GENERAL NEWS

Ghanaians are small-minded – Duncan-Williams

General Overseer of the Action Faith Chapel International, Archbishop Nicholas Duncan-Williams has taken a swipe at Ghanaians for being shallow-minded about the little things that don’t matter. He says Ghanaians are so rigid that they see it a crime for someone to prosper unlike the case of countries like Nigeria. …

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Tepa Omanhene condemns successive governments for abandoning projects

The Omanhene of the Tepa Traditional Area, Nana Atwenewa Ampem I, has criticized successive governments for their failure to continue projects started by previous administrations. According to him, the trend is not only wrong but very detrimental to the country’s development. Nana Ampem spoke during a courtesy call on him …

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Customary marriage not compulsory – Head of Marriage at Registrar General

The head of Marriage Division of the Registrar General’s Department, Mr Oladele Kwaku Aribike, says would-be couples can marry under the ordinance without necessarily going through customary marriage. According to him, customary marriage is not compulsory, adding that, “you can contract customary marriage without ordinance and ordinance marriage without customary …

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House help vomits blood, sustains deep wounds after torture by Nigerians

Four Nigerians on Monday allegedly subjected their Ghanaian domestic help to severe pain, leading to disfiguring of the body of the victim. Joy News’ Latif Iddrisu reports that the victim’s head had increased to about twice its original size due to swells as a result of incessant hitting. According to …

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Teen daughter of butchered Chief recounts how father died

The Gyasehene for Gomoa Akranmang in the Gomoa East District of the Central Region, was found in a pool of blood at his residence, Monday. The 14-year-old daughter of the deceased said, her father asked her and her siblings to lock themselves up in the room when the thugs, numbering …

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Bawumia played no role in PDS agreement approvals- MiDA Document reveals

A document from Millennium Development Authority (MiDA) has revealed that Vice President Dr Mahamudu Bawumia played no role in the controversial Power Distribution Services (PDS) Ghana Limited agreement with the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG). A letter February 28, 2019 to MiDA  on the Demand Guarantees for the Lease Payment …

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MMT Threatens To Sue 7 NDC MPs Over Debt

Management of the state owned Metro Mass Transit company (MMT) Limited has vowed to take legal action against some National Democratic Congress (NDC) Members of Parliament to settle their indebtedness to the company. The company says seven MPs including Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa, A. B. A. Fuseini, Mahama Ayariga, Amidu Suleman, …

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Exhibition Of Voters Register Begins Today

The Electoral Commission (EC) will from today, Tuesday, begin the exhibition of the voters register for eight days in the over 30,000 polling stations across the country. Voters who were captured in the electoral roll between 2012 and 2019 are expected to visit their respective polling stations where they will …

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Second victim in Gomoa Akraman violence dead

A middle-aged man, who sustained gunshot wounds during a cross-fire at Gomoa Akraman in the Gomoa East District of the Central region, has died. Central Regional Police Public Relations Officer, DSP Irene Oppong revealed this on Adom FM’s morning show, Dwaso Nsem programme, Tuesday. She said the victim, she gave his name …

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Ya Na celebrates first Bugum festival

The Overlord of Dagbon, Ndan Ya Na Abukari Mahama II on Monday, 9 September 2019, led the people of Dagbon to celebrate the annual Bugum (Fire) festival in the Yendi municipality of the Northern region. The fire festival is one of the ancient celebrations marked by descendants of Na Gbewa. …

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