The Juaso circuit court on Wednesday, February 22, 2023 remanded into police custody, ten alleged national security operatives who were arrested for alleged extortion at Asiwa in the Ashanti region. The 13-member syndicate was said to have been illegally operating within the Asiwa enclave, extorting monies from small-scale miners. At …
Read More »Ghana needs constitution that caps number of ministers – Kyei-Mensah-Bonsu
Majority Leader in Parliament, Osei Kyei-Mensah-Bonsu, has called for a new constitutional order that would place a cap on the number of ministers appointed by the President. His call follows demands by the Minority caucus in Parliament for President Nana Akufo-Addo to downsize his government in the wake of the …
Read More »John Mahama picks nomination forms
Former President John Dramani Mahama has picked his nomination forms to contest the flagbearership race of the National Democratic Congress (NDC). This was barely 24 hours after he declared his intention to run for president in the 2024 general election on the ticket of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC). …
Read More »How much fish do we harvest in Ghana for us to have a whole ministry for it? – NPP communicator asks
Kweku Yeboah, a member of the communication team of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), has said that he supports the decision of the minority caucus of Parliament to reject all the new ministerial appointees of President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo. According to him, the appointment of the new ministers and deputy ministers was …
Read More »VIDEO: Fameye releases new single ‘Questions’
Ghanaian musician, Fameye has released a new single dubbed ‘Questions’, that has had people in their feels about life and death. Death they say is a part of life and is inevitable no matter who you are or what you achieve in this life. Death they also say, hardly gives notice before …
Read More »Alan’s convoy accidentally hits motorcycle in Tamale, victim dies on the spot
A woman met her untimely death in Tamale in the Northern Region in the morning of Wednesday, February 22, 2023, when the motorbike she was sitting on ran into a vehicle in the region. The woman, who is yet to be identified, is reported to have met her untimely death …
Read More »How Kofi Boakye led a team of policemen to arrest notorious Kumasi-based robber 2PM
A notorious Kumasi-based armed robber by the name 2PM has narrated the events that led to how celebrated senior police officer, COP Kofi Boakye, nabbed him years ago. Speaking to Kingdom Plus FM and monitored by GhanaWeb, he said that he became so used to robbery so much after he got …
Read More »You’ll be destooled if you don’t stop disgracing Bantama stool – Otumfuo warns Bantamahene
The Asantehene, Otumfuo Osei Tutu II, has expressed worry about the activities of Bantamahene, which he said disgraces him as the overlord of the Asante Kingdom and the traditional stool that Baffour Owusu Amankwatia VI occupies. Bantamahene appeared on February 20, 2023, before Otumfuo Osei Tutu II and the Kumasi …
Read More »NDC suspends parliamentary primaries in 23 constituencies
The largest opposition party in Ghana, National Democratic Congress (NDC), has put on hold parliamentary primaries in 23 constituencies as it readies to elect candidates for the 2024 parliamentary elections. The decision was announced by the NDC General Secretary, Fifi Kwetey in a statement on Tuesday. The NDC opens the picking of nomination forms …
Read More »Ken Ofori-Atta heads to China to seek debt cancellation
The government of Ghana will this week start actively engaging external debtors with the view to getting debt cancellation, especially from the Paris club of creditors. The first stop of a government delegation seeking debt restructuring will be in China with Minister of Finance Ken Ofori-Atta will be leading the team expected …
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