It’s Ghana Month and in this month years ago, Ghana gained its independence, an event that will be commemorated two days from today, in the Ashanti Regional Capital; Kumasi. As part of efforts to commemorate the month, www.ghanaweb.com is bringing back some historical accounts of events in the country. Did …
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NDC Finally Decides To Partake In Upcoming Voters’ Registration Exercise
The National Democratic Congress (NDC) has finally opened up on whether the opposition party will take part in the upcoming voters’ registration exercise fixed for April 18 by the Electoral Commission (EC). “As a party, we are already preparing for the limited registration exercise…we will be ready but they (EC) will …
Read More »Nat’l Cathedral: Construction Starts Today
The construction of the much-awaited National Cathedral will begin today, Thursday, 5 March 2020. The Board of Trustees of the Cathedral has so far supervised the demolition of structures within the earmarked area for the construction of the cathedral including houses of some judges. President Nana Akufo-Addo has been sharply …
Read More »Asamoah Gyan is still the General Captain of Black Stars – CK Akonnor
Charles Akonnor, new Head Coach of Black Stars, has said the team’s all-time leading striker, Asamoah Gyan will maintain his role as the General Captain of the team. Coach Akonnor said this during his first interaction with local media in Accra where he also named his first call up since …
Read More »LISTEN TO AUDIO: Not guilty – Nyantakyi pleads in court
Former president of the Ghana Football Association (GFA), Kwesi Nyantakyi, has pleaded not guilty to charges brought against him at an Accra High Court on Wednesday, March 4, 2020. The plea, according to Charles Pouzing, a member of Mr Nyantakyi’s legal team, was the right thing to do as the …
Read More »Ken Agyapong blasts Fox News, critics of McBrown for bashing her over daughter’s kissing
Member of Parliament for Assin Central, Hon. Kennedy Ohene Agyapong has jumped to the defense of sensational Ghanaian actress, Nana Ama McBrown for licking the tongue and hands of her daughter in public. During the one-year birthday celebration of McBrown’s daughter Baby Maxin, the actress licked ice cream from the mouth of …
Read More »Auction cars: NPP organiser aspirant dupes victims GHC100k at Jubilee House
A former aspiring youth organizer for the governing New Patriotic Party, NPP in the North East Region Godwin Nayaw Bamiah Yombu has defrauded a number of people to the tune of GhC100,000 under the pretext of securing them auction vehicles. The victims some of whom are members of the NPP …
Read More »Exemplary Leader: Francis Owusu-Akyaw awarded
The Physician Assistant Students Association of Ghana (PASAG) last Friday conferred special honours on Francis Owusu-Akyaw, a mineral expert and NPP parliamentary hopeful for Juaben for the role he played in shaping the health group. In a citation read by Francis Appiah, a former National President of PASAG, the Association …
Read More »Environmental Sanitation Campaign; Teshie-Nungua Area liaises with LGA
The church of Pentecost, Teshie-Nungua Area launched the Environmental Care campaign a various Zonal centres in the Area. This was immediately followed with Public Education in various schools and public areas in the Teshie, Nungua and Klagon and its environs led by the Area Head Apostle Dr. Alfred Koduah. Public …
Read More »Jonathan Mensah declares new skipper of MLS team Columbus Crew
The football Ambassador for Books & Boots Jonathan Mensah has been confirmed as the new skipper for Major League Soccer side Columbus Crew. The two time senior World Cup attendee, replaces Wil Trapp who has been transferred to MLS rivals Inter Miami after leading the Crew for the past …
Read More »American Channel Fox 5 News Blasts McBrown For Licking Her Daughter’s
A viral video of Ghanaian actress Nana Ama McBrown kissing and licking her daughter’s fingers and mouth has made it to American channel Fox 5 News. A few weeks ago, veteran Ghanaian actress Nana Ama McBrown celebrated her daughter Maxin as she turned 1. It was the day the whole world got …
Read More »Video: Woman embarrassed as two monkeys climb on her lap & begin having s*x
The moment two monkeys hopped onto a woman’s lap and began having sex was caught on video. The tourist was in the Sangeh Monkey Forest in Bali, Indonesia, when two monkeys hopped onto her knee and before she knew what was going on, they were humping away, leaving the woman red-faced. A …
Read More »University of Ghana’s Audit Director dead
The Director at the Internal Audit Directorate of the University of Ghana, Dr. Ibrahim Bedi has died, the University has announced. He is reported to have died on Monday, March 2. “Dr. Bedi was known to be hardworking and passionate about his work. The University has indeed lost a vital member …
