The referee at the centre of a penalty controversy in a Ghana Premier League game between AshantiGold SC and Accra Hearts of Oak, Gabriel O. Arhin has been punished by the Ghana Football Association. Referee Arhin and Assistant Referee Peter Dawsa have been suspended for the rest of the 2020/21 football season …
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Court to hear Poloo’s application for bail pending appeal Wednesday
Lawyers of convicted actress Rosemond Alade Brown popularly known as Akuapem Poloo have filed an application for bail pending appeal. Her lawyer Andrews Kudzo Vortia on Monday filed a notice of appeal and application for bail against the actress’ custodial sentence at the same time. The Criminal Division of the …
Read More »PHOTOS: Residents Evacuated As Cape Town Fire Spreads
South African emergency workers have evacuated three 17-storey residential buildings overlooking Cape Town as a huge fire burns along Table Mountain. The blaze spread quickly after breaking out on Sunday morning near a memorial to politician Cecil Rhodes. A restaurant was destroyed. The University of Cape Town’s historic library was …
Read More »Central market traders beg Gov’t for support after last night fires
Traders whose shops were gutted at the leatherworks lane of the Kumasi Central Market are calling for government support. Though the fire service is yet to value the extent of damage, some traders say they have lost tens of thousands of cedis to last night’s inferno. The affected traders made …
Read More »VIDEO: Dr Kwaku Oteng dashes ‘tear-rubber’ Toyota Prado to Ohemaa Woyeje
The President of Angel Group of Companies, Dr Kwaku Oteng, has dashed a brand new Toyota Prado to Ohemaa Woyeje. The brand new vehicle was given to her on Monday, April 19, 2021. Samuel Kofi Acheampong, the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Angel Broadcasting Network (ABN), who presented the car …
Read More »Akuapem Poloo gives MoMo, bank account details for fundraising – DKB
Incarcerated actress Rosemond Brown, popularly referred to as Akuapem Poloo was looking good and doing well a day after she was jailed by an Accra Circuit Court for 90-days. This is according to comedian DKB who said on Sunday, April 18, that he had visited Poloo to give her moral support and that she …
Read More »VIDEO: Sarkodie To Release New Album ‘No Pressure’
No Pressure Ghanaian musician, Michael Owusu Addo, popularly known as Sarkodie, is gearing up to release a new album. The Sarkcess Music boss announced the release date of his upcoming album in a post sighted by Zionfelix.net. Titled ‘No Pressure’, Sarkodie disclosed that it will be released on 9th July 2021. …
Read More »Here is a rare photo of Prince Philip presenting an aeroplane to Ghana Airways in 1959
The Duke of Edinburgh, the late Prince Philip, was laid to rest in the Royal Vault of St George Chapel last Saturday after what is now the smallest gathering for any royal funeral in history. The late consort was also the longest-serving in the history of the British monarchy, having …
Read More »Spiritual ring: Another teenager’s finger rotting away at Pantang (PHOTOS)
Another case of ring theft has rocked Pantang as a teenager is almost losing his index finger in a suspected spiritual attack. The distraught young man who identified himself as Seth Omari Boateng told Adom News that a ring he stole about a week ago is proving deadly, giving him …
Read More »Ghana deports 6,000 illegal migrants – Immigration Service
Despite the closure of Ghana’s borders since March 2020 as part of efforts to stem the spread of the COVID-19 Pandemic, some individuals are still trying to outwit authorities, to use illegal routes to enter the country. In the Bono Region alone, about 6,000 persons have been deported. In a prime …
Read More »I fled after I learnt lynched Major Mahama was a soldier – Assemblyman tells court
The Assemblyman for Denkyira Obuasi William Baah one of the 14 accused persons who is facing a charge of abatement in the incident which led to the murder of the late Major Maxwell Mahama said he fled the town when he realized the deceased was a military officer. According …
Read More »Caution urged as huge Cape Town fire burns into second day
A fire broke out Sunday on Table Mountain, the iconic peak overlooking the city of Cape Town on the tip of South Africa, and was not under control by Monday morning, according to the city. The flames destroyed part of the restaurant next to a monument to British colonist Cecil …
Read More »Egypt train accident claims 11 lives, 98 others injured
Eleven people were killed and 98 injured on Sunday in a train accident in Egypt’s Qalioubia province north of Cairo, the health ministry said in a statement. The train was heading from Cairo to the Nile Delta city of Mansoura when four carriages derailed at 1:54 p.m. (1154 GMT), about …
