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The Executive Director of the Media Foundation for West Africa (MFWA), Sulemana Braimah has described claims by former President of Ghana, John Dramani Mahama on Ghana’s Press Freedom ranking as false. President John Dramani Mahama during his speech to the people of Ghana and the Press as the World celebrated World Press Freedom Day …

In every 10 people walking on the street in Ghana, one is a mental patient. Dr Akwasi Osei, the Head of Mental Health Authority, who made the disclosure that as many as three million Ghanaians are psychiatric patients, stressed the need for adequate care for patients, including those in the …

The brouhaha surrounding the reasons why Bishop Nyarko’s mother prevented his colleagues from visiting him on his sick bed does not seem like it will go away any time soon. In a latest twist to the story, Oboy Siki, a veteran Kumawood actor who was also close to the late …

The news portal’s crack Political Desk team has combed through 125 hansards of 2019 over a three-week project and presents its findings. The research does not claim to be an exhaustive work on the contributions of MPs to the work of Parliament. It does not include their work at committees …

A bulldozer operator of about 30 years has died in an illegal mining pit after the mud swallowed him with the heavy equipment at Essuowin in the Amansie West District in the Ashanti region. Joseph Yeboah was reclaiming degraded land when the machine tipped over into the soggy part of …

Two inmates have died of Covid-19 in an East London prison, the correctional services department said on Tuesday. Both had “underlying comorbid conditions,” said spokesperson Singabakho Nxumalo. A third inmate death – this one at a Western Cape facility – was “under investigation”. There have been an additional six cases …

Gossips24 has chanced on a new photo featuring CEO of EIB, Bola Ray, and his former employee at Starr FM, Kofi Okyere Darko, aka KOD. Recall, Gossips24.com earlier reported that KOD and Jon Germain had departed from Bola Ray’s Excellence In Broadcasting (EIB Network) as employees of Starr FM and EIB at …

The General Secretary of the opposition National Democratic Congress(NDC) Johnson Asiedu Nketia has dismissed reports suggesting that some key members of the party have been shortlisted for selection as a Running mate to the party’s Flagbearer John Mahama. A statement purportedly signed by Mr. Asiedu Nketia said the party’s Special …

A police report detailing the circumstances that led to the death of a senior staff of the Volta River Authority (VRA) at Akuse in the Eastern region, who was involved in a road accident, showed that the deceased sustained a wound suspected to be from a gunshot. Eric Dogbe, 47, …

Former Deputy Minister for Youth, Sports, and Culture, Joseph Yamin has noted that the Ghana Premier League season must be allowed to continue. The 2019/2020 football season in the West African country has been suspended for the past 2 months as a result of the Coronavirus (Covid-19) crisis. In the …

Actor Lil Win has fired back at critics of his ‘monetised tears’ for the late Bernard Nyarko, saying he is not the first Ghanaian to do this. The Kumawood star has come under harsh criticism after he uploaded a video of himself shedding tears for Bernard to his YouTube page …

Having received overwhelming endorsement from members of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) and floating voters across the 16 Regions per a survey conducted, it will do good for the NDC’s flagbearer to go for Laslie Mensah Tamekloe as his running Mate for the 2020 election.   Deep throat sources …

A Prado Land Cruiser with registration number AS 4612-19  run into some food vendors on Monday night at the Tabora-Alhaji main station in Accra leading to the death of a porridge seller. According to information from eyewitnesses, the driver lost control of the vehicle, hitting the ‘Koko’ seller who was …

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, in his 6th national address on measures against coronavirus, announced that the government will fully cover the bills of low-income consumers of electricity in the country for April, May and June 2020. In the April 9th address, the president also added that the remaining consumers who fall …

A first-year Senior High School (SHS) student has been stabbed dead following “a slight misunderstanding”, eyewitnesses narrated. The suspect, identified as only Gideon, who lives in the same house with the deceased (name withheld), had since been apprehended. Reports emerging from the corridors of the police said the suspect would …

Royal House Chapel International, Ahenfie, Circle, has benefited from Zoomlion Ghana Limited’s free disinfection exercise. The gesture—which is being conducted by the waste management company—has seen many churches, schools, corporate institutions among others disinfected at no cost. Royal House Chapel which is the latest organisation to benefit from Zoomlion’s free …

NDC foot soldier, Sylvester Mensah has described the ruling government as a dangerous one, one even more dangerous than the deadly coronavirus, considering recent decisions taken by the same which he says places citizens in very compromising situations. He wonders how that government placed a lockdown on parts of some …

The Kumasi Railway Subin underground, has been identified by residents in the Metropolis as a safe haven for drug peddlers and some hardened criminals. According to OTECNEWS’ reporter Akweasi Acheapmpong aka ‘Kanewu’ most there confuse their sorry ways of thievery and crime for survival. It is a quotidian oddity of …

Former Black Stars captain Asamoah Gyan has revealed that the politics in football will not help the national team to claim a trophy. The Black Stars last won an AFCON in 1982 and have failed to clinch it since then after making three finals. The most recent one was a …

The Minister of Communications, Ursula Owusu-Ekuful has shut down the MTN office at Dansoman Zodiac for failing to adhere to precautionary measures to stop the spread of coronavirus (COVID-19), especially the social distancing rule. The Minister who happened to pass in front of the office observed the operators did not …

Outspoken actress, Lydia Forson, is not happy with Vice President Dr Mahamudu Bawumia. The actress says she is very repulsed by the Vice President’s decision to compare the current coronavirus pandemic to the power crisis that befell the country during former President John Mahama’s administration. Lydia Forson made the comments …

The leadership of Bono East region of the governing New Patriotic Party (NPP) has presented some Personal Protective Equipment (PPEs) to all 11 constituencies in the region to be distributed equitably in their respective areas. They include veronica buckets and stands, hand washing basins, tissue papers, dustbins, liquid soaps and …

The Supreme Court of Ghana has dismissed a suit filed by a private citizen that asked the court to set aside the agreement ratified by Parliament between Ghana and the United States over a military cooperation deal. The apex court took a unanimous decision in dismissing the case on the …

Scientists have identified an antibody in a lab that they say can prevent the novel coronavirus from infecting cells. The team hopes the antibody could be used to create treatments for COVID-19, the disease caused by the virus. Since the coronavirus began infecting people in the central Chinese city of …

Gallons filled with suspected human blood were discovered at the shrine in the Eastern Region where a special police team raided last Thursday and exhumed some remains. The two fetish priests who have been arrested in connection with the heinous crimes have reportedly confessed killing two people and burying them …