The US embassy serving Libya has warned that the shutdown of the country’s oil fields risks worsening the humanitarian emergency there. An embassy statement called for the immediate resumption of production. Libya’s state-run, National Oil Corporation says the forces of the rebel commander, General Khalifa Haftar, have in recent days …
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Davos: Trump decries climate ‘prophets of doom’ with Thunberg in audience
US President Donald Trump has decried climate “prophets of doom” in a speech at the World Economic Forum in Davos, where sustainability is the main theme. He called for a rejection of “predictions of the apocalypse” and said America would defend its economy. Mr Trump did not directly name the …
Read More »Trusting Akufo-Addo government worse than investing in Menzgold – Manasseh
Investigative journalist Manasseh Awuni Azure is not impressed with the performance of President Akufo-Addo three years after assumption of office, opining that “Trusting this government is worse than investing in Menzgold” – a company that has been struggling to pay locked up funds of customers. The journalist in a Facebook …
Read More »Isreal holds Ghanaian migrant in isolation after she refused to be tested for TB
Jossephine Kwabiwaa was held in isolation after she refused to be tested for tuberculosis, despite her expressing concern that radiation could affect her pregnancy A heavily pregnant migrant worker from Ghana has been held in isolation for four months by the Israel Prison Service, despite the World Medical Association and …
Read More »Ghana among top Africa seeds for 2022 World Cup qualifying draw
FIFA has named Ghana among the top seeds for Qatar 2022 FIFA World’s Cup for African teams ahead of the draw to be held in the Egyptian capital of Cairo later today (Tuesday). Seeding pots for Qatar 2022 FIFA World’s Cup for African teams were by Federation of International Football …
Read More »Today in 2018: ‘Kitchen-stool’ Headmaster on the run after sex tape
Social media users launched the “kitchen-stool challenge” following a leaked sex tape that captured the Headmaster of Breman Edumanu D/A Basic School, Robert Sepey, having sex with his Senior High School lover on a local stool. The Headmaster went into hiding after the sex tape went viral. Robert Sepey was …
Read More »DVLA boss in trouble with board members
The Herald, has picked up impeccable information on the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Authority (DVLA), indicating a frosty relationship between the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) and the board of directors led by Accra-based lawyer, Frank Davies, for running a one man show at the state institution. Kwesi Agyeman Busia, is …
Read More »JHS girl, 15, murdered in Cape Coast
Georgina Antwi, a fifteen-year-old girl of Ankaful basic school near Cape Coast has allegedly been murdered in cold blood by some suspected “Sakawa” boys living in that community. According to Mr. Emmanuel Mintah, the father of the deceased, the gruesome murder of the young girl occurred last Friday, January 17, …
Read More »At Long Last, The Battle Has Ended As Pastor Mboro Visits Hell And Kills Satan (PHOTO)
A South African Pastor Mboro who became popular in 2010 for having a phone call with Jesus Christ says he was in hell and killed the devil. Posting on his Facebook page, Pastor Mboro stated that he has saved alot of people who were about to be braiied by Satan …
Read More »New voters’ register: Hundreds join ‘Yenpini’ demo in Kumasi
Hundreds of protesters have poured onto the streets of the Ashanti Regional capital, Kumasi to join in the Inter-Party Resistance Against the New Voters’ Register demonstration. This is two out of three planned protests aimed at putting pressure on the Electoral Commission (EC) to abort its decision to compile a …
Read More »WATCH: Couples Film themselves Live on Social Media in an “Atopa”
A video in which a Nigerian couple has gone viral on social media engaged in a short raunchy session. Although the identity of the couple was not immediately available, after they went live on social media, the video of their romance that took place in the bathroom became viral. Fast …
Read More »IMF cuts Ghana’s growth rate to 5.6%
Ghana’s growth rate for the year 2020 has been revised to 5.6% s as against earlier (October 2019) forecast of 6 %, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) January 2020 World Economic Outlook Report has revealed. This is against World Bank’s 6.8% which will make Ghana the 3rd fastest growing economy …
Read More »IMF cuts Ghana’s growth rate to 5.6%
