Celebrated Nigerian entrepreneur, Obinwanne Okeke, has been jailed 10 years by a United States (US) federal court for masterminding an $11 million cyber fraud on a British company. The court heard that “through subterfuge and impersonation, Obinwanne Okeke engaged in a multi-year global business email and computer hacking scheme that …
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Robbers attack credit union, injure one person
About eight suspected armed robbers stormed a credit union, shot and injured one person at Jeninso Akataniase in the Amansie West District of the Ashanti Region. The suspects are said to have made away with an undisclosed amount of money during the incidence which happened on Wednesday evening. The robbers, …
Read More »Mechanic in ‘gang rape’ jailed seven years
Samuel Crabbe,18, a Mechanic who raped a 13-year-old girl, with five others, in turns, at Korle Gonno in Accra, has been sentenced to seven years imprisonment by an Accra Circuit Court. Crabbe, who was charged with conspiracy to commit crime and defilement, pleaded guilty. The Court presided over by Mrs …
Read More »Stonebwoy turns ‘preacher’ over VGMA
Celebrated Dancehall act, Stonebwoy, assumed the role of a preacher to address the Vodafone Ghana Music Awards (VGMA) Board. VGMA, in its official statement, said it had lifted the indefinite ban it placed on Stonebwoy and Shatta Wale over a brawl at the scheme’s 20th edition. A portion of the …
Read More »Robbers terrorise female students of Seikwa Nursing/Midwifery College
The students at the Seikwa Nursing and Midwifery Training College in the Tain District of the Bono Region are living in extreme fear because of rampant armed-robbery attacks and other criminal activities at the College’s female hostel. The students told the Ghana News Agency (GNA) in an interview on Wednesday …
Read More »Don’t increase transport fares – GPRTU warn drivers
The leadership of the Ghana Private Road Transport Union (GPRTU) is cautioning drivers under its umbrella not to increase transport fares without approval from the union’s leadership. According to them, transport fares remain the same, although fuel prices have increased. Some drivers have indicated that they intend to increase transport …
Read More »‘In God’s name don’t re-appoint Mary Boatema as our DCE’ – Effiduase Chief begs Akufo-Addo
Nana Adu Ameyaw II, Chief of Asante Effiduase, has made a passionate appeal to the President of Ghana Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo not to reappoint Mary Boatema as the District Chief Executive for Effiduase Asokore. Prior to election 2020, Mary Boatema was sacked by the President of Ghana Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo for …
Read More »PM Scott Morrison ‘will not be intimidated’ by tech giant
Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison has said his government will not be intimidated by Facebook blocking news feeds to users. He described the move to “unfriend Australia” as arrogant and disappointing. Facebook is responding to a proposed law which would make tech giants pay for news content on their platforms. …
Read More »Robbery Attacks: IGP storms Bolga and environs, deploys Special Anti-Robbery commandos
As part of measures geared towards addressing the insecurity in the five regions of the North, the Inspector General of Police (IGP) is in the Upper East Region for a working tour. In recent times, there have been several reports from the Upper East region of robbery attacks on citizens …
Read More »VIDEO: Medikal Shows Off $48K made from music after Teeplow accused him of fraud money
Ghanaian rapper Medikal has finally replied colleague rapper Teephlow after he called him a lazy rapper and that his money is not from music. A few days ago, Teephlow and Medikal were throwing shots at each other on twitter. The former later granted an interview on Zylofon TV with Sammy Flex …
Read More »WATCH: Lady Falls Into A Dirty Gutter As She Poses For Picture In Viral Video
A Nigerian lady has fallen flat into a dirty gutter while she was busy posing to take a picture for her boyfriend as per a viral video that has just surfaced online. In the viral video privy to our news desk, the young lady was captured at the exact moment she lost …
Read More »BOMBSHELL: Liberia, Sierra Leone procure same Napo Maths Sets at 42% less the price Ghana paid – Africa Education Watch
Africa Education Watch has blown the cover of the government of Ghana over its procurement of 853,000 pieces of Kapek Mathematical Sets Instruments at Gh¢75 each, revealing that Liberia and Sierra Leone which procured the same Kapek Mathematical sets Instruments from the same company even at retail price got it …
Read More »VIDEO+PHOTOS: SHS Student storms classroom with gun threaten to kill her teacher
