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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. …

One person has died in an accident on the Kasoa-Winneba road at Gomoa Mampong in the Central Region. The accident occurred on the afternoon of Tuesday, 8th September 2020. Eyewitnesses say that a driver’s mate got down from a Trotro bus to cross the road in order to ease himself. …

The spillage of the Bagre Dam in Burkina Faso coupled with torrential rains in the Upper East Region have submerged the White Volta bridge at Kobore in the Bawku West District of the Upper East Region. The situation has left hundreds of passengers stranded with a lot of livestock washed …

The Fuel Tanker Drivers Association operating at the Buipe depot in the Savannah region has declared an indefinite sit down strike over the refusal of the Bulk Oil Storage and Transport, BOST management to fix malfunctioning loading meters at the depot. While protesting over the issue, the drivers on Monday, …

The Ghana National Council of Private Schools (GNACOPS) has expressed its support for the abolishment of the double-track system by Presidential Candidate, John Dramani Mahama. Speaking at the manifesto launch of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Mr Mahama asserted that he will abolish the double-track system by bringing onboard the …

The opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) on Monday, September 7, 2020, launched its “People’s Manifesto”, touting it as a better alternative to that of the governing New Patriotic Party. The well-organised and successful event brought together many power brokers within the party to the University of Professional Studies, Accra (UPSA Hall), but also …

An ambulance driver in India has reportedly raped a 19-year-old girl when transporting her to the hospital after she tested positive for COVID-19. The lady was reportedly attacked by a man identified as V Noufal, 29, while on their way to the Firstline COVID Treatment Centre in Pathanamthitta District of …

My New Ghana has intercepted a video on social media where a group of young men believed to be supporters of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) is seen attacking some police officers in the area. My News Ghana cannot ascertain the true cause of the attack on the police …