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Amazon unveils ‘Kindle Fire’ to take battle to iPad
Amazon Kindle Fire
Amazon has unveiled the new kindle Fire, which it has launched in direct competition against the iPad.
Kindle fire, which is half the size of the iPad, is not just an e-reader, it also allows its user to play games, watch movies, listen to music and download new applications.
“The reason some of the companies that have made tablets...
Chilling rape video shocks Nigeria
In the grainy video, a Nigerian woman repeatedly asks her attackers to kill her as they take turns raping her at a university dormitory. The five men only promise to drive her home, pushing her back down each time she starts to stand up.
Local authorities have dismissed the 10-minute video, which has ricocheted around the internet in recent days. But...
DETHRONING THE KINGMAKERS
I followed the situation in Ivory Coast with interest and concern. First and foremost, my beloved Ghana shares a border to the East of the troubled country. The fear that the unsettled nature of the conflict could seep into Ghana was not just foreseeable but very much a reality. The scenario was not new to Africa. The alleged rigging of the electoral...
Car bomb strikes UN building in Nigeria’s capital+Images from the Scene
UPDATE 3: Death toll rises to 23
UPDATE 2: Death Toll rises to Sixteen.
UPDATE: Death Toll stands at Seven.
ABUJA, Nigeria—A car laden with explosives detonated outside the United Nations’ main office in Nigeria’s capital Friday, blowing part of the concrete structure into shards and killing an undetermined number of people.
Witnesses...
Two killed, several trapped by collapsing illegal mine in Ghana
A collapsed illegal mining pit in Prestea has collapsed, killing two illegal miners and trapping several others.
The Urban Area Council Chairman of the area, Mr Isaac Kamerling, who confirmed the incident to Joy FM said rescue work has begun.
One injured person has been sent to the Efia Nkwanta Government Hospital, says Mr Kamerling.
Explaining the...
Ghana National Security Officials in Cocaine Bust
Deputy Minister for the Interior, Kobby Acheampong, has confirmed reports that some officials of the Narcotics Control Board (NACOB) have been arrested at the Kotoka International Airport over illicit drugs, but however explains that those arrested are ‘middle level officers’.
Operation Agents of NACOB netted 15 of their own personnel including...
Shell Shuts Nigeria Adibawa Pipeline After Oil Spill Caused By Sabotage
Royal Dutch Shell Plc (RDSA)’s Nigerian unit said it shut the Adibawa pipeline in the southern oil producing region after saboteurs cut the link with “hacksaws,” causing spills.
Bloomberg report said Shell has begun repair works on the pipeline located in the oil-rich Bayelsa state, according to a statement e-mailed by the company...
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