The Eastern Cape towns of Komga, Mthatha, Maclear, Ugie, Port Alfred and Keiskammahoek dominate the top 10 list of sexual offence capitals in the country for the first quarter of 2022. According to News24’s CrimeCheck online tool, the towns are among the 10 police precincts with the highest reported numbers for …
Read More »Chairman Wontumi goes mute after John Boadu’s overwhelming defeat
It was a weekend full of shock and surprises as delegates of the governing NPP decided to dethrone John Boadu as the General Secretary for Justin Frimpong Kodua, JFK. Not the support of all the regional chairmen of the party translated to votes for Boadu to secure a third term as the …
Read More »Victory for Hearts, defeat for Kotoko: Performance of football elements in NPP elections
The New Patriotic Party(NPP) went to the polls on Saturday, July 16, 2022, to elect a new set of national executives ahead of the 2024 general election. Among the many candidates vying for positions were Asante Kotoko’s commercial manager, Eric Amoako Twum and former Hearts of Oak management member, Aziz Haruna …
Read More »Akua GMB threatens to sue AJ Poundz over infidelity allegations
The CEO of Jay And Jay Group, Sally Akua Amoakowaa Mensah aka Akua GMB has through her lawyers served a cease and desist notice to media personality, Mrs. Matilda Adjoa Adu-Boateng who is popularly called AJ Poundz. What the notice is simply seeking is that AJ Poundz must apologize to …
Read More »‘Thank you so much my sweet ex’ – Ayisha Modi to Ofori Amponsah
Entertainment enthusiast, Ayisha Modi celebrated her birthday on Sunday, July 17, 2022. On the day, Ayisha Modi got a lot of messages from friends, family, and her followers on social media as they celebrated her and wished her well. Many of the messages also came from top players in the …
Read More »SSNIT merges 1.9 million scheme holders to Ghana Card
The Social Security and National Insurance Scheme (SSNIT) has merged the identity of a total of more than 1.9 million beneficiaries to the National Identification Card (Ghana Card), Mr. Joseph Poku, the Chief Actuary at SSNIT, has disclosed. Mr. Poku said the merger was done between June 28, 2021, to …
Read More »Mining, finance, tech dominate local stock market
Stocks from three sectors – Mining, Finance and Technology – accounted for 94.5 percent of the market capitalisation of the Ghana Stock Exchange (GSE) at the close of the first half of the year, analysis by the B&FT has shown. Market capitalisation measures the total cedi market value of outstanding …
Read More »Fuel prices shoot up 287% in 5 years – IES
Pump prices of fuel have shot up 288 percent since January 2017 to date, according to data from the energy think-tank Institute of Energy Security (IES). In January 2017, a litre of petrol and diesel sold at GH¢3.65 and GH¢3.63 respectively, but now sells at GH¢11.32 and GH¢14.05 respectively, with …
Read More »Zelensky fires security chief and top prosecutor
President Volodymyr Zelensky has fired the head of Ukraine’s security agency (SBU) and the prosecutor general, citing many cases of treason in the two powerful organisations. He said more than 60 former employees were now working against Ukraine in Russian-occupied areas. A total of 651 collaboration and treason cases had …
Read More »VIDEO: I sacrificed my life for Nigerians to accept Ghanaian musicians – Shatta Wale
Dancehall musician Shatta Wale says he has to be given the due credit for paving the way for Nigerians to warmly accept Ghanaian musicians in their country. According to him, calling Nigerians out on stage during his stadium concert last year has yielded positive results because Ghanaian musicians are now …
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