Large volumes of documents have been evacuated from the Ghana Revenue Authority head office annex along the Ring Road Central in Accra, where fire fighters battling fire that engulfed the building Sunday morning. Raging fire swept through the top floor of the two-storey building destroying various items, mainly files and …
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VIDEO: GRA building fire: Soldier, fire officer, injured
One Fire Officer and a soldier have been injured in the ongoing attempts to fight the fire that has ravaged a building belong to the Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) in Accra. The duo was part of officers making frantic efforts to put out the early Sunday morning fire but as …
Read More »31 foreign illegal miners arrested by Operation Vanguard
The Operation Vanguard contingent in the Eastern Region has arrested 31 foreign illegal miners in the Kwahu West Municipality. This follows reports that about 1,000 foreign nationals had connived with cocoa farmers and landowners in the area to mine illegally. The officer in charge of the Operation Vanguard team in …
Read More »Today in history: Ghana wins first AFCON title
On this day 1 December 1963 (Exactly 56 years ago today) Ghana won its first Africa Cup of Nations trophy after beating Sudan 3-0 in the final of the 4th edition of the biannual tournament in Accra. Dr Kwame Nkrumah realised that there was the need to identify things that …
Read More »VIDEO: Hundreds of market women welcome 2019 Christmas with their dancing shoes
Christmas is just at the corner and many people in Ghana and abroad are preparing towards it. In Ghana everything about the occasion is on point and the readiness is awesome. It’s not surprising that the founder and owner of NB Records, Nathaniel Asiamah, know and Natty Bee, a Ghanaian-American …
Read More »Another teen stabbed to death near Clifton beach
Western Cape police are investigating a case of murder after a 16-year-old boy was stabbed and killed near Clifton Beach on Saturday night – two months after an 18-year-old UCT student was stabbed there. “According to information, last night at about 22:45, members of law enforcement saw the victim with …
Read More »Asante Kotoko thump Sampdoria FC in friendly
Asante Kotoko thrashed lower tier side Sampdoria FC in a friendly encounter on Saturday morning. The Porcupine Warriors were too hot for Sampdoria FC after white-washing them 6-0 at the Adako Jachie training complex. Daniel Barnieh netted the opener just 17 minutes into the game before Burkinabe attacker Sogne Yacouba …
Read More »UK Partners To Assist Ghana To Build Digital Base Map
Mr Iain Walker, the United Kingdom (UK) Ambassador to Ghana has said his country’s partners, such as Ordnance Survey, the world-leading mapping agency will support Ghana to build a digital base map. He said the map would help create a new digitized land registry system, the first of its kind …
Read More »Money launderers mostly use West Africa to get to Europe – BoG
Most money launderers around the world use West Africa (WA) as their entry point into Europe, Naa Welbeck Anuonyam, an Official at the Financial Stability Department of the Bank of Ghana, has said To that end, she said Ghana is taking the fight against money laundering seriously due to the …
Read More »Market women were consulted on new GH¢200 notes – BoG
A number of agencies and market women were consulted by officials of the Bank of Ghana (BoG) for their inputs into the decision that went into the introduction of the GH¢200 and GH¢100 notes, Mr Phillip Ottoo, Director of Research at the BoG, has revealed. Speaking at a training workshop …
Read More »No child will be denied SHS education by reason of poverty – Akufo-Addo
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has called on Ghanaians not to give the main opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) mandate in the 2020 general elections to come and cancel the free SHS policy. Nana Akufo-Addo said the NDC wants to cancel the policy under the disguise of reviewing but reiterated …
Read More »Courts must deal with DLE related violence cases expeditiously
An aspiring Assembly Member in Tema has appealed to the Judiciary to expedite the handling of violent cases related to the upcoming District Level Elections to serve as a deterrent to others. Mr Christian Yaw Amoah popularly known as C.Y, immediate past and aspiring Assembly Member for the Homowo Electoral …
Read More »Take good care of teachers – Kufuor to government
Former President John Agyekum Kufour has urged the Akufo-Addo-led government to make teachers proud of their chosen profession by prioritising their condition of service so that they can impact good character in students. Speaking at the 70th anniversary celebration and speech and prize giving day of Prempeh college held in …
