Reports reaching the desk of My New Ghana indicate that popular Kumawood Andrew Ntul Mensah, popularly known as Scorpion Gh has been gunned down by armed robbers. Reports say that he was shot in Aburaso New Site near Kumasi in the Ashanti region at about 2:40 a.m on Thursday after …
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Ghanaians Are Not Ready To Re-Elect A Leader With Credibility Bankrupt-Edmund Tells Ex President Mahama
The Ghanaian electorate of today are more enlightened pertaining to governance and they are well abreast with issues of the economy, so it is difficult to swindle them. Recently ex President Mahama has been making vain promises to the Ghanaian electorate in order to win their votes, meanwhile he …
Read More »Video: White Volta Flood Divides Bawku, Bolga; No Movement
Poor communities in Zebilla and Bazua of the Upper East Region continue to face hardship following the Bagre Dam spillage accompanied by torrential rains. Floodwaters from the spillage has created what appears to be a small river across the only Bolga-Bawku road. The fate of passengers from Accra, Kumasi, Tamale, …
Read More »Free SHS is killing the economy – Kofi Bentil
Honorary Vice President of IMANI Center for Policy and Education, Kofi Bentil, has said the government’s flagship Free Senior High School (FSHS) programme is putting a strain on the economy of Ghana. In a meeting with the vice presidential candidate of the NDC, Prof. Jane Naana Opoku-Agyemang, Thursday, September 10, Mr. …
Read More »Inflation rate falls to 10.5 percent in August
The year-on-year inflation rate fell to 10.5 percent in August, a 0.9 percentage points lower than 11.4 percent recorded in July 2020. The monthly change rate for August 2020 is -0.4. “Total month-on-month inflation is negative because it is pulled down by negative Food inflation (-1.1 percent) and negative inflation …
Read More »Is NPP using Exim Bank to enrich themselves ?
Startling revelations emanating from the sittings of the Public Account Committee (PAC) of Parliament have exposed grand schemes under the Nana Akufo-Addo and Mahamudu Bawumia led New Patriotic Party (NPP) government of brazen looting and pilfering of state monies from the Eximbank through dubious deals and payments. One wonders how …
Read More »Kotoko’s Dr Kwame Kyei and Nana Yaw Amponsah to resign – reports
The euphoria surrounding the appointment of a new Board and the Chief Executive Officer for Asante Kotoko may just burst into flames with reports that there is raging conflict in the camp of the Porcupine Warriors. An unimpeachable source has told Ghanaweb that the CEO, Nana Yaw Amponsah has considered resigning and …
Read More »US vs China: US revokes visas for 1,000 Chinese students and researchers
The United States government has revoked visas of more than 1,000 Chinese students and researchers under an order issued by President Donald Trump accusing some of them of espionage and working for the Chinese communist party, the State Department said Wednesday September 9. As tensions between Beijing and Washington …
Read More »Shatta Wale causes confusion at Parliament
Ghanaian artiste Charles Nii Armah Mensah Jr. also known as Shatta Wale was a subject of discussion after MPs on the Public Account Committee (PAC) questioned the basis for which state-owned Exim Bank allegedly doled out ¢2 million to him. Ras Mubarak, a member of the Committee said it makes no economic …
Read More »‘I’ve not been charged with theft’ – Awuah-Darko opens up
Kwame Awuah-Darko says he has not been charged with anything relating to theft after he left his position as the Managing Director (MD) of the Tema Oil Refinery (TOR) in 2016. According to him, the assertion by Kennedy Agyapong, the Assin Central Member of Parliament (MP) that some money was missing …
Read More »[VIDEO]: Road users scramble for drinks as Club Beer truck crashes in accident on Tema Motorway
A truck belonging to Accra Breweries Limited, producers of Club Beer has crashed in an accident at the Tema Motorway. The truck transporting tons of crates of beer bottles which crashed this morning attracted numerous road users as they rushed and scrambled for beer bottles with some drinking on the …
Read More »Ivory Coast party threatens to boycott elections
Ivory Coast’s former ruling party, the Democratic Party of Cote d’Ivoire – African Democratic Rally, has threatened to boycott October’s general elections if conditions to make them fair and transparent are not met. Its executive secretary Maurice Kakou Guikahue said the party wants the electoral commission changed. He said the …
Read More »I’m sorry – Ken Agyapong apologizes for calling Judge ‘foolish’
