First-year Senior High School (SHS) students across the country are expected to report to school from Thursday, 18 March to Sunday, 21 March 2021 the Ghana Education Service (GES) has announced. First-year SHS students across the country were initially scheduled to report to school on Wednesday, 10 March 2021. However, …
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Takoradi kidnap: We’ll attack Police spiritually to produce our daughter – Parent
One parent whose daughter was among the four Takoradi young ladies who were kidnapped has insisted that the Police still know where his daughter is and will therefore not agree that she is dead. According to him, the skeletal remains been bandied around by the Police has been in existence …
Read More »Meghan accuses British royals of racism, says she was ‘pushed to the brink of suicide’
Meghan, the wife of Prince Harry, accused the British royal family of racism, lying and pushing her to the brink of suicide in an explosive televised interview that looks set to shake the monarchy to its core. The 39-year-old, whose mother is black and father is white, said she had …
Read More »Deputy District NADMO Director Killed By Unknown Gun Men
The Deputy Director for the National Disaster Management Organisation (NaDMO) in the Nabdam District has been murdered by three unidentified armed men in the Upper East Region. The gruesome incident is said to have occurred at the Pelungu market on Saturday, February 27. Mr Dominic Kulkong, 31, was shot during …
Read More »PHOTOS: Neglected Kwame Nkrumah guest houses in ruins
They were established to primarily serve as resting places and hideouts for Ghana’s first President, Dr Kwame Nkrumah, in the wake of the struggle for independence and political upheaval. Located on the Karimenga hill top in the West Mamprusi Municipality and along the Nakpanduri Scarp in the Bunkpurugu/Nakpanduri District in …
Read More »Election Petition: Why ‘star witness’ Asiedu Nketia’s cross-examination was used against the petitioner
John Dramani Mahama, the Presidential Candidate of the NDC in the 2020 election, got his Election Petition dismissed by the Supreme Court of Ghana for lack of merit. In the two-hour judgement of the seven-member panel delivered by Chief Justice Kwasi Anin-Yeboah last Thursday, March 4, the Justices identified some loopholes in …
Read More »NADMO Director gunned down by robbers
The Deputy District Director of the National Disaster Management Organisation (NADMO) in the Nabdam District of the Upper East Region, Dominic Maaya, has been killed, The Chronicle newspaper has reported. The news outlet disclosed that Mr Maaya was shot and killed by masked armed men at the Pelungu Market on …
Read More »Daniel Domelevo to hold ‘retirement’ thanksgiving service
Former Auditor General Daniel Domelevo will on Wednesday, March 10, 2021, organize a thanksgiving service to celebrate the end of his tenure at the Auditor General’s Department. Daniel Domelevo was forced into retirement by the President of Ghana Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo after going on leave for 167 days. The President in …
Read More »George Floyd death: How will jurors be selected in Derek Chauvin trial?
It was video footage seen across the world – Derek Chauvin with his knee pressed on the neck of George Floyd for about nine minutes before he died. Now the former US police officer faces trial on second-degree murder and second-degree manslaughter charges. Three other dismissed officers will stand trial …
Read More »Performance of Ghanaian players abroad
GHANAsoccernet.com brings to you a comprehensive report on the performance of Ghanaian Players Abroad over the weekend in their respective leagues. Our European football expert Herbert Boakye Yiadom brings to you a report on the players below from goal scorers, time duration on the field etc. ENGLAND In the English …
Read More »Ghana‘s Fatawu Issahaku wins Best Player Award at the U-20 AFCON
Ghana’s sensational midfielder Abdul Fatawu Issahaku has been chosen as Player of the Tournament after Ghana’s triumphant display at the just-ended U20 AFCON in Mauritania. The sensational player who plays for Steadfast FC was named the player of the tournament after scoring two goals in 6 games for Ghana. Fatawu, …
Read More »Election 2020: I wasn’t paid a dime for endorsing Akufo-Addo – Prince David Osei
Multiple award-winning Ghanaian actor, Prince David Osei has revealed that he was not paid by anyone within or outside the ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP) for his open endorsement and campaigns for Prez. Akufo-Addo in the 2020 election, MyNewsGh.com reports. Speaking in an exclusive interview on Kumasi-based Pure FM with host, Hammer …
Read More »Ghana suffers nationwide power cut over ‘systems challenge’
