Ghana’s 2010 FIFA World Cup star, Asamoah Gyan has revealed that he would have done exactly what Luis Suarez did in the 2010 FIFA World Cup in South Africa against the Black Stars. Luis Suarez made himself Africa’s football enemy after handling Dominic Adiyah’s stoppage-time goal bond header at the Soccer City Stadium …
Read More »Court remands sword-wielding Lebanese for 8 days
An Accra Circuit Court has remanded the Lebanese national, who threatened to slit the throat of a Ghanaian on the streets of Osu, into police custody for eight days. The suspect, Osman Brustani was arrested on Wednesday, April 13, 2022, and was arraigned at the Accra Circuit Court on Thursday, …
Read More »COCOBOD to hand over rehabilitated Cocoa farms to farmers
Ghana Cocoa Board (COCOBOD) will soon begin the process of handing over the management of rehabilitated cocoa farms to their farm owners. This comes after a successful two-year-long rehabilitation of hundreds of acres of Cocoa Swollen Shoot Viral Disease (CSSVD) infected farms, under the COCOBOD, and Government funded Cocoa Rehabilitation …
Read More »Why I travelled abroad, came back to do politics – Assin North MP speaks
Embattled Assin North Member of Parliament, James Gyakye Quayson, has opened up on why he travelled abroad and later returned to the country to enter into politics. In an interview with Metro TV, he mentioned that he went abroad to pursue further studies and continue with his life. He, however, said he …
Read More »Court remands driver and mate over murder of Kumasi city guard
Two suspects arrested in connection with the murder of a city guard with the Kumasi Metropolitan Assembly have been remanded into police custody by the Asokwa Magistrate Court. The suspects; Kingsley Amoah, a driver and Festus Adu Gyamfi, a driver’s mate have been charged with murder and abetment of crime, …
Read More »We would rather invest in treasury bills than import goods – Traders lament
President of the Automobile Dealers Association of Ghana, Eric Kwaku Boateng, has revealed that most traders in the import business have pledged to withdraw from the trade if the cost of doing business keeps rising. According to him, the high taxes charged on imports have seen a lot of traders …
Read More »Heavy security presence in Yendi following reprisal attacks
There is a heavy Police presence at Yendi following the killing of at least eight herdsmen in a suspected reprisal attack on Zakole, a herder Community in the Northern Region. The attack was triggered when a teacher of Dagbon State Senior High School, Jacob Koila was killed in a suspected …
Read More »Commercial drivers up in arms against kwahu chiefs over escort charges
Some commercial drivers in the Kwahu municipality of the Eastern Region are up in arms against chiefs in the Kawhu Traditional Council over their decision to charge for escort during the Easter festivities. As per the escort charges, drivers will be given dispatch services to navigate traffic gridlock during the …
Read More »Supreme Court’s 5-2 ruling on Assin North MP a ‘travesty of Justice’ – John Dramani Mahama
Former President John Dramani Mahama has described the Supreme Court’s ruling that barred the Assin North MP, James Gyakye Qayson, from performing parliamentary duties as a misrepresentation of justice. According to him, the apex court’s ruling is a deliberate display of disrespect to the country’s democracy. He said the representation of the …
Read More »Why Supreme Court ruled 5-2 to bar James Gyakye Quayson from discharging parliamentary duties
The Supreme Court of Ghana by a 5-2 majority decision on Wednesday, April 13, 2022, ordered Mr Gyekye Quayson to stop holding himself as a lawmaker. According to the apex court, the decision is in the utmost interest of Ghanaians. In the majority decision held by Justices Jones Dotse, Mariama Owusu, Gertrude …
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