Rapper Sarkodie has disclosed via his social media handles that he has plans to contest as a presidential candidate in the 2024 elections so what does his fans think about it? “Presidential candidate 2020 anaa mo se?“, he quizzed in Twi language. His revelation was met with mixed feelings. A lot of …
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Paramount Chief of Nyankpala Traditional area passes away
The Paramount Chief of the Nyankpala Traditional Area in the Tolon District of the Northern Region, Alhaji Abdulai Yakubu is dead. Sources revealed that he died at the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital where he was on admission responding to treatment after falling ill in the course of last weekend. He …
Read More »Mahama pledges to continue Atta Mills’ legacy
Former president John Dramani Mahama has pledged to continue the peace and unity in the country which the late president Evan Atta Mills started. Speaking at the 8th anniversary and wreath laying ceremony of the late president, flagbearer of the NDC said Ghanaians are “crying” for the kind of peace, stability and …
Read More »Siblings gang-rape 4-year-old girl in uncompleted building
A baker who took turns with his sibling to sexually abuse a four-year-old girl at Gbegbeyisie, near Dansoman in Accra has been sentenced to 15-years imprisonment in hard labour by an Accra Circuit Court. Jacob Lamptey aged 23 was found guilty on the charges of conspiracy to commit crime and …
Read More »Lands Bill approved by Parliament
The Lands Bill 2019, the Bill seeks to consolidate reforms made so far in Ghana’s land sector following the implementation of the National Land Policy (NLP) in 1999 has been approved by Ghana’s parliament on Thursday July 23, 2020. Chairman of the Lands and Forestry Committee in Parliament, Francis Adabor …
Read More »COVID-19: Dep. Minister Ahomka-Lindsay goes into isolation
Deputy Minister of Trade and Industry, Robert Ahomka-Lindsay says he is going into 14-day isolation after feeling unwell for some time now. According to him, the decision is in compliance with COVID-19 protocol. Some government officials have recovered after contracting the virus. Education Minister Mathew Opoku Prempeh and Regional Integration …
Read More »34 year old illegal miner drowns in mining pit
A 34-year-old illegal miner has drowned in Akateng, a Community in West Akyem Municipality of the Eastern Region. The deceased, identified as Kofi Bantful and other illegal miners sneaked to mine but was trapped and later died in a mining pit filled with water. He was retrieved dead by his …
Read More »Sasabi chief’s son inflict machete wounds on Legon staff
Son of the Chief of New Sasabi, near Oyibi on the Dodowa road, Benjamin Mensah Larteh has allegedly inflicted machete wounds on a staff of the University of Ghana Business School, Atsu Kudohor, leaving his left arm almost falling off. Atsu, aged 39, is currently on admission at the Legon …
Read More »Hand Sanitizers Training Organized By WACOMP Ghana And GSA For SMEs
The West-Africa Competitiveness Programme in Ghana (WACOMP – Ghana), funded by the European Union (EU) and implemented by United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO), organized, on 22 July 2020, an online training on the national standard for hand sanitizers. The training was organized in collaboration with the Ghana Standards Authority …
Read More »Police condemn Assistant Head of Ejisu SHTS for unlawful detention of students
Police in Ashanti Region have invited Assistant Headmaster of Ejisu Secondary Technical School for questioning over the detention of two students in his office. Public Relations Officer at the Ashanti Regional Command tells JoyNews a student suspect is also assisting police with investigations. “The other suspect [student] is also assisting police in …
Read More »Criss Waddle’s boy runs mad after refusing to eat used sanitary pads upon his return from Benin
A young man who’s one of the popular Sakawa Boys in the country and also a member of the AMG Business crew owned and headed by rapper Criss Waddle has gone completely mad. The young and famous AMG Sakawa boy is better known by the name Star Boy. He turned …
Read More »Bawumia to open 100-bed Infectious Disease Centre at Ga East today
The Vice President, Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia will today commission Ghana’s first-ever 100-bed Infectious Disease Centre at the Ga-East Municipal Hospital. The project which was undertaken by the Ghana Private Sector Fund at the National COVID-19 Treatment Centre commenced on April 17, 2020. The project which was expected to be completed …
Read More »VIDEO+PHOTOS: Outrage as deceased gets buried in penis-shaped coffin
