Guinea Bissau President Umaro Embalo has been elected new chair of the ECOWAS for the next one year. He was elected at Sunday’s Summit [3 July 2022] to succeed Ghana’s President Nana Akufo-Addo, who held the position for almost two years. Gambia’s Omar Alieu Touray was also introduced as the …
Read More »Galamsey pit kills man at Nweneso No1
A 35-year-old man, Kwame Antwi, has died after a galamsey pit caved on him at Nweneso No1 in the Atwima Kwanwoma District of the Ashanti region. The deceased also known as Romeo had gone to mine on Sunday, July 3, 2022. The pit, however, collapsed on him in the process, …
Read More »Surgical error gets Stephanie Benson hospitalized
Not the best of news from the camp of Stephanie Benson as the musician has been hospitalized, a tweet from her husband announced, Monday. Accompanying the tweet with a picture of the gorgeous musician, Jonathan Benson indicated that his wife had undergone surgery. “Hi, This is Jon. Typing message for Stephanie. ‘Sorry …
Read More »Veteran actor Kenneth Aguba reportedly homeless
Nollywood actor, Kenneth Aguba is reported to be homeless after new images of the veteran living in an abandoned building surfaced. In the pictures making the rounds on social media, the actor is seated in an unroofed shelter with what appears to be cooking items belonging to him. The pictures …
Read More »The body of a woman mistakenly buried during a mass burial exhumed after a court order
Environmental officials in the Kwahu West Municipality of the Eastern Region have exhumed the corpse of a woman they mistakenly buried during a mass burial exercise. The body was mistakenly buried along with some other bodies at the Nkawkaw-Trafford cemetery in January, this year. However, the family displeased by the …
Read More »We were forced to go to IMF – Gabby Otchere-Darko
New Patriotic Party (NPP) stalwart, Gabby Asare Otchere-Darko has said that the government was compelled to seek a bailout at the International Monetary Fund (IMF). According to him, the government was left with no choice as policies it proposed, including the E-Levy that could possibly have brought practical solutions to the country’s …
Read More »Teacher unions declare strike over Cost-of Living-Allowance
The Ghana National Association of Teachers, National Association of Graduate Teachers, Coalition of Concerned Teachers Ghana and the Teachers and Educational Workers Union have effective today, Monday, June 4, 2021, commenced a nationwide strike action. The strike according to the leadership of the Teacher Unions, is a result of the …
Read More »Ghana banned by CAF over age-cheating
Ghana’s u-17 side the Black Maidens have been handed a two-year ban by the Confederation of African Football for forging the birthdate of two players. Ghana was found guilty by CAF after Morocco protested the ages of two Black Maidens players Nancy Amoh and Rasheeda Shahadu. The ban means Ghana’s …
Read More »Two Ghanaian footballers arrested in India over fake travel documents
Two Ghanaian footballers were arrested by Meghalaya Police in the northeastern part of India for not possessing valid travel documents on Saturday. A police team intercepted a tourist vehicle bearing registration number ML 05 T 3049 in NH 6 along Ummulong and detected six African nationals. Out of the six …
Read More »VIDEO: NDC’s Otokunor successfully defends his PhD thesis
Peter Boamah Otokunor, a deputy General Secretary of the National Democratic Congress, NDC, has celebrated the successful defense of his PhD thesis in Agric Economics and Policy. He posted results from the oral defense of his thesis in social media posts. The first on June 21 showed him interacting with …
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