There is a reported fire outbreak at the Central Business District of Accra. According to multiple reports the Opera Square Cinema at Makola in Accra has been engulfed in flames. Videos from the scene sighted by GhanaWeb flames pushing out of the windows of the multistory structure. There is also …
Read More »Motor rider, pillion crashed to death
A motorbike rider and his pillion have died on-the-spot after crashing head-on with a moving vehicle in between Natwi-Akura and Dormabin in the Krachi East Municipality of the Oti Region. The deceased, identified as Bisipu Iyal, 38, and Bidala Nda, 55, were found lying in the middle of the road …
Read More »Deputy finance minister explains ‘Neutrality Allowance’
Deputy Finance Minister, Dr. John Kumah, has refuted suggestions that the ‘Neutrality Allowance’ being demanded by the Civil and Local Government Staff Association of Ghana (CLOGSAG) is compensation for them not engaging in political activities. According to him, ‘Neutrality Allowance” is a term a committee set up by the government came …
Read More »Costa Rican Vice President, Epsy Campbell Barr, reveals her African Identity
The Vice President of Costa Rica, Epsy Campbell Barr, has disclosed what her African identity is. Speaking to a gathering in Accra whilst visiting Ghana during a Return Mission that is targeted at Africans living in the diaspora, she explained that her family DNA tests proved to her that she …
Read More »Ten Fulanis killed within eleven days – Group demands justice
The Tabital Pulakuu International Ghana Chapter, has urged the security agencies to intensify investigations and arrest the culprit who killed eight persons at Zakoli in the Northern Region. According to the Group, another Fulani has been shot dead at Bolado Zabzugu district on Sunday making the death toll to nine …
Read More »Akufo-Addo’s message to Macron after election win
Ghana’s president, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, has sent words of congratulations to the President of France, Emmanuel Macron, on the re-election of the latter as the country’s political leader. This win gives the French president a second term in office after he won by a 58.5% vote margin, making him the …
Read More »Sosu, Funny Face cases adjourned to May 24
The case of Member of Parliament for Madina, Francis-Xavier Sosu, and actor, and comedian Benson Nana Yaw Oduro Boateng aka Funny Face have all been adjourned to May 24 The two cases are all before a Kaneshie Magistrate Court presided over by His Worship Isaac Oheneba-Kuffour, and are at various …
Read More »MASLOC trial: State files fresh application against sureties over ‘missing’ Sedinam Tamakloe
State prosecutors have filed a fresh application which seeks to haul the two sureties who satisfied the bail conditions of former Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Microfinance and Small Loans Centre (MASLOC) Sedinam Tamakloe Attionu over her continuous absence from the trial. The latest move follows a similar application which …
Read More »Biography of National Chief Imam as he clocks 103years
Sheikh Osmanu Nuhu Sharubutu was born at Accra cow-lane in April 1919 by reputable parents from a well cultured and knowledgeable House. His father, Sheikh Imam Nuhu Sharubutu was the Imam-Raatib (regular or residential Imam) of the Accra Central Mosque in the late 1960s to 1982 when he demised. His …
Read More »VIDEO: Muslims believe in the second coming of Jesus Christ – Sheikh Yandu
The Lowdown show on GhanaWeb TV presents to you a series to analyse and understand the religious beliefs and practices in Ghana as it starts with the Islamic Religion for this episode of the show. Sheikh Kishk Bashir Yandu, an Islamic scholar and founder of Al-islaah Centre, Ghana takes us …
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