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Jacob Zuma.Picture: SUPPLIED Former president Jacob Zuma on Wednesday missed the Constitutional Court’s deadline to argue in mitigation of sentence, a move that could see him being sent to jail for contempt of court. Chief justice Mogoeng Mogoeng last week directed Zuma to file papers on what his sentence should …

Ghanaian actress Rosemond Alade Brown, popularly known as Akuapem Poloo, faces a maximum of three years in jail for going nude on social media with her son. An Accra Circuit Court on Wednesday convicted her and ordered for a pregnancy test for her before her sentencing on Friday 16 April 2021.. …

Nam 1 has asked Ghanaians on social media to stop linking him to the case involving actress Akuapem Poloo in court. The CEO of the defunct Menzgold was trending on Twitter Wednesday after the actress was convicted in the misdemeanour charge by the Accra Circuit Court. She pleaded guilty to …

Ahead of the release of list of deputy ministers, President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has made three key appointments into his administration, appointing former Senior Minister, Yaw Osafo Maafo as senior presidential advisor at the Office of the President. The other appointees are Dr Anthony Akoto Osei, former Minister of …

IMAGE COPYRIGHTEPAimage captionThe Biden administration is expected to announce the sanctions as soon as Thursday The US government is set to issue a wide range of sanctions against Russia, according to reports. The move would be retaliation for cyber-attacks aimed at the US, including alleged interference in the 2020 presidential …

  The Drug Law Enforcement Unit (DLEU) of the Ghana Police Service has intercepted a bus carrying 260 slabs of compressed dry leaves suspected to be Indian Hemp. Two people; a 32-year-old driver Awudu Yakubu and Ibrahim Haruna, aged 37 are being investigated for possessing the drugs. Deputy Bono Regional Police Commander …

The Obuasi circuit court has sentenced an 18-year-old senior high school student to 15 years imprisonment with hard labour for robbery. Michael Dakorah, who was a student of the Asare Bediako Senior High School at Obuasi, was said to have been together with an accomplice, attacked and robbed their victim …

  Former Ghana defender Samuel Inkoom has disclosed that he decided to ply his trade in Georgia in order to fulfill a long desire of seeing the famous Black Sea. Inkoom joined Samtredia FC as a free agent after seeing out his contract with Bulgarian outfit FK Dunav during the 2019/20 season. …

A 35-year old women has been murdered in a cold blood in Kumasi. The body of the woman was found in an uncompleted church building with her slippers beside her at Abira- Kumasi in the Ashanti region. According to an eyewitness report, the body of the deceased which is yet …

  Vice President of Ghana, Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia has made a cash donation of GHC 100,000 to National Division One League side, Real Tamale United(RTU). A delegation from the office of the vice president was led by the Northern regional minister Alhaji Shani Alhassan Shaibu to present the cash sum …

Twelve (12) people have perished, whilst seven others are in critical condition after two buses collided on the Buipe-Tamale highway. The eleven died on the spot, including an eight-year-old girl at the accident scene at Alipe in the Central Gonja District of the Savannah Region on Tuesday, April 13, 2021, …

The Wenchi High Court has granted leave for the inspection of the Electoral Commission’s original documents in the ongoing Techiman South parliamentary election petition. The court says parties in the case are to meet in court on Monday, April 19, 2021, for the exercise. This was after the court ruled …

A file photo of an accident Some eleven people have died on the spot after they got involved in a crash involving a Toyota minibus and DAF tipper truck on the Tamale Buipe highway at about 7:30 pm on Tuesday, 13 April 2021. Five survivors are in critical condition and …

The Western Regional Security Council (Western REGSEC) is offering a reward of GHS10,000 to anyone who volunteers information that would lead to the arrest of the suspects who murdered Mr Charles Kwakye on 12 April 2021 at Amanful, a suburb of Takoradi. The regional command is on a manhunt for …

IMAGE COPYRIGHTREUTERSimage captionKim Potter is being held at Hennepin County Jail A white police officer who shot dead a black motorist in Minnesota has been charged with second-degree manslaughter, prosecutors say. Officer Kim Potter has been arrested and will be held in custody. Mrs Potter says she shot Daunte Wright …

IMAGE COPYRIGHTTCHIMA ILLA ISSOUFOU/BBCimage captionThe remains of desks are all that is left from the straw-hut classrooms At least 20 children have died after they became trapped in a fire at a school in Niger’s capital, Niamey. It started late on Tuesday afternoon when the children were in lessons, many …

President Nana Akufo-Addo has opened the two-day national consultative dialogue on small-scale Mining. The Dialogue on Small Scale Mining which started on Wednesday, April 14, 2021, is being held at the Accra International Conference Centre. It will end on Thursday, 15th April, 2021. It seeks to solicit views, proposals and …

  Prince Philip, the departed Duke of Edinburgh, will be laid to rest at the weekend, in what will be the culmination of week-long national mourning in the United Kingdom. Since his death on April 9, the former Royal Consort has been celebrated all across the world. Prominent among the …

With exactly one hundred days to the prestigious Tokyo Olympic Games, attention is now expected to be focused on team Ghana. Ghanaians are gradually warming into in an expectant mood waiting to see the performance of team Ghana. Team Ghana’s preparations will move into full steam with some athletes who …

Mr Isacc Kojo Boampong, a 50-year-old man, has been stabbed to death by his cousin during a family disagreement at Bodada in the Jasikan District of the Oti Region. Francis Brown, who allegedly stabbed his cousin to death, had fled from the town. Police Superintendent, Mr Lawrence Gbele of the …

It is said in the akan adage that “if you climb the good tree, you surely get a push from the society”. The Ashanti Youth Federation as we seek the welfare of the grassroots in our party  and Ghana our motherland, we respectfully appeal to the President of the land, …

Assembly members for the Avevi Zemu and Agormor Agado Electoral areas in the Akatsi North District of the Volta Region, Hon. Cephas Weto and Hon. Anthony Sakatsi  respectively, have lamented over the deplorable road connecting Akatsi, Zemu to Agormor . The duo Assembly Members  who described the road  as’ ‘extremely …

  A Senior Mortuary Attendant at the Bolgatanga hospital Alhassan Azaare Daniel has disclosed how he saved the life of a 9-year-old boy who was declared dead and nearly deposited at the morgue. Alhassan, as he is popularly known narrated the chilling story in an exclusive interview on Dreamz FM’s …

A 50-year-old man has been stabbed to death by his cousin during a family disagreement at Bodada in the Jasikan District of the Oti Region. Francis Brown, who allegedly stabbed Isacc Kojo Boampong to death, had fled from the town. Police Superintendent, Jasikan District Police Command who confirmed the incident, …

Members of Parliamentary Select Committees on Local Government, Science, Environment and Technology, Finance and Works and Housing have appealed to government to increase the landfill tipping fees paid to service providers to motivate them as well as enhance service delivery. The Ranking Member on Local Government, Hon. Nii Lante Vanderpuiye …