Yearly Archives: 2021

Court grants Koku Anyidoho’s request for substituted service against Gunu

A Tema High Court has issued an order for substituted service on Dzifa Gunu, the member of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), who allegedly claimed that Koku Anyidoho, a former deputy general secretary of the party and Founder of Atta-Mills Institute killed his 8-year-old daughter for ritual purposes. The court upon reading the …

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Angry Kintampo traders seize 10 trucks of imported tomatoes

Ghana could face shortage of tomatoes in the coming days as tomato traders at Kintampo have impounded 10 trucks of tomatoes from neighboring countries amid a strike. Following the indefinite strike undertaken by the Tomato Traders and Transporters Association last week over robbery attacks, the Association has started impounding trucks …

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‘Missing’ St. Louis JHS girls found with their boyfriends

The two female students of St. Louis Junior High School (JHS) in Kumasi reportedly kidnapped have been found. They were found at Tafo in Kumasi by the police after a search party was commissioned on Sunday following a report by their parents, Kasapa News’ Ashanti regional correspondent Isaac Bediako Justice …

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NPP Chairman sacks pupils from classroom, locks up building

Jaman South Constituency First Vice Chairman of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Mr Henry Yaw Afful has allegedly locked up the Ampenkro/Asatroa primary school. According to the Chronicles newspaper, the chairman who sacked the pupils from the classroom before the closure, claims the government has not paid him for a work done. …

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Those who say our cars are substandard don’t own a single car – Kantanka CEO

The Chief Executive Officer of Kantanka Automobile, a Ghanaian-owned automobile manufacturing and assembling company, Kwadwo Safo Kantanka Jr, has debunked claims that their cars are not built to meet international standards. He believes that people consider their cars to be substandard “just because it’s a black man who made it.” …

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COVID-19: Close schools now – GMA to gov’t

The Ghana Medical Association (GMA) says schools in the country must be shut down in order to control the rising spread of Coronavirus in the country. The call comes in the wake of increasing fatalities among COVID patients in the country. The death rate of the virus has reached 464 …

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Koforidua: Cylinder explosion kills mother; husband, baby injured

A mother has died in a gas explosion at Abogri, a suburb of New Jauben South Municipality of the Eastern region. The deceased Ellen Adubea Antwi Christabel died while on admission at Eastern Regional Hospital. Her 29-year-old husband Zakaria Osmanu and their seven (7) month old baby also sustained second-degree …

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Bank lending rates falling – Report

Even though the Bank of Ghana has announced that it is maintaining its benchmark Monetary Policy Rate at 14.5 percent for the next two months, borrowers are benefitting from the fact that interest rates continue to fall in Ghana despite government’s unprecedented demand for fiscal deficit financing. Ultimately monetary easing by the …

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