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Mark Addo, who is the Director for second-tier side Nzema Kotoko, was named Ghana FA’s vice president on Tuesday after surprising Randy Abbey to win the election. Mr Addo has quietly spent the past 20 years in football administration by owning Accra-based Mandela Stars since the 1990s before switching to …

The largest opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) has accused President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo of appointing over fifty (50) of his relatives in his administration including the entire nuclear family of his Executive Secretary, Nana Asante Bediatuo. At the party’s Moment of Truth press conference on Tuesday, National Communications Officer …

The Ghana Police Service has completed investigations into the case involving Lance Corporal Godzi Frederick Amanor, popularly known as “Skalla,” who allegedly assaulted a woman at the Shiashie branch of the Midland Savings and Loans Company. This is according to a media report by the Ghanaian Times newspaper. The Director-General …

Parliament has deferred the approval of a 600 million dollar loan facility for the Ghana Cocoa Board’s (COCOBOD) cocoa productivity enhancement programme. This was after the Minority Leader, Haruna Iddrisu questioned the utilization of 68 million dollars for hand pollination, 5 million dollars as part of the school feeding programme …

A former Director of the Transformation Office of the Ghana Police Service, ACP Dr. Benjamin Agordzor, who was arrested on Monday and currently in the custody of the Bureau of National Investigations (BNI) for his alleged involvement in the plot to destabilize the country has been denied bail. He is …

A former member of one of the dominant music cliques in Ghana (AMG Business), Sweenity has revealed that Medikal was the originator of the whole idea behind the Criss Waddle-led group. He said that prior to popular belief that Criss Waddle, the decorated Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the group …

The Minister of Food and Agriculture (MoFA), Dr Owusu Afriyie Akoto, has refuted claims that he insulted the people in the northern part of the country. In a recent interview, he suggested the people in the five regions in northern part of Ghana have benefited from the government’s Planting for …

President Nana Akufo-Addo has reiterated that he has no regrets whatsoever for implementing the Free Senior High School (SHS) programme despite the huge cost involved. According to him, it is better to invest the country’s scarce revenues in the future generations than for a few politicians to mismanage them. He …

The Member of Parliament for North Tongu has called for the establishment of a fund to finance the medical and legal fees of journalists who come under attack in the line of duty. Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa made the suggestion as part of a statement he delivered on the floor of …

Wife of the senior police officer who has been picked up over his alleged involvement in a coup plot has criticised her husband’s arrest and detention, calling it an act of intimidation. Patience Agordzor said it does not make sense that Dr Benjamin Agordzor is being held for over 24 hours …

Christopher Owusu Ansah, a 31-year old electrician has been electrocuted to death while trying to work on a high tension line. The deceased got electrocuted on Monday November 04 in an attempt to work on a faulty high tension wire that connects the people of Adetsewui, a village within the …

The opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) has presented names of persons it says are relatives and cronies within the Akufo-Addo government. At a press conference Tuesday, the National Communications Officer Sammy Gyamfi listed 51 names of relatives and cronies which he said pointed to “classic and unprecedented” nepotism within the …

Ghanaians on social media have descended heavily on former President John Jerry Rawlings after his rampant attacks on his successor, John Agyekum Kufuor. The two former presidents have been in a tug of war recently after the former accused the latter of being responsible for the perennial floods in the …

Auditor-General Daniel Yaw Domelevo has said “fighting corruption is dangerous”, adding: “If you fight corruption, corruption will fight you in whatever way”. Mr Domelevo’s comment comes on the back of a probe by the Economic and Organised Crimes Office (EOCO) into the payment of some GHS6.2 million for cars purchased …

The family and lawyer for ACP Dr. Benjamin Agordzor have raised concerns over the Bureau of National Investigations’ (BNI) refusal to grant them access to him. ACP Agordzor is currently in the custody of the BNI and being interrogated over his alleged involvement in a plot to destabilize the country. …

A 12-year-old General Science student of the Akatsi Senior High Technical School in the Akatsi South District of the Volta Region has paid glowing tribute to the Free Senior High School policy, saying, but for the policy, he might have been fishing on the Volta lake. Master Gadausu Emmanuel who …

Prophet Obrempong CP of Dominion Prayer Battalions has cautioned popular internet sensation, Mmebusem, also known as ‘Local Jesus’ to cease mimicking Jesus or face the wrath of God. According to the prophet, God has revealed to him that Mmebusem will soon go blind and die if he fails to put …

The US has begun the process of withdrawing from the Paris Agreement, notifying the UN of its intention to leave, as other countries expressed regret and disappointment at the move. The notification begins a one-year process of exiting the global climate change accord, culminating the day after the 2020 US …

The Ashanti regional police command has commenced investigations into an armed robbery attack on the Member of Parliament for Nhyiaeso. The lawmaker, Kennedy Kankam, and his family, according to the police, were allegedly attacked at their residence by three armed men on Sunday, 3 November 2019. The MP, the police …

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has stated that God is not wicked and an unjust person to return former President John Mahama and the National Democratic Congress to power. Speaking to Chiefs and people in the Volta Region on Monday as part of a two-day tour of the region, the …

Germany IS set to consider the importation of trained nurses from Ghana to help in the provision of proper healthcare in that country. Dietnar Brockes, Chairman of the Committee for European and International Affairs, State Parliament of North Rhine-Westphalia, Federal State of Germany, made the disclosure in Kumasi when he …

The National Teaching Council (NTC) says Ghana will be able to fully export professional teachers to countries where their services are needed after the teacher licensure exam certificate takes full shape. In November last year, the Ministry of Education, disclosed that Ghana had begun processes to export trained teachers to …

A 38-year-old unemployed man who conspired with two others to dupe a trader of her GHC50,000, under the pretext of securing her a market stall at the Kumasi Central market, has been remanded by a Kumasi Circuit Court for fraud. Godwin Ackom, pleaded not guilty to the charge. He would …

Teacher Unions of the country have called for the immediate suspension of the policy for the payment of GH¢200.00 each by the In-Service Teachers to secure Teacher Professional Licences. They also requested that the payment of GH¢100.00 Renewal Fees of the licence for every two years should be deferred. They …

Ahead of the 2020 budget, Judicial workers are calling for an upward review of their salaries, threatening a sit-down strike should the government fail to accede to their demand. According to the workers, their action is preemptive, as intelligence picked from the government sources suggests that government is seeking to sidestep …