The Ghana Police Hospital has noticed the general public of an intended mass burial for about 200 unidentified and unclaimed bodies as part of routine measures to decongest the mortuary. The unidentified and unclaimed bodies, according to the Police Hospital, are made up of mostly paupers, unknown former patients, abandoned …
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Three Black Satellites players earn Black Stars call up
Black Stars Head Coach C.K Akonnor has handed call ups to three players of the victorious Black Satellites squad. The trio, Ibrahim Danlad, a goalkeeper of Asante Kotoko who was adjudged the overall best goalkeeper of the Africa U-20 Cup of Nations in Mauritania, Philemon Baffuor of Dreams FC who …
Read More »Ghana’s LGBT+ group raise $37k, target $100k to acquire new office
The LGBT+ group in Ghana is gathering momentum online to raise funds to acquire a permanent administrative office space in Accra. This was after the opening and subsequent closure of their office in Ashongman in Accra last month. The group on its Twitter page has indicated that it had managed …
Read More »National Health Insurance levy increased by 1 percent
As part of measures to help recover Ghana’s economy, government has announced a one percent increment (1%) in the National Health Insurance Levy(NHIL). This is to say that the hitherto 2.5% NHIL charge on goods and services has increased to 3.5%. Minister of Parliamentary Affairs and Majority Leader in Parliament …
Read More »Nigeria gunmen kidnapped three teachers, no kids taken – Kaduna govt
Gunmen on motorbikes stormed a primary school in the northwestern Nigerian state of Kaduna and kidnapped three teachers but no children, a state official said on Monday after the fifth school abduction in three months. It was the first attack on an elementary school in a wave of such attacks …
Read More »Ghana to observe national prayer service over LGBTQI+
Ghanaians will on Sunday, March 21, 2021, hold a national day of prayer over the recurring debates of the Lesbians, Gays, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer, I+ (LGBTQI+) agenda in Ghana. This will be organised by the Ghana Christian Council and other Ecumenical bodies in collaboration with the National Coalition for Proper Human Sexual …
Read More »Today in History: Bawumia must be automatic replacement for Akufo-Addo – Sir John
Late former General Secretary of the governing New Patriotic Party, Kwadwo Owusu Afriyie popularly referred to as Sir John in March 2019, declared Vice President Dr Mahamadu Bawumia as the perfect replacement for President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo. Sir John at the back of his assertion called on members of the NPP …
Read More »Tanzania to announce demise of president soon – Exiled opposition chief
Tanzania’s exiled opposition leader, Tundu Lissu, says plans are underway for an official declaration of the status of missing president John Pombe Magufuli. “The countdown to official declaration seems to be well underway. Military parade vehicles in the streets of Dar es Salaam,” he posted in a tweet accompanied by …
Read More »LIVESTREAMING: Tears flow as 13 Apam beach disaster victims go home in mass burial ceremony
Families of the thirteen teenagers who got drowned on March 7 after they went swimming in the sea at Apam in the Gomoa West District of the Central Region will be bidding their loved one’s goodbye. A mass burial ceremony is being held in the Apam Community this morning to …
Read More »Hearts of Oak celebrate 21 years of famous 4-0 victory over Asante Kotoko
It has been exactly 21 years since Accra Hearts of Oak registered a famous 4-0 victory over their arch-rivals Asante Kotoko during a Ghana Premier League game in Accra. March 15, 2000, was a day that the 64 Battalions of Hearts of Oak, spearheaded by Osei Kuffour, Ishmael Addo and Charles Taylor confirmed their …
Read More »MFWA sues NCA over list of collapsed radio stations
The Media Foundation for West Africa (MFWA) has filed a lawsuit against the National Communications Authority (NCA) at an Accra High Court. The Media Foundation filed its petition on the basis that the NCA failed to provide the list of all FM radio stations (indicating name of company, name of …
Read More »Prof. Benneh murder: One suspect freed
Opambour Agya Badu Nkansah, one of the suspects allegedly involved in the murder of Professor Emmanuel Yaw Benneh, a law lecturer, has been discharged by the Kaneshie District Court. This follows an advice received by the Police from the Attorney-General’s Office. The Prosecution led by Inspector Ebenezer Teye Okuffo, told …
Read More »Boy 17, Kills Mother with Pestle over Missing Memory Card