Read More »Ashaiman residents to demonstrate against Ghana Water Company on Monday
Residents of Ashaiman will Monday, December 2, 2019, embark on a demonstration against the Ghana Water Company to express their frustration over the failure of the company to supply them water, ABC News can report. According to the residents of Ashaiman Official Town, the Ghana Water Company has for the …
Read More »VIDEO: Fire guts GRA offices near Kwame Nkrumah Circle
he premises of the Ghana Revenue Authority at Ring Road office in Accra is on fire, www.ghanaweb.com has learnt. Unconfirmed reports suggest that personnel of the Fire Service are finding it difficult to access the infrastructure to douse the fire. A thick cloud of smoke can be seen emanating from …
Read More »Trained medical doctor now turns photographer
Emmanuel Kweku Ennin is a former student of Prempeh College who trained as a medical doctor in Eastern Europe, Ukraine specifically. Emmanuel said he went into photography out of anger. According to him, he discovered photography on his final graduation at the Ivano-Frankivsk National Medical University in Ukraine. In an …
Read More »Father And Son In Trouble For Gang-raping And Impregnating 13-year-old girl
A 44-year-old man, Kabiru Oke and his son, Farouq, 19, have been arrested by the police in Lagos for alleged serial rape and impregnating a teenager The incident happened at their 1, Olatikupo Street, Egbeda residence for about four months while the 13-year-old victim lived with her aunt, the man’s …
Read More »Cheetah Capo Donates To Central RAG & Ali Babies
The Founder and bankroller of Cheetah FC who spearhead the affairs as the president of the Ghana body Building federation Mr. Abdul Hayye Yartey has donated sets of jerseys and equipments to the central regional Referees Association to them fasten their work. Mr. Abdul Hayye Yartey donated 50 pieces of …
Read More »Catholic priest denies communion to a churchgoer because she is a lesbian
A church in Michigan denied Holy Communion to a state district court judge because she is married to a woman. Judge Sara Smolenski, the chief judge of Michigan’s 63rd District Court, received a call from the priest at St. Stephen Catholic Church in Grand Rapids, Michigan, requesting she not attend …
Read More »Young female teacher reportedly dies after falling in a bathroom
A young female teacher (facilitator) at Ntafrewaso Methodist Primary School in the Central Region has reportedly died after she fell in the bathroom while bathing. The sad incident according to reports happened on Friday, November 28, 2019. The cause of her death is not immediately known but reports say Ms …
Read More »VIDEO: Patients queue in ambulances at Korle-Bu due to ‘no bed’ syndrome
A record overcrowding at the Accident and Emergency Centre (A&E) of the Korle-Bu Teaching Hospital in Accra Saturday forced authorities to keep patients requiring emergency healthcare in ambulances for hours. Patients who arrived in ambulances from across the country with different trauma cases could not get beds at the A&E …
Read More »Over 1k vehicles supplied, 962 structures ongoing for SHSs – Akufo-Addo
President Akufo-Addo government is confronting the inherent challenges that have been associated with the implementation of the Free Senior High School Policy. With some 1.2 million children currently enrolled in Senior High Schools, the highest such enrolment in the country’s history, President Akufo-Addo stated that sufficient provision has been made …
Read More »Asantehene honours 130 rural-based teachers
One hundred and thirty teachers of public basic schools from rural areas across the country have been honoured by His Royal Majesty, King of the Ashanti Kingdom, Otumfour Osei Tutu II at the Manhyia Palace the Ashanti Regional capital. The Otumfuo Teachers and Education Workers Awards was introduced six years …
Read More »Multimedia suspends staff who ‘insulted’ Mahama for a month without pay
The Management of Multimedia Group, operators of Accra-based Asempa FM has suspended one of its on-air staff, Nana Akua Acheampomaa Sarfo-Adu for making ‘derogatory and insulting’ utterances against Former President John Dramani Mahama, ABC News can report. An internal memo announcing her suspension, sighted by ABC News suggests that the …
Read More »Just In: NPP Hopeson Adorye captured, Accused of Robbery (Photos)
Two female Ghanaians who lives in abroad has accused the national communication team member of the NPP and current Parliamentary candidate for Kpone Akatamanso Constituency Mr. Hopeson Adorye of plotting a robbery attack on them which took away their belongings and huge sums of money and almost their life’s. One …
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