Ghanaian music sensation Jackie Acheampong popularly known as Gyakie has been featured on BBC World Service’s Focus on Africa. The 21-year-old appeared on the British national TV station after she was displayed on a billboard at Times Square under the Spotify Equal initiative. Gyakie has become the first African female artiste to …
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VIDEO: Banks in Ghana are bogus – Kennedy Agyapong
Kennedy Ohene Agyapong (NPP – Assin Central MP) has described banks in Ghana as bogus due to the poor services they offer to their customers. Narrating his ordeal with some of the banks on ‘The Attitude with Hon Ken Agyapong’, a show on his own TV station, the owner …
Read More »Tension as Police shoot one person to death, three others sustain gunshot wounds
Tension is brewing at Ofoase in the Akyemansa District in the Eastern Region after Police allegedly shot one person to death leaving three others with severe gunshot wounds. The injured are on admission at Akyem Oda government Hospital. The body of 36-year-old Emmanuel Osae has been deposited at the …
Read More »US and Nato start to formally withdraw troops from Afghanistan
image captionThe withdrawal will be completed by 11 September The US has started formally withdrawing troops from Afghanistan, beginning the end of what President Joe Biden called “the forever war”. The US and Nato have had a presence in Afghanistan for almost 20 years. But the withdrawal, which runs until …
Read More »Two arrested for smuggling ‘marijuana, cocaine’ into Ankaful prison
Two persons have been arrested by Prison officers for attempting to smuggle marijuana and cocaine into the Ankaful prison in Cape Coast in the Central region. Information gathered by EIB Network’s Central Regional Correspondent Yaw Boagyan revealed that the two suspects, a male and a female – John Mensah and …
Read More »No plans to relocate to Ghana yet – Twitter Co-Founder reacts to Minister’s claim
Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Twitter Inc. Jack Dorsey has debunked assertions that he was relocating to Ghana soon. His reaction comes after Ghana’s Communications and Digitalisation Minister, Ursula Owusu-Ekuful, had indicated that Jack Dorsey was expected to move to Ghana in June as part of plans to establish Twitter’s …
Read More »VIDEO: Agradaa Returns 3 gods To Togbe Akakpo
Self-acclaimed evangelist Patricia Oduro aka Nana Agradaa has finally returned 3 deities she borrowed from other fetish priests when she was a fetish priestess. In a recall, some of Nana Agradaa’s deities were burned down in her shrine with the help of her spiritual father Pastor Joseph Kwadwo Kyere of …
Read More »2-year-old girl reported missing at Asankragua
Two-year-old Ama Kruwa has gone missing after going for a play date on Thursday afternoon. An aunt of the girl, Abena Adowa, reported the incident to the Asankragua Police Command at Amenfi West District of the Western Region after steps to locate her proved futile. According to her, Ama Kruwa …
Read More »You promised to promote galamsey if you won election 2020 – Manasseh calls out NDC
Investigative journalist, Manasseh Azuri Awuni has asked the opposition National Democratic Congress not to seek political capital with respect to the issue of galamsey which is having dire effects on several water bodies in the country. Activities of illegal miners have recently seen an upsurge and some members of the NDC …
Read More »Ghanaians kill our trends before they reach maturity – Gasmilla
Singer Odartei Milla Lamptey, popularly called Gasmilla, believes that the ‘azonto’ movement has not lost its relevance in modern trends as far as entertainment is concerned and has encouraged entertainers to revive it. The self-acclaimed king of azonto revealed that trends originating from Ghana fail to stay relevant in the entertainment …
Read More »Akufo-Addo freezes salary increment for himself and all appointees of the Executive
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has placed an embargo on salary increment for himself, his Vice, and all the appointees of the executive for this year as a way of contributing to the reduction of the effect of the virus on the local economy. Speaking at this year’s May Day celebration …
Read More »Return my money or face my wrath – Nhyiraba Kojo warns Lil Win
Ghanaian musician turned big-time entrepreneur, Nhyiraba Kojo has described comic actor, Kwadwo Nkansah Lilwin as ungrateful and selfish. Nhyiraba Kojo made this shocking revelation during an interview with Fiifi Pratt on Accra-based Kingdom Plus 101.9FM. According to him, Kwadwo Nkansah ‘Lil Win‘ is disrespectful hence he must return the money …
Read More »Man stabs brother to death at Sekondi
