“April Fool”: Negative pranks can cause cardiac arrest – Psychologist
The Vice President of Ghana Psychology Association, Reverend Albright Banibensu, has cautioned against negative pranks, saying, they can cause cardiac arrests. “Persons with underlying anxiety disorders can have cardiac arrests out of pranks so we have to be careful with this April fool pranks,” he disclosed in an interview.He said negative pranks could also destroy […]
Rebecca Foundation constructs school library at Dambai
The Rebecca Foundation has commissioned a library within the Lapas cluster of schools in Dambai in the Krachi East Municipality of the Oti region, as part of an initiative by the First Lady, Mrs. Rebecca Naa Okaikor Akufo-Addo through the Rebecca Foundation, to provide some communities, with an ultra-modern library facility stocked with books on […]
The Saakpuli Slave Site
Saapkuli in the Savelugu Municipality, of the Northern Region, was one of the largest slave markets in the 17th century. It was once a commercial hub that linked the north to the south, for flourishing trade in slaves and kola nuts. GBC’s Northern regional correspondent walks us back in time, for some history of the […]
Minerals Commission tasked to review its mining licensing operations
Minister for Lands and Natural Resources, Samuel Abu Jinapor has asked the Minerals Commission to do a serious introspection of it operations in the issuance of licenses for mining. He said though the Commission has chalked up some success, it must also take responsibility for some of the excesses and the bad practices in the […]
Court discharges Nana Ama McBrown after her testimony
Nana Ama Agyemang McBrown, an actress and a TV hostess, has appeared before an Accra Circuit Court to testify in the case of Lawrence Nana Asiamah Hanson, aka, Bulldog. McBrown was cross-examined by Hanson’s lawyer, Jerry Avernorgbor after video recordings of McBrown’s show indicated that Hanson made some pronouncements against the President which was played […]
Chiefs of Osu call on President Akufo-Addo
The President, Nana Akufo-Addo is advising kingmakers to spare the country a lot of trouble by installing the right personalities who must inherit the chieftaincy title. He was interacting with Chiefs and elders from the Osu Traditional Council at the seat of government. More on Video
St. Joseph’s Hospital takes delivery of COVID-19 vaccines
The St. Joseph Hospital in Koforidua in the Eastern Region has received 1000 COVID-19 vaccines from the Ghana Health Service to administer to its workers as part of the on-going vaccination for frontline workers. Head of Disease Control at the Hospital, Michael Asumeng, told GBC News that the initial target was nine hundred and eleven […]
Housing Minister hands over three affordable housing projects to new owners
A three block Government’s ‘Affordable Housing Project’ in North-Kaneshie and Adenta Frafraha has been handed over to their new owners. The housing units, developed by the State Housing Company, through its internally generated funds, contain one to four bedroom apartments that sell at 90 thousand cedis, 586 thousand cedis and 900 thousand cedis. Minister for […]
Facebook bans ‘voice of Trump’ from platform
Facebook has removed a video of former US President Donald Trump from the page of his daughter-in-law Lara Trump. The social media giant banned Mr Trump from its platform in January following riots by his supporters on the Capitol building in Washington. Lara Trump, a new Fox News contributor, posted a video of herself interviewing […]
Speaker of Parliament accepts resignation of Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa
Speaker of Parliament, Alban Bagbin has accepted the resignation of the Member of Parliament for North Tongu, Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa from the Appointments Committee. The request was granted yesterday (March 31, 2021), at a meeting Mr. Bagbin had with Mr. Ablakwa. The North Tongu MP delivered his resignation letter to the Speaker Alban Bagbin, and the […]
