Yearly Archives: 2019

Isaac Dogboe suffers Round 12 TKO to Emanuel Navarrete in rematch

Isaac Dogboe was hell-bent on proving his title-losing effort to Emanuel Navarrete five months ago was nothing more than a fluke. The second time around not only disproved that claim but proved to be an even more lopsided affair. Navarrete had little difficulty in registering the first defense of his …

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South Africa election: ANC wins with reduced majority

South Africa’s African National Congress (ANC) has been returned to office after winning parliamentary election, but with a reduced majority. The ANC secured 58% of the vote, ahead of the Democratic Alliance (DA) on 21%. The radical Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF), came third with 11%. The ANC, which has been …

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Radio Gold, XYZ closure unconstitutional – Sosu

Human Rights activist and lawyer Francis Xavier Sosu has described as unconstitutional the National Communications Authority’s closure of Radio Gold and Radio XYZ. The NCA took the two radio stations affiliated to the opposition National Democratic Congress off air on Thursday for defaulting in renewing their licenses But in a …

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€127m for NVTI projects

Parliament has approved a loan of €127million to overhaul NVTI programmes, Deputy Minister of Education in-charge of Technical & Vocational Education & Training, Gifty Twum-Ampofo, has disclosed. Speaking to DAILY GUIDE after touring some technical and vocational institutions in Koforidua, she said part of the loan would be used to …

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BREAKING NEWS: NCA Shuts Down Pro-NDC Trinity FM and Fact FM in Bogoso

Trinity FM and Fact FM based in Prestea Huni-valley Municipality in the Western Region operated by Western Multimedia Limited has been shutdown by the National Communications Authority. According to the station’s Administrator, Thomas Tetteh he received a call from the Western Region Office of the National Communications Authority (NCA) for …

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Four illegal miners jailed 16years, fined GHC96k

Four illegal miners have been jailed four years each by the Koforidua Circuit Court ‘B’ Friday for engaging in galamsey in the Atewa Forest Reserve. Additionally, they were fined Ghc24,000 each. The convicts are Kwaku Ampaabeng,32, ,Kwabena Apaw,39, ,Evans Ahenkorah,33, and Yaw Effah Boateng,51,residents of Akim Oda Nkwanta and Akim …

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Chinese Helena Huang to be declared wanted by the Police

The Northern Regional Police Command has tendered an application before the Tamale High Court to get to the man who stood surety for Helena Huang to locate her. This, according to Regional Crime Officer Supt. Kwabena Otuo Acheampong, is in line with Section 104 of Act 30 of the criminal …

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Rider kills Cop at Sege

A 36-year-old police officer with the Dawa Police Station met his untimely death when he was knocked down by a commercial motorbike operator, popularly called Okada. The incident occurred at Anyamam, a suburb of Sege in the Ada West District of the Greater Accra Region, on Wednesday. The victim, General …

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Ghana Armed Forces to fight crime with trained dogs

The Ghana Armed Forces (GAF) is developing its “Canine” training programme to help curb terrorism and drug trafficking among other forms of crime. Mr Dominic Nitiwul, the Minister of Defense, said this when he commissioned a Transit Accommodation Facility, and a dog breeding kennel at the Ghana Military Police Dog …

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