A dormitory of the St Charles Minor Seminary Senior High School in Tamale went up in flames Monday afternoon destroying students’ personal belongings, a development that is likely to render the students homeless. The fire, which started at 12:29pm at the Cardinal Dery dormitory, completely burned eight of the nine …
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VGMA: Stonebwoy, Shatta Wale’s fate to be determined by new board – Charterhouse
Charterhouse, organisers of the Vodafone Ghana Music Awards (VGMA) have stated that the two banned dancehall giants Stonebwoy and Shatta Wale’s fate will be determined after the board is reconstituted. According to Charterhouse’s Head of Public Events, Robert Klah, the board will decide whether the ban placed on the two …
Read More »Fire ravages St Charles SHS dormitory; students’ properties destroyed
A dormitory of the St Charles Minor Seminary Senior High School in Tamale went up in flames Monday afternoon destroying students’ personal belongings, a development that is likely to render the students homeless. The fire, which started at 12:29pm at the Cardinal Dery dormitory, completely burned eight of the nine …
Read More »Niger army base attack kills 25 soldiers
At least 25 soldiers have been killed in a suspected jihadist attack on a military camp along the western border with Mali, Niger’s army says. More than 60 militants were also killed when the army – supported by partners – responded with air power, it says. Last month, 71 soldiers …
Read More »VIDEO: Pastor performs deliverance on church members using football
A video captured the moment a pastor performed deliverance on some of his Church members using a football. In the video that is fast going viral, the unidentified pastor was seen performing deliverance on his members with a football. Members were made to come out and face the pastor in …
Read More »Man kills father over cooked yam
An Ebonyi State Magistrates’ Court sitting in Abakaliki, on Thursday, remanded in a correctional centre a 37-year-old man, Chibueze Iduma, for allegedly killing his father with his walking stick. It was learnt that the suspect and his father, Mr Emmanuel Iduma, had an altercation over a piece of cooked yam …
Read More »VIDEO: 31-acre maize farm of National Best farmer burnt
A 31-acre maize farm belonging to the 2019 National Best maize farmer Mr John Dimah in the Sissala West District of the Upper West Region has been burnt. Mr John Dimah who is still counting his loss, told Tumu-based Radford Fm in an interview monitored by MyNewsGh.com that the incident …
Read More »AU confident of peaceful elections in Ghana
The African Union (AU) is optimistic Ghana will hold a peaceful and successful general election this year. While acknowledging that the contest will be intense and fierce, the AU remained “confident that Ghana will pull it off successfully since we have no doubts about the country’s credentials as far as …
Read More »CalBank announces appointment of Mr. Philip Owiredu as Chief Executive Officer
CalBank is pleased to announce the appointment of Mr. Philip Owiredu as the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Bank effective 1st January 2020. The appointment of the new CEO was approved by the Bank of Ghana in December 2019. Mr. Owiredu has been an outstanding leader during his tenure …
Read More »3 persons confess to stealing from GRA
At the Kpetoe District Court on Wednesday, 8 January 2020, three persons arrested by the Kpetoe District Police for stealing from the Ghana Revenue Authority premises in Kpetoe confessed to the crime. The three, Badawusu Kwadzo James aged 18, Bedu Godsway aged 21 and Agbowali John aged 21, pleaded guilty …
Read More »Sammy Gyamfi ‘curses’ NPP communicators supporting Hawa Koomson
National Communications Officer of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC), Sammy Gyamfi has criticized communicators of the ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP) who are backing some comments made by Hawa Koomson in 2019. The Minister for Special Development Initiative, Mavis Hawa Koomson, while she was being interviewed about the delay …
Read More »Former Chief of Defence Staff Quashie is dead
A former Chief of the Defence Staff (CDS), Vice-Admiral Matthew Quashie, passed away in the wee hours of Thursday. According to a senior military officer who disclosed the news to the Daily Graphic on condition of anonymity, Vice-Admiral Quashie passed away at the 37 Military Hospital, where he had been …
Read More »EC Boss and Her Deputy are Potential Threat To Ghana’s Democracy” – ADAM GH
Anchoring Democracy Advocacy Movement Ghana (ADAM GH) has described Chairperson of the Electoral Commission, (EC), Mrs Jean Mensah and her Deputy Mr. Bossman Assare as potential threat to Ghana’s democracy. A statement signed by the Executive Secretary of ADAM-GH, Mr. Azubila stated that, the EC Chairperson and her deputy have …
