Dumsor trended on Twitter in the early hours of Sunday, April 4; when parts of the country experienced low currents and in other places total blackouts. Many Twitter users called out the Electricity Company of Ghana, ECG; whiles others blamed government for refusing to admit that dumsor – power …
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UEW: Students force thief to sing hymns on central campus: [WATCH VIDEO]
The singing ability of a thief was put to a test after he was caught by students on the central campus of the University of Education, Winneba. The thief who appeared to be in his late 20’s was cajoled by students who are residents of the Alpha B Hostel …
Read More »Man suffering epilepsy falls into naked fire; family seeks help
A 20-year-old man, Amos Ayi, living with epilepsy has sustained serious burns after falling into a naked fire during a seizure attack. The incident occurred at Oboho, a farming community in the Ayensuano District of the Eastern Region. The father of the victim, Anoma Nyarko, a chief farmer narrated …
Read More »VIDEO: Two Kasoa teenagers arrested for murdering a 10-year-old, severing ear for rituals
Two teenagers have been arrested by the Kasoa Divisional Police Command in connection with the murder of a 10-year-old boy in what seems to be a ritual murder. Reports available to GhanaWeb indicates the police received a distress call on Saturday at about 10:15 am about a homicide incident at Coca-Cola …
Read More »Suspected mentally unstable boy defiles girl, 13
A 17-year-old boy [name witheld] suspected to be living with a mental health condition has allegedly defiled a 13-year-old girl at Kasoa in the Central Region. Rainbow Radio’s Kwabena Agyekum Banahene reporting the incident said the 17-year-old was caught in the act by a neighbour. It has also been established …
Read More »Businessman accuses police, land guards of harassment over his 38 acres Katapor lands
A Ghanaian businessman is accusing the police of working with some land guards to deprive him of his 38 acres of land located at Katapor. Lawrence Acquah said he has been at the end of constant police harassment since an Accra High Court gave its judgment in a dispute …
Read More »Kasoa: Father allegedly rapes daughter, niece and step-daughter
A 53-year-old man has been remanded into police custody by the Ofaakor Circuit Court in Kasoa, in the Awutu Senya East Municipality of the Central Region, for allegedly defiling and raping his 13-year-old biological daughter at Kasoa CP. The suspect, Kwabena Nkrumah was arrested after the victim complained to …
Read More »‘It is a fact, NDC hates Kennedy Agyapong’ – Ben Ephson
Pollster and the Managing Editor of the Daily Dispatch Newspaper, Ben Ephson has stated that sympathizers of the biggest opposition party in Ghana, the National Democratic Congress, NDC, have gross hatred for the Member of Parliament for Assin Central, Hon. Kennedy Agyapong. He was making submissions in reaction to comments made by …
Read More »Two teenagers arrested over alleged ritual killing of 10-year-old
Two persons, an 18-year-old and a 19-year-old are in the grips of the Kasoa Divisional Police Command for allegedly killing a 10-year-old boy for money rituals at Lamptey Mills, a suburb of Kasoa. According to sources the suspects lured the deceased, only known as Ishmael by his peers, into an …
Read More »Finance Ministry is the biggest problem for the energy sector – Energy Expert
Energy Expert Mr Kojo Poku has blamed the problems in the energy sector in Ghana on the Ministry of Finance. He has therefore asked the general public not to question the Energy Ministry for the issues in the power sector. His comments come after the Ghana Grid Company Limited …
Read More »VIDEO: Church members walk in fire as Pastors make them practice how to survive hell fire
A video circulating on social media shows a group of people around a fire in a pit. Amongst the group is a man standing by with a liquid substance pouring it into the pit. The group then formed a queue and started walking through the pit of fire. Apparently, they …
Read More »Hunter allegedly shot dead during expedition in Krachi forest
Kwaku Atimba, a 36-year-old man has been allegedly mistaken for game and shot to death in a hunting expedition at Kplesu, near Krachi in the East Municipality of the Oti Region. The deceased reportedly went to his usual hunting and was expecting to come home the following day but …
Read More »HOT VIDEO: Shatta Bandle fights musician on Instagram Live
Internet sensation, Shatta Bandle, has descended on an upcoming musician for dropping a song that doesn’t resonate well with him. According to him, he cannot comprehend why emerging singer, Twetwe will cause many young women to display their private parts on social media. Unlike Patapaa’s One Corner viral song where …
