A Tunisian man has pieced together bits of a local secret linked to ancient emperors: how to make a prized purple dye using the guts of a sea snail. “At the beginning, I didn’t know where to start,” said Mohamed Ghassen Nouira, who heads a consulting firm. “I would crush …
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Addi Self tears former group member Captan apart, calls him a snitch
A member of the defunct music group, SM Militants, Addi Self has gone hard on his former group member, Captan. In an interview on Kingdom Plus FM in Accra, the singer spoke among other things including what caused their exit from Shatta Wale’s SM 4 Lyf music camp. The artiste …
Read More »Kyeiwaa ‘kills the English language’ at her white wedding – Watch funny video
Ghanaian actress, Rose Mensah, well known as Kyeiwaa, has put smiles on the faces of the people at her white wedding ceremony held at the United States of America. She opted to say her wedding vow in English in a video available to Zionfelix.net. The marriage officiant started in Twi …
Read More »We can’t guarantee uninterrupted power supply if GH¢ 1.4bn debt isn’t paid – CIPBiD
Independent Power Producers in Ghana have said if the government fails to pay some GH¢ 1.4bn owed them “as soon as possible”, they cannot promise uninterrupted power supply. The Chief Executive Officer of the Chamber of Independent Power Producers, Power Distribution Companies and Bulk Consumers, Ghana (CIPBiD), Mr Elikplim K. …
Read More »VIDEO: I found snake in my boots when I was playing in India – Amankwa Mireku
Former Hearts of Oak captain Amankwa Mireku has dispelled notions that the club owe its success in the early 2000s to juju. Hearts won successive league titles and also won the CAF Champions League and Confederations in 2000 and 2004 respectively. So good were the Phobians that Attuqayefio chose to …
Read More »Cheetah FC capo recalls how Christian Atsu rejected Berekum Chelsea to sign for FC Porto
President of Cheetah FC, Abdul Haye Yartey has shared a motivating tale about how Christian Atsu’s determination to make a mark in Europe saw him turn down a big money loan deal from Ghana Premier League side Berekum Chelsea. Atsu spent some of his education at the defunct Gomoa Fetteh …
Read More »Dr. S.K Nuamah Gives To Cherub Orphanage On His Birthday
The Member of Parliament for Kwadaso, Dr S.K Nuamah on Saturday morning donated food items, drinkables and toiletries amounting to several thousands of cedis to the Cherub Orphanage in the constituency. The gesture was part of activities the MP had lined up in commemoration of his birthday. Wearing …
Read More »Navrongo paramount chief joins 2nd phase of disinfection and clean-up exercise
THE PARAMOUNT chief of Navrongo Traditional Area, Pe Dennis Aneaknoa Baunia Adda (Asagipari II) has called on the people of Navrongo and its catchment areas to adhere to all the safety protocols of Covid-19. According to the Asagipari, the government through the Ministry of Local Government and Rural Development …
Read More »109 Markets in the Upper west region Disinfected by Government
The ministry of local government and rural development in partnership with Zoomlion Ghana Limited has conducted the second phase of the nationwide disinfection exercise in the upper west region of the country. The disinfection and fumigation exercise forms part of the government’s coordinated efforts in fighting the spread …
Read More »Mpeni Kofi; the tree that turns human at night to guard his people
Yes, it’s a tree but a human-tree. 300 years old, and yet still has its roots intact and its leaves as fresh as ever. This demi-god is situated in the heart of Akropong and is very significant to the people of Akuapem. Covered at its lower side with a white …
Read More »Committee report on KNUST SHS student’s death ready
The Committee charged with Investigating issues with regards to the death of a final year student at the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology Senior High School has completed its work and has handed the report over the Ghana Education Service in the Ashanti Region. The Report was submitted …
Read More »COVID-19: Prepare for hard times in 2020 and beyond – Ofori-Atta warns Ghanaians
The Government of Ghana has urged its citizens to brace themselves for difficult years due to the negative impact of COVID-19 on Ghana’s economy. The Finance Minister made the comments last Thursday when he presented the mid-year budget review to Parliament. “COVID-19 pandemic is far more than a crisis and …
Read More »Haiti will quit United Nations to join African Union – Haitian Leader
