Rapper Captain Planet has indicated that contrary to assumptions that traditional leaders are to blame for illegal mining, popularly known in Ghana as galamsey, it’s rather the ordinary citizens who should bear the blame. He said this via a tweet, with his handle @CAPTAINPLANETGH, today, Friday, 26 August 2022. It …

A male adult whose identity is being withheld is in the custody of the Ashanti Regional Police, in connection with suspected smuggled quantities of fertilizer meant for farmers. This was revealed to GBC News in Kumasi by a source at the office. The source noted that about 500 bags of …

A middle-aged man, believed to be in his thirties, has been killed by a lion at the Accra Zoo. According to the Forestry Commission, the intruder was spotted around the premises on Sunday at about 12 noon, after he managed to scale the zoo’s security fence. In what is suspected …

Football they say is the easiest, legal way out of poverty and this is because it is one of the best-paying jobs in the world where one does not need a certificate to get into it. Black Stars deputy captain, Thomas Partey, is the second-highest paid player at Arsenal with a …

Meat is very important in this part of the world. Most older people would rather eat meat than fish. Consuming meat, especially red meat on a frequent basis, has been linked to an increased risk of developing Alzheimer’s disease in older adults. Thus, as you get older, you should cut …

Samanhene, Nana Osei Kweku, has revealed that embattled Akwasi Addai, alias Odike, has responded to summons to appear before the Kumasi Traditional Council. Odike is wanted over allegations he made on Kumasi-based Oyerepa FM weeks back, to the effect that the chiefs were complicit in illegal small-scale mining, known as …

Earlier this week, it came to bare that a total of 23,495 people in Ghana tested positive for HIV in the first half of this year (January to June). This was disclosed by the Programme Manager of the National STIs and HIV/AIDS Control Programme, Dr Stephen Ayisi Addo. But despite …

A car which was used by the late Diana, Princess of Wales has sold for £650,000 at auction. Princess Diana, who died nearly 25 years ago, drove the black Ford Escort RS Turbo for nearly three years from August 1985. She was pictured with the car outside the boutique shops …

If you merely begin reading the Bible, you will be able to finish it since it is God’s Holy Book, which offers a lot of information. Several essential topics are explored, including how we came to be, how we should live, and numerous other important things. The Bible contains a …

International rating agency Fitch has downgraded the viability ratings of three Ghanaian banks to “CCC”. The Banks are Ecobank Ghana Limited, Guaranty Trust Bank (Ghana) Limited (GTB Ghana), and United Bank for Africa (Ghana) Limited (UBA Ghana). The downgrade came after the rating agency downgraded Ghana’s creditworthiness to “CCC” or …