The New Patriotic Party (NPP) Member of Parliament for Assin Central, Ken Agyapong has apologized unreservedly to the Chief Justice, Judges, and Majistrate in Ghana after he called a Judge sitting on a land case he’s involved in ‘foolish’. Speaking on the “Seat Show” on Wednesday, September 2, aired on …
Read More »Strategy to face-out double-track will be out before December – NDC
A member of the NDC’s manifesto committee Prof. George K.T Oduro says the party is yet to conclude on the implementation strategy to face out the double-track system under the free SHS policy. According to the former Pro-VC of the Cape Coast University, the party will unveil their roadmap to …
Read More »6 Ghanaian players to feature in the EPL next season
It is an immense feeling of pride as six Ghanaians seek to undertake another adventure in the English Premier League. For varying reasons, they will all not get an enormous number of minutes under their belt, but it is certainly a good feeling. There are some names that are already …
Read More »Kwaw Kese reveals how depression nearly got him out of music
Ghanaian musician Emmanuel Kofi Botchwey, popularly known as Kwaw Kese, has said that he is now more responsible in life. To that end, he said his songs are going to be motivational. Explaining the rationale behind his new song ‘Victory’, he said the song was borne out of all the struggles …
Read More »17 commercial sex workers arrested
Some 17 commercial sex workers have been arrested for soliciting for immoral activities at Cantonments in Accra in separate operations. The suspects were apprehended with quantities of condoms in areas such as Togo Embassy and Osu Oxford Street. The Public Relations Officer (PRO) of the Accra Regional Police Command, DSP …
Read More »Watch Video: Ras Kuuku award found as it was reported missing
The plaque for the Best Reggae/Dancehall artiste award at the 2020 Vodafone Ghana Music Awards(VGMAs) which was won by Ras Kuuku, has finally been found and returned. It would be remembered that major news portals in the country reported that the award was stolen after Ras Kuuku took it to …
Read More »3 in 10 Police officers have suicidal thoughts – Psychological Association
A research paper by the Ghana Psychological Association has shown that nearly three in 10 police officers in urban Ghana report having had thoughts about taking their own lives during the previous 12 months. Also, ongoing research indicates that some displaced staff and survivors of the recent banking sector clean-up …
Read More »‘We’re tired of useless demonstrations’ – NDC’s Nii Lantey Vanderpuye tells ‘Akyem Sakawa’ protestors
The Concerned Citizens of Akyem in the Eastern Region, who organised and took part in a demonstration against former President John Dramani Mahama on Wednesday, 9 September 2020 and demanded an apology from the flagbearer of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) to the people of Okyeman, for sharing on his …
Read More »If Akufo-Addo legalised ‘ganja’ why can’t Mahama legalise Okada? – Suhuyini
NDC Member of Parliament for Tamale North Constituency in the Northern Region, Alhassan Sayibu Suhuyini has said if President Akufo-Addo can legalise some uses of weed, then his party’s flagbearer, John Dramani Mahama can equally legalise the use of commercial motorcycles known as Okada. Replying critics of his party’s campaign …
Read More »Kennedy Agyapong’s behaviour is worse than Montie 3 – High Court judge
A High Court Judge, Sulemana Issifu has expressed discontent over the lawless behaviour of outspoken Member of Parliament for Assin Central, Hon. Kennedy Agyapong. He described the behaviour of the Member of Parliament as worse than that of the famous Montie 3. His comments come as a reaction to comments …
Read More »Kumchacha is a comedian not a prophet – Akua Donkor’s aide blasts
‘Akua Donkor can never become President of Ghana’. ‘I will pay her 500,000 Ghana cedis if she amasses 100,000 votes overall during the general elections’ These are the words of Prophet Kumchacha in an interview on Okay FM last Monday. Following this declaration, Special Aide to Madam Akua Donkor, Emmanuel …
Read More »Breaking: Fire engulfs Dome market
Information reaching us indicates that Dome market in the Ga East Municipality is currently on fire. Mr Seth K. Kissi, the NADMO Boss, speaking to the media confirmed that there is an outbreak of fire in the market currently. He said the fire service has been at the scene for …
Read More »Nigerian shot dead in Ghana left to rot in mortuary – Brother recounts
A Nigerian man, Greatness Efe Agbabule, living in Accra, Ghana, has decried the brutal circumstances that led to the death of his younger sibling at the hands of the Ghanaian police on Saturday, July 18, 2020, at Liberian Camp, Kasoa, a suburb in Accra. The deceased, Precious Agbabule was shot …
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