GENERAL NEWS

Stories making headlines on the front pages in the major newspapers include: The Finder *Import duties to be slashed – President Akufo-Addo gives firm assurance *Cabinet approves £55 million to rehabilitate Kumasi roads *Ghana signs £27m agreement with UNIDO to boost industrial development *Ghana among 11 countries at high risk …

Chaos has broken out at Nanton in the Northern region as the Yaa Naa enskinned a new chief of a community. The Yaa Naa was installing the Vo Naa Mahamadu Bawa as the new chief of the Dagbon town when the fight broke out. Sources say the youth of the …

An unlicensed gun owner in Indiana is recovering in a hospital after accidentally shooting himself in the penis. Mark Anthony Jones, 46, told police in Marion that he was taking a morning walk when the Hi-Point 9mm handgun he was carrying in his waistband “began to slip,” according to The Smoking Gun. …

Self-acclaimed Prophet Nigel Gaisie is on the run for his dear life. Monitoring reports gathered by Ghana Crusader reveal that three hit-men armed with guns on motorbike have been tormenting the life of the Founder and leader of the True Word Prophetic Ministry International these days. Sources close to Nigel …

Former President Jerry John Rawlings on Friday brought joy to Emmanuel Ofoe, a physically-challenged street beggar when he donated an undisclosed sum to him to cater for his daughter’s graduation as a hairdresser. Emmanuel who rides in a rickety custom-made wheelchair with a CD number plate at the Kawukudi junction …

Residence of Kwabenya in Accra, are in a state of shock as the queen mother of the area, Naa Korkoi Djugbatey II, has prevented the corpse of a man from the royal family by name George Ankonu from being buried. Naa Korkoi Djugbatey II, explaining the motive behind her astonishing …

Popular Ghanaian prophet Cosmos Walker Affran has predicted that the country will be mourning the death of renowned officials soon. According to the Cape Coast-based prophet, Ahmed Hussein-Suale’s killers have a list of top officials they will be assassinating. In mentioning names, he said investigative journalist Anas Aremeyaw Anas, Manasseh …

Former minister for gender, children and social protection, Nana Oye Lithur, has raised questions about the capacity of Finance Minister, Ken Ofori-Atta, at managing the country’s economy. The Finance Minister had told Parliament Thursday that the President, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo ordered the formation of a bi-partisan committee to probe …

An executive of the governing New Patriotic Party (NPP) who has dropped a hint about the arrest of two suspects in connection with the murder of Ahmed Hussein-Suale, a member of Tiger Eye PI has stated that controversial Member of Parliament (MP) for Assin Central, Kennedy Agyapong stands vindicated. He …

The Krokrobite traditional council in the Ga South Municipality is pleading with the Power Distribution Service, PDS, to restore power in the Kokrobite township. The community has not had power for nearly two weeks, after an employee of PDS who had gone to fix their power problem, was inflicted with …