For some time now some banks in Ghana have been closed down following poor management and some other factors. We accept that jobs and properties have been lost but the harm of allowing these banks to be in operation would have been greater than this. Considering customers of D.K.M, Menzgold, …
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2 arrested for illegally escorting people to registration centre with guns
Two unidentified suspects have been arrested by a military patrol team with four locally manufactured guns and other weapons in their possession at Kojokura, a suburb of the West Gonja Municipality in the Savannah Region. They are alleged to have aided and escorted two fully loaded KIA trucks with people …
Read More »Kennedy Agyapong Donates $150,000 To Bring Stranded Ghanaians Home
The Member of Parliament for the Assin North Constituency, Honourable Kennedy Agyapong has gone to the rescue of Ghanaians stranded in Lebanon. The legislator has donated an amount of 150,000 dollars to help in the evacuation of over 1,000 Ghanaians stranded in the Western Asia country. Kennedy Agyapong made the …
Read More »COVID-19 Infected Students Can Still Write NovDec – Oppong Nkrumah
Minister for Information and Member of Parliament (MP) for Ofoase Ayirebi Constituency, Kojo Oppong Nkrumah, has addressed concerns over COVID-19 infected students who might miss this year’s West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE) due to their health state. According to the Information Minister, the directions from the Ghana Education …
Read More »Why the DA’s FedCo is likely to endorse virtual elective conference
Some DA leaders believe the party’s proposed virtual elective conference will dominate this weekend’s Federal Council agenda, but there is a strong feeling the proposal will be adopted. Speaking to News24, DA leaders, who had at first expressed their reservations over the virtual conference, have made a U-turn now saying, …
Read More »Covid-19: Situation in SA ‘a warning’ for the rest of the continent – WHO
The World Health Organisation (WHO) voiced alarm on Monday at the spread of Covid-19 in Africa, warning that South Africa’s surging numbers could be a “precursor” for outbreaks across the continent. “I am very concerned right now that we are beginning to see an acceleration of disease in Africa,” WHO’s …
Read More »People will do better than you but that doesn’t make you a failure – Strongman
One of the budding talents in Ghana’s rap music industry, Osei Kwaku Vincent popularly referred to as Strongman has advised that people should not look down upon themselves because others are doing better than them. According to the rapper, it’s normal in life to have people outperforming others in different aspects and …
Read More »Sometimes the boyfriend you call ‘broke’ is doing better than your father – Ladies told
Ladies have been adviced to desist from branding their men broke because sometimes those same men may be doing far better than their fathers in life. This follows the increasing pressure heaped on men by women they’re dating to meet their outrageous material demands; something they themselves or their parents …
Read More »Tariq Lamptey features as Brighton secure PL status in draw against Newcastle United
English-born Ghanaian defender Tariq Lamptey impressed as Brighton and Hove Albion confirmed their English Premier League status in a goalless draw against Newcastle United with a game left. The Seagulls needed just a point to secure their place in the English top-flight next season after a difficult campaign saw them …
Read More »Former Ghana youth star Clifford Aboagye excited by ‘new challenge’ at Xolos
Former Ghana U-20 World Cup star, Clifford Aboagye, is excited ahead of the start of the Mexican league after joining giants Xolos Tijuana. The 25-year old is eager to start his career for his new club after signing a three year deal with Xolos from Club Querétaro. The 2013 FIFA U-20 …
Read More »GFA to engage clubs on coronavirus funds
The Ghana Football Association will on Wednesday hold a virtual meeting with all eighteen Ghana Premier League clubs about the CAF/FIFA COVID-19 relief funds. There has been a lot of uproar about the way and manner the $1.8 million funds was distributed with many clubs angry at the paltry some given to …
Read More »GETFund terminates non-performing contractors’ contracts
The Ghana Education Trust Fund (GETFund) has ordered for the termination of all non-performing contractors’ contracts which has been abandoned for the past six months or more, with reference to Clause 59.2 (g) of the general conditions of contracts. GETFund has, therefore, directed the Education Minister, Regional Ministers, Coordinating Directors …
Read More »CODEO condemns Hawa Koomson’s gunshots at a registration centre
