Nobel laureate Liu Xiaobo, who was China’s most prominent human rights and democracy advocate, has died aged 61. The activist had been serving an 11-year prison term for “subversion” and was recently moved to a hospital for treatment for terminal liver cancer. A university professor turned tireless rights campaigner, Mr Liu was branded a criminal by authorities. The Nobel Committee ...
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Lapaz robbers arrested on Mallam-Kasoa road
Two suspected robbers who shot and killed a policeman and injured another have been arrested by the police on the Mallam-Kasoa road according to police sources. It is not immediately known if the two are actually those linked to the shooting but police indicate that they are yet to caution them in order to ascertain their true identity and to ...
Read More »NPP dumps Minister over ‘whining’ comments
Even though Deputy Minister of Trade and Industry, Robert Ahomka-Lindsay has apologised for his whining comments that got a section of Ghanaians and Diasporians angry, the New Patriotic Party (NPP), has dissociated itself from the comments. Acting Communications Director, Yaw Adomako Baafi has subsequently apologised to Ghanaians and persons from the Diaspora indicating that the comments are indefensible and not ...
Read More »US not deporting 7000 Ghanaians – Gov’t
The Government of Ghana has dismissed claims by the US Ambassador that over 7,000 Ghanaians are due for deportation by the Donald Trump administration. Ambassador Robert Jackson made the revelation before the deportation of over 60 Ghanaians last month. “In fact about 7000 of them are currently at different stages of the deportation process. And we are not apologetic about ...
Read More »US to deport 365 Ghanaians, not 7000 – Ayorkor Botchwey
There are conflicting reports over the number of Ghanaians to be deported from the United States of America this year. While the US Embassy in Ghana insists that 7,000 Ghanaians will be sent back home after the detection of their illegal stay in the country, Ghana’s Foreign Affairs Ministry claims that only 365 Ghanaians have been penned down to be ...
Read More »My comments were harsh – Casely-Hayford begs Parliament
Financial Analyst and Social Commentator, Sydney Casely-Hayford has stated that he will retract and render an unqualified apology to Parliament for scathingly berating it. He said this after the MP for Kumbungu urged the leadership of the House to drag him before it to answer charges of contempt. Mr. Casely-Hayford speaking recently at a summit on “The Economic and Political ...
Read More »Confirmed:Yvonne Nelson is pregnant
Actress and movie producer Yvonne Nelson is pregnant. Persons familiar with the ‘new journey’ of Nelson tell livefmghana.com, she conceived few weeks, and is excited about being a mother. A look at her Instagram account, which curates both her personal and professional life, finds her covering her stomach or showing her back to the camera. Several persons on the set ...
Read More »Lapaz: Robbers shoot police officer, snatch car in broad daylight
Two armed men have reportedly shot a police officer who led a team to stop a robbery operation at a popular joint called Las Palmas at Abeka Lapaz, a suburb of Accra. According to reports, the robbers who were on motorbikes shot the unidentified police officer three times in broad daylight on Thursday afternoon. An eyewitness in an interview on ...
Read More »I told Kotoko management about the accident – Kintampo disaster prophet
General overseer of God’s Crown Chapel, Prophet Reindolf Oduro Gyebi popularly known as Eagle Prophet claims the Asante Kotoko fatal accident happened because management of the club turned a deaf ear to a revelation he made to them. Eagle Prophet tells Abusua FM Sports that he informed one of the management members that they should not return on the same ...
Read More »Revealed: the world’s ‘laziest’ countries (and the UK does better than you might think)
A new study has revealed the world’s laziest countries, with Britain, surprisingly, nowhere near the worst offenders. In one of the biggest surveys of its kind, statistics collected from the smartphone data of over 700,000 people across the world recorded the amount of steps they took each day. Britain, often referred to as the ‘Fat Man of Europe’ and predicted ...
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