Read More »VIDEO: Fire consumes Mampong Technical administration block
The administrative block of the Mampong Technical Institute in the Ashanti region has been gutted by fire, starrfm.com.gh has gathered. The fire reportedly started at about 8:00 am today April 19 from one of the offices. Fire Service personnel have been able to stop the fire after eight offices including …
Read More »Popular Bolga armed robbers Yahya and Abdul burnt alive by mob in Ramadan
Two notorious armed robbers terrorizing residents of Bolga have been lynched by residents after the robbers attempted to rob a certain man of his motorbike at Nyariga, a suburb of Bolga. According to police site report, with the help of the community members, the robbers, Yahya Lawrence and Abdul Hakeem …
Read More »Fear grips Breman Asikuma residents as python is found in room
Some residents of Breman Asikuma in the Central Region have been thrown into a state of fear following the discovery of a python in a room in broad daylight. A little girl who is reported to have found the reptile after a heavy rainstorm in the area Sunday afternoon raised …
Read More »Man, 50, shot dead with body parts missing
A man believed to be in his late 50s has been shot dead and dumped at a construction site at the Gomoa Ojobi Estate in the Gomoa East District in the Central region. Preliminary investigation by the Assemblyman indicates the man was allegedly shot in his jaw, with some body …
Read More »Source of Osebo’s wealth revealed
Fashionista Osebo, well known in Ghana with his trending photos on social media, has disclosed that pushing truck paved the way for him to become a successful businessman. In an interview on entertainment talk show Anigye Mmre on Accra-based Onua FM over the weekend, Osebo revealed to host Christian Agyei …
Read More »Fire destroys 30 shops at Kumasi Central market
Fire has engulfed about 30 shops at the Kumasi Central Market in the Ashanti Region Sunday night. The fire started around 9 p.m Sunday at an area occupied by shoemakers. Items worth thousands of Cedis which were destroyed include finished shoes, wooden and petroleum and wooden products. Firefighters had a …
Read More »WATCH: Nigerian Transgender James Brown Beaten By Angry Mob In Heartbreaking Video
Being transgender in Africa is definitely a bad idea, you have no rights and could easily be found in a bad state at any point in time. Video shows the exact moment Nigerian transgender James Brown was attacked and beaten by an angry mob in public as if he had stolen …
Read More »PHOTOS: About 700 residents in Yapei rendered homeless after rainstorm
Another rainstorm disaster in the Savannah Region has rendered about 700 residents from three communities homeless with several properties worth thousands of cedis destroyed. The affected communities include, Yapei, Sangkpala and Kusawgu all in the Central Gonja District. According to Central Gonja District Operation Officer, Alhandu Alhassan, officials from the …
Read More »I’ve nothing to hide; bring FBI, CID, NIB to investigate me – KMA Mayor dares petty traders group
The embattled Kumasi Metropolitan Chief Executive, Hon. Osei Asibbey Antwi has indicated readiness to avail himself for the investigation to clear himself of accusations by some individuals who are hiding behind traders in the metropolis to destroy his hard-won reputation “I will avail myself to be to be investigated by …
Read More »Pregnant woman carried on wooden door to CHIPS compound to deliver
A pregnant woman at Effiduase Motokrodua village in the Sekyere East District of the Ashanti Region was carried on a wooden door from her home to the nearest CHPS Compound to enable her deliver. The midwife at the Motokrodua CHPs Compound, Delali Gavoh said there was no vehicle around to …
Read More »Exclusive: Full list of Deputy Ministers
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo will be naming the last batch of ministerial appointments and Deputy Ministerial list this week to complete the formation of his second-term government. Speculation has been rife about who President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo is likely to nominate as deputy minister. GhanaWeb sources state that the Finance, Trade and Industry, …
Read More »Bawumia’s hard work has made Akufo-Addo’s presidency easier – Ama Busia
Ama Bame Busia, Sister of Kofi Abrefa Busia, former Ghanaian Prime Minister, has opined that Vice President Dr Mahamudu Bawumia has discharged his duties very well since the NPP started governing the country in 2017. Speaking in an interview with Okyeman TV monitored by GhanaWeb, the member of the council of elders …
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