Reports from Kaduna state in north-west Nigeria say gunmen have killed at least 21 people including women and children in a series of overnight raids on several villages. A community leader in southern Kaduna told the BBC the gunmen raided five villages in the early hours of Thursday in Zangon-Kataf …
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Dozens die in migrant boat off Mauritania
United Nations agencies say 27 people have died after their migrant boat ran into trouble in the Atlantic off the coast of Mauritania earlier this week. The UN’s refugee agency and the International Organization for Migration said the boat’s engine failed as it tried to reach Spain’s Canary Islands – …
Read More »Liberia forcibly quarantines five returning to US
Health authorities fighting Covid-19 in Liberia say they have forcibly placed under quarantine five people who were taken off a plane while attempting to return to the US after attending a funeral in Liberia. The incident happened when one of those who had travelled with the group from the US …
Read More »Nigerian governor appoints aide to divorced women
Governor Bala Mohammed in Nigeria’s Bauchi state has sent tongues wagging after appointing an aide for divorcees. There was public derision after an appointment letter confirming Balaraba Ibrahim as “Special Assistant to the governor on Women Affairs (Unmarried)”, surfaced on social media. Government officials in the north-east state have told …
Read More »Profile of Kotoko CEO Nana Yaw Amponsah
Ghana Premier League (GPL) side, Asante Kotoko has outdoored Football Administrator Nana Yaw Amponsah as the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the club at the Sports Hotel in Kumasi on Friday, August 7. After many months of sealed lips, the club has finally unveiled the versatile administrator to lead the club to …
Read More »Konadu’s NDP targets 15 parliamentary seats in Ashanti Region
The National Democratic Party (NDP) says it is targeting to win 15 out of the 47 parliamentary seats in the Ashanti Region in the 2020 general elections. The party founded by former First Lady, Nana Konadu Agyeman-Rawlings says members who picked nominations to contest for the parliamentary seats have begun …
Read More »It’s senseless spending GH¢22 billion to pay depositors – John Mahama
Former President John Mahama has criticized the way and manner the Akufo-Addo administration handled the banking crisis. He said the government could have spent GH¢9 billion to save the banks rather than allowing them to collapse and to pay deposits of customers to the tune of GH¢22 billion. In 2017, …
Read More »Bloggers Forum: Illuminati claims around Shatta Beyonce video, clash of Tracy Boakye and MzBel
The release of the Shatta Wale-Beyonce “Already” video has courted some conspiracy theories against some scenes. Christians are being urged to ignore the video because of the Illuminati claims. Kwaisey Pee and Pope Skinny have found themselves being described as hypocrites for their comments on the biggest collaboration in the …
Read More »[VIDEO]: Fella Makafui gives birth to a baby girl
Medikal recently confirmed Fella Makafui’s pregnancy rumors in his music video; Odo featuring King Promise, with Fella beautifully showcasing her baby bump. According to information gathered by GHPage, Fella Makafui gave birth to a baby girl last month. The music video, therefore, is not revealing the current status of Mrs. Precious Fella …
Read More »Bole ‘toilet baby’ discharged from hospital
The baby that was thrown into a public toilet in Bole but survived has been discharged from the Bole hospital after staying in an incubator for about three weeks. The baby is currently under the care of a “temporal care giver”. Asked about the processes involved before the baby can …
Read More »I will give Bole a football training pitch in the next NDC government – John Mahama
Former President John Dramani Mahama has promised to put up a football training pitch in his hometown of Bole in the Savannah region in the “next NDC government”. Speaking to the people of Bole during his son Sharaf Mahama’s Football training game with selected players in Bole on Wednesday 4th August 2020, …
Read More »Headteacher of Bright Senior High School released on bail
The proprietor of the Bright Senior High school at Kukurantumi in the Eastern Region has been granted self recognizance bail by the Akyem Tafo police command following his arrest this morning. Bright Amponsah was arrested by a team of police officers on Friday when he will be billed to address …
Read More »Free SHS has come to stay – Mahama
Former President John Mahama has urged Ghanaians to dismiss suggestions that he will cancel the free SHS policy if he wins the December polls. According to him, what he is against about the policy is its ‘poor’ implementation by the Akufo-Addo government – which initiated it. “Free SHS has come …
