Four gunmen stormed a church and opened fire on worshippers during an Easter service Saturday dawn, local police have confirmed. The incident occured at the Heaven Embassy Chapel International located in the Atwima Kwanwoma District town of Afrancho near the Ashanti Regional capital Kumasi. A patrol team from the Foase …
Read More »Boat capsizes on Volta Lake, 40 feared dead
Some 40 people are feared dead on the Volta Lake after a boat carrying them capsized due to a storm. The boat was travelling across the Lake from Tongor-Dzemeni in the South Dayi District of the Volta Region to Havorkope in the Kwahu Afram Plains North District of the Eastern …
Read More »How can Bawumia succeed Akufo-Addo – Alan boy takes on Ofori-Atta
Abraham Boadi, former Presiding Member of the Kumasi Metropolitan Assembly, KMA, has questioned the grounds on which Finance Minister, Ken Ofori-Atta, said Vice President Mahamudu Bawumia was a perfect successor to President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo. According to Boadi, Ofori-Atta did not give any justification for his comments after the April 7 State …
Read More »Assin North MP should be banned from contesting any election – Lawyer
A private legal practitioner, lawyer Okyere Darko has called on the court to permanently ban the Member of Parliament(MP) for Assin North from contesting for any elections in the country. According to him, the Member of Parliament has committed a crime that should not go unpunished. Lawyer Okyere Darko believes …
Read More »‘I’m not sure yet, I’ve to keep focusing on club football’ – Tariq Lamptey on playing for Black Stars
Brighton and Hove Albion youngster Tariq Lamptey says he’s not sure yet about playing for the Black Stars after calls to get him to to represent the African giant at senior level. The defender looks unsure about his future at the senior national team level yet as he’s still contemplating …
Read More »‘You can’t plan’ – Mr. Beautiful likens Nana Addo’s government with using Spintex Road
Ghanaian comedian, Mr. Beautiful has compared the governance of President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo to driving on the Spintex road in Accra. According to the Kumawood actor born Clement Bonney, anyone who decides to use the Spintex road as a daily route isn’t a serious person in life looking at …
Read More »Four on bail over GHC2,100,000 attempted bank fraud
An Accra Circuit Court has granted GHC6 million bail with three sureties to Stephen Arthur over an alleged attempt to defraud Fidelity Bank Limited of GHC2,100,000 belonging to customers. One of the sureties, the court ordered, should be justified with landed property. Three of his accomplices: Nicholas Gyekye, Ahmed Ansah …
Read More »Give us shoe factory—Tema Cobblers to government
Cobblers in the Tema Metropolis have called on the government to establish a shoe factory in their enclave for the teeming youth to venture into shoemaking as a means of employment. They told the Ghana News Agency in an interview in Tema that scores of shoemakers had acquired the necessary …
Read More »Hearts of Oak will dominate Ghana Premier League again – GFA boss Kurt Okraku
President of the Ghana Football Association [GFA], Kurt Okraku will dominate the Ghana Premier League soon despite having a dwindling campaign. The Phobians, who are defending champions of the ongoing Ghana Premier League have been poor. After 24 matches played, the Rainbow club sit 6th on the league log with …
Read More »Managing the economy is not about speaking well – Economist
International Economist, Dr. Julius Kattah has asserted that no amount of economic gymnastics will change the fact that Ghana is faced with a serious economic crisis. Speaking on Nyankonton Mu Nsem on Rainbow Radio 87.5FM in a recent interview, he noted that the government must take note of the challenges …
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