Shocking as SHS Student arrives in school with a “gun”, allegedly planned to shoot her teacher for asking to cut her coloured hair A female student whose name hasn’t been published yet of the Government Secondary School in Ikot Ewa was caught with a local gun in school. According to …
Read More »VIDEO: Archipalago warns Adu Safowaa over Dr Kweku Oteng
Social media critic turned musician Dennis Anani popularly known as Archipalago has warned Adu Safowaa over a recent comment she made against the CEO of Angel Group of Companies Dr Kwaku Oteng. In a video Archipalago shared on Instagram, he cautioned Adu Safowaa to desist from tarnishing Dr Kwaku Oteng’s image. Archipalago, …
Read More »‘Eyes cleared’ for NDC members as they demand to see NDC’s own collated election figures
Hundreds of opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) members have taken to social media to demand their party accounts for its own collated results in the just-ended election instead of deceiving them with the court case, MyNewsGh.com has filed. The footsoldiers of the party say it appears the NDC led by John Dramani …
Read More »128 lives lost to coronavirus disease in the first two weeks of February
128 lives have been claimed so far by coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in the first two weeks of February 2021 in Ghana. The daily update released by the Ghana Health Service (GHS) shows that Ghana recorded 22.8% deaths from Coronavirus between February 1, 2021 to February 13, 2021. Ghana’s coronavirus related …
Read More »Don’t approve Ursula Owusu-Ekuful, she failed at her vetting – Two CSOs tell Parliament
Two Civil Society Organisations have passed a negative verdict on Ursula Owusu-Ekuful, the Communications and Digitalisation Minister-nominee after her vetting at the Appointments Committee of Parliament. Sulemana Braimah, the Executive Director of the Media Foundation for West Africa (MFWA) told Joy Prime in a report broadcast on Wednesday and monitored …
Read More »VIDEO: Some MPs don’t understand child labour – Baffour-Awuah
Minister-designate for Employment and Labour Relations, Ignatius Baffour-Awuah, has intimated that the phenomenom of child labour is a big societal problem, so much so that some legislators in Ghana’s Parliament are not able to fully appreciate it. Taking his turn before the Appointments Committee of Parliament for vetting on Wednesday, February 17, …
Read More »Court Threatens To Discharge Obinim
A Kaneshie District Court has threatened to discharge Daniel Obinim, founder of International God’s Way Church (IGWC) and one other person if the police fail to commence the prosecution of the two at the next court date. This was after the prosecution led by Detective Sergeant Richard Amoah told the …
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Read More »Wife, kids of nurse who threatened to burn Supreme Court beg for clemency
The family of Simon Ayamga, the 33-year-old nurse who was arrested by operatives of the National Security for allegedly threatening to burn down the Supreme Court is on a hunger strike. Children of the embattled nurse are said to have refused intake of food since the arrest of their father. …
Read More »How Costa Papic created disunity among players – Hearts of Oak board
Hearts Of Oak Board Member Nyaho Nyaho Tamakloe has dared former Coach Kosta Papic to come out to substantiate the allegations he has made against the Board following his resignation. The Serbia Coach tendered his resignation Tuesday after barely two months of taking over the club as the Head Coach …
Read More »Police stops disability group’s intended march
The Accra Regional Police Command has secured a restraining order prohibiting members of the Ghana Federation of Disability Organisations (GFD) from embarking on a planned demonstration scheduled for Thursday, 18 February 2021. The Accra High Court, under Justice Elfreda Amy Dankyi, prohibited members of the group from embarking on the …
Read More »Longest serving pilot retires after 40 years in the sky
One of the country’s longest-serving pilots, Capt Charles Karabarinde, has officially retired after 40 years of service Capt Karabarinde undertook his final flight from Mogadishu in Somalia to Entebbe International Airport yesterday. He retires with a record of flying for more than 21,600 hours. While sharing his career journey yesterday, …
Read More »Lecturer slumps, dies in lecture hall
The Management of Alvan Ikoku Federal College of Education has confirmed the death of a senior lecturer, simply identified as Mr Echetama, who slumped and died in a lecture hall on Tuesday. The Acting Public Relations Officer of the college, Mr Joseph Okwulehi, who confirmed the death to newsmen in …
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