Read More »Abronye DC calls for Asiedu Nketia’s arrest
The Bono Regional Chairman of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Kwame Baffoe Abronye, has called for the arrest of the General Secretary of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Johnson Asiedu Nketia. Mr. Abronye, widely known as Abronye DC, in a press statement issued on Friday, August 7, called for the …
Read More »No more witch camps – Gender Minister declares
Minister for Gender, Children and Social Protection, Cynthia Mamle Morrison, has announced plans by the Akufo-Addo-led government to commence measures targeted at closing down all witch camps across the country, particularly those in the northern parts of the country. According to her, this has become necessary as a means to …
Read More »Kufuor asked his ‘seized’ Peugeot car be released as condition to negotiate on behalf of country – Ahwoi discloses
Prof. Kwamena Ahwoi, a former Local Government and Rural Development Minister has said former President Kufuor used his Peugeot saloon car, writing off of his loan as MP and his release and others from Nsawam prison detention as conditions to be part of a Ghana Government delegation to talk to …
Read More »WASSCE violence: GES sacks 14 students
The Ghana Education Service has dismissed some 14 final year students who are believed to have caused chaos and destroyed properties in their respective schools in the wake of the ongoing West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE). The GES in a statement said the action is to serve as …
Read More »No roads, no electricity to show for govts extreme borrowing – Mahama claims
Former President, John Mahama has said the Akufo-Addo administration has borrowed more than any other government since independence yet with no corresponding projects. He said the government would have been pardoned for what he described as excessive borrowing if there were development projects to show for. In his view, the …
Read More »WASSCE: Bright SHS no longer examination centre – WAEC
The West Africa Examination Council (WAEC) has relocated its examination centre from the premises of Bright Senior High School to the Ofori Panin Senior High School following the student riot that occurred at the centre on Thursday. WAEC in a statement also noted it will not hesitate to sanction students …
Read More »Anger as Premier League snubs Jordan Ayew in Goal of the Season award
Followers of the Premier League are seething with rage after Jordan Ayew’s goal against West Ham was excluded from the list of Goal of the Season nominees. Ayew danced his way through three defenders before dinking the ball over the West Ham goalkeeper to score a goal which has been …
Read More »U.S government advises citizens against travelling to Nigeria
The United States government has warned its citizens not to travel to Nigeria for security reasons. Department of State, Bureau of Consular Affairs, in the advisory published on the website warned Americans against travelling to Borno, Yobe, and the Northern part of Adamawa State due to terrorism. They were also …
Read More »[VIDEO]: Fans shocked as Zodwa Wabantu cleans her house PⱭnt-l£ss
South African dancer, Zodwa Wabantu risked exposing too much as she bent to clean her house while wearing only a t-shirt. Zodwa Wabantu sent shockwaves to many when she decided to do her household chore p.a.nty-less. The socialite flaunted her raw behind and many asked her why was she not …
Read More »Lebanon blast: Video captures Ghanaian victim in horrific Beirut explosion
It has emerged that there were Ghanaian casualties in the explosion that occurred in the Lebanese city of Beirut on Tuesday, August 5 ,2020. The ‘Beirut Disaster’ as it has come to be known, happened after explosions in a warehouse at the Port of Beirut. Videos on social media capture …
Read More »Akwaaba: Asante Kotoko outdoors Nana Yaw Amponsah as CEO [VIDEO]
Enterprising football administrator Nana Yaw Amponsah has officially been outdoored as the Chief Executive Officer of Kumasi Asante Kotoko. During in an event at the Sports Hotel in Kumasi, Kotoko’s recently-constituted board named the former Phar Rangers boss as the man who will be overseeing the implementation of their policies. Kotoko …
Read More »Zebilla: Armed robbers kill driver, bolt with cash
A mix of shock, grief and anger was the mood in the Zebilla township when armed robbers believed to be of Fulani descent shot and killed the driver of a delivery truck on Thursday. The incident which left residents of the town livid occurred at about 4:30 pm at a …
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