Police in Akim Oda in the Eastern Region on Monday, February 17, 2020, arrested a 19-year-old Ebenezer Oko, on suspicion of kidnapping a nine-year-old boy at Jamaica, a suburb of Akim Asuboa. According to a statement, “On the morning of Sunday, February 16, 2020, the suspect claiming to be a …
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Arrest musician who said Kofi B’s death will boost his career – Kofi B’s sister pleads
Sister of legendary late Highlife Musician, Kofi B, Belinda Obeng has called on Ghana Police to arrest highlife musician Afenfo for saying it’s good the ‘Mmobrowa’ hitmaker has died. It would be recalled that, Karim Alhassan aka Ahenfo who is out with the hit song “Odo Mu Odo” featuring Kofi …
Read More »Hundreds sleep on Maiduguri street for fear of Boko Haram
Fear of Boko Haram attack has made women and children flee their village and take to lodging in the open in Maiduguri. People from over 300 households in Kayamla, in the Konduga Local Government Area of Borno State, said they had to flee into Maiduguri when the villages around them …
Read More »‘Reward me before I die’ – Ogidi Brown tells Akufo-Addo
Music Producer and CEO of OGB Music, Ogidi Brown, has called on the President Akufo-Addo to reward him before he passes on to his maker. In an emotional message on his Facebook page, the artiste, who is on admission at the hospital stated that since he started doing commercial music …
Read More »Security agencies on manhunt for anyone connected with ‘secessionists’
Security agencies are on a manhunt for anyone connected with the Homeland Study Group Foundation demanding an independent Western Togoland from Ghana. A special operation by the 66 Artillery Regiment of the Ghana Armed Forces rounded up 21 recruits undergoing training at a remote location, 10km North of Volta Region town, …
Read More »EC denies Ashaiman MP information on how its consultants were selected
The Electoral Commission has turned down a request by the Member of Parliament for Ashaiman, Ernest Norgbey, for the provision of information on how the commission contracted its consultants. Ernest Norgbey through his lawyers based the request on the Right to Information Law. The MP wanted to know the processes …
Read More »Ghanaian footballer buried in football boot-shaped casket [Photos]
A Ghanaian female footballer, Berekisu Tejani, who played for National Women’s League side Sea Lions Ladies FC has finally been laid to rest. Her remains were laid to rest in a boot-shaped coffin at the weekend. The midfielder, who was battling with an illness, passed on Friday, January 3 at …
Read More »GES investigates teacher’s assault of pupil over ‘sobolo’ drink
The Ghana Education Service (GES) says it has started investigations into the case of a teacher assaulting a nine-year-old pupil who criticised the taste of her ‘sobolo’ drink. Jonathan Korsinah, the Nkwanata South Education Director, said it was an unfortunate development and they will get to the bottom of the …
Read More »Two hospitalized after attack by landguards
Two persons have sustained gunshot wounds and after a group of armed men believed to be landguards attacked them on their land at Gomoa Fetteh Kakraba, in the Gomoa East District of the Central Region. The injured are currently receiving treatment at the Winneba Trauma Hospital. Citi News sources say …
Read More »Niger aid stampede: At least 20 killed in Diffa
At least 20 people, many of them women and children, have been killed in a stampede in south-eastern Niger, reports say. Refugees from neighbouring Nigeria were queuing for food and money in the town of Diffa when the incident took place, according to local sources. Ten other people were injured. …
Read More »NHIA owes mission hospitals GH¢87m – Catholic Bishop reveals
It has emerged that the National Health Insurance Authority (NHIA) is indebted to mission hospitals across the country to the tune of GH¢87 million. A news item published in the Catholic Standard, the official newspaper of the Catholic Church in Ghana, indicates that Bishop of Koforidua, Most Rev. Joseph Afrifah-Agyekum, …
Read More »Efia Odo warned to stay away from Kennedy Osei (screenshot)
Ghanaian slay queen, Efia Odo, has been warned to stay away from Kennedy Osei after the later’s marriage with Tracy Ameyaw. In a recent post which came as a warning to slay queens from Afia Schwarzenegger, Efia Odo was tagged. As sighted by Gossips24.com on Instagram, Afia Schwarzenegger wrote; ” What God has put …
Read More »5-month-old baby raped by playful cousin; baby bleeds to death
