The Western Regional Police Command has deployed a team of officials to keep the peace at Upper and Lower Dixcove in the Ahanta West Municipality of the Western Region, following renewed chieftaincy clashes, which saw six members of the Upper Dixcove royal family injured. District Superintendent of Police Olivia Ewurabena …
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Coronavirus is not the bane of Ghana’s budgetary challenges – Seth Terkper
Former Minister of Finance, Seth Terkper, has described the 2021 Budget as an Austerity Budget since it lacks the Management of Expenditure Statement, which has been missing since the 2018 budget. Speaking on GBC’s Current Affairs Programme, ‘FOCUS’, Mr. Terkper said challenges with the Economy started before the outbreak of COVID-19 and asked …
Read More »Eskom suspends load-shedding for 4 hours to let SA mourn King Zwelithini
Eskom said it would suspend load-shedding between 10am and 2pm on Thursday to allow SA to mourn the death of Zulu King Goodwill Zwelithini. This, the embattled power utility said, would allow the nation to participate in the King’s memorial service. “This extraordinary measure has been implemented to allow the …
Read More »VIDEO: How Kiki Banson predicted Burna Boy’s Grammy victory 12 years ago
Burna Boy has made the entire continent proud by winning Best Global Music Album of the year at the just ended Grammy Awards. His journey in the music industry and the evolution of his music over the years has according to many pundits been a contributing factor to his triumph. …
Read More »Five grabbed for stealing twin babies at Sefwi-Punikrom
The Sefwi-Wiawso Divisional Police Command has picked up five persons for allegedly stealing two-week old twin babies at Punikrom in the Waiwso Municipality of the Western North Region. The suspects are Paulina Owusu 26, Haruna Yusif 36, Stephen Owusu 32, Kofi Nkrumah, 24 and Sampson Addai, 33 years. Confirming the …
Read More »My husband divorced me because he said my private part is too ‘hot’ for his taste
A 32-year-old Ghanaian woman has shared her plight on how her husband divorced her because he feels too hot inside her every time they had sex. Narrating how it all happened, she said, “I got married to my husband at an early age while I was still a virgin. After …
Read More »Match report: Black Stars beat Legon Cities 3-1
Former Ghana skipper Asamoah Gyan was on target for Legon Cities as they succumbed to the Black Stars by 3-1 in a friendly on Wednesday at the Accra Sports Stadium. The former Sunderland striker found the back of the net from the spot after Jonah Attuquaye was brought down in …
Read More »TRENDING VIDEO: “I don’t need your money again, stop following me” -Yahoo Boy jumps out of Benz, starts shouting
Young Yahoo boy creates a scene after jumping out of his Mercedes Benz in the middle of the road as he yells at the top of his voice while undressing himself. A fast trending video Of a young man jumping out of his Benz while he was with his girlfriend and screaming …
Read More »Most Ghanaian workers are thieves – Kennedy Agyapong
Businessman and politician Kennedy Agyapong has said most Ghanaian workers steal from their employers to create unimaginable wealth for themselves. The Assin Central Lawmaker said on his television station Wednesday, March 17 that most of these workers rather turn to accuse politicians of stealing from the state whereas they do worse. He …
Read More »Tanzania’s President John Magufuli is dead
John Pombe Magufuli, President of Tanzania has died. The announcement was made by the country’s Vice President Samia Suluhu Hassan on state TV. According to her, Magufuli died of heart complications while being treated at Mzena Hospital in the port city of Dar es Salaam. Magufuli’s death followed more than …
Read More »Tema will not celebrate Kplejoo festival
The Tema Traditional Council (TTC), on Wednesday, announced the cancellation of this year’s Kplejoo festival. The Council said the cancellation was necessitated by the COVID-19 pandemic and the President’s ban on large gathering as a measure against the spread of the virus. Nii Amarh Somponu II, Tema Shipi and Stool …
Read More »More officials may face the music over prison ‘sex video’
Disciplinary steps have already been taken against the inmate who recorded himself allegedly having sex with a female warden in an office at a prison in KwaZulu-Natal. And while the warden has already been suspended, more officials could find themselves in trouble over the incident at the Ncome Correctional Centre, …
Read More »Atlanta shootings: Spa shooting victims identified after arrest
