GENERAL NEWS

Resolving the current economic crisis: The need for political settlement

The national economic situation is grimmer than most Ghanaians know it to be. Yes, most of us know that prices of everything have quadrupled over the last one year and the cost of living has hit the roof. We know that the cedis, the national currency has witnessed its fastest …

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Preposterous, mischievous: Ahmed Suale’s family dares Ken Agyapong over school fees claims

The family of slain Tiger Eye PI employee, Ahmed Hussein Suale, have responded to recent claims by Assin Central Member of Parliament, Kennedy Agyapong, that he paid university fees for their son. The family, via a February 1, 2023 statement available to GhanaWeb described the lawmaker’s claims as preposterous and …

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Akufo-Addo commissions Joseph Siaw Agyepong Young Soldiers Block at 37 military Hospital

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has commissioned a 300-bed accommodation facility for young soldiers at the 37 Military Hospital. The facility, christened Joseph Siaw Agyepong Young Soldiers Block was financed and built by the Jospong Group of Companies (JGC). Commissioning the facility at a colorful ceremony on Wednesday, February 1, …

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VIDEO: Pastor, 3 others killed as tipper truck runs over private car at Ejisu

Four people including a Senior Pastor of the Seventh Day Adventist Church have reportedly died after a tipper truck rammed into a Mercedes Benz at Ejisu-Achina in the Ejisu Municipality of the Ashanti Region. Two others also sustained severe injuries in the fatal accident which occurred on Tuesday January 31,2023 …

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VIDEO: Miracles Aboagye provides breakdown of workers at the presidency

The Director of Local Government Services at the Office of the President, Dennis Miracles Aboagye, has refuted assertions that there are over 1000 political appointees of President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo (presidential staffers) at the Office of the President. According to him, the majority of the workers at the presidency are public …

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The genesis of the name ‘Otumfuo’ and the Asantehene who first used it

The Asante Kingdom is celebrating 88 years since it was restored as a monarchy in Ghana. The commemoration is also a reminder of when the title, Otumfuo, first came into force. Being the King of the Ashantis at the time of this restoration of their kingdom, Sir Osei Agyeman Prempeh …

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Woman who got pregnant while on birth control gives birth to baby holding IUD

A 20-year-old woman who got pregnant while on birth control has given birth to a baby boy who entered the world holding the IUD in his hand. Violet Quick, from Idaho, married her husband John Francis at 19, and they weren’t planning on having a child yet, However, just one year …

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Permanent Court of Arbitration throws out international arbitration against Ghana

The Permanent Court of Arbitration has, in a final award dated January 30, 2023, dismissed an investor-state arbitration instituted by Beijing Everyway Traffic & Lighting Tech. Co. Ltd. (the “Claimant”) against the Government of Ghana (“Respondent”) after upholding a preliminary objection by the Attorney-General acting as counsel for the Government …

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Three persons dead after fire guts building at Abuakwa

     Residents of Abuakwa in the Atwima Nwabiagya municipality of the Ashanti Region have been left devastated following a fire incident. The fire incident killed a mother, her daughter and a granddaughter after they suffered burns and suffocated after inhaling smoke from the fire. The fire incident according to information …

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SAD VIDEO: Mother, 28 and her two children burnt to death at Abuakwa

A 28-year old mother and her two children have been burned to death at Abuakwa in the Atwiman Nwabiagya South District of the Ashanti. Three family members, S Abigail Yeaboah, and her two daughters, Norah Yeboah 9, Philipa Yeboah , 6, were burnt to death on Tuesday dawn when a …

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