Kwame Asare Obeng, alias A Plus, a musician cum politician and activist has reacted to a stinging critique by the Ghana Catholic Bishops Conference, GCBC, on the pledge by President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo to protect the public purse. A Plus who once had a close relationship with the president and the …
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Parents of Ghanaian Islamist suicide bomber arrested
Intelligence officers have confirmed the arrest of two persons in the Karaga District of the Northern Region in connection with a terrorist attack in Central Mali. Ibrahim Ali and Hafsa Abdulai were picked up at Nangun, a Fulani community near the district capital, where they both lived with the suicide …
Read More »Pokuase: Abensu residents cry over deplorable bridge linking community
Residents living around Teacher-Korpe, Abensu and Pokuase, are asking authorities to as a matter of urgency, reconstruct the only bridge that links the enclave to other communities to prevent needless deaths and injuries. The bridge constructed years ago got damaged some years ago and has since not seen any reconstruction. …
Read More »‘Fake’ Mpohor kidnapping: Connect FM journalist granted GH¢50,000 bail
A journalist with Connect FM in the Western Region, Paa Kwesi Simpson, has been granted bail, by the Takoradi Habour Circuit Court A, to the tune of GH¢50,000 after he was arrested in connection with an alleged fake kidnapping incident at Mpohor in the Western Region. The bail conditions came with …
Read More »Celebrating World Town Planning Day: Reflections on the State of Planning Practice in Ghana
As a country, World Planning Day offers us an important opportunity to reflect on the state of the professional planning practice in Ghana. We have pretended to plan far too long and this has resulted in several natural and manmade disasters in our urban centers. If the planning system is …
Read More »Five Konongo-Odumase SHS students remanded over alleged murder of colleague
The Konongo-Odumase District Court on Monday November 8, 2021 remanded five Senior High School students into a juvenile detention center over an alleged murder. The juveniles who are students of Konongo Odumase Senior High School are said to have killed a first year student, Larhan Sam-una with a kitchen knife on Saturday …
Read More »‘Rejected’ Juaben MCE nominee to face Special Prosecutor on Tuesday over bribery allegations
The President’s Municipal Chief Executive nominee for Juaben in the Ashanti Region, Alex Safo Kantanka, will later this week face the Special Prosecutor, Kissi Agyebeng, as investigations commence into allegations of bribery and corruption against him. On Monday November 2, 2021, assembly members of Juaben gathered for the second time …
Read More »Sosu has travelled abroad – Speaker tells court as case is adjourned to Nov. 16
The Kaneshie District Court in Accra has adjourned the case involving Member of Parliament for Madina Francis-Xavier Sosu to November 16. This was because the police have received a letter from the Speaker of Parliament indicating that Lawyer Sosu is out of the country on Parliamentary duties. In court on …
Read More »Arsenal coach provides update on Thomas Partey amid uncertainty over upcoming qualifiers
Arsenal coach Mikel Arteta has said that developments in the next few days will determine if midfielder Thomas Partey will be granted permission to join Ghana’s squad for the World cup qualifiers against Ethiopia and South Africa. Thomas Partey sat out Arsenal’s 1-0 victory over Watford in the Premier League on Sunday, …
Read More »Sosu to appear in court today over unlawful demo
The Member of Parliament for Madina Francis-Xavier Sosu is expected to appear before a court in Accra later today, Monday, to answer to criminal charges leveled against him by the Ghana Police Service. The Ghana Police Service last week secured a criminal summons for the Madina MP to appear in …
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