Barcelona star player and captain, Lionel Messi, was absent from Barcelona’s training ground on Sunday, August 30, as all the club’s staff and players were tested for Coronavirus. With two weeks to the start of the new season, Lionel Messi’s absence from today’s testing and training raises the possibility …
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Floods destroy farms and roads in parts of Bawku West
Torrential rains over the past week in the Bawku West District of the Upper East Region have destroyed several farm lands at Yarigu, cutting off link roads to other nearby communities. Apart from the damage caused to food crops like maize, rice, beans, okra, and groundnuts, the rains washed off …
Read More »GES postpones 2020/2021 academic year for Basic Schs&SHS to Jan 2021
The Ghana Education Service (GES) according to the President of Ghana has postponed the 2020/2021 academic year to January 2021. This was made known by the President of Ghana in his 16th address to the country. This according to the President is to ensure that the Service works on proper …
Read More »Second-Year SHS, JHS Students Resume On October 5
Second-year Junior High School and Senior High School students will be returning to school on October 5. This follows relevant consultations by the Ghana Education Service, according to President Akufo-Addo. “With Junior High Schools operating with class sizes of thirty (30), and Senior High Schools with class sizes of twenty-five …
Read More »President of Concerned Small Scale Released After NDC Protest
President of the Concerned Small Scale Miners Association, Michael Kwadwo Peprah, who was arrested by the Cyber Crime Unit of the Ghana Police Service, has been granted bail. Mr. Peprah was arrested on Saturday, August 29, 2020, in Kumasi for allegedly causing fear and panic with a Facebook post. He …
Read More »PLAYBACK: Akufo-Addo’s 16th address to the nation on measures to fight coronavirus
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo is addressing the nation on the measures his government is taking to combat the spread of the novel Coronavirus among Ghanaians. Today’s address is the President’s 16th update since Ghana recorded its first two cases of COVID-19 in March, 2020. In today’s address, the President is expected to announce the opening …
Read More »Kotoka International Airport to be opened on September 1 – Akufo-Addo
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has announced the reopening of the Kotoka International Airport (KIA) from Tuesday, September 1, 2020. This is after a thorough work by the Ghana Civil Aviation Authority (GCAA), the Ghana Airports Company Limited (GACL), Ghana Health Service and the Ministry of Health. Akufo-Addo made this known during …
Read More »Woman, 22, found with multiple stab wounds in boyfriend’s home
A manhunt is underway for suspects responsible for the murder of a 22-year-old woman in Mutsha Khwekhwe Location, Limpopo, on Saturday night. According to police spokesperson Brigadier Motlafela Mojapelo, residents alerted the Levubu police in the Vhembe District about the incident. “On arrival, they found the lifeless body of the …
Read More »LIVESTREAMING: Akufo-Addo’s 16th address to the nation on measures to fight coronavirus
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo is addressing the nation on the measures his government is taking to combat the spread of the novel Coronavirus among Ghanaians. Today’s address is the President’s 16th update since Ghana recorded its first two cases of COVID-19 in March, 2020. In today’s address, the President is expected to announce the opening …
Read More »Meet the entrepreneur who quit law school to start the biggest charcoal factory in Ghana
In Africa, many parents often hope their children will grow up to be doctors, engineers, lawyers, or bankers. Only a few parents support their children’s entrepreneurial skills or their desire to work in the creatives. Sulley Amin Abubakar, now the owner of the “biggest charcoal producing company in Ghana” and …
Read More »Is the coup making a comeback in Africa?
