Istanbul Violence: Gunfire And Blast In Turkish City
Violence has flared in Turkey’s largest city, Istanbul, with two assailants opening fire outside the US consulate, just hours after a car bomb attack on a police station.
Violence has flared in Turkey’s largest city, Istanbul, with two assailants opening fire outside the US consulate, just hours after a car bomb attack on a police station.
The Ghana National Fire Service (GNFS) has disclosed that a total of 2,707 cases of fire outbreaks nationwide were recorded from January – May this year, with the loss of property estimated at GHȼ10, 244,493. Dr Albert Brown Gaisie, Chief Fire Officer, who made this known in Cape Coast during the opening of a two-day
Available statistics show that a total of 1,296 girls in the country were defiled, while 335 other women were raped in 2014 alone, according to the Police Domestic Violence and Victims Support Unit (DOVVSU). Mrs. Christiana Ankamah, Ashanti Regional Director of the Gender, Children and Social Protection Ministry, who revealed the startling figures, said 17,778
The Catholic Bishops Conference, Ghana, has condemned the use of artificial contraceptives and cautioned the public to desist from using them. They are rather advocating for the use of natural means or abstinence as the best mode of planning a family. Speaking at the opening of the 2015 edition of the Catholic Bishops Conference in
A Rwandan soldier serving as a peacekeeper in the Central African Republic (CAR) has shot dead four colleagues before killing himself, the Rwandan Defence Ministry has said. Eight others were wounded in the attack, a statement said. A Rwandan military spokesman called the incident “deplorable”. Those dead served under the UN’s mission in CAR, deployed
Government has denied reports in the public domain that it has agreed to pay 50% of doctors salaries as their professional allowance. Government’s reaction comes on the back of speculations attributed to Accra based Joy Fm which indicated that “government has accepted to pay 50% of basic salary per month as the professional allowance.” The
Accra Hearts Oak have moved out of the relegation zone after beating Bechem United 1:0 at the Accra Sports Stadium.
Bobbi Kristina Brown’s former boyfriend is being accused of giving her a “toxic cocktail” before her death.
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