The Coalition of Domestic Election Observers (CODEO) has said the decision by Member of Parliament for Awutu Senya East, Mavis Hawa Koomson, to fire warning shots at a registration centre in the constituency was selfish. Project Manager for CODEO, Rhoda Osei Afful, said the incident was unfortunate and must be …
Read More »Sex for Grades: Ghanaian graduates recount being sexually abused by same lecturer
A year after an explosive expose? by BBC Africa Eye detailing how lecturers in some universities in West Africa sexually harassed their students, two more victims have come out to share stories of how they got trapped in the cycle. In Nigeria, the senate has passed tough new legislation to …
Read More »I fired the gunshots myself – Hawa Koomson admits shooting at a registration centre
Mavis Hawa Koomson, the MP for the Awutu Senya East, says she fired a gun at a voters registration centre in her constituency. “None of my men had guns on then when we got to the centre. I fired the shots myself,” the MP, who is also Special Development Initiatives …
Read More »Receiver to pay GH¢151.8 million to staff of defunct SDI’s
The receiver is set to pay GH¢151.8 million to 5,637 former staff of 209 defunct Specialised Deposit Taking Institutions (SDIs) as outstanding salary arrears and compensation due them before the end of this month. This follows the Bank of Ghana (BoG) making available funds to the receiver and official liquidator to fully …
Read More »18 People Killed At A Wedding Party Thirty Others Injured
Reports from Nigeria’s north-western state of Kaduna say gunmen have shot dead at least 18 people and injured more than 30 others at a wedding party. The attack happened on Sunday night in the village of Kukun-Daji in the Kaura area of Kaduna. Community leader Jonathan Asake told the BBC …
Read More »Investigative Journalist Arrested Over COVID-19 Exposé
An outspoken journalist who recently exposed alleged government corruption involving coronavirus supplies has been arrested in Zimbabwe. Hopewell Chin’ono live-streamed his arrest on Monday on social media before being told to put his phone down. It is not yet clear why security officials broke into Hopewell Chin’ono’s home and arrested …
Read More »Deputy Minister, George Andah Captured With A Pump Action Gun
Deputy Minister of Communications, George Andah has been sighted in a photo with a pump-action gun. The Awutu Senya West legislator is seen in a photo that has surfaced on social media brandishing the pump-action gun in public. The photo has since raised concerns considering the fact that it comes …
Read More »Poverty ‘photographed’ me Ugly – Delay
Delay is grateful for the growth of her life and she is sharing her testimony to the world. In a video sighted by pulse.com.gh, the celebrated Ghanaian TV Host recounted how she had to beg for food at a point in her life as people looked down on her over …
Read More »PHOTOS+VIDEO: Nicki Minaj announces pregnancy
First came love, then came marriage and soon will come Nicki Minaj with a baby carriage. On Monday the rapper announced via her official social media accounts that she and husband Kenneth Petty are expecting. Minaj posted a photo showing her in what appeared to be a two-piece sporting a …
Read More »Four held over shooting at registration centre
Four persons are in the grips of the police for allegedly disrupting the voter registration exercise at the Steps to Christ Registration Centre in the Awutu Senya East Constituency of the Central Region. The cause of the incident is still unknown but police say the men just stormed the centre …
Read More »Furnish Bishop Obinim with documents – Court orders prosecution
The Kaneshie District Court on Monday adjourned the false publication of news and forgery case against Bishop Daniel Obinim to September 9, 2020 to enable prosecution to serve him and his lawyers with all documents it intends to rely on the case to him. Assistant Superintendent of Police, Sylvester Asare had earlier …
Read More »‘Recalcitrant’ Kumasi traders resort to Kejetia lawns as a place for drying washed clothes
Barely 14 months after commissioning of the redeveloped Kejetia market, some recalcitrant traders in Kumasi, the Ashanti Regional capital have resorted to the green grasses around the Otumfuo statue, as a place for drying washed clothes. The rather appalling behaviour, Ghana Guardian learned, begun after city authorities removed the military …
Read More »Two jailed 34 years for trafficking nine children
A Ho High Court presided over by Justice Eric Baah has sentenced two persons to a total of 34 years in prison for trafficking nine children in the Volta region, after a 2-year trial. The two, 40-year-old Aku Kedevi, a fishmonger and 63-year-old Michael Boti, a fisherman, were respectively sentenced …
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