The Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) has begun investigations into some tax evasion and money laundering allegations against some companies. According to the GRA, penalties will be given to firms that a found guilty of perpetrating such acts. The GRA in a statement on Thursday, April 8 said its attention “has been …
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Kumasi: Dumsor is collapsing our business – Cold Store owners cry
Cold store operators at the Asafo Market in Kumasi, the Ashanti regional capital, say they are gradually losing their business due to the erratic power supply. According to them, they have had to dispose of hundreds of cartons of spoilt fish due to months of unreliable power supply. The traders …
Read More »Kasoa killing: Arrested priestess gave birth two weeks ago and still breastfeeding
It has emerged that the fetish Priestess arrested in connection with the death of the 10-year-old Ishmael Mensah Abdallah at Great Lamptey Mills in Kasoa is a breastfeeding mother. The Ghana Police Service has arrested the priestess who allegedly encouraged the two teenage boys involved in the Kasoa Ritual killing …
Read More »Driver’s mate dies as trailer loaded with bags of cement overturns at Inchaban
A driver’s mate of a trailer loaded with cement bags has met his untimely death after the trailer overturned at Inchaban in the Western region. According to Hot 93.9FM’s reporter Nyansa Boadi, the driver’s mate whose name was not quickly known got trapped under the cement killing him instantly. Explaining …
Read More »SEC drafts new guidelines to check misappropriation of investments
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), has begun drafting a new guideline on third party and related transactions that will prevent misapplication and misappropriation of investment funds by fund management firms. The collapse of some management firms was attributed to a third party and related transactions. The deputy director …
Read More »SAD NEWS: Journalist shot dead at her home
A journalist working with Kenya’s state broadcaster was shot dead at her home in the outcasts of the capital Nairobi. Two gunmen entered Betty Barasa’s home as she was driving in from work on Wednesday evening. They ordered her husband and children to lie on the ground and one of the gunmen …
Read More »Shatta Wale’s ‘retirement’ talk is likely linked to depression – Nhyira FM’s Ruthy
Controversial Ghanaian media personality and entertainment pundit, Ruthy has shared insights as to what may have led to the decision by award-winning singer, Shatta Wale to retire from music after his GOG album. Shatta Wale had confirmed reports that he is retiring from music during an interview with Andy …
Read More »Expert says George Floyd died from lack of oxygen
George Floyd died from a lack of oxygen as he was pinned “in a vice” against the street during his arrest, a doctor at the trial of ex-police officer Derek Chauvin in Minneapolis has said. Intensive care doctor Martin Tobin said Mr Floyd had died of asphyxia from the way …
Read More »Italian warship berths in Tema port to collaborate with Navy in tackling piracy surge in Gulf of Guinea
An Italian warship, Luigi Rizzo with a crew of soldiers of about 187, has berthed at the Tema Port to engage the Ghana Navy in a collaborative exercise aimed at curbing the growing activities of pirates off the Gulf of Guinea. According to statistics, piracy off the Gulf of Guinea, …
Read More »5 interesting facts about Sonnie Badu
The British-born Ghanaian gospel musician, Sonnie Badu, is trending after social media doubted the authenticity of his educational certificates from the Trinity International University of Ambassadors. Sonnie Badu is a man of many trades and full of surprises. Here are five things you probably did not know about the Gospel singer. …
Read More »Okuapehene enstoolment: Fetish priest leaks videos of woman spiritually stabbing Akufo-Addo, kingmakers[WATCH]
A fetish priest has allegedly released the nude visuals of an aggrieved woman who visited his shrine to seek his counsel to kill persons she believed were behind the enstoolment of the new Okuapehene. The woman who claimed she is sister to one of the chieftaincy candidates, Odehye Kwasi Akufo …
Read More »Ghana star Thomas Partey is joint-highest earner at Arsenal
Ghana midfielder Thomas Partey is the joint-highest earner at English side Arsenal. The 27-year-old Ghanaian shares the enviable spot with Gabonese superstar Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang. The two players are on a weekly wage of £250,000 respectively, translating into £13,000,000 annually. Willian da Silva and Alexandre Lacazette are on weekly wages of …
Read More »Resign over ‘non-Akan’ NPP flag bearer comment – Northern NPP group to Kyei-Mensah-Bonsu
