The fugitive leader of the Islamic State (IS) group has been killed in a US military operation in northwest Syria, President Donald Trump has said. Speaking from the White House, Mr Trump said Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi detonated his suicide vest during a raid by special forces late on Saturday. Baghdadi …
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Advise your spouses to make good succession plans – Advocacy expert
Women in cocoa farming with their spouses are advised to prioritise legal issues regarding farmlands and other property acquired together, to forestall needless litigations in case one of them is no more. Mrs Doreen Asumang-Yeboah, a Networking and Advocacy Expert at Tropenbos Ghana, who gave the advice said the absence …
Read More »Four Arrested For Child Trafficking In Eastern Region
The Anti-Human trafficking Unit of the Eastern Regional Police Command has arrested four suspected human traffickers including a female for using trafficked children for fishing. The suspects are Akwetey Kwame alias Frenchman, 32, Korbla Egbezutsor alias Tata , 49, Gadri Agbake alias JJ , 36 and Mawusi Amlade alias Sherifa …
Read More »Ghana has less than 20% real forest – Expert
The Technical Director in-charge of Forestry at the Ministry of Lands and Natural Resources, Mr Musa Abu-Juam, says Ghana currently has less than 20 per cent of real forest due to illegal activities, such as illegal chain-saw operations and galamsey. According to him, the country during the 20th Century had …
Read More »Ghana has less than 20% real forest – Expert
s (0) WhatsApp Facebook Twitter Google+ Email This Print This File photo The Technical Director in-charge of Forestry at the Ministry of Lands and Natural Resources, Mr Musa Abu-Juam, says Ghana currently has less than 20 per cent of real forest due to illegal activities, such as illegal chain-saw operations …
Read More »GFA President Kurt Okraku in Kumasi to watch Kotoko-San Pedro clash
With just two days in office, newly elected president of the Ghana Football Association Kurt Okraku has hit the grounds running as he arrives in Kumasi to throw his support behind Asante Kotoko in their CAF Confederation Cup clash with Ivorian side San Pedro. The passionate football administrator is in …
Read More »Heads porters to benefit from Alternative Livelihood Programme
The ministry of local government and rural development is calling for a holistic approach to solve the Kayaye menace in the country. In an address by the director in charge of human resource, Fati Lily Sorlo, at a ‘kaya Conference’’ to empower head potters assured of government’s commitment to providing …
Read More »Kuami Eugene not for me, I’m into footballers – Fantana
RuffTown Records signee Fantana has shot down any attempt to pair her up with Lynx Entertainment act, Kuami Eugene. She notes that the highlife singer is not for her as she is interested in footballers. When Dr Pounds, host of Hitz Gallery on Hitz FM, drew her attention to the fact …
Read More »My suits fashion sense predates Kimathi Rawlings’ birth – Asiedu Nketia replies critics
General Secretary of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC), Mr Johnson Asiedu Nketia has revealed that he started wearing suits as a rural bank manager even before Kimathi Rawlings, the last born and only son of former president Jerry John Rawlings was born. There have been several reports that the …
Read More »Another Ghanaian teenager stabbed to death in the UK
Two teenagers who were stabbed to death at a house party in Milton Keynes have been formally identified by police. Dom Ansah (a Ghanaian) and Ben Gillham-Rice, who were both 17, were attacked in Archford Croft, Emerson Valley, on Saturday night, reports ITV news. Thames Valley Police have now formally …
Read More »Another Ghanaian teenager stabbed to death in the UK
Two teenagers who were stabbed to death at a house party in Milton Keynes have been formally identified by police. Dom Ansah (a Ghanaian) and Ben Gillham-Rice, who were both 17, were attacked in Archford Croft, Emerson Valley, on Saturday night, reports ITV news. Thames Valley Police have now formally …
Read More »Focus on marketing Ghana to the world – Blogger to journalists
Ghanaian Blogger James Akwasi Donkor has advised a section of Ghanaian media to focus on developmental Stories , documentaries and market the various tourist sites in their various regions to the entire world. He also advised journalists and media personalities at a media seminar in Eastern Region and across the …
Read More »Corn mill operator jailed nine years for defilement
A Kumasi Circuit Court has sentenced a 38-year old corn mill operator to nine years imprisonment for defiling a nine-year-old, at Fankyenebra in Kumasi. Kwame Michael pleaded guilty and was convicted on his plea. Police Chief Inspector Mercy Quaye, prosecuting, told the Court presided over by Mrs Comfort Tasiame that …
