The Municipal Chief Executive (MCE) for the Suame Municipal Assembly in the Ashanti region, Hon. Dr. John Osei Bobie, has explained that the statue erected at the Kumasi Kejetia Market represents the true image of Asantehene, Otumfuo Osei Tutu II, depending on the angle one views from, as criticized by …
Read More »JUST IN: Referees boycott NC Special Competition over unpaid allowances
The Referees Association of Ghana (RAG) have announced they will no longer be officiating games effective tomorrow, until all arrears owed them are paid. In a letter signed by Deputy General Secretary of the Association, Kwao Sampson, the referees said they were compelled to take the decision because they are …
Read More »Security beefed up on University of Ghana campus after robbery attack
The University of Ghana says it will beef up security on campus as the semester’s examinations draw closer. This comes in the wake of an attack on a final year Psychology student Daniel Osei by persons suspected to be armed robbers. Daniel Osei who was butchered and sustained several cutlass …
Read More »Dawhenya protesters ‘sack’ Sam George
Aggrieved residents of Dawhenya in the Ningo-Prampram District of the Greater Accra Region, who demonstrated over deplorable roads in the area recently, have rejected plans by the Member of Parliament (MP), Samuel Nartey George, to partake in the next protest against government. Last Friday, scores of residents in Dawhenya in …
Read More »Bigwigs in NPP, NDC captured in Anas galamsey fraud part 2 – Kweku Baako hints
Editor-In-Chief of the New Crusading Guide Newspaper, Abdul Malik Kweku Baako has dropped a hint that bigwigs in both the governing New Patriotic Party (NPP) and the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) have all been fingered in the second part of Anas Aremeyaw Anas’ investigative piece dubbed, galamsey fraud. Though …
Read More »BoG to begin circulation of upgraded cedi notes today
The Bank of Ghana (BoG) will today begin the circulation of its enhanced GHc10, GHc20 and GHc50 notes. According to the Bank of Ghana, both the old and the new notes will be used concurrently until the old ones are phased out. New features on the new notes include a …
Read More »Secret training of militia in Volta Region uncovered – Police
The Ghana Police Service has confirmed the arrest of the Chairman of the Homeland Study Group Foundation (HSGF), Papavi Hogbedetor and his accomplices championing the independence of the Volta Region. According to a statement issued by the police, it has gathered sufficient evidence from the group it was readying itself …
Read More »SOUTH AFRICA: EFF vs Karima Brown: Court hears journalist is unprofessional, not objective
The lawyer representing the EFF argued in the Gauteng High Court in Johannesburg on Monday that journalist and political commentator Karima Brown did not conduct herself in a fair, objective or professional manner in her criticism of the EFF. “The journalist we are dealing with is one who is intent …
Read More »NabCo trainees settle on Friday to hit the streets
Beneficiaries of government’s Nation Builders Corps program have decided on Friday October 10 to ‘go red’ on government over the seeming nonchalance about their prolonged grievances over unpaid salaries. This was contained in a communiqué issued by the coalition on Monday May 6, 2019. The decision comes after several failed …
Read More »Africa migrants detain in a football stadium at Yemen
Children among African migrants held in Yemen Children are among over 2,000 African migrants rounded up and detained in a football stadium in Yemen, an official for the International Organization for Migration (IOM) has told BBC Newsday programme. Olivia Headon, IOM spokesperson in Yemen, said the migrants, predominately from Ethiopia, …
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