A group calling itself Concerned Northern Grassroots of the governing New Patriotic Party (NPP) has condemned Majority Leader Osei Kyei-Mensah-Bonsu for suggesting that the party go for a non-Akan as its next flag bearer. The Minister of Parliamentary Affairs, recently said in an interview that: “Inwardly, I know I have the competence to lead …
Read More »VIDEO: Fans React To B3droom Video Of D-Black And Two Beautiful Ladies
A video of the boss of Black Avenue Muziq, Desmond Blackmore aka D-Black, and two ladies sitting on a b3d in his room is receiving a lot of relations online. The musician and entrepreneur, who is fondly described by many as Ghana’s unofficial enjoyment minister is captured sitting on the bed like …
Read More »PHOTOS: Prostitutes go on strike over Covid vaccines
Sex workers in a Brazilian city have gone on strike for a week, demanding to be included in the group of front-line workers receiving priority coronavirus vaccines. Pandemic-related hotel closures in the southeastern city of Belo Horizonte have forced thousands of prostitutes to solicit for clients on the street, they …
Read More »Jordan Ayew pockets £32500 weekly at Crystal Palace
Crystal Palace striker Jordan Ayew pockets £32,500 as weekly wages at the club. The 29-year-old is in the lower ranking on the salary table despite his improved performance for the club. The Ghana international has struggled to replicate his 2019-202 form this season by scoring just a goal so far. The …
Read More »Kasoa Killing: Gender Ministry to absorb accused into Juvenile Correctional Centres
The Ministry of Gender, Children and Social Protection has expressed its readiness to absorb two teenagers accused of murdering a 10-year-old boy at Kasoa into its Juvenile Correctional Centres. The two teenagers namely; Felix Nyarko, 15, and Nicholas Kini, 17, are alleged to have killed Ishmael Mensah, 10, for money …
Read More »I don’t need to make any demands to gel with Akufo-Addo – Mahama
The Office of Former President John Dramani Mahama has dismissed recent reports captured in the Daily Guide newspaper that he is making certain demands before jibing with President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo. In its Wednesday, April 7 edition, the newspaper reported that the former president is demanding the return of a bauxite …
Read More »Belfast: Rioting ‘was worst seen in Northern Ireland in years’
IMAGE COPYRIGHTCHARLES MCQUILLANimage captionThe gates of one of Belfast’s so-called peace walls were prised open before being set alight Rioting in Belfast on Wednesday night was on a scale not seen in Northern Ireland for years, police have said. During several hours of violence, police officers were attacked, petrol bombs …
Read More »Body of Kasoa ‘ritual murder’ victim released for burial
The body of Ishmael Mensah who was allegedly murdered by some teenagers in Kasoa has been released to his family for burial. The body was released after Police completed post-mortem on it. The family has been unhappy with the delay in releasing the body since it contravenes their Islamic values. …
Read More »Obiri Boahen ‘clashes’ with Kyei-Mensah-Bonsu over ethnocentric comments against Akans
Deputy General Secretary of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Nana Obiri Boahen has chided Majority leader in parliament, Osei Kyei-Mensah-Bonsu for saying that it will be unwise for the NPP to choose an Akan as a flagbearer to replace President Akufo-Addo in election 2024. Nana Obiri Boahen who disagrees with Osei Kyei-Mensah-Bonsu stated that delegates look beyond ethnicity when …
Read More »Ahafo: Heavy downpour displaces 70 residents at Dwenase
A downpour on Wednesday displaced 70 residents of Dwenase, a farming community in the Tano North Municipality of the Ahafo Region. The Ghana News Agency (GNA) learnt the rains, which accompanied a heavy storm, set in around 1930 hours, lasted for about 30 minutes and razed to the ground about …
Read More »Excavator operator killed in gun attack at mining site
One person was killed when two unidentified men raided a mining site at Attabrakoso, a community near Jacobu in the Ashanti Region. 30-year-old Richard Arthur, an excavator operator with Tolla Mining Company died when he sustained multiple gunshot wounds during the Tuesday dawn attack. The robbers also shot a …
Read More »GHS worried as farmers use mosquito nets for farm fencing
The Ghana Health Service (GHS) has announced plans to hand out insecticide-treated bed nets from May 18, this year, with at least 275, 967 households in the Upper East Region expected to be covered. The Upper East Regional Health Directorate made this known during a multi-stakeholder meeting it convened on …
Read More »Goat thief lynched at Nsawam
The Nsawam Police in the Akwapim South District of the Eastern Region is investigating a case involving a suspected goat thief, whose beating allegedly resulted in his death. Police Sergeant Francis Gomado, Eastern Regional Police Public Relations Officer, said the police received information about the incident on April 3 and …
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