The Rapid Deployment Force (RDF) of the Bono Regional Police Command has confirmed the death of Corporal Rexford Amoako after he was shot by another police personnel during patrol operations. Speaking to My News Ghana, The Bono Regional Public Relations Officer of the Ghana Police Service, Chief Inspector Augustine Kingsley Oppong, …
Read More »Kofi ne Ama: Know your Ghanaian leaders since independence and their ‘day born names’
Ghana is blessed with a host of ethnic groups or tribes which have uniquely distinctive values, norms and practices. However, in this diversity lies some strong underlining features that permeates the various Ghanaian cultures. One of such widely-shared cultural features is the naming of children on days they are born. …
Read More »Akufo-Addo hijacks Mahama’s Greenhouse Project and names it after himself
All is set for President Akufo-Addo to commission some 75 Greenhouses and Entrepreneurship Innovative Centre at Dawhenya Irrigation site today Thursday, August 13, 2020, but The Herald’s information is that, what is meant to look like an initiative of the present government, is far from the truth. Electronic fliers, have …
Read More »Group fires Mahama for ‘disrespecting’ Chief Imam’s Office
The Zongo Movement for Development (ZOMOD), a Zongo Development advocacy group, has hit out at former President John Mahama for what it calls “flagrant display of disrespect towards His Eminence Sheikh Osman Nuhu Sharubutu.” In a press release issued in Accra, the group accused Mr. Mahama of disrespecting the National …
Read More »We forgive you for your ignorance on prophecies – Nigel Gaisie to Frimpong Manso
Founder and Leader of the Prophetic Hill Chapel, Prophet Nigel Gaisie, has clapped back at assertions made by President of the Ghana Pentecostal and Charismatic Council, expressing disappointment at the latter. According to Prophet Gaisie, Prof Frimpong Manso’s assertion that pastors who predict election results are fake proves he doesn’t …
Read More »Suspected robbers kill businessman, Juapong residents protest
A businessman, Samuel Nyamador, has been shot dead by suspected armed robbers at Juapong in the Volta Region of Ghana. The incident occurred on Tuesday night, 11 August 2020, when Mr Nyamador and his wife were on their way home from work. According to eyewitness reports, three armed men heckled …
Read More »I’m Still Haunted By Citizens Trapped Around Ghana-Togo Border — Togbe Afede Laments Border Closure
Togbe Afede XIV, President of the National House of Chiefs has bemoaned the effect of the border closure on indigenes of the Volta Region who are trapped between the borderlines. Ghana’s borders were closed to human traffic because of the novel coronavirus pandemic. Ahead of the voter registration exercise, military …
Read More »West African Auto Hub: Ghana accepted what Nigeria rejected
West Africa, with about 380 million people, is the final frontier for global automakers looking to increase manufacturing capacity in a region where they currently have little presence. While local assemblers in Nigeria, home to nearly half of the region’s population, have partnered with companies such as Volkswagen AG to …
Read More »Statistical Service postpones population census to 2021
The Ghana Statistical Service (GSS) has disclosed that the National Population and Housing Census (PHC) will be conducted next year. The GSS explained that the coronavirus pandemic and destabilisation of Ghana’s population by the upcoming general elections and related activities necessitated the postponement. The 2020 Population and Housing Census (PHC) …
Read More »3 Ghanaian citizens petition UN over December elections
Three Ghanaian citizens have petitioned the United Nations (UN) over what they say are threats to Ghana’s peace ahead of the December 7th elections. The three, Elikem Kotoko, Stephen Kwabena Attuh and Issifu Seidu Kudus Gbeadese submitted their petition to the office of the Resident Coordinator of the UN earlier …
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