Police in the US state of Georgia have identified four of the eight people who were killed in mass shootings at three massage parlours in the Atlanta area. Officials say it is still too early to know whether the attack, in which six Asian women were killed, was racially motivated. …
Read More »SHS final year student, 3 others drown in Volta Lake
A final year student of Kadjebi-Asato Senior High School (SHS), Evelyn Gadagoe, and three others have drowned in the Volta Lake at Kpando. According to JoyNews sources, she was travelling with 10 other people in a canoe, on Tuesday, when they were hit by a storm on the lake. Six people on …
Read More »Few African scientists appear on the list of coronavirus researchers1
African scientists have continued to perform dismally in research on Covid-19, authoring just three percent of research on the virus, according to analyses of leading medical and global health journals. Worse, even what is published — 1,130 documents between November 2019 and August 2020 — almost 65 percent of the …
Read More »Video of gari and sugar served at a wedding reception causes stir
A video of gari, sugar, and groundnut been shared as part of serve yourself at an even has caused stirs online. The couple who decided to do something different on their wedding day agreed with the wedding planner to serve guests with ‘Gari’. Many people keeps wondering if someone will …
Read More »PHOTOS: Female MPs in uniform as House debates women’s health and development
If they were in a school setting or at the hospital, at a training college, or even at the Makola School of Law, perhaps, the idea that they would all be spotting the same fabric might not be quite a subject to explore. But when the female Members of Parliament appeared in …
Read More »PHOTOS: Timber falls from truck; one dead, another in critical condition
A timber truck driver is reportedly dead while another person is in critical condition after a terrifying accident at Abene in Kwahu East District of the Eastern region. The accident occurred Wednesday morning on Kwahu Abetifi to Abene road. According to a witness, the logging trailer was carting three big …
Read More »‘Akufo-Addo is 2nd best president ever, Mahama 4th’ – Ghanaian Soldier who fought in WWII
WO1 Joseph Ashitey Hammond, a Ghanaian soldier who fought in the Second World War, has said he has witnessed the performance of all the presidents that have come after Ghana’s independence and can therefore state on authority that President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo is the second-best president ever in the history of …
Read More »GMA warns of rains tonight
The Ghana Meteorological Agency (GMA) has warned of possible rains in Southern parts of the country tonight. In a statement, the GMA said the rains could fall between 2:30pm and 8pm. Source: Ghana/Starrfm.com.gh
Read More »VIDEO: Check out goals and skills of Kotoko’s new Brazilian boy, Vinicius Silva
Kumasi Asante Kotoko are back in the spotlight having announced the signing of Michael Vinicius Silva de Morais. The 27-year-old attacker is the second player from Brazil the porcupine warriors have hired in less than a year. Having had a prior stint with clubs such as Fluminense (Brazil), Linkoping City and Vasalunds …
Read More »Felix Gyan’s mother reveals how a GFA official nearly stopped his sons move to AS Roma
Mother of Berekum-born AS Roma Ghanaian sensation Felix Ohene Gyan, Juliet Adubea, has revealed that she had to stand her grounds to ensure her son sealed a move to the Italian giants. The Sunyani-born striker has already hit the ground running in Rome after scoring and assisting on his debut …
Read More »UK coronavirus red list: Ethiopia, Somalia ‘admitted,’ Mauritius discharged
Two African countries have been included in the United Kingdom’s latest coronavirus red list of countries – they are Ethiopia and Somalia. They join 13 others African countries that continue to be on the said list. Meanwhile, Mauritius has been taken off the list according to a March 15 statement …
Read More »Nigerian lecturer accused for rape of 17 year old student chop arrest, dismissal
Covenant University don dismissal of one of dia lecturers on top accuse of rape of a 17 year old student. Di Nigerian private university wey David Oyedepo, di presiding Bishop of Living Faith Church establish, confam dis to BBC News Pidgin on Wednesday. Covenant University Registrar, Oluwasegun Omidiora say dem …
Read More »Violent fight in Nigeria’s Kwara State over hijab in Christian schools
Tension run high in Ilorin, capital of Nigeria’s Kwara State as Muslims and Christians violently clashed over the use of hijab in state schools controlled by the church. The violent exchanges of today were specifically at the Baptist Secondary School where persons of both faiths threw stones and plastic chairs …
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