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57-year-old mother-of-four completes BECE sets eyes on Free SHS

Madam Elizabeth Yamoah, a mother-of-four, was among the hundreds of thousands of candidates who completed the 2020 edition of the Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE) today, 18 September 2020. The 57-year-old woman, who said she was mocked at and ridiculed for attempting to get some education at her age, was …

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Travel Within Africa Allowed, Other Countries ‘Situational’

CAPE TOWN – Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs Minister Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma has clarified the lifting of restrictions when the country moves to level one on Monday. Dlamini-Zuma said the collective sacrifices of all South Africans have enabled the government to move the country to level one to allow for more economic activity …

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FIFA Ranks Senegal #1 in African Football

Senegal is #1 The Teranga Lions remain the kings of African football. The Senegalese national team starts the new season in 20th place in the FIFA world ranking list published this week. Far from Belgium in first place but ahead of all other nations on the African continent. Senegal, whose …

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Kotoko CEO Nana Yaw Amponsah officially announces management team

Asante Kotoko Chief Executive Officer, Nana Yaw Amponsah, has proclaimed his eight-member management team that will help him in his three-year mandate at the Kumasi-based club. The Kotoko board appointed the former Phar Rangers President Chief Executive Officer in August and has been working around the clock to put his …

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NARM withdraws from Nurses, Midwives planned strike

A group known as the National Association of Registered Midwives Ghana made up of practising midwives in public health facilities in the country has distanced itself from a strike action planned by the Ghana Registered Nurses and Midwives Asociation. The GRNMA Thursday announced it will kickstart a sit-down strike beginning …

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NLC secures injunction against Nurses, Midwives strike

An Accra High Court has granted an interlocutory injunction application by the National Labour Commission against the planned strike by Ghana Registered Nurses and Midwives Association (GRMA). The move by the court presided by Justice Frank Aboagye Rockson means the health workers cannot embark on their sit-down strike on Monday. …

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Fetish priest in trouble for allegedly murdering farmer

An Accra Magistrate court has issued a bench warrant for the arrest of a fetish priest, who allegedly murdered a 52 -year-old farmer, at Dormeliam, near Akuse, in the Eastern Region. The suspect, Torgbe Ngorbea Mawufeasi,38, and five accomplices, reportedly lured Richard John Kluboito to a farm, shot him, chopped …

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Covid-19: Second wave now hitting the UK, says Boris Johnson

The UK is “now seeing a second wave” of Covid-19, Prime Minister Boris Johnson has said, adding, “It’s been inevitable we’d see it in this country.” Mr Johnson said he did not “want to go into bigger lockdown measures” but that tighter social distancing restrictions might be necessary. It is …

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TikTok and WeChat: US to ban app downloads in 48 hours

TikTok and WeChat will be banned from US app stores from Sunday, unless President Donald Trump agrees to a last-minute deal. The Department of Commerce said it would bar people in the US from downloading the messaging and video-sharing apps through any app store on any platform. The Trump administration …

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How Anlos got their name

Every ethnic group has subs and every one of them come with names. These names have a history behind them and it is not very different with the Anlo sub-group of the Ewe ethnic group. Historian and Spokesperson to the Awoemefia of the Anlo State, Togbi Sri explained this when …

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Families run for buried relatives as chief reclaims cemetery land

Families in Diabene, a suburb of Kojokrom within the Sekondi-Takoradi Metropolis, were sighted rushing to the Diabene Community Cemetery to collect the remains of their already buried relatives for reburial. The incident which occurred Thursday afternoon, was due to the decision of the chief and queen mother to reclaim portions …

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Massive crowd wait up to 10pm to welcome Mahama in Atebubu

A massive crowd yesterday September 17, 2020, waited up to 10:00 pm to give the flag-bearer of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), John Dramani Mahama a rousing welcome in Atebubu in the Bono East region. The massive crowd as early as 2:00 pm had converged at the premises of the …

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Mahama Has Nothing New For Small-Scale Miners – Francis Owusu Akyaw

Member of Ashanti Regional Campaign Team for the ruling New Patriotic Party and a Minerals Consultant, Francis Owusu Akyaw, has described the flagbearer of National Democratic Congress (NDC), John Dramani Mahama’s promise to equip small-scale miners as ’empty promise.’   According to Francis Owusu Akyaw, Ex- President Mahama is power …

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BECE maths paper leakage: Eleven arrested

The West African Examinations Council (WAEC) has said eleven persons have been arrested over the leakage of the Mathematics paper of the Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE). The paper leaked on Thursday, 17 September 2020. Pictures of the Mathematics paper which was scheduled to be have been written on Thursday …

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KP Boateng to return to Black Stars

Former management committee member of the Black Stars Yaw Boateng Gyan has revealed that Ghanaian prodigal footballer, Kevin-Prince Boateng is ready to return to the Black Stars if he is invited by Coach C.K Akunnor. Kevin-Prince Boateng was thrown out of the senior national team after a brawl with the …

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23-year-old arrested for stealing GHC300

The Accra Region Police have arrested a criminal who attacked a lady in Amasaman, a suburb of Ghana’s capital, Accra and robbed her of her GHC300 and some personal belongings. According to the Police, On September 15, the lady was returning from work when she was accosted by two criminals …

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