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No-one has got married in a village in Kano state, Nigeria, in the past four months after its chief imposed a wedding tax. Ado Sa’id, the chief of Kera village in north-west Nigeria, wants grooms to pay 137,000 naira ($377, £294). This is instead of the current custom of the …

The Kintampo Divisional Police Command has started investigations into the death of two children at Krabonso-Adiambra in the Kintampo South District of the Bono East Region. The two died from wounds after they were shot whilst in a farm by an unknown person on Monday. The two, Gabriel Yinye, 10, …

The Member of Parliament (MP) for Tano North Constituency, Mrs Freda Akosua Prempeh, has condemned the abuse of a six-year-old boy at Manhea in the Ga West Municipal District in the Greater Accra region. According to the legislator, the act was simply an act of wizardry because there are other …

SEND GHANA has appealed to government to make provisions for the release of social protection funds as it presents the 2020 Budget statement and Economic Policy on November 13 to prevent undue delays. Addressing the media at a press conference in Accra, the Deputy Country Director of SEND GHANA, Mr. …

The chief executive officer of a private nursing school in kumasi of the Ashanti region, Afia Kobi Nursing school at Nhyieso, Owusu King has been arrested by the Manhyia Police command for physically assaulting an OTEC FM Reporter. The reporter, Oheneba Kwaku Atta (Apossor) was physically assaulted; equipment seized by …

The Executive Chairman of McDan group, who is also the Gugba Naa of Tamale, Dr Daniel Mckorley has donated cash and assorted gifts worth Gh¢50 000 to the Mion Lana towards the celebration of the Damba festival. Present at the brief but impressive ceremony to make the presentation was Mr …

Senior Minister Yaw Osafo Maafo has explained that government did not deliberately leave out Volta Region out of the 2020 budget roads allocation. In an interview on MyNewsGh.com’s sister platform Citi, Mr. Osafo Maafo said he has cross-checked with the Minister of roads who is currently in Japan and the …

An activist of the opposition National Democratic Congress  (NDC) has replied Deputy Information Minister, Nana Ama Dokua Asiamah-Adjei for accusing former President John Mahama of having made his wife, Lordina Mahama, the Vice President and subsequently his running mate when he was President of Ghana. According to Nhyira Dadzie who …

Research by Institute for Monitoring Elections in Ghana have revealed that, in order for the New Patriotic Party led by H.E Nana Akufo-Addo to win the 2020 Presidential elections, it requires an undivided Ashanti bloc; at least sustaining the 80% vote the NPP secured in the 2016 elections and concerted …

A housewife, Fatima Ishaq, on Wednesday sued her husband, Hassan Haruna, before a Sharia Court in Kaduna after the man was accused of raping an underage child. The petitioner who lives with her estranged husband within Kaduna metropolis, through her counsel, M.S. Abdullahi, told the court that she cannot continue …

An Upper Area Court sitting in Kasuwan Nama, on Wednesday, sentenced a 31-year-old driver, Nasiru Ibrahim, to five years imprisonment for stealing 1,200 litres of fuel. The Judge, Lawal Suleiman, sentenced Ibrahim after he pleaded guilty to stealing 1,200 litres of fuel from a tanker laden with petrol which he …

  For the sixth year in a row, more than 1,000 people have died attempting to cross the Mediterranean Sea, according to the UN Refugee Agency. The Mediterranean crossing remains the deadliest known migration route worldwide. People are four times more likely to die than last year, according to the …

Deputy Minister for Foreign Affairs And Regional Integration Minister, Mohammad Habibu Tijani (MP), says Nigeria will soon open its closed borders. Africa’s most populous nation unexpectedly closed its land borders to all movements of goods, banning both imports and exports through land. Speaking in an exclusive interview with Empire News’ …

Ghanaian actress Matilda Asare is challenging former President John Mahama to mention one policy or programme he implemented to support the Ghanaian youth during his tenure as president of Ghana. According to Matilda Asare, ex-president Mahama has no track record in youth empowerment or capacity building of the Ghanaian youth, …

1. How many calories do you burn while having sex A lot of people, including Khloé Kardashian, believe that a hot and sweaty session in between the sheets can double as a good workout. So, if you have ever wondered whether romping is the best calories-burner, you are not alone. …

The love that existed between Afrobeats artiste, Kelvyn Boy and his former boss, Stonebwoy, was so deep that when news of their separation broke about two months ago, it did not go down well with their fans. The matter generated a lot of discussion with some industry players suggesting the …

Head coach of South Africa Molefi Ntseki says his side are mindful of Richard Ofori’s quality ahead of their 2021 Africa Cup of Nations qualifier against Ghana on Thursday. The Black Stars will open the 2021 AFCON qualifiers against the Bafana Bafana on November 14, before playing Sao Tome and …

Ghana coach Kwesi Appiah is likely to hand debutantes Mohammed Kudus and Gideon Mensah their first start for the Black Stars on Thursday when they take on South Africa in their 2021 Africa Cup of Nations qualifiers, Ghanasoccernet.com can reveal. The explosive Nordsjaelland midfielder, who is taken the Danish top-flight …

The independent candidate of the 2012 and 2016 Presidential election, Jacob Osei Yeboah popularly known as JOY 2012 has said people campaigning for YES vote at the December 17th referendum are selfish and hypocrite. According to him, the Nana Addo – Bawumia led NPP government is deceiving people to vote …

The Kintampo Divisional Police Command has started investigations into the death of two children at Krabonso-Adiambra in the Kintampo South District of the Bono East Region. The two died from wounds after they were shot whilst on a farm by an unknown person on Monday. The two, Gabriel Yinye, 10, …

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has attacked his predecessor and National Democratic Congress’ (NDC) 2020 flagbearer, John Dramani Mahama asking Ghanaian electorates never to give the latter any chance to rule the country for simple reason. “We have a leader [John Mahama] who has no record…who has no prescription for …

Two Namibian government ministers resigned following allegations of corruption and money-laundering in the Namibian fishing industry. The Minister of Fisheries and Marine Resources Bernhard Esau and the Minister of Justice Sacky Shanghala were accused of receiving bribes in return for giving preferential access to Namibia’s rich fishing grounds to Samherji, …

Some aggrieved customers of collapsed financial institutions in Ghana who are yet to retrieve their funds have threatened to destabilize the country even if part of their funds are paid. They are demanding full payment of their locked-up funds. Anything short of that, they note, will leave them with no …

A second Ebola vaccine is to be offered to around 50,000 people in the Democratic Republic of Congo, as part of a major clinical trial. The Johnson & Johnson (J&J) vaccine will be used alongside a vaccine made by Merck, which has already been given to around 250,000 people. Merck’s …

General Secretary of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC), Johnson Asiedu Nketia affectionately called General Mosquito has taken a swipe at President Akufo-Addo over his claim that, “God is not so wicked as to punish Ghanaians again with the rule of John Mahama and the National Democratic Congress.” “So is …