Ghana has been hit with a nationwide power outage following a ‘challenge’ with the power systems, Ghana Grid Company (GRIDCo) has announced. A statement by the power distributor Sunday afternoon said technicians are currently working to resolve the challenge. Some parts of the country have been experiencing power cuts in …
Read More »Ghanaians viciously ‘roast’ Mahama Ayariga for his position on LGBTIQ
Some sections of Ghanaians on social media have indicated that the Member of Parliament for Bawku Central does not deserve to serve in the lawmaking house of Ghana for indicating that homosexuals have rights and that the closure of their office is against their freedom of association. The Bawku Member …
Read More »Senegal shuts schools amid violent unrest
Schools in Senegal will shut until March 15, the education ministry said on Sunday, after days of violent protests that have paralysed parts of the capital Dakar and are expected to continue next week. At least five people have died in demonstrations sparked by the arrest on Wednesday of Ousmane …
Read More »You’ve made Ghana proud – Akufo-Addo eulogises AFCON-winning Black Satellites
President Nana Akufo-Addo has congratulated the National Under-20 team, the Black Satellites, on winning the 2021 African U-20 championship. In a Facebook post, President Akufo-Addo said: “Congratulations to the Black Satellites for winning Ghana’s 4th AFCON U-20 trophy. Thoroughly deserved victory, and they’ve made Mother Ghana proud. What a way …
Read More »LIVESTREAMING: Date Rush on TV3
Season Four of the popular TV relationship reality show ‘Date Rush’ returns tonight on TV3. The programme gives eligible single ladies and gentlemen the opportunity to find a life partner. The show is simple but intense and fun for the growing number of viewership it garners every weekend. Not surprisingly, …
Read More »Huge explosions rock Equatorial Guinea’s main city
At least 20 people have died and hundreds more have been injured in a series of explosions in Equatorial Guinea, local media report. Around 300 people were injured following the blasts, which happened near a military barracks in the main city of Bata on Sunday. Images on social media showed …
Read More »‘Keteke, Here we come!’ – Amewu ‘kicks off’ railway transformation agenda
Railway Development minister, John-Peter Amewu, has declared the start of a transformation agenda in the sector he will be leading. “Keteke, Here we come! The transformation Agenda for Ghana’s railway sector has Begun,” he wrote on his social media pages. The post was in reaction to his March 5 inauguration …
Read More »VIDEO: Did Hawa Koomson jubilate before her approval?
In a viral social media video, new Minister for Fisheries and Aquaculture, Mavis Hawa Koomson is captured happily dancing supposedly before her ‘shocking’ approval by a majority vote in parliament. In the video, Hawa Koomson is seen dancing to a background song while telling someone in Twi that “)mo se )mo hia …
Read More »VIDEO: Replacing 100-year-old Oterkporlu Bridge remains top priority – Ghana Highway Authority
Several concerns have been raised by drivers, residents and various stakeholders over the years concerning the current state of the Oterkporlu Bridge in the Eastern Region. And this may not be imaginary fears but those arising out of the old age of the bridge with visible structural defects and very …
Read More »How I jumped from a heartbreak into the arms of my husband
Four years ago, I sat in an airplane from Kumasi to Accra. It was my first time on an airplane and everything about it got me scared. Ten minutes after I sat down, a guy came to sit next to me. He said, “You’re sitting on my seat.” I said, …
Read More »GRIDCo speaks after nationwide ‘dumsor’
The Ghana Grid Company Limited has said its technical team is working to restore power after some challenges led to a total shut down. This release comes after all parts of the country experienced interruption in power supply around 2:00pm on Sunday March 7, 2021. According to GRIDCo, the technical …
Read More »Fear grips Korle-Nkwanta residents as another Taxi driver is murdered
Residents of Korle-Nkwanta a suburb of New Juaben South Municipality of the Eastern Region capital have been gripped with fear following the murder of another taxi driver in the community. The Taxi driver identified only as Joshua Amevegbe alias Joe B believed to be 25-years-old was a resident of Ada …
Read More »Pastor cuts off boy’s thumb over GH¢10 theft
The Head of the Bethel Prayer Centre at Morle in the Jaman North District in the Bono Region, Prophet Osei Blankson, has allegedly slashed the thumb of an 11-year-old boy with a blade. The man of God carried out the act after he accused the boy of stealing his GH¢10. …
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