Ghana’s growth rate for the year 2020 has been revised to 5.6% s as against earlier (October 2019) forecast of 6 %, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) January 2020 World Economic Outlook Report has revealed. This is against World Bank’s 6.8% which will make Ghana the 3rd fastest growing economy …
Read More »22 richest men in world richest than all African women
22 of the richest men in the world are richer than all women in Africa, a report by Oxfam has revealed. The report, titled ‘Time to Care’ indicates that The richest people in the world have more wealth than 60% of the population. The report shows that in 2019 the world’s …
Read More »Ghana signs deal to host Afro Nation for 5 years
Ghana has closed a deal with Event Horizon Entertainment Ltd organisers of the popular Afro Nation concert to host the show for five consecutive years. The deal was signed between the Tourism ministry and the entertainment House in the UK witnessed by President Akufo-Addo. Announcing the deal on Facebook, cousin …
Read More »New voter registration will begin in April – EC
The Electoral Commission says it will begin compiling the new voters register for the December 2020 elections in April. The commission added it hopes to end the exercise by the end of May. This was disclosed by the Director of Electoral Services, Dr Serebour Quaicoe Tuesday “We want to start by …
Read More »Coup plot: ACP Agordzo granted GHC500k bail
The Criminal High Court presided over by Justice Charles Ekow Baiden has granted Assistant Commissioner of Police (ACP) Benjamin Agordzo a self recognizance bail. The Court pegged the bail at GHc500,000.00 Cedis. The Police Chief was also instructed to submit his passport to the Registrar of the High Court. He …
Read More »There’s wisdom in Akan proverb – Boris Johnson
There is wisdom in Akan proverb UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson has said. To demonstrate what sets the UK apart as one of the biggest investors and partners in Africa at the UK-Africa investment summit on Monday 20 January 2020 in the UK, Mr Johnson quoted the proverb – All …
Read More »Man arrested for allegedly beheading woman at Breman Kontenase
A 45-year-old man, Kweku Du has been arrested by Breman Asikuma Police for allegedly beheaded a woman in her farm at Breman Kontenase in the Asikuma Odabeng Brakwa District of the Central Region. The suspect reportedly pounced on the deceased, Esi Dompoh unprovoked when she was farming and callously cut …
Read More »Four trapped to death in galamsey pit
Four persons believed to be from the same family have been trapped to death in a galamsey pit at Salema near Ainyinase in the Ellembele District of the Western Region. An eye witness tells Connect FM’s OMANBAPA morning show host Nhyiraba Paa Kwesi Simpson that the incident happened late Monday, …
Read More »[PHOTOS]: Bizarre photos of a day-year-old twins dumped in gutter
Creepy photos of twins who have been dumped apparently by their mother are catching fire on social media. A Facebook user with the name Ogbonda Godfrey Nyemovuchi has shared this unfortunate which happened in a village in Nigeria. He had this to say through a post: This evil act happened …
Read More »Group marches against bauxite mining in Atewa forest today
Members of the Concerned Citizens of the Atewa Landscape will today, Tuesday, 21 January embark on a protest march from Sagyimase to Kyebi to say no to the mining of bauxite in the Atewa forest reserve. This will not be the first time a group is kicking against the government’s …
Read More »There will be no treated water in Western Region if galamsey persists – GWCL
The Ghana Water Company Limited (GWCL) has warned that should the illegal mining menace persist in the Western Region, residents there will not have treated water running through their pipes. GWCL’s Communications Manager, Stanley Martey, in an interview on Joy FM’s Top story on Monday, indicated that the utility provider loses …
Read More »Kroll case: Domelevo cited for contempt
The Auditor-General Daniel Yao Domelevo has been cited for contempt of Court in an application filed by lawyer for the Senior minister, lawyer Yaw Oppong, for his refusal to file in court documents based on which he surcharged Mr Yaw Osafo-Maafo and four other public officers. The Senior Minister and …
Read More »Yamoah Ponkoh runs away from ‘bloody election’ claim
Leading member of the opposition National Democratic Congress [NDC], Afrifa Yamoah Ponkoh has denied strongly inciting his party foot soldiers to go all out for a ‘bloody election campaign’ ahead of the 2020 general polls. He claimed he is for ‘peace’ and will not call for ‘war’ as purported – …
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