Malawi’s opposition leader Lazarus Chakwera has won the country’s rerun presidential vote, officials say. He defeated incumbent Peter Mutharika with 58.57% of the vote in Tuesday’s poll, the electoral commission announced late on Saturday. In February, Malawi’s constitutional court annulled Mr Mutharika’s victory in the May 2019 election, …
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Mahama arrested for defiling three girls
A 63-year-old traditional guitarist (Gonje) Mahama Issahaku is in the grips of the Tamale Police after allegedly defiling three girls at Shishagu, a suburb of the Sagnarigu in the Northern Region. The ‘Gonje’ man allegedly defiled the girls at the same time. The girls (names withheld) are aged …
Read More »Coronavirus: Florida and Texas reverse reopening as US cases pass 2.5m
Coronavirus infections across the United States have passed 2.5 million, with record numbers of cases reported in the states of Florida and Texas. The surge in cases in southern states comes after businesses were allowed to re-open in recent weeks. On Saturday, Florida reported more than 9,500 new …
Read More »2015 Ghana Air Force aircraft crash-lands in Kumbungu
A Ghana Air Force aircraft procured from China in 2015 performed an emergency landing on Thursday, June 25 in Ganvuliga in the Kumbungu District of the Northern Region. It is unclear what may have caused the emergency landing but preliminary investigations revealed that the crew crash-landed after observing …
Read More »Take revenge if your death is unnatural – Vivian Jill tells Bernard Nyarko
The final funeral rites of the late Bishop Bernard Nyarko was held at his residence at Lakeside Estate in Accra on Saturday, 27th June 2020. Members from the Kumawood industry were present at the private service to pay their final respect to the late actor. Kumawood stars like …
Read More »Gay means God adores you- Homosexual Nigerian clergyman, Jide Macaulay says
Jide Macaulay, a gay Clergyman and founder of House of Rainbow, has said that the definition of the word gay is “God Adores You, God Accepts You, God Annoints You and God Assured You”. Jide who was ordained an Anglican Priest in England last year disclosed this …
Read More »Best running mate cannot change indecisive leader – Bawumia jabs Mahama
The Vice President. Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia, has admonished the flagbearer of the opposition National Democratic Congress, John Dramani Mahama, to do more than selecting a good running mate. Speaking at the National Executive Council of the ruling New Patriotic Party to acclaim the party’s candidate, President Nana Addo Dankwa …
Read More »16 super wealthy Ghanaians who attended Adisadel College
Adisadel College, popularly known as “ADISCO”, is an all-male Anglican boarding school located in Cape Coast, Ghana. It is one of Ghana’s most popular and influential school with so many bragging rights and achievements to its name. The school was established in 1910 by Nathaniel Temple Hamlyn, who …
Read More »11-year-old accused of stabbing 12-year-old to death
An 11-year-old boy is expected to appear in court on Tuesday in connection with the death of a 12-year-old boy. Police are investigating the alleged murder of the 12-year-old in Borcherds, George. He died on Wednesday at around 18:20, after an argument with the 11-year-old, said police …
Read More »House fire claim lives of woman, girl
A house fire has claimed the lives of a woman, believed to be in her 40s, and a young girl in Meadowlands, Soweto on Friday night. According to ER24 spokesperson, Ross Campbell, a 12-year-old boy survived the fire with minor injuries. “ER24 paramedics arrived on scene at 01:15 to find …
Read More »You’ll die if you register in Sekyere Afram Plains – NDC group to foreigners
Concerned members of the opposition National Democratic Congress(NDC) in the Sekyere Afram Plains constituency in the Ashanti region have instructed the dreaded River Drobon god to kill non-residents who will dare come to the area to register their names in the upcoming voters’ registration. According to them, any …
Read More »Thieves Ransack Office of Living Waters Community Chapel International
The General Overseer of the Living Waters Community Chapel International Apostle Paul Thiombiano and the entire members of his congregation woke up to a sad news of unscrupulous armed robbers breaking into the office of the senior pastor located at Lapaz Race Course in the early hours of Thursday 25th …
Read More »AGI to establish youth enterprise development centres in three regions
The Association of Ghana Industries (AGI) in the Volta, Oti and Eastern regions has initiated efforts to establish enterprise development centres to train the youth. The centres will serve as hubs on various sectors of the economy to train and build capacity of the youth in these regions with special …