Read More »Jomoro NPP suspends communicators from defending Akufo-Addo on radio
The New Patriotic Party (NPP) branch in Jomoro Constituency of Western Region has suspended its Communicators. They have been barred from appearing on radio to defend the party and the Akufo-Addo-led government. This harsh decision was unanimously taken by the Constituency Executive Committee of the party. This Reporter contacted the …
Read More »NAFTI beats UG, GIJ, AUCC in maiden journalism quiz
Broadcast journalism students of the National Film and Television Institute (NAFTI) were the toast of the audience on Wednesday, 23 October 2019, as they trashed graduate students from the University of Ghana, Legon and their undergraduate counterparts from the Ghana Institute of Journalism (GIJ), African University College of Communications (AUCC), …
Read More »PDS did not commit fraud – Otchere-Darko
New Patriotic Party (NPP) stalwart, Gabby Otchere-Darko says the Power Distribution (PDS) did not commit any fraud in a botched power agreement with government. According to him, he cannot fault anyone for the PDS debacle and called for Ghanaians to be fair to all individuals and parties that were involved …
Read More »Inside story of why Kumasi brothels were torched
Details have emerged about why brothels at a popular red-light district in Kumasi, the Ashanti Region capital, were razed by fire by angry residents on Thursday morning. On Thursday, sketchy information suggested that the brothels at the Sokoban Wood Village were torched because a 20-year-old man identified only as ‘Tupac’ …
Read More »‘It’s clear injustice’ – Rawlings writes to Kan-Dapaah on ‘exonerated’ Avoke’s case
Former President Jerry John Rawlings has written to the Minister of National Security, Mr. Albert Kan-Dapaah to give the former Vice-Chancellor of the University of Education, Winneba, Prof Mawutor Avoke, justice as far as his ousting from office is concerned following his exoneration by the Economic and Organised Crime Office …
Read More »2 Busted for possessing 89 slabs of ‘wee’
Police in the Bono Region have busted two people for allegedly possessing 89 compressed slabs of dried leaves suspected to be Indian hemp. Abena Abuyaa, 71, and a 35-year-old farmer, Kwadwo Kintoh, popularly known as Ghanaboy, were arrested while trying to transact business on the Adantia-Badu road, near Sunyani in …
Read More »GFA capo Kurt Okraku thanks President Nana Addo, all Ghanaians for outpouring support
Newly elected Ghana Football Association, GFA President Kurt Okraku has thanked President Nana Addo and all Ghanaians for their overwhelming support following his victory in the Ghana FA elections on Friday. The experienced football administrator will steer the affairs of the Association for the next four years. The Dreams FC …
Read More »Man stabbed to death over refusal to pay ‘sex worker’
Some youth resident at the Sokoban Wood Village in Kumasi last Thursday went on the rampage and set some wooden structures suspected to be housing prostitutes ablaze over the death of a young man in the community. The 22-year-old man, identified as Akugure Limann, was alleged to have engaged the …
Read More »Asamoah Gyan salutes newly elected GFA boss Kurt Okraku
Ghana star Asamoah Gyan has congratulated Kurt Edwin Simon Okraku following his election as the new President of the Ghana FA on Friday. The Dreams FC capo secured 44 votes in the first round of voting with George Afriyie coming close with 40 votes whiles Nana Yaw Amponsah and Fred …
Read More »Kuami Eugene references biblical story of Joseph in ‘Obiaato’
Singer Kuami Eugene has released a new song titled ‘Obiaato’ meaning everybody sings. The artiste, in the song, thanked Almighty God for His gifts. He tells critics that his musical talent comes from God but if they (critics) feel they own his talent, they can come for it. He also …
Read More »Massive turnout at Sarkodie’s ‘This is Tema’ health walk
He’s been trending the whole week; King Sark, ahead of his ‘This is Tema’ outdoor concert. Its no doubt he has got the multitudes and this only was confirmed by the hundreds of fans who joined him Saturday morning for the ‘This Is Tema health walk’. Sark Natives are indeed …
Read More »US Zimbabwe sanctions: Security minister targeted
The US has imposed sanctions on Zimbabwe’s state security minister amid human rights concerns. Owen Ncube would be denied entry to the US because of evidence he was involved in “gross violations of human rights”, a state department statement said. It called on Zimbabwe’s government to “hold accountable officials responsible for human …
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