A 17-year-old Junior High School pupil, Emmanuel Gyan is in police custody for allegedly killing his own mother over his missing mobile phone memory card. My News Ghana reports According to eyewitnesses who reported to incident in a post sighted by My News Ghana, Gyan hit his 52-year-old mother, Faustina …
Read More »22-year-old Pregnant Woman Murders Cheating Husband
A pregnant woman has allegedly hacked her husband to death over an alleged extramarital affair in Delta. The incident happened on Monday, March 15, at Ekrejebor axis of Ughelli town in Ughelli North Local Government Area of the state. It was gathered that the 22-year-old woman identified as Faith Okiemute …
Read More »Mass burial for drowned Apam teenagers today
The thirteen teenagers who drowned when they went swimming in the sea at Apam in the Central Region will be laid to rest at a joined burial service Tuesday morning. The deceased aged between 12 and 17 lost their lives while swimming on Sunday, March 7, 2021, throwing the Apam …
Read More »Tension brews in Dixcove after chief beaten to pulp
Tension is brewing in Dixcove in the Ahanta West District of the Western Region following an attack on a sub-chief of Upper Dixcove by some unknown men believed to have come from Lower Dixcove. Nana Diako Kra was beaten to pulp and was stripped naked by a group of men …
Read More »5g network sustainability performance drives business and societal value
Despite the challenges of the COVID-19 pandemic Ericsson – the first company to launch live commercial 5G networks on four continents – remained committed and on track in 2020 towards reaching its sustainability goals while also setting ambitious new targets. The COVID-19 pandemic has accelerated digitalization across the globe. And …
Read More »Rapper Jey Luchy denies stealing car
A Ghanaian music producer who now doubles as a rap artiste, Kofi Amoah Jnr popularly known as Jey Luchy has denied being involved in car theft. According to the management of the artiste, “Jey Luchy is an entrepreneur and rapper of high repute and will not engage in any criminal …
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Read More »Social media users blast Samini for attacks on Stonebwoy
A section of Ghanaian social media users have expressed gross disappointment in Samini for launching an attack on the multi-award-winning artiste, Stonebwoy, for no apparent reason. Samini on Monday, March 15, directed a series of unsavoury tweets at Stonebwoy after the latter issued a fleet of tweets urging all African nations to applaud Nigerian creatives following …
Read More »Social media users blast Samini for attacks on Stonebwoy
A section of Ghanaian social media users have expressed gross disappointment in Samini for launching an attack on the multi-award-winning artiste, Stonebwoy, for no apparent reason. Samini on Monday, March 15, directed a series of unsavoury tweets at Stonebwoy after the latter issued a fleet of tweets urging all African nations to applaud Nigerian creatives following …
Read More »Tarkwa Police Command arrest 37 Nigerians over robbery
Tarkwa Municipal Police Command has arrested 37 Nigerians suspected to be involved in a robbery case that happened at Agona Wassa in the Tarkwa Nsuaem Municipality. The Tarkwa Municipal Police Commander Chief Superintendent Thomas Osei -Ababio who confirmed the arrest said the suspects were arrested based on intelligence they picked …
Read More »Deputy Ministerial list out: Okraku Mantey for Tourism, Culture & Creative Arts, Nsiah-Asare for Health – Report
The campaign by some persons in the creative arts industry to have Mark Okraku Mantey appointed as Deputy Minister for Tourism, Culture and Arts appears to have paid off if a report by pro-government newspaper, The Chronicle, is to be taken on face value. The newspaper reported on Monday, March …
Read More »‘Efo juju’ textbooks: Volta Reg. house of chiefs condemn publishers
The Volta Regional House of Chiefs has condemned the publishers of History of Ghana Textbook 3 and Golden English Basic 4 for publishing books which cast “derogatory allusions and innuendos at Ewes.” The books, History of Ghana Textbook 3 by Badu Nkansah Publications, features a song that shows the Ewes …
Read More »Teenager who stole friend’s ‘sakawa’ ring asked to sacrifice a baby before the ring is removed
A 19-year-old boy, who lives at Kasoa Iron City in the Central Region is on the verge of losing his finger or his life for wearing his friend’s ring made for spiritual purposes. Narrating the incident on Nyankonton Mu Nsem on Rainbow Radio 87.5Fm, Rainbow Radio’s Nana Yaw Asare said …
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