According to a report from a local radio station called Bon Déjeuner! Radio based in Haiti, the young Haitian political leader Werley Nortreus (also known as Prince Werley Nortreus) said the Haitian Revolution must continue so Haiti can become free and independent again. For the first time, Haiti will exit …
Read More »China donates medical supplies to the First Lady of Ghana
Charge d’affaires of the Chinese Embassy to Ghana, Mr. Zhu Jing has presented boxes of medical supplies to H.E. Rebecca Akufo-Addo, the First Lady of the Republic of Ghana on behalf of the Chinese Government. The donation was made at the request of the Organization of African First Ladies for Development …
Read More »Big Blow To Kumasi FM As Otwinoko Resigns
It’s normal in this radio business when presenters move from one station to the other for obvious reasons, but it comes as a huge surprise if a key figure leaves a radio station whose vacuum will be difficult to fill. Well, that is the case as a renowned and sensational …
Read More »Man shot dead after challenging armed robbers
A rubber farmer, who has been identified as Antobam and believed to be in his late 40s, has been shot and killed by armed robbers after he allegedly challenged them during a gold robbery getaway at James Town, a suburb of Dompim, in the Tarkwa Nsueam Municipality of the Western …
Read More »Government’s Disinfection Reaches Upper West region
The Government of Ghana has extended the phase II of the nationwide disinfection exercise programme to disinfect markets in the country to the Upper West region. As part of the structures put in place to curb the COVID 19 pandemic, the government is embarking on another disinfection of all …
Read More »Otumfuo Demolishes Bantamahene Building At Race Course In Kumasi
The whole building containing a number of shops belonging to the Bantamahene, Baffuor Asare Owusu Amankwatia, has been demolished. The shops were fast springing up at the Race Course in Kumasi. The demolishing exercise happened barely 48 hours after the Asantehene, Otumfuo Osei Tutu II, reprimanded the Bantamahene for illegally …
Read More »Woman Kills Two Sons
A 35-year-old woman has been arrested by the police at Ejura in the Ashanti Region for alleged killing her two children, aged one month and two years, at Yeboah-Akosua, a farming community in the Ejura-Sekyedumasi municipality. It is, however, unclear what led the mother of three, Adwoa Juliana, to kill …
Read More »Police on manhunt for driver who run over police officer to death
Police in the Northern region are on a manhunt for a driver who is suspected to have run into a police officer at barrier at Diare on the Bolga-Tamale road killing him instantly. Corporal Agoha Nelson was on duty together with three of his colleagues at a barrier when the …
Read More »Fabinho’s home burgled
Liverpool midfielder Fabinho’s home was burgled as the footballer celebrated the team’s Premier League win. Thieves broke into the Brazilian’s home on the day the Reds were presented with the trophy for their first top-flight win in 30 years. Items of jewellery and an Audi RS6 were stolen during the raid …
Read More »Fire Outbreak Kills 4-year-old Boy
A four-year-old boy died in a fire at a home in Mitchells Plain, Cape Town, on Friday night. Two women – the child’s mother and a relative – sustained injuries, said City of Cape Town Fire and Rescue Service spokesperson Jermaine Carelse. “The City’s Fire and Rescue Service was alerted at about 19:40 …
Read More »Eight prisoners still at large after SA jail break
South Africa’s prisons body says it has arrested all but eight of the 69 inmates who escaped from a facility in the Western Cape on Friday. Explaining how it had happened in a statement, South African Correctional Service said the prisoners had “overpowered officials during exercise” then “took the keys …
Read More »#ArrestBuhari: Islamic cleric, Imam Tawhidi calls for arrest of President Buhari
Popular Iranian-born Australia-based Islamic cleric, Mohammad Tawhidi a.k.a Imam of Peace has taken to Twitter to call for the arrest of Nigerian president, Muhammadu Buhari. The hashtag ‘ArrestBuhari’ is currently trending #1 on Twitter. Taking to his Twitter page, Imam Tawhidi called for the arrest of the incumbent president, saying he …
Read More »Mahama to outdoor running mate, Opoku-Agyemang on July 27
Flagbearer of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) John Dramani Mahama is set to formally outdoor, running mate Professor Jane Naana Opoku-Agyemang on Monday, July 27. In a press release sighted by JoyNews and signed by the Campaign spokesperson for the party James Agyenim-Boateng, the occasion is to allow Professor …
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