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Another Ghanaian nurse goes missing

It’s every mother’s worst nightmare as Madam Angela Asare faces the fear of having lost her daughter, Vera Asamoah, a Ghanaian nurse stationed in the nation’s capital Accra. Angela, who is also a nurse at the Asesewa Government Hospital in the Eastern Region recounts how her daughter left her apartment …

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NDC has sent assassins to kill me – Allotey Jacobs

  Former Central Regional Chair of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Allotey Jacobs has alleged that some unknown members of his former party have sent a death squad after him. According to him, he was alerted by a high-ranking member of the party and believes he would have already been dead if …

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Churches gear up for Easter celebration amid coronavirus

  Preparations have reached fever pitch for churches in Ghana ahead of this year’s Easter celebrations. The festivities marking the crucifixion, death and resurrection of Jesus Christ appears slow, but sure, with social media getting flooded with the advertisement of church events. When Ghana News Agency visited some principal streets …

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VIDEO: Kennedy Agyapong’s son shocks coconut seller

Kenneth Agyapong, the son of outspoken Member of Parliament (MP) for Assin Central, Kennedy Agyapong, has shown an act of kindness to a coconut seller at Madina. In a video, he was seen standing in front of Kencity Media, his father’s conglomerate when he encountered the coconut seller. He took …

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Man shot dead in broad daylight at Kasoa

An unidentified man has been shot dead by armed men at Kasoa Opeikuma junction, in the Awutu Senya East municipality of the Central Region. The incident according to eyewitnesses happened around 1: 30 pm on Wednesday. An eyewitness who spoke to EIB’s Yaw Boagyan said the armed men on motorbikes …

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Ghana month: Top 10 veteran highlife musicians [VIDEO]

  Growing up in the 80s, 90s and early 2000, many were exposed to a ‘melting pot’ of highlife music being the main forces in a typical Ghanaian household. Waking up to the sounds of Osibisa, Nana Kwame Ampadu, E.T Mensah, A.B Crentsil just to mention but a few, was a routine …

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Man shot dead in broad daylight at Kasoa

An unidentified man has been shot dead by armed men at Kasoa Opeikuma junction, in the Awutu Senya East municipality of the Central Region. The incident according to eyewitnesses happened around 1: 30 pm on Wednesday. An eyewitness who spoke to EIB’s Yaw Boagyan said the armed men on motorbikes …

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Ablakwa resigns from Parliament’s Appointments Committee

The Member of Parliament for North Tongu, Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa, has resigned from parliament’s Appointments Committee with immediate effect. The former deputy Education Minister in a letter to the Speaker of Parliament on Tuesday, March 30, said the decision was taken after careful consideration adding that it was on a …

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UK fines Pastor Chris over harmful sermon on COVID-19, 5G network

Ofcom has fined Pastor Chris Oyakhilome over harmful sermon on COVID-19 and the 5G network. A financial penalty of £125,000 has been imposed on Loveworld Limited after a program broadcasted on its religious service Loveworld Television Network featured inaccurate and potentially harmful claims about the COVID-19 with no protection for …

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Gbagbo can go! ICC upholds acquittal of Ivory Coast ex-president

The International Criminal Court sitting in The Hague has upheld the acquittal of Ivory Coast’s former president Laurent Gbagbo, the first head of state to stand trial at the tribunal. The judgment was delivered at 3 pm (1300 GMT) by the appeals chamber of the Hague-based court. The decision clears …

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Two men returning from the morgue crushed to death

Two cousins, identified as Yaw Agyekum and Kweku, have been crushed to death at Nkwateng in the Birem North district of the Eastern Region. Father of one of the deceased, who spoke to Adom News, Godfred Kwasi, said both boys were riding a motorbike on their way back home. He said …

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Fetish priest storms school to dig up buried black pot

Students of Adako Jachie M/A Junior High School in the Ejisu Municipality of the Ashanti Region were gripped with fear when a fetish priest stormed the school to dig up a pot that was allegedly buried by a spiritualist. The black pot contained four white chicken feathers, three white eggs, …

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Italian officer ‘caught selling secrets to Russia’

An Italian navy officer has been arrested after being caught in the act of handing secret documents to a Russian military official, police say. The men were stopped by military police on suspicion of serious crimes relating to espionage and state security. The Russian, who reportedly worked at the Russian …

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Brazil: Political crisis and Covid surge rock Bolsonaro

Brazil’s Jair Bolsonaro is facing the biggest crisis of his presidency after the heads of the army, navy and air force all quit and the country recorded its highest daily Covid-19 death toll. The unprecedented resignation of the defence chiefs is being seen as a protest at attempts by Mr …

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