The Progressive People’s Party (PPP) has said it is disappointed that Parliament has approved the budget for the Electoral Commission (EC) to go ahead to compile a new voter register ahead of the December polls. According to the PPP, apart from the partisan posture adopted by the governing New Patriotic …
Read More »Kumasi hotel killing: Manager explains why staff did not hear gunshot
Operators of the Cedar Crescent hotel in Kumasi where a married man allegedly shot and killed his girlfriend say their staff did not hear the sound of any struggle preceding the gunshot. Hotel manager Naa Kela Boadi told Joy News that the 42-year-old Bank of Ghana (BoG) driver, did not …
Read More »‘Child stowaway’ found dead in plane’s undercarriage in Paris
The body of child aged around 10 has been found in the undercarriage of plane that had arrived in Paris from Abidjan, sources close to the investigation have told French media. Air France confirmed that “the lifeless body of a stowaway” was discovered at Charles de Gaulle Airport early in …
Read More »Scores of ‘violent’ MenzGold customers arrested at NAM1’s residence
About 100 aggrieved customers of the defunct gold-dealership firm MenzGold have been arrested by the police in Accra. Police say the demonstrating customers who forced their way into the plush Trassaco Estate Wednesday to demand their locked-up investments from owner of the firm, Nana Appiah Mensah, were acting violently. They …
Read More »850 NDC members defect to NPP
More than 850 members of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) in seven communities at Tozekope Electoral Area in the Sene East Constituency of the Bono East Region have defected to the ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP). Nana Narty Peter, a leading member of the party who spoke for the …
Read More »Gunshots heard at NAM1 residence as scores picket for paymen
More than 100 irate customers of the defunct gold dealership firm, Menzgold Ghana Limited have massed up at the Trassaco home of the CEO Nana Appiah Mensah (NAM1). The customers from Accra, Tarkwa and Kumasi have served notice that they will sleep at the premises of the house until they …
Read More »A/R: Subin NDC parliamentary candidate died
The National Democratic Congress (NDC) Parliamentary Candidate for the Subin Constituency in the Ashanti Region, Lingford Owoo, popularly known as CD has passed on. Lingford Owoo died at his residence Adankwame in the Ashanti Region at about 12:00 am on Wednesday January 8, 2020 after a short illness. Family sources that spoke to otecfmghana.com on …
Read More »Farmer who impregnated daughter commits suicide in police cell
A 42-year-old farmer, Yaw Tawiah who was suspected of impregnating his stepdaughter at Ntonso, a farming community near Sankore in the Asunafo South District of the Ahafo region has died in police custody, MyNewsGh.com reports. Police say he hanged himself in the toilet inside the cells of the Sankore Police …
Read More »We Are Dying; Pay Our Allowances And Stop Calling Us For Your Wicked Loans – Unpaid NSS Personnel Cry Out
Scores of NSS personnel within the Ashanti region and other places are crying bitterly over their delayed allowances in an unprecedented manner whilst others cry of not receiving anything at all. Authorities of the Scheme are now under fire over what the personnel describe as wicked and demonic strategy into …
Read More »No Ghanaian player in 2019 CAF Best XI
No Ghanaian player was named in the 2019 African Best XI released by CAF on Tuesday in Cairo. Also known as the FIFpro Africa Best XI, the squad was chosen by the players. Senegal dominate the list with three players Kalidou Koulibaly, Idrissa Gana Gueye and Sadio Mane- who was …
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