Read More »Lands Minister orders arrest of Chinese
The Minister of Lands and Natural Resources, Kwaku Asomah-Cheremeh, Tuesday ordered the arrest of three Chinese nationals operating a quarry company without permit at the Afienya-Dawhenya Industrial and Urban Renewal Enclave in the Greater Accra Region. The three Chinese, who are yet to be identified, established Skyline Quarry Company about …
Read More »Watch: Ghanaian Police Rejects Bribe Offered By A Driver; Cautions Him Never To Try It Again
A Ghanaian police officer who seems to be very different from most police officers has become the talk of the internet after he outrightly rejected a bribe offered by a driver. The video was captured by one of the passengers in the vehicle and it has this ‘unique’ police officer giving the …
Read More »Arrested UCC students left campus without permission – Management
It has come to light that the University of Cape Coast students who were arrested on the campus of the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology in Kumasi, left the UCC campus without proper permission. Per the University’s regulations for Junior Members, students, who intend to travel in groups, …
Read More »Kwesi Nyantakyi, ex-GFA official charged with fraud, granted GH¢1m bail
There is no end in sight to the case of embattled former GFA president, Kwesi Nyantakyi, as he has been slapped with fraud among other charges. Principal State Attorney Victoria Asiedua revealed in Court on Wednesday that Mr. Nyantakyi, together with a former member of the Association’s executive committee, Abdulai Alhassan, …
Read More »Kwesi Nyantakyi, one other person charged with fraud [photos]
Former president of the Ghana Football Association (GFA), Kwesi Nyantakyi has been slapped with three charges including fraud. A former member of the Association’s Executive Committee Abdulai Alhassan also faces two charges namely conspiracy to commit fraud and fraud. Principal State Attorney Victoria Asiedua told an Accra High Court Wednesday that the …
Read More »Lands Minister orders arrest of Chinese
The Minister of Lands and Natural Resources, Kwaku Asomah-Cheremeh, Tuesday ordered the arrest of three Chinese nationals operating a quarry company without permit at the Afienya-Dawhenya Industrial and Urban Renewal Enclave in the Greater Accra Region. The three Chinese, who are yet to be identified, established Skyline Quarry Company about …
Read More »Motor crashes into abandoned bridge, kills 6-year-old girl
A 6-year-old girl has been killed after a motorbike she was riding on with her father and an uncle, crashed into an abandoned bridge on the Afiadenyigba-Havedzi road in the Keta municipality. At about 10 pm on Saturday, February 22, the deceased, Ablor Shikakpe, the father and two others crashed …
Read More »CSM kills 80-year-old man in Bolgatanga
An 80-year-old man from Tongo in the Talensi district of the Upper East Region died from Cerebro Spinal Meningitis (CSM) at the regional hospital in Bolgatanga, the regional capital, while two others are receiving treatment for the same disease at the facility. Dr.Josephat Nyuzaghl, the Upper East Regional Deputy Director …
Read More »Video: Fuel tanker overturns on Tema motorway
A diesel filled tanker with registration AS 8846-11 has overturned Tuesday afternoon on the Accra-Tema motorway. The driver, who reportedly noticed a fault with the bulk of the car, tried to balance it but to no avail. The incident attracted a lot of crowd to the scene as some tried to make …
Read More »Coronavirus: EU Parliament postpones Akufo-Addo’s visit to ECR-Africa summit
Ghana’s President Nana Akufo-Addo’s expected visit to the European Parliament has been postponed, Ghana Embassy in Brussels has communicated. In an official statement from the Embassy copied to the ECOWAS and UEMOA representation, it indicated the postponement has become necessary to allow the European Parliament put down precautionary measures in …
Read More »Farmer shot dead by Fulani herdsman
There is tension at Gyaneboafo, a farming community in Afram Plains South District following the killing of a farmer by a fulani herdsman. The deceased was shot in the abdomen when he and his two brothers attempted to arrest the suspect fleeing after his cattle destroyed their harvested tubers of …
Read More »Work stalls on Ejisu-Donaso bridge project as thieves steal excavator parts
Work has stalled on the Ejisu-Donaso bridge project as thieves steal controller boards, injectors and pumps of three excavators. Three bridges linking Ejisu to Donaso and other areas in the Ashanti Region, have broken down for over two years. Motorists and commuters have had to truncate their journey on one …
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