The Drug Law Enforcement Unit of the Ghana Police Service has impounded a vehicle carrying over 8,400 slabs of dried leaves, suspected to be cannabis bound for neighbouring Burkina Faso. The substances, carefully packed, were covered with sawdust and other legal goods in a Rhino Cargo truck to outwit security …
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Kotoko’s interest in Nana Yaw Amponsah confirmed
Kumasi Asante Kotoko recently announced a new board with Dr. Kyei retaining his position to run Asante Kotoko SC for the next three years. The current Chief Executive Officer is set to leave the club as part of a major restructuring. According to reports, the Phar Rangers administrator was on …
Read More »COVID-19 deaths in Ghana now 48 as cases near 10, 000
Four more Ghanaians have died of COVID-19 since the last count bringing the total number of deaths to 48, the Ghana Health Service (GHS) has announced in the latest update of figures of the pandemic in the country. Also, the rate of infections has jumped to 9910 from 9,462. The …
Read More »Trade Fair wins court case against evicted tenants
The Court of Appeal on Monday, 8 June 2020, dismissed a case of contempt brought against the chairman and chief executive officer of the Ghana Trade Fair Company Ltd (GTFCL) after GTFCL demolished structures used as business premises by certain previous occupants of the Trade Fair Site. On 12 February …
Read More »Ninteen-year old SHS three student arrested for kidnapping
An 18-year-old final year student of Eguafo Senior High school (SHS) in the Komenda-Edina-Eguafo-Abrem (KEEA) Municipality of the Central Region is in the grips of the Police for kidnapping. The Police is also on a manhunt for two other accomplices who are currently on the run. The student, whose name …
Read More »Fishers bycatch rare marine mammal in Afram River
Fishers in Nketepa, a fishing Community in Kwahu East District of the Eastern Region on Saturday June 6 bycaught a rare marine mammal in the Afram River. It took the tedious efforts of many fisher-folks in the area to pull the mammal trapped in the fishing net to shore. The …
Read More »[VIDEO]: I Will Never Disrespect Wise Man Like Kennedy Agyapong – Rev Obofour
The Founder and leader of Anointed Palace Chapel (APC), Rev Kweku Antwi Adjei aka Rev Obofour in a new video has responded to the allegations levelled against him by Assin Central MP, Kennedy Agyapong since he started his campaign to expose fake pastors in the country. According to the man …
Read More »No church services should be held in classrooms – GES warns
No church services will be held in classrooms, Director-General of the Ghana Education Service (GES), Professor Kwasi Opoku-Amankwa has cautioned Christian religious leaders in the country. Following President Akufo-Addo’s ease of restrictions on public gatherings, schools across the country have reopened for final year students and churches are permitted to …
Read More »Coronavirus escapee found roaming at Birim North
Officials of Ghana Health Service (GHS) are tracing contacts of a Covid-19 escapee who ran away from a treatment Center in Ga East Municipality to hide at Birim North District of the Eastern Region. The escapee spent days in the community before his whereabouts was established little over a week …
Read More »177 Germany-based Ghanaians flown back
Some 177 Ghanaians resident in Germany were on Monday, 8 June 2020 airlifted from Accra back to Germany despite the world grappling with the coronavirus pandemic. The Ghanaians, legal residence in the European country, were left stranded in Ghana after the borders were closed to prevent the importation of the …
Read More »Coronavirus: Pastor demands more hours for churches
The Founder and Leader of Spirit of Fire Ministry Ministries, Prophet Kofi Owusu, has called on the government to ease certain restrictions on churches especially the one-hour church service. He said the one-hour church service is too small for a congregation to manage. On Sunday, May 31, 2020, President Nana …
Read More »NDC prophet threatens to kill EC boss
A self-acclaimed pastor, Apostle Kwabena Owusu Agyei who is believed to be a staunch member of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) is threatening to kill the Electoral Commission (EC) Chairperson, Jean Mensa. The opposition NDC has been issuing warnings and threatening statements to supporters of the compilation of the new voters’ register. …
Read More »EC submits legal basis for new register to Supreme Court
The Electoral Commission (EC) has stated that the underlying legal reasons for its decision not to include the existing voter’s Identification Card (ID) in its upcoming registration exercise is because the Supreme Court itself has held that the register is reasonably not credible and that by implication, the cards issued …
