Yearly Archives: 2019

Sarkodie reacts to claims ‘Oofeetso’ is a diss to Shatta Wale

Sarkodie has denied claims he was attacking Shatta Wale in his new track ‘Oofeetso’. Speaking to JoyNews Becky after his performance at the ‘Ashaiman to the World’ concert, he said the song is one that he believes many people can just relate. He admitted that his relationship with the dancehall …

Read More »

Mahama showed maturity at Assemblies of God – Rev Owusu Bembah

Founder and Leader of Glorious Word Power Ministry International, Rev Owusu Bempah, has lauded ex-President John Mahama for showing “maturity” following the clash at the Holy Ghost Revival Center of the Assemblies of God Church in Accra. According to Rev Owusu Bempah, although he was prevented from exchanging pleasantries with …

Read More »

Be careful of what you eat – College of Medicine president

The president of the Accra College of Medicine is advising the public how to survive into the new year. Professor Afua Hersey spoke said people should be health cautions stressing they “should be careful of what they are eating”. She spoke to JoyNews at the 9th Annual Psychiatry Debate, themed …

Read More »

65% of road contractors owed by government paid – Amoako-Atta

The Roads and Highways Minister, Kwesi Amoako Atta, says over 65 percent of contractors owed by government have in the last two months been paid. He says contractors who are however yet to be paid will see the monies hit their accounts by the close of this week. Speaking at …

Read More »

Hundreds of GRIDCo staff hit the streets to protest ‘huge debts’

Hundreds of Ghana Grid Company (GRIDCo) staff have hit the streets Tuesday to protest huge debts owed the company by power transmitters. The agitated staff of GRIDCo massed up at the Black Star Square on Tuesday morning to begin the protest march to the Finance Ministry and the Electricity Company …

Read More »

AG receives Kasoa cops ‘killer’ docket

The Office of the Attorney General (AG) has been served with the case docket on Eric Kojo Dua, the main suspect in the murder of two police officers at Buduburam, near Kasoa. The docket which was forwarded by the police is to guide the AG in the preparation of a …

Read More »

9 arrested over GUTA, NUTAG clash

Police have arrested nine persons following clashes between some Ghanaian and Nigerian traders at Tip Toe Lane, near the Kwame Nkrumah Interchange in the Greater Accra Region. Those arrested are five Nigerians and four Ghanaians. The rioters pelted the police personnel who had visited the scene to restore calm with …

Read More »

Why the floods in East Africa are so bad

Rain-triggered disasters, including flash floods and landslides, have killed at least 250 people and affected some three million people across East Africa in recent weeks, with about half of the deaths occurring in Kenya. Homes have been demolished, crops destroyed and roads swept away, hampering relief efforts in far-flung areas. …

Read More »