A 24-year-old woman, identified as Phung Thi Thang, has been arrested by police after she robbed a Techcombank branch in Tan Phu District, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. Confirming the incident on Sunday, October 11, the police said the suspect, who was wearing a cap, a long-sleeved shirt and a face …
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Court convicts two lovers for faking kidnapping
A Sekondi District Magistrate Court “B” presided over by Her Worship Rosemary Edith Hayford has convicted two persons for faking their kidnapping at Sekondi. Even though the court convicted the two, Wilhelmina Aidoo aged 18 and Ransford Mensah alias Rapture aged 22 on their own plea, the magistrate deferred their …
Read More »Tragedy as guest dies, groom loses legs
A wedding ceremony over the weekend ended in a tragedy when the groom lost his legs in an accident. A guest, who was traveling with the groom, also died on the spot. This unfortunate incident occurred at Kwara State in Nigeria. According to reports, the guest and the groom were …
Read More »Man meets untimely death after goat thief hits him with car
A driver who was on the run after allegedly stealing livestock ended up knocking down and instantly killing a 23-year-old man at Kyekyewere near Teacher Mante in the Eastern Region. According to a report by the Daily Graphic newspaper, the unknown driver, on board a red Toyota Camry with registration …
Read More »IMANI analyses in some aspects of agricultural promises in the NPP and NDC manifestos
NPP. In the previous Manifesto of 2016, the NPP already envisioned modernising agriculture and improving agricultural mechanization centers in Ghana. One of the specific promises that was made in regard to the mechanisation centers was the following “revamp existing mechanisation centres and support the private sector to establish, manage, …
Read More »Man shot dead during robbery
A man was shot dead and three more were arrested following a robbery in Pinetown, KwaZulu-Natal, on Saturday. According to police spokesperson Colonel Thembeka Mbele, police officers were alerted about a robbery at a business premises on Hill Street in Pinetown. On arrival, they learnt the robbers had boarded a …
Read More »JUST IN: Four dead and six injured in fatal accident
A fatal collision between a car and a bakkie on the R301 in Franschhoek in the Western Cape left four people dead and further six people injured, according to reports from ER24. Life Healthcare and Stellenbosch Fire Services were the first to arrive on the scene, quickly followed by ER24 paramedics …
Read More »Three die in Cape Town shack fires
Three people were confirmed dead in separate shack fires across Cape Town in the early hours of Sunday morning. City of Cape Town fire and rescue services spokesperson Jermaine Carelse said the first fire they responded to was in Scottsdene, Kraaifontein, just after midnight. Carelse said four fire engines, two …
Read More »Let’s commit to peaceful 2020 polls – Otumfuo tells parties
Asantehene Otumfuo Osei Tutu II has urged all the political parties taking part in this year’s general elections to commit to peace. Speaking during a call on him by Vice-President Mahamudu Bawumia on Sunday, 11 October 2020, the Asante monarch said five West African countries, including Ghana, are going to …
Read More »Catholic priest arrested for having wild threesome on church altar
A Louisiana priest was arrested for allegedly filming himself having sex with two dominatrices on the altar at his Catholic church, a report said Thursday. The priest, identified by Nola.com as the Rev. Travis Clark, was busted after a passerby saw the lights on later than usual on Sept. 30 and peeked …
Read More »Efo Lucky Calebs Releases ‘Prodigal Son’ In readiness for ‘Dismayed’
When it comes to the distribution of talents in the creative arts and entertainment industry, to one, God gave the talent to sing, to another the skill to write, and to the other the capacity to act and perform, to yet another the aptness to dance, and to another more …
Read More »Covid-19: New local lockdown restrictions in England to be unveiled
The Liverpool City Region is expected to face the tightest restrictions under a new “three tier” system, which will classify regions as being on “medium”, “high” or “very high” alert. Steve Rotheram, the city region’s mayor, says negotiations have taken place through the night but “no deal” has been agreed …
Read More »[VIDEO]: Top NPP Gov’t official in money laundering scandal
A top government official in the governing New Patriotic Party (NPP) has been busted while attempting to allegedly launder money in London. The said official, acting in concert with some unscrupulous airport officials, managed to fly a colossal sum of foreign currency to London. The money was carried in a …
