The Municipal Chief Executive nominee for New Juaben North, Comfort Asante has been rejected by Assembly members. The MCE nominee polled 15 Yes votes as against 14 no votes on Friday October 8, 2021. The renomination of the comfort Asante, a retired lecturer as MCE for New Juaben was met …
Read More »16 Assembly Members rain curses on DCE, Regional Coordinator, others over ‘disenfranchisement’
Assin South District Assembly Members in the Central Region have invoked curses on the District Chief Executive, Coordinating Director, Regional Minister, New Patriotic Party Regional Chairman and others for disenfranchisement. According to the angry members numbering 16, they were prevented from exercising their rights and responsibility due to alleged lateness. …
Read More »World Bank revises Ghana’s growth rate to 4.9% for 2021
The World Bank has revised Ghana’s growth to 4.9 percent for 2021, from the earlier forecast of 1.4 percent of Gross Domestic Product, its latest October 2021 Africa Pulse report has indicated. It is also forecasting a 5.5 percent expansion in the economy in 2022, reflecting strong growth in exports. …
Read More »Man swept ashore after going missing for three days
A 28-year-old man identified as Papa Kwame has been washed ashore after he went missing some three days ago. According to reports, the man drowned after bathing in a sea at Saltpond Nankesido in the Mfantseman Municipality of the Central Region. The body was discovered on Friday, October 8 at …
Read More »Several structures along Tema motorway demolished
• The Accra-Tema Motorway is inundated with several illegal structures • Several of such structures have been demolished in an exercise on Friday • The latest exercise was undertaken by La Dade-Kotopon and Ayawaso North Municipal Assemblies A team of police officers and local assembly officials on Friday, October 8, …
Read More »21-year-old suspected gay confesses after being threatened with an oath
• A young man has been fined 24 sheep for engaging in homosexual acts • The suspected guy has been asked by the Nkoranza Traditional Council to provide the sheep for purification • He is said to have confessed to being gay A 21-year-old-man has been fined 24 sheep by …
Read More »A kiss, a fist and pointing towards God – 3 symbolic things Marful-Sau did before his death
• Justice Samuel Kofi Marful-Sau who was a Supreme Court judge died on August 10, 2021 • He was appointed Supreme Court judge in 2018 • He left behind a wife and 4 children Of all the tributes read during the state burial of the late Supreme Court Justice, Samuel Marful-Sau, …
Read More »Supreme Court Judges storm state House for funeral of late Marful-Sau
• A state burial is being held in honour of Justice Samuel Kofi Marful-Sau today • Many Supreme Court justices and lawyers are present at the event • The late SC Justice reportedly died after a short illness To commiserate with the family and pay last respects to their cherished …
Read More »Ketu South Assembly PM sacked ahead of MCE confirmation
The confirmation of the President’s nominee for Municipal Chief Executive (MCE) for Ketu South was delayed for almost two hours. The delay was occasioned by first, the last-minute revocation of all former government appointees of the Assembly, which affected Samuel Doe Haligah, who was also the Presiding Member and the …
Read More »Man Arrested for Allegedly Killing Farmer for Chasing his Wife
The Bunkpurugu District Command have arrested suspect Kampii Ningpeen Yennu in connection with the alleged killing of one Matthew Namisom, 35, a farmer at Kpentaung in the Bunkpurugu/Nakpanduri district of the North East region. The Acting North East Regional Police Public Relations Officer, ASP Robert Anabiik Anmain, who confirmed the …
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