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Former Asante Kotoko attacker Stephen Owusu has passed on at the 37 Military Hospital in Accra. The 37-year-old died on Saturday evening after a battle with a long illness that forced him to return to Ghana for treatment whiles playing for Kenyan club Nairobi Stima. Owusu started his football career …

The Rawlings family has been under the media’s lens for years for various reasons, but notably for a political one. The four children of the former President of the Republic, Jerry John Rawlings and his wife Nana Konadu Agyemang-Rawlings, namely Zanetor, Yaa Asantewaa, Amina and Kimathi Rawlings who is the only male …

The four-day rescue operation in the church building that collapsed at Akyem-Batabi in the Eastern Region has ended. Thirty victims had been retrieved as of Friday, October 23, when the operation was brought to a close; 22 of them had died, while eight survived. The deceased are made up of …

Gunshots on Saturday night were fired after the police anti-armed robbery unit in Kumasi arrested about eleven members of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) at Asawase in the Asokore-Mampong Municipality. According to Asawase Constituency executives of the NDC, the arrest was effected at about 9:15pm when they were seated …

The Ghana Journalists Association (GJA) on Saturday, October 24 held its 25th awards ceremony at the Movenpick Ambassador Hotel in Accra, to acknowledge distinguished journalists and media institutions. The event was on the theme: “COVID-19 and credible presidential and parliamentary elections: The media factor.” Below is a full list of …

On Saturday, October 24, 2020, the burial service for the late Victoria Agbotui, mother of former President Jerry John Rawlings, was held at the forecourt of the State House. At the service, Col (rtd) Joshua Agbotui read the following biography of the late Madam Agbotui. A brief life history of …

  A survey conducted in Agona West Constituency between 1st-18th October, 2020 has revealed that the incumbent Member of Parliament, Hon. Cynthia Mamle Morrison, who doubles as the Gender Minister will maintain her seat with 59.65% votes in the upcoming December 7 elections.   The research was conducted by an …

Former Black Stars midfielder Sulley Ali Muntari has showered praises on goalkeeper Richard Kingson, describing the former Ghana number one as the best shot-stopper in the history of Ghana football. According to Muntari, Olele, as Richard Kingson is affectionately called, should be celebrated a lot more for his exploits for the nation. …

TV3, a subsidiary of the Media General Group, has been adjudged the Best Television Station of the Year in English for 2019. Six of its journalists also received awards at the just-ended 25th Ghana Journalists Association (GJA) Awards held on Saturday, October 24. They are Alfred Ocansey, Komla Adom, Wendy …

Although Rawlings wished to see his friend Otumfuo Osei Tutu in person at his mother’s funeral, it couldn’t materialize. Live on TV, it has been confirmed that the Ashanti powerful King cannot make it to the final funeral rites although he was officially invited. It has been confirmed on Joy …

The people of Oti Region heaved a sigh of relief when the President, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, cut the sod for the construction of a solid waste treatment facility and a multipurpose sports stadium.    The two state-of-the-art facilities are collaboration among the government of Ghana and Jospong Group of …

A Cape Coast Circuit Court Judge, Mrs Dorinda Arthur Smith, wished a convict she sentenced to 21 years imprisonment in hard labour, died in prison for defiling his two-year-old granddaughter. Mrs Smith described the act as “vicious” saying the convict could not show sympathy to the survivor at that tender …

Former President John Dramani Mahama has charged the chairman of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, to as a matter of urgency resolve issues emerging in Côte d’Ivoire before they become deadly as is happening in Nigeria. Mr Mahama noted that tension is …

Gunmen have stormed a private school in a restive area of Cameroon killing at least six children and wounding a dozen others, officials say. Officials in the south-western city of Kumba blamed Anglophone secessionists for the attack. This has not been independently confirmed. A local education official said the victims …

Vice-President Mahamudu Bawumia has said that while the Mahama administration built only 23 out of the 200 Community Day Senior High Schools (E-blocks) it promised, the Akufo-Addo government, in its first term of office, has been able to add 27 more E-blocks to accommodate senior high school students enjoying the …

Four persons are in critical condition following an accident that occurred at Breman Essiam-Nyamebekyere to Assin Fosu road in the Ajumako Enyan Essiam District of the Central Region. The accident involved a taxi with registration number GT 7540 U, which was from Breman Essiam to Hasowodze, and a Benz Sprinter …

Residents of Akyem Batabi in the Eastern Region were left in shock when a church building collapsed, killing over 20 members of the Church of Prosperity. Rescue operations by the National Disaster Management Organisation (NADMO), police, and military retrieved 30 persons. 22 were declared dead while eight others received treatment. …

The world may have long believed that Nigerian senators are the highest paid but there had been no internal confirmation until now. A Nigerian senator just bust the lid open on the amount he and his colleagues receive monthly in an effort to bring more transparency and accountability to governance. …

Relative calm has returned to Nigerian cities after more than two weeks of deadly protests against police brutality and widespread anger over the shooting of peaceful demonstrators. In Lagos, the country’s commercial hub and the epicentre of the protests, authorities on Saturday eased a 24-hour curfew, while the streets of …

Dave Joy, husband of Joyce Blessing launched a scathing attack on Kwasi Ernest for a comment the former executive producer passed on the brouhaha between the gospel musician and her former publicist Jullie Jay-Kanz. Kwasi Ernest, boss of Media Excel, making a submission on Peace FM’s Entertainment Review, Saturday, was appalled by …

Even though it is a period of mourning for the Rawlings and Agbotui families, the African culture permits some level of dancing, drumming and other ways of expressing grief. A blend of the rich Ghanaian culture and that of neighbouring Nigeria were put on display at the burial service of …

Flagbearer of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), John Dramani Mahama was nowhere to be found among the group of party members who attended the funeral ceremony of former President Rawlings’ mother today, October 24, 2020. Although reasons for his absence were not given, Vice presidential candidate Prof Jane Naana Opoku-Agyemang, NDC National Chairman Samuel …

The Ministry of Health has absorbed more than 9,000 National Builders Corps (NABCO) trainees permanently while the Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) is also processing the permanent engagement of 16,000 trainees. Mr Mohammed Baba Darison, NABCO Greater Accra Regional Coordinator, who disclosed this to the Ghana News Agency, said almost 15,000 …

Multiple award-winning singer Belinda Nana Ekua Amoah, famed as Mzbel, has made a social media post to the effect that she has lost a set of unborn twins prematurely. In a post the singer made on her Instagram page, Mzbel indicated that the twins could not make it as they …

Policemen allegedly opened fire on residents that tried to invade a warehouse holding COVID-19 palliatives in Enugu. Reports have it that the shots fired has led to the death of one of the guys at the scene and another stray bullet hit a young man in his house. This happened …