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Richard Dombo, the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Ghana Railway Development Limited (GRDA) is dead. According to a Joy News report monitored by GhanaWeb, he died of COVID-19 complications on Wednesday, February 17, 2021. Since he tested positive for the virus, Richard Dombo, was on self-isolation at his home until his …

Ms Chantelle T. S. Kudjawu, a private investigator, wife and mother-of-three, has sued Mrs Gloria Arhin, the estranged wife of Mr Eugene Arhin, the Acting Communication Director at the Presidency, for GHS3.5 million in damages for defamation. She has taken issue with Mrs Arhin’s claim in her divorce petition that …

Collins Dorman, a 30-year-old farmer has been stabbed to death with a knife at Atechem, a suburb of Dunkwa-on-offin in the Upper Denkyira East Municipality of the Central Region. The sordid act was allegedly committed by one Isaac Owusu Boateng, a Community Police Personnel (CPP) in the early hours of …

Teachers and the Ministry of Education officials are speaking at cross-purposes over a compressed curriculum, just weeks to reopening of schools for semi-candidate classes on March 1. Whereas Mr Alex Kakooza, the Education ministry permanent secretary, says they have condensed the content for Terms II and III to fast-track teaching …

Facebook has blocked Australian users from sharing or viewing news content on the platform, causing much alarm over public access to key information. Australians woke up on Thursday to find the Facebook pages of all local and global news sites were unavailable. Several government health, emergency and other pages were …

The Accra High Court hearing the case of Dr Frederick Yao Mac Palm and ten others, being held over alleged treason, has adjourned the hearing to April 13, 2021, due to the upsurge of Covid-19 cases in the country. Justice Samuel K. Asiedu, an Appeal Court Judge with additional responsibility …

The Minister-designate for Gender, Children and Social Protection, Sarah Adwoa Safo has taken a bold stance against the lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) practice in the country. Taking her turn before the vetting panel at the Appointments Committee of Parliament on 17 February 2021, the Member of Parliament for the Dome-Kwabenya …

Some Farmers in the northern parts of the country say they will keenly monitor the Vetting Proceedings on Friday when the Minister-designate for Food and Agriculture, Hon. Dr Owusu Afriyie Akoto appears before the House. The farmers say due to the COVID-19 restrictions which makes it impossible for them to appear in person to …

The man who claims to be the father of Ghanaian high-life musician Kuami Eugene has established that his health has deteriorated due to the controversies surrounding himself and his son. According to Mr. Kofi Boakye, he has been diagnosed of severe high blood pressure as a result of his inability to reconcile …

A young man in Tamale, the Northern Regional Capital has sent shockwaves down the spines of his friends after he died shortly after announcing his Islamic wedding date,MyNewsGh.com reports. Fuseini Sayibu Baba known among peers as Citizen Shaibu Promzy was set to walk down the aisle with Ibrahim Latifa known …

A Ghanaian public University, the University of Professional Studies, Accra (UPSA) has issued stern directives to female students against “showing skins” by wearing dresses on campus that the Vice-Chancellor says goes against the University rules. He has therefore cautioned female students who wear indecent outfits, especially when attending lecturers to …

A Public Relations Member at the Accra Psychiatric Hospital, Emmanuel Appiah has said the facility will give Funny Face who was recently ordered to seek an examination at the facility the best of care. He said what the comedian needs now is the show of love and not insults and attacks as …

A Ghanaian public University, the University of Professional Studies, Accra (UPSA) has issued stern directives to female students against “showing skins” by wearing dresses on campus that the Vice Chancellor says goes against the University rules. He has therefore cautioned female students who wear indecent outfits, especially when attending lecturers …

According to information gathered, former Ghana Black Stars attacker Kevin Prince Boateng is worth 20 million dollars. Born in Germany but of Ghanaian descent, the veteran forward played for the country of his birth at the junior national team level before subsequently playing for his native country. Widely adored by …

Alfred Mahama, the elder brother of former President John Dramani Mahama has said he won’t respond to the baseless allegations of the Ashanti Regional Chairman of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) Bernard Antwi-Boasiako popularly called Chairman Wontumi that he (Alfred Mahama) wanted to kill him (Chairman Wontumi) prior to election 2020. Chairman Wontumi has …

The Bolgatanga Technical Institute in the Upper East Region has on Wednesday, 17 February 2021, been shut down. This follows a clash between two student groups of the school on Tuesday night. The situation which got out of hand by Wednesday morning, led to the destruction of school property. Some …

Another market in Accra has recorded a fire incident. The Mallam Atta market, located at Accra New Town, shortly after noon on Wednesday, February 17, 2021, was filled with screams alerting traders to safeguard their wares as part of the market was up in flames. When GhanaWeb visited the scene, some traders …

A 41-year-old known as Kwaku Boateng has impregnated his two stepdaughters (names withheld) aged 15 and 13 years at Weija, SCC in Accra. The older girl has given birth to a 6-month-old baby boy, while the 13-year-old is 6 months pregnant. According to the girls, when their stepfather was having …

Several attempts to salvage the ferry which has ran aground on the Volta Lake at Ekye Amanfrom in the Kwahu Afram Plains District has been unsuccessful. Rescuers have become helpless after another Pantoon, Yapei Queen Ferry dispatched from Akosombo failed to pull the stuck ferry. Scores of passengers and goods …

The state is to pull down the four-decade-old uncompleted maternity and children’s block of the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital (KATH) officials have announced. This, according to government officials is to allow for the reconstruction of an entirely new ultramodern edifice at the nation’s second referral centre. Speaking on the Happy …

Ms Chantelle Kudjawu has denied ever having an amorous relationship with National Security Minister-designate Albert Kan-Dapaah. In a defamation suit against Mrs Gloria Arhin, the estranged wife of Mr Eugene Arhin, the Acting Communication Director at the Presidency, Ms Kudjawu, who is a wife and mother-of-three, said a leaked video call involving …

The minister-designate for Gender, Children and Social Protection, Sarah Adwoa Safo, has indicated her plans to bring some ‘rebranding’ to witches camps around the country. She said that while there have been several attempts at abolishing such camps and disallowing such practices across the country, all attempts in the past do …

The Minister-designate for Communications and Digitalisation, Ursula Owusu-Ekuful, has said the transaction fees generated by operators of mobile money should be taxed in the wake of declining traditional revenue streams in the telecommunication sector. According to her, a report from the Common Platform, which monitors mobile money transactions, indicated that monthly …

Gunmen have abducted an unspecified number of students and staff of Government Science College, Kagara in Nigeria’s Niger State. The presidency confirmed the incident and that President Muhammadu Buhari has “directed the Armed Forces and Police, to ensure immediate and safe return of all the captives.” “The President has also dispatched to …

South Africa will administer its first COVID-19 vaccine on Wednesday, with President Cyril Ramaphosa to get the Johnson & Johnson (J&J) shot alongside health workers. The first shot will be given at Khayelitsha District Hospital in Cape Town this afternoon, the government said. Ramaphosa said in a statement that 80,000 J&J doses …