Read More »Creative Arts Group Fires Up Again for NPP (Video)
A group of creative arts practitioners and sympathizers that came together and campaigned for the New Patriotic Party (NPP) under the name Creative Arts for Change, has regrouped ahead of the 2020 December polls under the name Creative Arts for More. The group made up of musicians, artisans, actors, actresses, …
Read More »GRA rubbishes claims of releasing ammunition to ‘big men’, says it’s mischievous
The Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) has expressed worry about claims that some ammunition seized at their Tema Post will be released to some ‘big men’. “The Ghana Revenue Authority finds it worrying, mischievous and premature any information that seeks to imply that the seized ammunition is being kept for onward release to some ‘big …
Read More »‘The Sun’ forced to apologize for denigrating Thomas Partey
UK-based media giant ‘The Sun’ has been forced to apologize for using intemperate language in a story about Arsenal’s latest signee, Thomas Partey. Thomas Partey was arguably the biggest player to talk about in the recent transfer window in the UK as Premier League side Arsenal signed the 27-year-old Ghanaian …
Read More »Mugabe Maase silences Chairman Wontumi as he takes over the Airwaves in Ashanti Region
Undisputed award winning presenter Mugabe Maase of Power 97.9 FM over the week silenced the Ashanti Regional Chairman of the ruling New Patriotic Party Nana Antwi Boasiako also known as ‘Chairman Wontumi’ while he took over the radio airwaves in Ashanti Region. Over the years, Radio and television in the …
Read More »Tension in Talensi as eleven Tindaama clash with Tongraan over Chinese miners
Tension is rising in Talensi, a mineral-rich district in the Upper East Region, as traditional landowners (Tindaama) and the Paramount Chief of the area, Tongraan Kugbilsong Nanlebegtang, are seriously engaged in an unusual clash that has also generated disquiet among security watchers. The ‘supremacy war’ is grounded in a recent …
Read More »Thank you – Mali’s interim President tells President Akufo-Addo
Mali’s transitional President Bah N’daw, has thanked the President and Chair of the ECOWAS Authority of Heads of State, Nana Akufo-Addo, for the role he has played so far in helping to resolve the political impasse in Mali. At a meeting held at the Koulouba Palace, the seat of the …
Read More »[VIDEO]: Koforidua Ignores Jane Naana Opoku Agyemang
The township of Koforidua in the Eastern Region was virtually nonchalant towards Professor Jane Naana Opoku Agyemang, the running mate to the NDC flagbearer for the upcoming general elections John Mahama as she toured the town on her campaign trail. A video going viral on various social media platforms shows …
Read More »[PHOTOS]: NPP campaign vehicle crashes tricycle rider to death on Wiawso-Nsawora road
A 19-year-old tricycle (Aboboyaa) rider has met his untimely death after he crashed into a Toyota pickup on the Wiawso-Nsawora road. Stephen Opoku lost his life at the spot but his riding mate is still on admission at Sefwi Wiawso government hospital. The accident involved the New Patriotic Party’s (NPP) …
Read More »PHOTOS: Asantehemaa blesses Bawumia
Queenmother of the Asante Kingdom, Nana Ama Konadu Yiadom III, has blessed Vice President Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia and the government of President Akufo-Addo with a special, personal, benedictory prayer. This happened when the Vice President paid a courtesy call on her prior to his tour of the Ashanti Region on …
Read More »Six Arrested In Connection With Illegal Arms Importation Into Ghana
The Marine Police Unit in Tema have picked up six people in connection with an alleged attempt to illegally import arms and ammunition into the country from Turkey. The 436 pistols and 26 packs of ammunition consisting of 50 pieces each in a pack were found to have been concealed …
Read More »Sanguli: Police on manhunt for 13 for murdering NIA official
The Yendi Divisional Command of the Ghana Police Service has launched a search for 13 suspects identified to have masterminded the killing of a 31-year-old staff of the National Identification Authority (NIA) at Sanguli in the Saboba District on Thursday, October 8. One Dana Nyogma, who allegedly shot and killed …
Read More »Nigerian government bows to pressure, disbands SARS
Nigeria’s Special Anti-Robbery Squad, SARS, has been disbanded. Mohammed Adamu, the Inspector-General of Police, made the announcement on Sunday afternoon. This follows days of a nationwide protest against the police operation. Nigerians, mostly the youths, had taken to the streets of major cities to protest SARS’ brutality while the hashtag …
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