What started as a usual brotherly quarrel turned bloody when a 25-year old Benya Akromah stabbed his younger brother, Emmanuel Akromah, aged 18, to death at Essaman near Nkotompo, a suburb of Sekondi in the Western Region. The Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP) Olivia Ewurabena Adiku, Head of Public …
Read More »Heartbreak as retired Church of Pentecost pastor shoots himself to death
A retired pastor of The Church of Pentecost accidentally shot himself to death. Pastor Ayi Mantey met his untimely death on Wednesday, April 28 following the sad incident which occurred at his home. He was reportedly pronounced dead on arrival at the Asamankese Government Hospital in the Eastern region where …
Read More »Court grants injunction stopping Stanbic Bank from holding Annual General Meeting
Management of Stanbic Bank Ghana have, by an Accra High Court injunction, been restrained from holding their 22nd Annual General Meeting. Scheduled for May 5, 2021, the court barred management of the Bank from holding the meeting “on the 4th floor, Stanbic Heights, Airport, Accra or any venue in Ghana …
Read More »Top Nigerian footballer marries Ghanaian goddess
Nigerian footballer Paul Onuachu tied the knot with girlfriend Tracy Acheampong after dating for three years. Tracy Acheampong, a Ghanaian living in Amsterdam did not know his husband was a footballer until he moved to Belgian side Genk two seasons ago. Paul Onuachu played for Danish side Midtjylland before his …
Read More »2020/21 Ghana Premier League Week 22 Match Report: Legon Cities 0-1 Asante Kotoko
Asante Kotoko did the double over Legon Cities this season with another win on matchday 22 of the Ghana Premier League. Augustine Okrah’s goal in the first half secured the win for the Porcupine Warriors as they moved up to the top of the table. The Porcupine Warriors dominated the …
Read More »Ghana loses US$6 billion yearly in mining sector – Dr. Ali-Nakyea
Curbing illicit financial flows will be one of the surest ways for the government to raise money to fund the budget and other development projects, Dr Abdallah Ali-Nakyea, Senior Lecturer of University of Ghana Law School, has said. He alleged that in the mining sector alone, the government lost $6 …
Read More »Akufo-Addo freezes salary increment for himself and all appointees of the Executive
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has placed an embargo on salary increment for himself, his Vice, and all the appointees of the executive for this year as a way of contributing to the reduction of the effect of the virus on the local economy. Speaking at this year’s May Day celebration …
Read More »Workers of Kumasi abattoir want MD sacked
A meeting between management and workers of the Kumasi Abattoir Company Limited is expected to be held later today, Friday, after a protest nearly halted operations at the slaughter house. The aggrieved workers are demanding the immediate removal of their Managing Director Joseph Owusu Boadi, who has been accused of …
Read More »DKB forgives Akuapem Poloo, drops defamation suit
Comedian Derrick Kobina Bonney, popularly known as DKB, has dropped all legal actions he had initiated against embattled actress Akuapem Poloo for accusing him of hoarding a GH¢4,000 donation. DKB had reported the matter to the Criminal Investigations Department (CID) of the Ghana Police Service and sworn heaven-and-earth to get …
Read More »You don’t bring anything home, what do you need $25million for? – Sefa Kayi to Sports Minister
Media personality and host of Kokrokoo on Peace FM, Kwame Sefa Kayi has questioned Minister of Youth and Sports, Hon. Mustapha Ussif about the relevance of the proposed Twenty Five Million Dollars ($25million) towards Ghana’s preparation and participation in the 2022 African Cup and World Cup tournaments. Speaking at a …
Read More »REVEALED: Why Agradaa went into fetish priesthood
Reverend Nyansa Boakwa host of NsemPii aired on Happy 98.9 FM has given a brief background about Ghanaian fetish priestess now evangelist Nana Agradaa. According to him, she used to sell clothes in the market and when she wasn’t making enough, she decided to go into fraudulent activities to make …
Read More »Israel crush: Netanyahu promises inquiry as first victims are buried
Families in Israel have begun burying their loved ones after at least 45 people died in a crush at a crowded Jewish festival overnight. Some 150 people were also injured at the Lag B’Omer festival, near Mount Meron, when people became trapped in an overcrowded passageway. Funerals were allowed to …
Read More »MTN to increase call, data charges from Saturday
Telecom giant MTN Ghana says it is reviewing its call and data tariffs upwards beginning Saturday, May 1, 2021. MTN says the move is to make room for the 1% increase in National Health Insurance Levy by the government. Government introduced the increased tax as part of measures to plough back revenue …
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