Read More »CID releases Whatsup News editor, says arrest was for extortion
The Criminal Investigations Department of the Ghana Police Service has released the editor-in-chief of Whatup News on bail but denied arresting him at gunpoint. A statement signed by DSP Juliana Obeng, Head, Public Affairs, CID, said the investigative arm of the police service, “on Thursday, 1 April 2021, arrested …
Read More »Collapsing gold pit kills 14-year-old boy at Manso-Tontokrom
A 14-year-old boy has died at Komkom near Manso-Tontokrom, a farming community in the Amansie West District after an abandoned gold pit collapsed on him last night. The deceased, Amadu Hamba, was mining in the restricted area when the dugout sand came crashing down, a police report sighted by dailymailgh.com …
Read More »Lifeless body found in Densu river in Nsawam
A dead body has been found in the Densu River at Nsawam in the Eastern Region. The body of the unidentified man wearing a dress was found Thursday by passersby. It is not clear what caused the death. Police were yet to retrieve the dead body. The resident was upset …
Read More »4 UN peacekeepers killed in northern Mali
Four United Nations peacekeepers were killed in an attack by jihadists on their camp in Aguelhok in northern Mali, the U.N. mission in Mali said Friday. The U.N. mission said that helicopters were dispatched to the scene to evacuate the wounded from the camp, which houses mostly Chadian peacekeepers. The …
Read More »AU calls for urgent action after Mozambique jihadist attack
The African Union on Thursday called for urgent and coordinated international action after a jihadist attack that killed dozens and uprooted thousands on the northern Mozambican coastal town of Palma. The jihadists captured Palma on March 24, ransacking buildings and beheading residents and forcing thousands to seek safety in the …
Read More »How weak accountability system costing Ghana billions
Co-founder of the Center for Democratic Development, Professor Baffour Agyeman-Duah has indicated that Ghana’s history of poor accountability and incessant borrowing is responsible for its current and future economic woes. Recounting what he called a “very progressive movement” in debt accumulation, Prof Agyeman-Duah, traced a steady increase in Ghana’s national …
Read More »MUSIGA abandoned me when I was sick – Kunta Kinte alleges
Kunta Kinta of Bradez Music fame has lamented that the Musicians Union Of Ghana (MUSIGA), of which he is a member, never paid him a visit or contributed a penny while he was sick. Talking to Tony Best on Akoma FM’s Kwantenpon Drive on Thursday, April 1, Kunta Kinta, born …
Read More »LIVE UPDATES: 2021 VGMAs nominee list announcement
Hello and welcome to our comprehensive-text coverage of the 22nd Vodafone Ghana Music Awards (VGMAs) nomination announcement. On January 19, 2021, a call was made to artistes, music producers, beatmakers, instrumentalists, and stakeholders to submit their works which fall within the VGMAs calendar year – January 1 to December 31, …
Read More »Let’s abide by the Covid-19 Safety Protocols during the Easter Celebrations – Hon Francis Addai Nimoh
On this occasion of Easter festivities, I would like to extend warm wishes to all Christians in Ghana. It is my fervent prayer that the death and resurrection of our Lord Jesus Christ would cleanse us from all our iniquities and sins, and usher us into a …
Read More »PHOTOS: 90-year-old deathtrap Huhunya Presby Basic School in distress
The Presby Basic School at Huhunya, a farming community, in the Yilo Krobo Municipality in the Eastern Region, has over the past years been using a deathtrap school building facility that poses danger to both teachers and pupils of the school. The dilapidated basic school, built with laterite which serves …
Read More »VIDEO: Ghana’s economy will bounce back – Akufo-Addo reassures
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has reassured Ghanaians the economy will bounce back despite the ravaging effects of the coronavirus pandemic. According to him, government is determined to outline a series of measures to revive and revitalise the economy. ”I know that, as a result of the pandemic and its impact …
Read More »US Capitol: Police officer dies after car rams security barrier
An attack at the US Capitol complex in Washington DC has left one police officer dead and another in hospital with injuries. A car crashed into a security barrier before the driver lunged towards the officers with a knife, police said. The officers opened fire and the suspect was shot …
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