Read More »Bawumia leaves Ghana for US
Vice President Alhaji Dr Mahamudu Bawumia left Accra on Thursday night for the United States of America (USA). Vice President Bawumia will be in Texas, to be precise. A statement issued by the Director Communications at his office, Frank Agyei-Twum, said the vice president will “undertake a number of official …
Read More »GFA reacts to GBC’s statement on TV rights
The Ghana Football Association (GFA) has taken note of a statement by the Ghana Broadcasting Corporation (GBC) on the Television Broadcast Rights granted to StarTimes by the GFA, at the end of the bidding process. The GFA is shocked by the deliberate misinformation in the statement and wishes to respond …
Read More »You trusted NAM1 than Nana Addo – Abronye chides Menzgold customers
The ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP) Bono Regional Chairman, Kwame Baffoe aka Abronye DC has cautioned the aggrieved customers of Gold dealership firm Menzgold to stop creating unnecessary tension in the country calling for the payment of their locked-up funds when they claimed the CEO (Nana Appiah Mensah) will have …
Read More »JB Danquah killer attempted to stab Prison officer
Daniel Asiedu, the suspect being held for the murder of J. B. Danquah Adu, former Member of Parliament for Abuakwa North has allegedly attempted to stab a senior Prison officer with an object after his mobile phone was seized in prison. Asiedu aka Sexy Dondon had told the High Court …
Read More »Parents point fingers at hospital over stolen newborn
A heavily pregnant Ms Victoria Zubeida walked into Mikindani Medical Centre in Jomvu on Sunday evening after experiencing excruciating labour pangs. At 11pm, she successfully delivered a baby boy. However, doctors admitted the infant, saying he had developed complications. On Tuesday, around 4pm, Ms Zubeida, 25, met another expectant woman …
Read More »South African woman found hacked to death in house fire
Police in South Africa have found a woman hacked to death in the remnants of a house fire in what they suspect was a dispute with her husband. The police suspect that Phillip Mafalo killed his wife Magdeline Mpana Mahlokwane and then set their vehicle on fire before dousing himself …
Read More »Cosmetics hidden in fake baby: Uganda busts smuggler from DRC
The Ugandan Revenue Authority, URA, on Wednesday (January 8) recorded a marvelous bust as a woman attempted to smuggle a baby full of banned cosmetics into the country. The baby in question was actually just the dress filled with cosmetic products and strapped to the back of the woman. URA …
Read More »Two suspects arraigned for burning teacher to death
Police in Mutitu, Kitui East, are investigating the circumstances under which a teacher was burnt to death following protests at a school. Mr Wambua Mwangangi and Mr Chris Kyalo Muli were arraigned on Thursday over the killing of Ms Daisy Mbaluka Mbathe, who taught at Ndooni Primary School. It was …
Read More »Stop the ‘stupid’ election predictions – Senyo Hosi to prophets
Senyo Hosi, Chief Executive Officer(CEO) of Chamber of Bulk Oil Distributors(CBOD), has reacted angrily to prophecies by some popular Ghanaian prophets on which of Ghana’s two major political parties will win the 2020 elections, describing the prophecies as the “stupidity of election predictions.” The accomplished businessman is wondering why the …
Read More »‘Shocked’ GBC blasts Ghana FA for awarding Premier League rights deal to StarTimes
The Ghana Broadcasting Corporation (GBC) wants the Ghana Premier League broadcast rights which have been awarded to Star Times to be reviewed after the state broadcaster claimed they presented a healthy financial bid. On Wednesday, the Ghana Football Association announced the Chinese Pay-TV channel as rights holders for the Premier …
Read More »We have officially told George Abege, Didi Arnold we don’t need them at Kotoko – Nana Coker
Management member of Asante Kotoko, Nana Gyimbibi Coker says that the Porcupine Warriors will look to downsize their playing squad before the close of the transfer window. He said the club is making frantic efforts to ship out some dead wood, whose services will no longer be needed by the …
Read More »AUDIO: SA Home Affairs gazettes new tougher laws for refugees & asylum seekers
Listen to the full interview below… Home Affairs Minister Dr Aaron Motsoaledi has gazetted the Refugees Amendment Act, which came into effect from 1 January. The amended act has new rules for refugees and asylum seekers in South Africa. Speaking to Clement Manyathela on the Xolani Gwala Show, Dr Motsoaledi …
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