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Ghanaian highlife singer Fameye has disclosed that he has stopped worshipping in the church because some members frowned on his looks. Fameye, legally known as Peter Famiyeh Bozah, made this confession during an interview on Abeiku Santana’s “Atuu” show which was aired this week. According to the 2020 Vodafone Ghana …

Chief Executive officer of the Volta River Authority Engineer Emmanuel Antwi Darkwa has witnessed alot of infrastructure development under his leadership over the period since his assumption of office including the Pwalugu Multi-Purpose Dam project currently on-going as well as many others project.    Currently ongoing solar power plant construction …

The informal sector economy in Ghana makes up about 80-85% (Eban Tawiah Anuwa- Armah, 2015) of the Ghanaian economy and is identified as the largest workforce of the population but without any form of attractive pension scheme arrangement to provide a regular source of income and to improve the standard …

The Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital, Oheneba-Owusu Danso has been admitted at a special ward of the hospital after reportedly testing positive for COVID-19. Although there has been no official communication about his condition, a source at the hospital said Dr. Owusu-Danso is coping. The …

A Senior Lecturer at the Department of Economics at the University of Ghana Dr. Ebo Turkson says the promise by the opposition National Democratic Congress to construct a domestic Airport in the Upper East region is needless. According to him, the region has pertinent needs which do not include an …

Fire has destroyed Greece’s largest migrant camp, the overcrowded Moria facility on the island of Lesbos. About 25 firefighters with 10 engines battled the flames as migrants were evacuated. Some suffered injuries from smoke exposure. Reports say migrants protesting against coronavirus rules may have started the fire, though this is …

Vigilant Immigration Officials on duty at Beat six and two unapproved route bordering neighbouring Burkina Faso on Tuesday evening busted twenty-seven Burkina Faso nationals for attempting to enter Ghana. The irregular Burkina Faso migrants comprised 24 males and 03 females. Their ages ranged between 01 and 38. They were busted …

Rivers State High Court sitting in Port Harcourt on Tuesday, August 8, sentenced five persons to death by hanging for kidnapping and murdering a Shell staff, named Anthony Okoro.   The five defendants out of seven persons in suit number PHC/324/2017, are Oluchi Charles (1st defendant), Miracle Anumuna (2nd defendant), …

A fresh graduate of Yendi Senior High School (SHS), Rahman Abdul Basit, has been killed in a robbery-attack-caused accident at Mpaha in the Central Gonja district.   Young Basit, who was heading home after successfully completing his West Africa Senior School Certificate Examination, was a victim of an accident which …

One of the country’s strategic assets, the Tema Oil Refinery (TOR) is about to be handed over to a phony company under some bizarre circumstances by its management and board of directors led by Francis Adu Tutu Boateng and Robert Nachinab Doameng Mosore. Insiders have informed The Herald that some …

The opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) has pledged to ensure survivors of gender violence, especially rape survivors are able to access free healthcare services, should the party win this year’s December polls. Currently, rape victims pay for medical examinations, a situation some people believe has made it difficult for many …

Ghanaian rapper, Maradona Yeboah Adjei, well known as Guru, has advised his colleagues to stop competing against themselves. The ‘Lapaz Toyota’ composer in a recent interview on Bryt TV postulated the need for Ghanaian musicians to target the world market instead of competing among themselves in the country. “The competition is …

An economist has cast doubt on the actualisation of both the governing New Patriotic Party (NPP) and opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) manifestoes should they win the upcoming elections. Prof Godfred Bokpin in an interview on Joy FM’s Top Story Tuesday, noted that the economy has been badly affected by the current …

The US is to block key exports from China’s Xinjiang region due to allegations that they are produced using forced labour. The proposed bans include cotton and tomato products which are two of China’s major commodity exports. The Trump administration has been ratcheting up pressure on China for its treatment …

The Okada Riders Association of Ghana (ORAG) has said it will hold former President John Mahama’s “feet to the fire” to fulfil his promise of legalising the use of motorcycles for commercial transportation purposes if he wins the 7 December 2020 polls. ORAG made the comment in a statement issued …

The Ghana Police Service (GPS) has dismissed 28 personnel, including two females, for unprofessional acts. This was as a result of complaints lodged by the public, of which they were found culpable of 181 cases of unprofessional conduct, from January to August, 2020. Director of Public Affairs of the Ghana …

Controversial south African entertainer Zodwa Wabantu, took to social media to share a video of herself with a giant snake. The socialite introduced the snake as her MaMlambo. She said the snake is responsible for all her good fortune. The dancer and beauty entrepreneur recently visited the famous Vilakazi Street …

New Patriotic Party (NPP) Over the next four years, The NPP in the education sector said it will: •consolidate the implementation of the Free SHS and Free TVET programmes •continue to increase the manpower resources and teaching facilities, including the use of ICT teaching aids, of public tertiary institutions to …

Kgaogelo Shai’s boyfriend Rodney Kgatla was out on parole after serving ten years for killing a previous girlfriend. A 20-year-old TVET student, who went missing on 29 August, has been found killed at Mokgoloboto village, outside Tzaneen, in Limpopo. Kgaogelo Shai’s partially decomposed body was discovered on Monday in a …

In yet another example of his love for humanity the Vice President, Dr Mahamudu Bawumia, has built, furnished, and formally handed over a two-bedroom house to an 82-year-old cured leper who had been abandoned by her family at Motori in the Wa West District of the Upper West Region. Dr …

The special prosecutor, Martin Amidu, has slammed the author of the book ‘Working with Rawlings’ Professor Kwamena Ahwoi in his fourth critique of the popular book. In his latest epistle, Mr Amidu also attacked the reviewer of the book Prof. Naana Jane Opoku-Agyemang cannot saying both people cannot be trusted …

Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari has called on West African leaders to stick to their constitutional term limits. “It is important that as leaders of our individual member-states of Ecowas, we need to adhere to the constitutional provisions of our countries, particularly on term limits. This is one area that generates …

South Africa’s governing African National Congress (ANC) has called US President Donald Trump “divisive, misogynistic and disrespectful” in response to reports that he was dismissive about Nelson Mandela, the country’s first black president. Mr Trump said the Nobel Peace Prize winner was “no leader”, according to his former lawyer Michael …

The leadership of a New York police force has stepped down following the death of a black man who was hooded and restrained during an arrest. Rochester Mayor Lovely Warren told a city council meeting that the chief of police and deputy chief had announced their retirement. A grand jury …

Eric Moses Tuwuhofo and Kofi Quagrane, who allegedly collected 8,000 dollars from one Mr Anthony Kelly Manso, under the pretext of procuring eight Canadian visas for him, have been put before an Accra Circuit Court. The two have been charged with conspiracy to commit crime and defrauding by false pretences. …