GENERAL NEWS

VIDEO: Heartbreaking story of a 70-year-old man who has been doing drugs since 1977

A 70-year-old man has shared the damning effects of his drug addiction which has left him in ruins and financially broke. Speaking with Kofi Adoma on his YouTube channel, Kwabena Josiah, who turns 71 in a few months, recounts that he has been addicted to hard drugs from 1977 till …

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‘For the first time in my life, I borrowed money to pay tax to the government’ – Yonny Kulendi

His Lordship Yonny Kulendi of the Supreme Court of Ghana has bemoaned the challenges facing public servants in Ghana. In a recent speech, he highlighted the pressure that comes with being a public servant explaining that people in the community assume holding a big position in government automatically meant one is well-to-do. …

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The tragic death of two heroic police officers in 1998, Kwaku Ninja and Taller’s story

They were two of the Ghana Police Service’s notable officers until the icy hands of death snatched them in November 1998. The shock, disbelief and anguish that gutted the Service, and the entire nation, could literally be felt on the skin. Owusu Sekyere, popularly known as ‘Kwaku Ninja’, and Jerry Wornu, …

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Jospong Group supports National Chief Imam to observe Eid-ul-Fitr

The Jospong Group of Companies has donated 100 bags of rice, boxes of oil and an undisclosed amount of money to the National Chief Imam, Sheikh Dr. Osman Nuhu Sharubutu. The donation which is done annually by the company is meant to support the Chief Imam to put a smile …

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Silly! Frimpong Boateng reported me to the president to do what? – Gabby fumes

Cousin to President Nana Akufo Addo and senior partner of Africa Legal Associates, Gabby Asare Otchere-Darko has described as silly, an account suggesting that a former minister reported him (Gabby) to the president for interfering with the galamsey fight. “He is going to report me to the president as if he is …

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Ghana’s crude oil production declines for third consecutive year

     Crude oil production has been on the decline at an average of 10 per cent per annum for three consecutive years, the Public Interest and Accountability Committee (PIAC) has observed. It explained that a volume of 71,439,585 barrels (bbls) was produced in 2019, but declined to 66,926,806 bbls in …

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I am utterly disappointed but I forgive him – Oppong Nkrumah replies Prof Frimpong Boateng

The Minister for Information, Kojo Oppong-Nkrumah, has responded to allegations of his involvement in an attempt to derail Ghana’s fight against galamsey by the former Minister of Environment, Science, Technology, and Innovation, Prof Kwabena Frimpong Boateng. Prof Frimpong Boateng in a report on illegal small-scale mining (galamsey) in Ghana, said that …

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UCC 2023 best medical student is a Ghanaian not Nigerian – Ga Mantse settles matters

There was a tassel between Ghanaians and Nigerians over the citizenship of Nathan Codjoe, the University of Cape Coast (UCC) medical school graduate who swept 16 out of 22 awards at the university’s 55th Congregation for the College of Health and Allied Sciences. A social media row between citizens of …

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Osu Teinor-We family head (Akwei Oklemekuku) remanded by Accra circuit court for meddling in Teshie Gbugblah Chieftaincy Affairs

The Accra Circuit Court 9 has remanded the Family head of Osu Teinor We, Akwei Oklemekuku for meddling in Teshie Gbugblah Chieftaincy affairs. The Accra Circuit Court remanded 3 persons for illegally installing a new Atofotse within the Teshie Gbugblah Quarter whilst there is an existing one by the name …

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‘Greatest danger to forests of Ghana was Sir John’ – Frimpong Boateng report

Former Environment and Science Minister, Prof. Kwabena Frimpong-Boateng has stated in a report how he once referred to former Forestry Commission boss, Kwadwo Owusu Afriyie (Sir John) as the greatest danger to forests in the country. Frimpong-Boateng cited actions and inactions of Sir John during his tenure as FC boss …

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