Dr. Kwabena Duffour, flagbearer hopeful of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), has filed an interlocutory injunction against the party’s upcoming presidential and parliamentary primaries slated for Saturday, May 13, 2023. The lawsuit specifically named as respondents the General Secretary of the NDC, the Director of the Elections Directorate, along with …

New Patriotic Party (NPP) activists and pro-government accounts on social media continue to share a stinging letter purportedly from the camp of former finance minister Kwabena Duffuor. The said letter among others, accuses former president John Dramanu Mahama of having alcohol addiction problems and having a tainted record of leadership. …

A 14-year-old boy has reportedly died after a gun he was playing with with his friend mistakenly discharged in Stanger, KwaZulu-Natal province of South Africa. He was declared dead on the scene by medics, BBC.com reports. “Fortunately, the second boy sustained no injuries during this horrific incident,” said IPSS, a …

Acclaimed Zimbabwean filmmaker and novelist Tsitsi Dangarembga has been acquitted by the country’s High Court of staging an anti-government protest in 2020, for which she had initially received a six-month suspended jail sentence and a fine. “I can confirm that she has been acquitted,” her lawyer Harrison Nkomo said after …

Asante Kotoko legend Eric Bekoe has revealed that Hearts of Oak great Ishmael Addo is one of his idols while aspiring to become a top footballer. Addo won the Ghana Premier League top scorer prize for three consecutive seasons, jointly holding the record for most goals scored in a single …

Passengers of British Airways (BA) are mounting pressure on the airline to reduce its fares by signing an online petition. The petition, published on charge.com, already has 1,035 signatories as of 13:17 local time on Monday 8 May 2023. The petition was started by one Esther Lulu who said Ghanaians …

A picketing pensioner bondholder has stated that government is perpetrating robbery on bondholders whose funds remain unpaid despite previous assurances. According to him, the situation where pensioners are having to picket for their monies is akin to the government taking arms and attacking them. “In fact, it is more or …

Popular media personality, Abeiku Santana, has suggested that Bullgod is not as brave as he portrays following the artiste manager’s failure to pursue his defamation lawsuit against Shatta Wale. After their court appearance on March 7, it was reported that Bullgod and Shatta Wale have begun negotiations to settle the defamation case brought against the latter by the …

A church building at Old Bortianor has collapsed. The building, belonging to the Word in Action Church, is reported to have been a storey building with some church members inside. A video shared by UTV showed that the building had completely been brought to the ground. Some residents of the …

The United States recently announced new visa fees which measure was due to affect three main nonimmigrant visa (NIV) applications. The affected visas include the Non-Petition-based NIV, work visas and the E Category applicants and are slated to take effect on May 30. In this data story, GhanaWeb does a …