The Multi talented young South African artist Santic releases new HipPop banger. The called this single track “WATER”.He features most relevant upcoming musician “Cruel Paynes” which makes this song a big blow to “Nasty C” of being awaere of youngsters in Mzansi. Santic being Hip-hop,Qgom and House Music artist urges …
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Ghc450 ex-gratia sparks anger in Okere District Assembly
Some former Assembly Members of Okere District Assembly in the Eastern Region are seething with anger over meagre Ghc450 paid as ex-gratia to each member. According to the agitating former Assembly Members, the amount should be increased to at least Ghc1,000. “They told us our ex-gratia was ready so we …
Read More »VIDEO: NPP’s Joe Anokye contradicts Electoral Commission on Techiman South votes
Joseph Anokye, the Director-General of the National Communications Authority (NCA) cum NPP election collation IT guru has contradicted the Electoral Commission of Ghana (EC) over votes cast in the Techiman South Constituency in the parliamentary election. According to him, while the party’s internal collation of the Techiman South presidential results goes to …
Read More »2020 polls: Ignore NDC’s claims; data on BVDs are intact – EC
The Electoral Commission has dismissed claims by the National Democratic Congress that it is scheming to deactivate data on the 2020 polls on the Biometric Verification Devices in order to cover-up alleged fraud in the elections. The NDC at a press conference in Accra Thursday said the EC had sent …
Read More »Asokore Mampong: Four arrested after attack on assembly members
Police in the Ashanti Region has arrested four persons who were allegedly behind the attack on some members of the Asokore Mampong Municipal Assembly. The four persons, who were detained on Friday morning, were granted bail after their statements were taken. They have also been asked to report to the …
Read More »Parliament passes Creative Arts Industry Bill
Parliament has passed the Creative Arts Industry bill on Thursday, 17 December 2020. The bill, which incorporates the creative arts fund, is expected to ensure the economic viability of the creative arts sector within Ghana’s economy. The bill will also become the first legislative framework to guide the creative industry. …
Read More »Italy Announces Christmas And New Year Lockdown
Italy has ordered a nationwide lockdown over much of the Christmas and New Year period in an effort to combat a rise in coronavirus cases. The country will be under “red-zone” restrictions over the public holidays, with non-essential shops, restaurants and bars closed, and Italians only allowed to travel for …
Read More »Hundreds of Nigerian schoolboys freed after six-day kidnap ordeal
Exhausted and dishevelled, several hundred Nigerian schoolboys seized in a mass abduction claimed by Boko Haram experienced their first full day of freedom on Friday after a nearly week-long ordeal. But relief at their survival mingled with concern that many others could still be captive, and the circumstances of their …
Read More »Beef-up personal security — Kyei-Mensah-Bonsu to MPs
Majority Leader, Osei Kyei-Mensah-Bonsu, has admonished Members of Parliament (MPs) to beef-up their personal security from now till the swearing-in of the new Parliament on January 7, 2021. He said it was important for members to make the necessary security arrangement via the security outfit of the House for their …
Read More »Eight lives lost after 2020 elections
A total of eight lives, including three minors were lost during the 2020 Presidential and Parliamentary elections. They are Zakaria Samira, 12, Musah Fuseini, 14 Botwe Tackie, 16, Abdallah Ayarek, 18; Tajudeen Mohammed, 41, Dompreh Emmanuel, 36, and Abass Ibrahim whose age was not stated. About 15 other electorate also …
Read More »Watch Video: Some Ghanaians Living In USA Gather At Ghana Embassy To Protest Against Election Results
Thedistin.com has chanced on a video circulating on social media where some Ghanaian in the USA have gathered to protest against the election results. The 2020 election results declared by the Electoral Commissioner Jean Mensah in favour of President Nana Akufo-Addo has created a lot of problems as the …
Read More »Malik Jabir asserts Asante Kotoko rushed in sacking Maxwell Konadu
Kumasi Asante Kotoko legend, Malik Jabir, says management of the Porcupine Warriors rushed in sacking head coach, Maxwell Konadu. The Porcupine Warriors in a statement on Friday morning announced it has dismissed the former Black Stars assistant coach with immediate effect for poor results. The announcement came a day after …
Read More »Decomposing body of a pregnant woman found near Kumasi parks and gardens
