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Passengers used emergency exit slides to escape[/caption] At least 13 people were killed after a Russian plane caught fire mid-air before making an emergency landing at Sheremetyevo airport in Moscow. Videos on social media show passengers using emergency exit slides to escape the burning Aeroflot aircraft. Two children and a flight attendant were among the dead, Russian media reports. One witness though said it was a “miracle” anyone escaped the jet, which was reportedly carrying 78 passengers. It remains unclear what caused the large blaze and emergency landing. [caption id="" align="alignnone" width="976"] Black smoke billows from the burning plane on…

The entire structure housing the Western Regional Office of the Administrator of Stool Lands went up in flames Sunday morning. The  second floor of the building together with the roofing collapsed as the fire rages on. Though eye witnesses suspect power fluctuation which occurred around 7:00 am in Sekondi, some a pointing to arson. The incident is happening a day to the resumption of a new Regional Commissioner into office. The fire was said to have started from the commissioner’s office formerly occupied by one Seth Owusu Boakye. An officer of the Lands Commission who was returning from church service…

About 61 personnel of the Ghana National Fire Service have died in the last 12 months whilst discharging their duties. Many firefighters also sustained various degrees of injuries in the year under review, Chief Fire Officer, Edwin Ekow Blankson has said. He recounted this in a statement issued on Saturday to commemorate the annual International Fire Fighters Day which falls on May 4. The day is set aside to celebrate personnel’s dedication, gallantry, loyalty, dexterity and sacrifices as firefighters and rescuers. “Some of these deaths can be linked directly to the effects of firefighting.  We call them heroes because they…

George Perrot, 50, was jailed for life for rape in 1987 photo: SPRINGFIELD POLICE DEPT[/caption] A man whose rape conviction was quashed after he had served 30 years in jail has been accused of sexually assaulting a woman this year, reports say. George Perrot, 50, is due to appear in court accused of rape and other charges, the Republican newspaper reports. He has pleaded not guilty to all charges in relation to an incident on 4 January in Lawrence, Massachusetts. Mr Perrot is being held without bail until his case is heard on Monday. The allegations against Mr Perrot come…

Professor Emeritus Joseph Hansen Kwabena Nketia,[/caption] Professor Emeritus Joseph Hansen Kwabena Nketia, a renowned Ethnomusicology and Writer, has left Ghana a legacy of formidable cultural capital to fortify her unique African identify, President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo said on Saturday. During the final funeral rites for Prof. J.H. Nketia at the forecourt of the State House, President Akufo-Addo said: “His life’s achievement is a salutary message for the youth, that the sky is the limit for anyone who wants to work hard. Indeed his life experiences point to the crucial significance of education.” He advocated for a Ghana where holistic…

Prof Yankah[/caption] The Minister of State in charge of Tertiary Education, Professor Kwesi Yankah, has restated the government’s commitment to support technical universities with the needed resources to produce the skilled manpower to enhance productivity for the country’s accelerated development. He said the success of government’s programmes to make Ghana an industrial hub of Africa, hinged in part on the ability of the technical education system’s ability to produce advanced skilled workforce to drive the nation’s development forward. Speaking at the first congregation of the Cape Coast Technical University (CCTU), in Cape Coast during the weekend, he called on technical…

Former CEO of Kumasi Asante Kotoko, Mr Herbert Mensah, has advocated for a draconian law regime to deal with football hooligans who threaten the survival of the game. He said the strong passion with which Ghanaians followed football called for stringent measures to check any possible spillover that could degenerate into violence such had been witnessed in the country on many occasions. “Supporters will always be passionate and it requires strong decision to ensure that this [May 9 tragedy] never recurs,” he said. “The people who oversee the game, the people who oversee the society, are they strong enough to…

Divock Origi’s late winner sent Liverpool top of the Premier League with victory at Newcastle United to put the pressure back on Manchester City and ensure the title race will go to the final game. Origi – on as substitute for Mohamed Salah after he was taken off on a stretcher with a head injury sustained in a collision with Newcastle keeper Martin Dubravka – headed in Xherdan Shaqiri’s free-kick in the 86th minute. It gave Liverpool three points after a topsy-turvy night on Tyneside. Now Manchester City must beat Leicester City at Etihad Stadium on Monday to ensure they…

Kabral Blay-Amihere[/caption] Ambassador Kabral Blay-Amihere, a veteran journalist and Board Chairman of GRIDCO has analysed that one of the greatest threats to Ghanaian journalists is finance. He suggested that the threat posed by the state to the freedom of the media does not match up to what personal economic situation does to the journalist. He was addressing a gathering at the Eastern Regional Coordinating Council in commemoration of the World Freedom Day in Koforidua. “There are a lot of factors affecting the media freedom in Ghana, even the economy can be a problem,” Ambassador Blay-Amihere who is a former Chairman…

Vice President of Ghana, Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia has cut sod for construction works to begin on a state of the art sports complex for the Ghana Armed Forces in Tamale, Northern Region. The sports complex under the Commander-In-Chief Sports Center Project is expected to be completed in April 2020. Dr. Bawumia at the ceremony at the Six Garrison in Tamale, indicated the project which is the first of sports complex to be constructed by government in fulfillment of a promise made by President Akufo-Addo to the military in October last year. “This project is in line with government’s strategy to…