Democracy is the norm across the continent, but soldiers are still seizing power The coup is back in Africa. Last week, soldiers in Mali overthrew the unpopular president, Ibrahim Boubacar Keita, completing the west African country’s second coup in eight years. In Sudan, in April last year, after months of …
Read More »Sumpini saga: Five include chief arrested
Police in the Savannah region have arrested five people including the Dagomba chief of Sumpini and his linguist for their alleged role in the assault of a 50-year-old woman accused of being a witch. The Savannah Regional police Public Relations Officer, Sergeant Owusu Agyekum told Adom News said they are being …
Read More »I Never Promised A Jet For Kotoko- Home Boy Clarifies
A Member of Board of Directors of Asante Kotoko Football Club, Mr. Kwadwo Boateng Genfi, aka Home Boy, has denied media reports suggesting that he has promised on behalf of the board to buy a private jet for the club. Mr. Genfi, who is also the Board Chairman of EximBank …
Read More »Girl thrown into air by kite
A three-year-old girl has been thrown into the air by a gust of wind, after being tangled in the tail of a kite. It happened at a kite festival in Hsinchu, Taiwan. Local media reported that the girl escaped with only minor cuts to her face and neck. Source: bbc.com
Read More »VGMA: Artiste of the Year winners from 1999-2020
This year’s Vodafone Ghana Music Awards has come to a successful end with Kuami Eugene having his name written in the history book as “Artiste of the Year” winner. He beat off stiff competition from rappers Sarkodie and Medikal, singer Kofi Kinaata and the only woman in the category, Diana Hamilton, to grab the coveted …
Read More »[VIDEO]: Drama as cheating woman runs for her life after being busted by her husband
A video showing a woman who decided to catch her husband red-handed while cheating on her has surface online. There was drama after a cheating woman was busted by her husband doing it with another man. The aggrieved husband set a trap for his cheating wife after finding out …
Read More »Two dead, three severely injured after mine blast at Gbane
Two young illegal miners are reported to have died and three others injured in a mining pit at the Mwabok mining area in Gbane in the Talensi District of the Upper East Region. The event occurred on August 28 after a mine blast the previous day at 3:30pm. The deceased, …
Read More »Mentally challenged girl stabbed to death in Eastern Region
An 18-year-old female mentally challenged has been stabbed multiple times to death by unknown assailant or assailants in Subrisu, a Community in Kwahu West Municipality of the Eastern Region. The body of the deceased has been retrieved by Police and deposited at the Holy Family Hospital morgue. The grandfather of …
Read More »SEC requests EOCO help to retrieve server of Nduom’s Blackshield Capital
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is said to have sought the help of the Economic and Organised Crime Office (EOCO) to retrieve the server of Blackshield Capital Management Limited as part of investigations. Blackshield Capital Management, formerly known as Gold Coast Fund Management, was one of the fund management …
Read More »Three Women Attacked After Witchcraft Accusation
The Savannah Regional Command of the Ghana Police Service is investigating an attack on three women on Saturday night by some faceless persons who accused them of being witches. The attack occurred at Lantekura in the West Gonja District of the Savannah Region. The incident, according to the police, happened …
Read More »Sammy Gyamfi storms police station to bail President of Small Scale Miners
Information available to MyNewsGh.com indicates that the National Communications Officer for the National Democratic Congress, Sammy Gyamfi, is at the Nima Police station to seek for bail for Michael Peprah. Michael Peprah was arrested on the night of August 29, 2020, in his home in the Ashanti region by operatives of …
Read More »Off-duty police officer shot dead
The South African Police Service (SAPS) in Cape Town have appealed to anyone who may have information about the killing of an off-duty SAPS sergeant on Saturday night to contact police. In a statement on Sunday, the Western Cape SAPS provincial management expressed shock at the murder of the police …
Read More »Couple, dog shot dead in farm attack
A farm owner, his wife and their dog have been shot dead on their farm in KwaZulu-Natal.The Newcastle municipality identified the couple as Glen and Vida Rafferty.It is believed that the attack happened on Saturday evening. A couple was killed on their farm in Normandien, near Newcastle in KwaZulu-Natal, police …
Read More »Why President of Concerned Small Scale miners was arrested
President of the Concerned Small Miners, Micheal Peprah, was arrested because of a video he took at the residence of the Environment Minister, Professor Frimpong Manso. According to confirmed sources at the Cyber Crime Unit of the Ghana Police Service available to MyNewsGh.com, there was a court order for his …
Read More »Trade impasse: Ghana rejects Nigeria’s claims; seeks diplomacy
The Government of Ghana has rejected accusations by Nigeria of intimidation and maltreatment of Nigerian nationals in Ghana. In a six-page response signed by Information Minister, Kojo Oppong Nkrumah, Ghana particularly denied several allegations by Nigeria and provided detailed explanations showing it was incorrect to suggest Nigerians were being targeted. …
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