Read More »We grow the economy, they destroy it – Akufo-Addo mocks NDC
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo- Addo has said governments of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) always develop the local economy while those of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) destroy it. He has therefore asked Ghanaians to vote massively for him and the NPP in this year’s presidential elections in order to take the …
Read More »‘They don’t read’ – Bawumia mocks Asiedu Nketia, NDC over new register
Vice President Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia has come at the National Democratic Congress for misinterpreting the Supreme Court’s ruling on the new voters register. According to him, the opposition NDC and its General Secretary, Johnson Asiedu Nketia could have understood the ruling better if they had critically paid attention to the judgement provided. “They are …
Read More »Election 2020: Akufo-Addo mocks Mahama, NDC as he announces Bawumia as running mate
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has retained his vice, Dr Mahamudu Bawumia, as his running mate for the Presidential elections in December. The announcement which was greeted with unanimous cheers was also approved by the National Council and the National Executive Committee (NEC), making him the official running mate for Akufo-Addo. “Today …
Read More »NPP leadership don’t just talk, they do the work – Kufuor
Two-time president of Ghana, John Agyekum has called for the relentless support of the NPP and its leadership ahead of the December elections. Addressing the National Council and members of the National Executive Committee of the NPP at the acclamation of Nana Akufo-Addo as the party’s presidential candidate for the …
Read More »Parliament to take a day off to support voter registration exercise
Parliament on Friday agreed that it would not sit next Tuesday, June 30, 2020, to allow members to be in their constituencies to support the commencement of the compilation of a New Voters Register to be carried out by the Electoral Commission (EC). Mr Thomas Nyarko Ampeh, MP …
Read More »Will we ever enjoy normal entertainment events again? – Arnold Asante asks
Covid-19 has flooded the entire world and caused the collapse of many industries. The Oil and Gas sector has been badly hit and oil companies are sadly laying-off staff. The banking and mining sectors have not been left out. I approached the Chief Executive Officer of Imajin advertising, organizers …
Read More »Belgian giants Anderlecht submit loan offer for Ghana defender Gideon Mensah
Belgian giants RSC Anderlecht have submitted a loan bid to sign Ghana defender Gideon Mensah from Red Bull Salzburg, GHANASoccernet.com can exclusively confirm. Mensah, 21, left the Austrian giants for Belgian outfit Zulte Waregem on a season-long loan in 2019. The left-back went on to enjoy success at the club, …
Read More »Jihadist bloodshed brings Burkina Faso to its knees
Little more than five years ago, Burkina Faso was on the up, priding itself as a favoured tourist destination for well-heeled Europeans. Today, the country seems to be visibly sinking, battered by a jihadist revolt that has swept in from neighbouring Mali, rolled into Niger and cast a shadow on …
Read More »Asiedu Nketia attacks EC, Judges over voters register
Johnson Asiedu Nketia, the General Secretary of the largest opposition political party, the National Democratic Congress (NDC), has gone berserk by unleashing unprovoked attacks on certain personalities in the country, especially the Chairperson of the Electoral Commission (EC), Jean Mensa, simply because she is trying to lead the compilation of a new voters’ register ahead …
Read More »After Red Sox revival, US backers taste glory again with Liverpool
German manager Jurgen Klopp and his multinational squad of players have been given most of the credit for Liverpool’s Premier League triumph but behind the 19th top flight title has been the astute ownership of a group of American executives. It did not take great imagination to work out …
Read More »Ngcongca leads from the back as Sundowns aim to spoil Kaizer Chiefs’ party
Former Bafana Bafana defender Anele Ngcongca is happy to lead from the back at Mamelodi Sundowns as they plot to upset leaders Kaizer Chiefs and claim their third successive Premier League championship. Ngcongca‚ who is one of the senior players at Chloorkop together with the likes of captain Hlompho …
Read More »Emergency water tanks and sanitation for Eastern Cape schools
Water tanks holding thousands of litres of water are being installed in deprived Eastern Cape schools as part of an effort to combat the coronavirus outbreak in the cash-strapped province. More than 1,500 schools were earmarked to receive the 5,000l tanks as a temporary sanitation measure led by the …
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