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Former President Jerry John Rawlings has called for a serious investigation and arrest of all who were involved in the “cruel and barbaric lynching of a 90-year-old woman accused of being a witch, in Kafaba, near Salaga”. The former President said he was appalled by the violence meted out to …

Bishop Charles Agyinasare has said that he has been receiving threats and insults over the past few weeks that he has been calling out societal evils but says those things will not stop him from speaking his mind. In his virtual sermon on Sunday, 26 July 2020 titled: ‘There is …

The Government of Ghana is expected to undertake the second evacuation of stranded Ghanaians from the United States. This was made known in a statement by the Ghana Permanent Mission to the United Nations and Consulate General to New York. According to the statement which contained instructions to potential evacuees, …

The Ghana Water Company Limited (GWCL) says the implementation of the second phase of government’s free water supply, stipulated in the mid-year budget, will begin this July and end in September. “Management wishes to inform the general public that the implementation of the President’s directive is in progress,” a press statement released …

Daniel Adjei Peprah, popularly known as Nana Agyei Sikapa of Peace FM news, was buried on Saturday after a brief ceremony at the Presbyterian Church of Ghana in Mile 7-Achimota. The revered media personality’s funeral was observed little over a month after he lost his life to a short illness …

The Kronti Osafohene of Akropong, Nana Addo Kwataa has refuted claims that the Akuapems ‘stole’ the sacred “obo)man” from the Asantes during the iconic Akatamanso war in 1826. According to him, some historians have twisted the accounts about what actually led to the return of the obo)man (a sacred item) …

The Inspector-General of Police (IGP), James Oppong-Boanuh, has placed a GHC2,000 bounty on the head of the alleged soothsayer who led the murder of 90-year-old Ekua Denteh in the Savannah Region. The soothsayer and her accomplice stormed the East Gonja Municipality of the region to drive out witches, accused of …

The President of Ghana Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo will today, July 26, 2020 address the country on updates of the novel coronavirus barring any last-minute changes. This will be the first time the President will be addressing the country after he went into self-isolation for fourteen(14) days having been exposed to an …

It has now emerged that the self-styled traditional priestess and soothsayer known as Fatima who is said to hail from the Upper West Region and based in Yeji in the Bono East Region has done worse things in a number of communities in the Savannah Region before the viral video …

The Keta Directorate of the National Commission for Civic (NCCE) has taken its education campaign to worshippers in some traditional shrines, emphasizing the importance of adhering to the COVID-19 protocols. The adherents are usually engaged with routine drumming, dancing and ritual performances without adhering to COVID-19 preventive protocols of wearing of nose masks, social …