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Court adjourns assault case against Freedom Jacobs Caesar

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The Kaneshie District Magistrate Court One in Accra has adjourned to August 24, a case of assault against the Managing Director of New Africa Real Estate Ltd, Nana Kwame Bediako, also known as Freedom Jacobs Caesar. Nana Kwame Bediako is being accused of physically assaulting the Manager of the Shell Filling Station, opposite the Accra […]

Ada Sec Tech records seven cases of Covid–19

Seven students of the Ada Senior High Technical School (ASTECH) at Sege in the Greater Accra Region, have tested positive to COVID-19, two weeks after school reopened. Mr. Adzoteye Lawer Akrofi, Ada West District Chief Executive, confirming this to the Ghana News Agency, said the first positive case recorded in the school was a female […]

Smartwatch hack could send fake pill reminders to patients

Smartwatch software used to help elderly patients could easily be hacked and abused, security researchers say. Some of the watches are targeted mainly at dementia patients – and a hacker could even send a reminder to “take pills” as often as they wanted to. The researchers said they were concerned that “an overdose could easily […]

THE PAST WEEK!

Dear Nyaba, Those storytellers who made us believe that every story has a beginning, a climax and a denouement, will be shocked to learn that in our chiefdom stories don’t end. Here, stories have beginnings, and permanent climaxes. Nyaba, just when you are about to heave a sigh of relief after one suspense infested story […]

Resource KNUST SHS sick bay – MP advises

The Member of Parliament (MP) for Oforikrom, Dr Emmanuel Marfo, has said there is an urgent need to resource the KNUST Senior High School (SHS) Sick Bay. He said equipping the defunct health facility with the requisite human and material resources was appropriate for the wellbeing of the students and staff. Currently, the School’s Sick […]

Cat rescued after two weeks with head stuck in plastic jar

Animal rescuers in New Zealand said a cat with a plastic peanut butter jar stuck over its head was captured after two weeks of evading rescue. Annaliese England, manager of the Matamata Animal Trust, said the cat with the jar stuck over its head was first spotted about two weeks ago in a resident’s back […]

Park Won-soon: Mayor of Seoul reported missing with search under way

The mayor of South Korean capital Seoul has been reported missing and a search is under way, police in the city said on Thursday. Police said they were looking for Park Won-soon near a small hill in the city’s Sungbuk neighbourhood, where his mobile phone signal was last detected. They said Mr Park’s mobile phone […]

Tiger Woods to make PGA Tour return at Memorial Tournament

Tiger Woods will make his first PGA Tour start since February at next week’s Memorial Tournament. The 15-time major winner pulled out of the Players Championship in March with a back injury before the coronavirus shutdown. Professional men’s golf in the US has resumed behind closed doors and Woods is set to resume his season […]

Gorillas in Nigeria: World’s rarest great ape pictured with babies

Photos have been released for the first time in years showing a group of rare gorillas in the mountains of southern Nigeria, conservationists say. Only 300 Cross River gorillas are known to live in the wild, making them the most endangered sub-species. But the Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) says this sighting raises hopes that the […]

Government warns fertilizer suppliers against smuggling PFJ inputs

Upper West Regional Minister, Dr Hafiz Bin Salih has warned that government will withdraw the license of any agricultural input dealer caught in the smuggling of government’s subsidized fertilizers meant for Planting for Food and Jobs. Addressing a Regional Coordinating Council meeting at Wa, Dr Bin Salih said security personnel who are also found to […]