A Senior Research Fellow at Kumasi Technical University, Dr. Smart Sarpong, has called on government to tackle the black market control over the dollar currency in the country. Contributing to Peace FM’s “Kokrokoo” Friday morning, Dr. Smart Sarpong applauded government for its $2 billion financial arrangement to cushion the financial …
Read More »Dismissed $9.5m defamation suit: Ken Agyapong given 60-days to file amended complaint
A United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia that dismissed a defamation suit brought before it by the Member of Parliament for Assin Central, Kennedy Agyapong has given him a 60-day period within which he can file a second amended appeal. Agyapong filed the case months ago …
Read More »My role in admitting 10 students to Ghana School of Law – Maxwell Opoku-Agyemang speaks
Maxwell Opoku-Agyemang, a former Acting Director of the Ghana School of Law, has been speaking about his involvement in admitting 10 students who did not pass the required 50 percent mark of the entrance examination into the Ghana School of Law (GSL). Breaking his silence for the first time after …
Read More »The 50-year-old royal sandals that still serves the Paga Paramount Chief
The Paramount Chief of Paga Traditional Area in the Kassena-Nankana West District in the Upper East Region, Pe Awiah Awumpaga II, has demonstrated that he is surely a man who knows how to preserve the things he loves. He may have lost things in his life – even as a …
Read More »Lady who resurrected after doctors pronounced her dead has died again
Doctors confirm death of makeup artist to family Zuweira comes back to life after being pronounced dead Multiple reports indicated that a lady who had been pronounced dead at the Ridge Hospital came back to life a day after. The story of Zuweira as narrated by her aunt, Rabi-Dan Alpha …
Read More »Cassava imported from China, others is for industrial purpose – Agric Ministry
Director of Crops at the Ministry of Agriculture, Mr. Seth Osei Akoto has confirmed that Ghana is indeed importing cassava as claimed by Ranking Member on the Food, Agriculture and Cocoa Affairs Committee in Parliament, Eric Opoku. He however indicated that what is imported is for industrial purposes adding that …
Read More »How Ayisoba’s miraculous ‘Kologo’ made him walk after 3 years of crawling
Ghanaian traditional musician King Ayisoba born Albert Poozore was made to walk by a musical instrument known in the local parlance as ‘Kologo’ after three years of crawling, MyNewsGH.com has learnt. This event in the life of the now-international act was made known during an interview he granted on Kantanka …
Read More »What is sold at 15 pesewas in Ghana today? – NDC MP asks
Fifteen pesewas have become popular in the last few days after the government decided to remove the sum from every litre in petroleum price build-up margins. Finance Minister, Ken Ofori-Atta on Thursday announced a number of mitigation measures reached by the government to combat current economic hardships. The reduction has …
Read More »Ethiopia’s civil war: The women who paid the price
Returning home a month after fleeing advancing rebel forces proved to be a fatal mistake for Zemzem’s family. The young woman, whose name we have changed to protect her identity, ran away from her small town in the Amhara region with her husband and baby son in August last year. …
Read More »Ghana: 266,000 abortions recorded in 4 years
The first-ever model of unintended pregnancies and abortion rates for 150 countries has estimated that 266,000 abortions were done in Ghana between 2015 and 2019. The Guttmacher Institute, the World Health Organisation and the UN’s Human Reproduction Programme (HRP) released the model-based estimates of unintended pregnancy and abortion rates highlighting …
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