The decomposed body of a pregnant woman has been found in a bush near Kumasi Parks and Gardens office at the Nhyiaeso within the Kumasi Metropolis of the Ashanti Region. City authorities reportedly discovered the body on Thursday morning when a man who went to the scene to ease himself …
Read More »Robber lynched after attack on mobile money vendor
Some residents of Karaga lynched a suspected armed robber to death on Thursday evening after a mobile money vendor was robbed at gunpoint. According to police, five men motorbikes attacked the vendor and robbed him of an unspecified amount of money. One of the robbers was unable to escape and …
Read More »Attorney-General drags Power FM journalist to court for contempt
The Attorney-General (A-G) has dragged a journalist with Accra-based Power FM to court following comments he made against some justices of the Supreme Court. The A-G has asked the Accra High Court to commit Oheneba Boamah Bennie to prison for making false claims against President-elect Akufo-Addo and 8 justices of …
Read More »National Security Officer who killed NDC agent and injured policeman thrown into custody
The trigger-happy man, whose gunshots at the Ablekuma Central Constituency Collation Centre in the just-ended elections, leading to the death of one Ibrahim Abass, a polling agent of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) has been thrown into police custody by an Accra Circuit Court. The accused, Collins Kwaku, alias Kola, per his …
Read More »Fulani man found dead in his room
A 25-year-old Fulani herdsman, Mahamadu Rabor has been found killed in cold blood in his room at Maame Krobo, Zongo at Afram Plains in the Eastern Region. His wife was found with severe injuries on the hand as she attempted to save her husband from his assailants. According to Police …
Read More »Smock Weavers in Bolgatanga bemoan low patronage ahead of Christmas
Smock Weavers in the Bolgatanga Central market are complaining of poor patronage of smocks ahead of this year’s Christmas festivities. Speaking in an interview with the Ghana News Agency in Bolgatanga, Upper East Region, the Weavers attributed the situation to the outbreak of the Coronavirus disease. Mr Michael Agurayine, a …
Read More »Baba Rahman in action as Chelsea U-23 thrash Manchester United 6-1
Defender Baba Abdul Rahman was in action this afternoon and helped the Chelsea U-23 team to post a thumping 6-1 win over the Manchester United U-23 team. The Blues development squad hosted the Red Devils counterpart this afternoon for a matchday 11 encounter in the 2020/2021 English Premier League 2 season. Having …
Read More »German funded hybrid waste to energy project underway in Ghana
As nations worldwide continue to embrace the concept of waste as a resource to cherish and not to discard, Ghana is also coming up with initiatives that will not only improve the sanitation situation, but also contribute to sustainable industrial development. One such initiative is the Hybrid Waste to Energy …
Read More »Kuami Eugene never showed up for our video shoot – Kwaku Mondo
Budding Ghanaian musician, Kwaku Mondo has express discontent on how Kuami Eugene treated him after he featured him on a song. Speaking in an interview with ZionFelix on the ‘Uncut’ Show, Kwaku Mondo said Kuami Eugene declined to shoot the music video of his song ‘Araba’. If you would recall, the ‘Araba’ video got …
Read More »Kuami Eugene spoils himself with a brand new car worth over $25,000
Christmas has come early for Lynx Entertainment signed Ghanaian musician Kuami Eugene aka ‘The Rockstar’. Ahead of the festivities, the award-winning musician has taken to social media to flaunt the brand new car he has acquired. From the photos he shared, the car is a Chevrolet and he decided to go for …
Read More »Woman weeps as court sentences her to 18 months in prison
An Accra Circuit Court on Friday sentenced Martha Sherry Anthony to 18 months imprisonment for stealing GH¢80,000 from the accounts of two staff of the Ministry of Finance. Martha, 27, who is a Nigerian Artist, charged with abetment of crime to wit stealing, pleaded not guilty. However, the court presided …
Read More »Artisan remanded over sex with minor
A 34-year-old artisan, Carlos Kofi Apeti, who allegedly lured a 14-year-old girl into a wooden structure at Mempeasem, near East Legon and sexually assaulted her has appeared before an Accra Circuit Court charged with defilement. Apeti, pleaded guilty before the court presided over by Mr. Emmanuel Essandoh who subsequently convicted …
Read More »Covid-19 Fight: Our Airports Are Safe – Travellers Reassured
In the wake of the Covid, the Director of Communications and Corporate Affairs, Zoomlion Ghana Limited, Mrs Emma Akyea-Boakye, has reassured travellers that the country’s airports were safe. She gave the assurance when Tamale Airport had its turn of the third phase of airport disinfection exercise in the country. …
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