In a shocking incident, a five-month-old baby girl was allegedly raped on Sunday night by her cousin brother who took the baby to play with her. The child was found late on Sunday night and taken to a hospital where she died during treatment according to initial information filed by …
Read More »Tarkwa: Mining company fined GHc1.5m for power theft
A Tarkwa based mining firm called Mohammed Mining Company has been busted by the Electricity Company of Ghana for illegal connection. The task force who acted on a tip-off upon the arrival at the company’s site observed that power had been tapped from the main source without the consent of …
Read More »Kofi Adjorlolo considers Klikor gods, near Nogokpo to retrieve monies
Actor Kofi Adjorlolo has once again warned movie producers who owe him to pay or else he will use other means to retrieve his money. A few days ago, the award-winning actor came out to say some film producers owe him for some works he did for them and that …
Read More »Western Togoland ‘military recruits’ evacuated from Fievue to Accra
The 66 Artillery Regiment in Ho has evacuated some 21 persons including a lady believed to be receiving military training from a secessionists group – Homeland Study Group Foundation, in thickets around Dzodze in the Ketu North Municipality. The ‘recruits’ were rounded up in a dawn operation by the military …
Read More »Prof. Gyampo, Butakor get suspension with no pay over sex-for-grade documentary
The University of Ghana (UG) has suspended Professor Ransford Gyampo and Dr Paul Butakor for six months and four months respectively for their roles in a sexual harassment scandal which hit the school last October. The suspensions which are without pay take effect from January 1, 2020. A statement by …
Read More »Non-payment of electricity bills to be criminalized – ECG
The Electricity Company of Ghana, ECG, has hinted that it is lobbying Parliament to pass a law that will criminalize nonpayment of electricity bills. Ghana has about 85% electricity penetration rate but the nonpayment of Electricity bills by consumers continue to suffocate the power distributor hence the move to pass …
Read More »Police arrests one more suspect in alleged murder of Ruth Eshun
The Police Command in the Ashanti Region has arrested one more suspect in the alleged murder of Ruth Eshun, a community nurse with the Sewua Health Center. The police in a statement said on Thursday, February 13, 2020 acting on information they arrested suspect Kofi Garba alias Amanya Attiuwenti 37 …
Read More »Don’t give birth ‘by heart’ and expect MPs to take care of them – Ken Agyapong to Ghanaians
Member of Parliament(MP) for Assin Central, Kennedy Agyapong has cautioned men who are led by their libidos to be responsible for their children and not expect Members of Parliament (MPs) to help them take care of their families. According to him, MPs and politicians in general, are not obliged to …
Read More »Ebony’s last prayer request revealed by father [Video]
Father of late dancehall diva, Ebony Reigns, Nana Opoku Kwarteng says her daughter’s last prayer request was to arrive safely from the unfortunate road trip that killed her. He made this revelation in an interview with Joy News during her 2-year celebration after her demise. The nation was shocked two …
Read More »Bantama Calvary Temple A/G Launches 40th Anniversary (Photos)
The Calvary Temple Assemblies of God Church (CTAG) at Bantama in the Kumasi Metropolis of the Ashanti region on Sunday February 16, 2020, launched its 40th anniversary celebrations. Congregants seated during Ministration The launch which was held at the church premise is on the theme: “Forty Years of His faithfulness”, …
Read More »Free SHS: Ningo SHTS students study on bare floor
First-year Home Economics students of the Ningo Senior High Technical School at Ningo in the Greater Accra Region have to sit on the floor for classes due to lack of desks. The students, who number over 40, sit on the bare floor for lessons as the classroom has less than …
Read More »Mahama causes stir in Kumasi
This year’s Maulud Nabiyi, to wit the celebration of the birthday of the Holy Prophet Mohammed, was held in Kumasi where Vice-President Mahamudu Bawumia and former President John Mahama suffered major protocol breaches. The programme hosted by one of the leading clerics of the Tijanniyya sect, Sheikh Wadudu Cisey, saw …
Read More »Ghana, DR Congo license new Ebola vaccine
Ghana and three other African countries – the Democratic Republic of Congo, Burundi and Zambia – have licensed and can now distribute an Ebola vaccine, which the World Health Organization (WHO) has hailed as a “milestone”. Preliminary study results indicate the Ervebo vaccine, manufactured by Merck, has a 97.5% efficacy …
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