Mr Emmanuel Abankwah Kesse, a Political Activist, has called for the formal and legal recognition of the Ghanaian media as the fourth arm of government “with good benefits and remuneration.” He said that had become necessary in view of the role the media were playing in promoting Ghana’s democracy and …
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Ofori-Atta justifies new taxes by Gov’t
Finance Minister-designate, Ken Ofori-Atta has justified the 1 percent COVID-19 levy introduced in the 2021 budget statement following the agitation over the new tax. Ofori-Atta believes this will among other things prop-up the health system against the pandemic and also support the payment of COVID-19 vaccines imported into the country. …
Read More »Minority MP’s and NDC Grassroot brouhaha will produce more Independent Candidates in NDC come 2024 – CLDG
The CEO for Center for Leadership and Democratic Governance (CLDG) Mr. Apatsea Isaac Kwasi has stated that failure for NDC hierarchy to solve the NDC grassroot members and Minority members of parliament differences will result in producing more independent candidates in NDC come 2024. He said as Human beings and …
Read More »“MPs one term ex-gratia can clear 60% of Ghana’s debt”- Olumanba
Young political activist, Emmanuel Abankwah Kesse, popularly known as “Olumanba,” has asserted that 60% of Ghana’s debt can be settled by scrapping only one term of MPs’ controversial Ex-Gratia. According to him, paying 275 MPs 6 billion each after the huge salaries and numerous allowances they enjoy “is a total …
Read More »Two People Drown In A Galamsey Pit
Two people who work at a Galamsey site at Sefwi Datano have been drown to death. This incident happened at Sefwi Datano in the Western Region of Ghana. Mustapha and Mumuni are the names of the deceased and they were very closed friends. It was reported that Mustapha went into …
Read More »We signed Gyan for more than football reasons – Legon Cities chief
Legon Cities chief executive officer Maxwell Terry Aidam has revealed the club will be far from running at a loss despite concerns about the returns from their big-money signing of Ghana legend Asamoah Gyan. In October last year, the Royals broke the bank to bring the former Sunderland and Stade Rennais …
Read More »School of Law SRC President forced to resign over exams failure
The management of the Ghana School of Law has directed the President of the Students Representative Council (SRC) of the school Philemon Laar to resign after he failed an exam. The School of Law in a statement said Mr. Laar cannot continue to hold himself out as President of SRC …
Read More »A police officer has lost his erection after taking coronavirus vaccine – DKB alleges
Comedian Derick Kobina Bonney has revealed that a police officer he knows has lost his erectile function after he took the covid-19 vaccine on Saturday. The Food and Drugs Authority in a statement on Tuesday, March 16, 2021, said it had taken notice of reports of blood clot associated with …
Read More »VIDEO: Sean Paul features Stonebwoy as the only non-Jamaican on his 7th album
‘Live N Livin’ one of two albums from the multi-award-winning dancehall star, Sean Paul, that showcases unity in Dancehall was officially released on on March 12, 2021. The album features a diverse range of illustrious talents, including veterans like Buju Banton, Busy Signal, Mavado, and some younger generation of artistes. …
Read More »VIDEO: Akuapem Poloo shows real love to little boy sleeping on the street
Renowned Ghanaian video vixen, Rosemond Brown who is known as Akuapem Poloo has performed an act of kindness by showing love to a homeless boy she found sleeping on the street. Akuapem Poloo has shared a video of a little she helped today on her Instagram page. In the video, …
Read More »Man sets family ablaze; 11-year-old stepson dies from burns
A 35-year-old driver has been arrested by the police after he allegedly set his family ablaze at Meduma in the Kwabre East Municipality of the Ashanti region after accusing the wife of having an extramarital affair. The suspect’s 11-year-old stepson, Prince Oti was burnt to death while his wife, Patient …
Read More »NDC in turmoil: ‘Atta Mills boys’ fight Ofosu-Ampofo; Muntaka, Bagbin take on Sammy Gyamfi
Somewhere in the Daboya-Mankarigu Constituency, the constituency chairman of the National Democratic Congress and ten other branch executives are in a tussle with other constituency executives over their future in the party. The situation, according to a report by Nkilgi FM has created deep cracks within the party in the constituency and …
Read More »Germany arrests ex-Gambian elite guard complicit in Jammeh ‘murders’
German police detained a Gambian man on Tuesday suspected of participating in crimes against humanity, including the killing of a journalist, as a driver in the elite guard of former President Yahya Jammeh, Germany’s federal prosecutor said. The Federal Public Prosecutor General (GBA) identified the suspect as Bai L., under …
