mr Lawson said that government subsidised the use of solar energy, which made it cheaper for individuals to use in that country. Responding to the submission by the AGI, the Executive Secretary of the PURC, Mr Samuel Sarpong, said solar energy came with its own challenges, such as the high cost involved in its production, especially with the initial cost. However, he said the commission had already considered solar energy and was hopeful that the current prices of the generation facilities of solar power would be reduced for Ghana to be able to adopt solar energy. He added that currently, research  into renewable energy was going on in Navrongo in the Upper East Region.