A group of mourners somewhere in Accra have taken their treatment given to the dead to bizzare levels. A video of the mourners carrying their deceased relative in a penis-shaped casket has shaken social media to its core. The funeral grounds of the yet-to-be-identified decease was filled with, not only …
Read More »Fans mock Kuami Eugene’s rasta hair as he poses with Joyce Blessing
Young Ghanaian singer, Kuami Eugene, has been criticised for his hairstyle in a new photo. Some fans, who commented on the photo, said rasta hairstyle is not suitable for him and encouraged him to go back to his former looks. Just one of them defended the musician saying that the …
Read More »Lockdown: Check out how much govt spent on cooked food
The Finance Minister has revealed that the government spent GH¢54.3 million on cooked meals distributed during the 21-day lockdown in Accra and Kumasi. According to Ken Ofori-Atta, GH¢50.2 million was also transferred to over 400,000 most-vulnerable individuals under the Livelihood Empowerment Against Poverty (LEAP) Programme. Giving a breakdown in his …
Read More »Juaben Serwaa market burnt down
Juaben Serwaa market in Koforidua in the Eastern Region has gone up in flames. The cause of the fire which started around 3am on Wednesday is unknown and the police and the Fire Service have initiated investigations to establish the cause of the fire. However, some of the market women …
Read More »Stop tagging Ewes as Togolese or have yourselves blamed – Govt warned
The Council of Elders and Political Committee of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) in the Volta region has called on the Nana Akufo-Addo led government and the security agencies to have themselves blamed, should Voltarians be characterised as Togolease or be prevented from participating in the ongoing voter registration exercise. At …
Read More »KNUST commissions an executive campus at Moree, Cape Coast
The Management of Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST), Kumasi, has commissioned the second phase of the Moree Campus on 16th July, 2020. The campus which cost the University fifty million Ghana Cedis (GHC 50,000,000.00) to construct, is located at the beautiful coastal line of Moree, Central Region …
Read More »Ridge Hospital: Doctors leave huge towel in woman’s tummy for 9 months after C-section
The Ridge hospital is in the news again! This time around, a woman has narrated a chilling story of how a huge towel was left in her tummy for nine long months before it was eventually discovered and removed at a different hospital. According to the woman, she was delivered …
Read More »90-year-old woman beaten to death for being a witch
An old woman believed to be in her late 90’s has been beaten to death after a soothsayer claimed she was a witch. Details remain sketchy at this point but the gruesome lynching and murder is said to have occurred at Kafaba in the East Gonja Municipality of the Savannah …
Read More »HOT VIDEO: Man cries over 20-year jail term for incest and defilement
A Circuit Court in Accra has sentenced a 32 year old security man to 20 years imprisonment in hard labour for sexually abusing his 12-year old daughter twice at a warehouse security post at Agbogba a suburb of Accra. Joseph Koduah had told the court that he could not tell …
Read More »Markets,Lorry Parks In Ahafo Undergo 2nd Disinfection & Fumigation
Markets and lorry parks in the Ahafo Region on Thursday had their turn of the on-going second nationwide disinfection, fumigation and clean-up exercise, aimed at curbing the spread of the novel coronavirus disease of 2019 (COVID-19) epidemic in the region, and the country as a whole. In all, a …
Read More »Joseph Esso rejects $1000 a month deal from Hearts of Oak – Report
Hearts of Oak are set to lose key striker Joseph Esso who has rejected fresh contract terms from the former African champions, according to Sunyani-based Nimdee FM. Hearts have proposed a USD$520.00 a month salary and a yearly earning of USD$5,200.00 for a proposed three-year period. Meanwhile Hearts intend to …
Read More »UN ‘horrified’ by killing of five aid workers in Nigeria
The United Nations has said it is “utterly shocked and horrified” by the killing of five aid workers by unknown armed groups in northeastern Nigeria. The statement late on Wednesday by Edward Kallon, UN humanitarian coordinator in Nigeria, followed the release of a video showing the murder of the humanitarian …
Read More »Ethiopian Airlines plane catches fire at Shanghai airport
An Ethiopian Airline cargo plane caught fire in China, an aviation news tracking portal reported on Wednesday morning. The incident involved Ethiopian Airlines 777F which was parked at the Shanghai Pudong Airport. The blaze was centralized in the fuselage area. “The aircraft is thought to be ET-ARH, a 5-year old …
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