Read More »Kenyan court to rule on female genital mutilation ban
The High Court in Kenya is due to rule today (Wednesday) on whether to decriminalise female genital mutilation for adult women. The case is in response to a 2017 petition by a doctor who argued that banning the practice was unconstitutional as women had the right to choose what to …
Read More »Atlanta shootings: Asian women among eight killed at three spas
Eight people, including at least six Asian women, have been killed in shootings at three different spas in the US state of Georgia. Police said four people were killed at a massage parlour in Acworth, a suburb north of Atlanta, and four more at two spas in the city itself. …
Read More »comJean Mensa can still be cross-examined – Tsatsu Tsikata reveals
In the end, it became the cross-examination that never was. It had been billed to be the climax of the 2020 election petition. Sammy Gyamfi, the National Communications Officer had labelled it as the El Classico with Abraham Amaliba, a member of the legal team of the NDC requesting a …
Read More »NPP suspects NDC in fueling Bawumia presidential bid propaganda
The out-gone North East Regional Minister and former MP for Bunkpurugu-Yonyoo Constituency, Hon. Solomon N. Boar has wary of all possible mischief and negative propaganda against Vice President Alhaji Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia by the opposition NDC. He believes the NDC could fuel behind some mischief and negative propaganda from elements of the …
Read More »When did ‘small boy’ Sammy Gyamfi join NDC? – Koku Anyidoho
Former Deputy General Secretary of the largest opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC), Mr Samuel Koku Anyidoho has lambasted the National Communication Officer of the party, Sammy Gyamfi for attacking the party’s leadership in Parliament including the Speaker of Parliament. Describing Sammy Gyamfi as an upstart who recently joined the NDC, …
Read More »Russia’s Putin authorised pro-Trump ‘influence’ campaign, US intelligence says
Russian President Vladimir Putin likely authorised attempts to influence last year’s US election in favour of former President Donald Trump, intelligence officials say. Moscow spread “misleading or unsubstantiated allegations” about the eventual winner, Joe Biden, according to a US government report. But it said no foreign government had compromised the …
Read More »My doctors are shocked that I’m healing so fast – Ofori-Atta
Finance Minister-designate Ken Ofori-Atta says he is recovering well, and his doctors are surprised at his recovery. This, he has attributed to prayers and Goppd saying, God has been good to him. “For me personally, I guess I would want to reiterate how merciful the Lord has been to me and also …
Read More »Drama as man is arrested for refusing to pay for borrowed coffin
A man, believed to be in his forties, Kwaku Tawiah, has been arrested by the Wiawso Police Command for refusing to pay for a borrowed coffin. The coffin maker told Adom News that Mr Tawiah came and pleaded for a coffin to bury his sister who had passed on in …
Read More »Tsatsu Tsikata heads to Supreme Court again to seek review of Amewu’s ruling
Lead counsel for Professor Margaret Kweku, the NDC’s parliamentary candidate for Hohoe in the 2020 elections and four other interested parties, lawyer Tsatsu Tsikata, will on Wednesday, 17th March 2021 argue for a review of the Supreme Court’s earlier ruling quashing an order by the Ho High Court. On 5th January 2021, …
Read More »PHOTOS: Spiritualist arrested over death of friend
A 30-year-old man has been arrested over the murder of his friend at Nyakpala in the Northern Region. The body of the deceased from Sierra Leone was dumped on the Tamale – Nyankpala road. According to police report, on March 15, 2021, at about 2110hrs, the police had information that …
Read More »No fare increase – Transport Operators to Ghanaians
The Road Transport Operators Union has, in a statement, urged the general public to disregard the recent arbitrary increase in road fares by some commercial vehicle drivers. They have described the increase in fares as “unfounded” and in contravention of how transport fares are determined in the country. According to …
Read More »Freddy Blay gave me his blessing to be national chairman – Wontumi
The Ashanti Regional Chairman of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Chairman Wontumi, has revealed that the National Chairman of the party, Freddy Blay, gave him the approval to contest for the latter’s position. However, he [Chairman Wontumi] has an unfulfilled purpose he has to complete as a regional chairman. According …
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