Elvis Anokye

Lesotho First Lady Maesaiah Thabane charged with murdering rival

The wife of the prime minister of Lesotho has been formally charged in court with murdering his previous wife. First Lady Maesaiah Thabane has not yet been asked to plead. She surrendered to police on Tuesday for questioning. Prime Minister Thomas Thabane has also been questioned. His estranged wife, Lipolelo …

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Trump acquitted by Senate in impeachment trial

President Donald Trump has been cleared in his impeachment trial, ending a congressional bid to oust him from office that bitterly divided the US. The Senate, run by the president’s fellow Republicans, voted to acquit him 52-48 on charges of abuse of power and by 53-47 on obstruction of Congress. …

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Customized jerseys for famous ‘Govt Official 1’ hits social media

A customized jersey for the yet to be known ‘Government Official 1’ otherwise known as ‘Individual 1’ has hit social media in what is a mockery of the opposition National Democratic Congress whose officials are believed to have played a role in the Airbus saga under the Mills-Mahama governments of …

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AngloGold to exit South Africa

AngloGold Ashanti is planning to exit its South African concessions as it plans to sell its South African assets on 21 February 2020. Its Chief Executive Officer Kelvin Dushnisky, in an interview at the 2020 Indaba Mining Conference, said it will provide an update on the sale of its South …

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Galamsey: 315 excavators seized; only 127 left – Task force

The leader of the team in charge of monitoring and securing all seized earthmoving and auxiliary equipment used for illegal small-scale mining (galamsey) has revealed that 315 excavators had been seized as of 31 January 2020 but only 127 are left in the central pool in Accra. According to Nana …

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Duffuor, Asiama, 7 others charged over uniBank collapse

A former Finance Minister and founder of uniBank, a former Deputy Governor of the Bank of Ghana and seven others have been charged by an Accra High Court for playing roles leading to the financial sector crisis. Dr. Kwabena Duffuor was charged by the state with 68 counts of Fraudulent …

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[VIDEO]: Women are meant only for the kitchen and bedroom – Bulldog

Lawrence Nana Asiamah-Hanson, popularly known as Bulldog says women are better off in the kitchen and bedroom only. According to him, gender equality can never be achieved because God didn’t create men and women on the same day. The artiste manager on live radio says women in their efforts to …

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Law school mass failure: Parliament calls for remarking

The house of legislature has called on the Ghana Legal Council (GLC) to remark all scripts of failed students in the 2019 Ghana School of Law (GSL) entrance exams. Parliament’s recommendation follows the mass disqualification of over 1,600 law students who sat for the 2019 entrance exam for admission to …

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Taadi missing girls: Suspects charged with murder

A Sekondi High Court on Wednesday 5th January discharged the two Nigerian Suspects in the Takoradi kidnapped girls saga, Sam Udoetuk Wills and John Orji but were quickly re-arrested by the police and charged with murder at the Takoradi District Magistrate Court. This was after the State Attorney, Adeliade Kobiri-Woode, …

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UG survey reveals 64.9% of Ghanaians want new voters’ register

A whopping 64.9% of Ghanaians are in support of the Electoral Commission’s decision to compile a new voters’ register for the December polls, a University of Ghana survey has revealed. The survey, conducted by the Political Science Department of the university, in December 2019, asked the 27,500 respondents a simple question, …

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