Read More »Dormaahene Dr.Osagyefo Oseadeɛyɔ Agyeman Badu II Celebrates 21st Anniversary
On the great stool. Nana therefore, received good will messages from the traditional council and other well-wishers including the IGP Mr.James Oppong-Boanuh,COP Mr.Edward Tabiri and top officials of Dormaa Divisional police at the Abanpreduase palace. The IGP praised Dormaahene for his good counseling and support for the police in the …
Read More »Ghana Tops the Chart among Countries Benefiting from CoL Online Scholarships
Three Ghanaians, namely Enoch Adjei, Hamadu Hassan and Anane Vida who have completed 102, 94 and 61 courses respectively emerged as top learners on the Commonwealth of Learning (CoL) Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) scholarship programme. Ghana, through the Ghana Library Authority forms part of the four countries which includes …
Read More »GFCL Not A “Scam” Company- Aggrieved Contractors cautions MMDCEs
Ghana First Company Limited is a private company partnering government in the construction of over 800 Ultramodern Toilet Facilities nationwide.It was alleged that Ghana Fist Company Limited is a “scam” company by some Aggrieved Contractors being working under Ghana First Company. This is because Over 200 contractors working for …
Read More »The Workplace Wellness Program is set to bring back confidence at the Workplace – City Xtra Limited
The confidence to return to work has been a major subject in this COVID- 19 era. The assurance of whether one is safe being at home or at the workplace remains fully unanswered. The way forward in resolving the major part of this challenge is to have your workplace/home/environment disinfected. …
Read More »EC must remove 7m names from register – LMVCA demands
Pressure group, Let My Vote Count Alliance wants over 7 million names expunged from the voter’s register, if the Electoral Commission decides not to compile new register. At a news conference in Accra, convener of the group that has been championing for a new register for years, David Asante said …
Read More »[VIDEO]: 24-year-old drug addict cries for help
Like it or not, while some Ghanaians cannot survive a day without food under this unfathomable period, hence pleading with the government to supply them with food, there is a group of people whose daily survival is dependent on drugs. That’s the story of Nurudeen Mohammed also known as Shack, …
Read More »Two-year-old boy drowns in Veronica bucket in Kumasi
A two-year-old boy has died after he drowned in a Veronica bucket over the weekend. The unfortunate incident, which occurred around 7:30 am at Boadi near Kumasi, has left the family of the toddler in grief. The little boy was said to be playing in the yard their house while …
Read More »NDC launches ‘corruption tracker’ series to check corrupt Gov’t officials
The National Democratic Congress (NDC) has launched a platform to expose misappropriation and embezzlement of state funds by officials of the Akufo-Addo government code-named “Corruption Tracker Series”. The National Communication Officer of the NDC, Sammy Gyamfi who launched the platform in the capital, Accra on Monday [June 8, 2020] said …
Read More »AU against the compilation of new voter’s register
Executive Secretary of Care Ghana, David Kumi has disclosed that the policies of the African Union are highly against reforms being instituted by the Electoral Commission of Ghana (EC). According to him, per the African Union’s policies, no country is expected to make major reforms to their electoral processes a year prior …
Read More »3,000 Ghanaians set for evacuation – Foreign Affairs Ministry
Minister of Foreign Affairs and Regional Integration, Shirley Ayorkor Botchway has revealed that the government is working to bring back home about 3,000 stranded Ghanaians in some countries. She said the evacuees included seven Ghanaians, who arrived in the country by a charter flight on the afternoon of Thursday, June …
Read More »Boy,15 shot for flouting public gathering restriction
Amadu Yussif, a 15 year old boy has been shot in the West Mamprusi Municipality of the North East Region for flouting President Akufo-Addo’s directive on public gatherings on June 6. The victim DGN Online gathered was shot on the thigh at Next Level Club, when he attempted escaping police …
Read More »2 feared dead as Kia truck rams into traders
A Kia truck rammed into traders and cars at Kumasi, injuring several traders and crashing into cars. The incident which happened at the Adehyeman market on Monday, June 8, 2020 reportedly affected 7 persons, with 2 feared dead and 5 sustaining various degrees of injury. The truck with registration number …
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