On October 30, 2000, barely 2 months to the December 7 election which was going to see the end of President Jerry John Rawlings’ 19 years of presidency, his convoy was involved in a motor accident on the Tema motorway killing 4 of his bodyguards. The driver who hit the …
Read More »NPP Treasurer shot dead in Takoradi
The Takoradi Constituency Treasurer of the ruling NPP, Mark Ofori, has been shot dead. Mr. Ofori was shot in his house at Fijai, a suburb of Sekondi in the Western region by some unknown assailants. The development has thrown the party into a state of shock, grief and mourning as …
Read More »Teacher found hanging dead on a tree
Kwesikum, a village near Agona Duakwa in the Agona East District in the Central Region was thrown into shock Tuesday when a 55- year- old teacher at the A.E.D.A Basic School was found hanging dead on his farm in an apparent suicide. The deceased, Mr Isaac Kofi Yeboah was found …
Read More »Legal education: Sophia Akuffo, GLC out of touch with reality – Bagbin
Second Deputy Speaker of Parliament, Alban Bagbin has slammed the Chief Justice and the General Legal Council for recent scuffles on legal education in the country. The veteran lawmaker says the regulators’ handling of the law students’ complaints about the challenges with legal education shows that they are clearly out …
Read More »MPs demand law to stop ‘money politics’
Members of Parliament are demanding legislation to end ‘monetization of politics’ as they speculate that Ghana may soon run out of competent lawmakers. MPs from both sides today, during proceedings, in unison, demanded a legislation to end what they term as excessive influence of money in Ghana’s politics. According to …
Read More »We’ll reduce losses, improve service quality in energy sector – Ofori-Atta
Government says it is hopeful the country’s energy sector will witness improved efficiency when ongoing reviews in the sector are completed. A review of take or pay clauses in power purchase agreements is currently underway following the set-up of a steering committee under the Energy Sector Recovery Task Force, assigned …
Read More »Be wary of spiritual attacks on the Ghana FA – Sannie Daara warns Okraku
Former spokesperson of the Ghana Football Association Ibrahim Sannie Daara has warned the association’s new president Kurt Okraku to be wary of “spiritual attack” in his administration. Daara, who served as the communication chief for the association for seven-years, says wicked characters within and outside the association have the penchant …
Read More »‘I Always Tell Promoters That Sarkodie Is One Of The Biggest Artists In Ghana’- Shatta Wale
Award-winning Ghanaian dancehall artiste, Shatta Wale in a recent interview has addressed his issues with Sarkodie by speaking briefly about the current Artiste of the Decade. Shatta Wale when asked why he failed to attend Sarkodie’s ‘This Tema Concert’ he answered that he was not invited to the event by …
Read More »FIFA ‘don’t care’ about racism in football – Yaya Toure
Yaya Toure says Fifa is not doing enough to stamp out racism and that England should have walked off the pitch in the face of monkey chants during their Euro 2020 qualifier in Bulgaria. The 36-year-old former Barcelona and Manchester City midfielder made the comments to AFP after helping Qingdao …
Read More »Joe Biden denied communion at Catholic church
Former Vice President Joe Biden was denied communion Sunday at a Catholic church in South Carolina over his support for abortion rights. Father Robert Morey, the pastor at Saint Anthony Catholic Church in Florence, told the Florence Morning News that he had denied Biden communion because “any public figure who …
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