LATEST UPDATES

Afoko runs to Supreme Court on bail flip-flop

Mr Gregory Afoko, who is standing trial for allegedly murdering the Upper East Regional Chairman of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) in the Upper East Region in May 2015, has filed a Certiorari application at the Supreme Court challenging a High Court’s revocation of his admittance to a bail bond …

Read More »

Court orders Gyan to pay wife over GHC200,000 as maintenance fee

The Divorce and Matrimonial Division of the Accra High Court, presided over by Her Ladyship Mrs Justice Hafisata Amaleboba, has ordered Black Stars Captain Asamoah Gyan to pay his estranged wife Gifty Gyan an amount of GH¢204,392.22 as maintenance fee. The figure covers a period of 15 months – from …

Read More »

Police discover another detention camp: rescue 108 inmates

Kwara state police command has paraded no fewer than 108 children and women it rescued from illegal rehabilitation centre. The command said it rescued the victims from Gaa’Odota in Ilorin West local government area of the state. Commissioner of Police Kayode Egbetokun said the command acted on an intelligent report …

Read More »

California wildfires: Thousands evacuated as flames rage

About 40,000 people have been evacuated from their homes as wildfires rage through California. Firefighters are struggling to contain the blazes as they engulf land and burn buildings in the north and south of the western US state. The fires are being driven by powerful winds, which are expected to …

Read More »

Vote transfers, special and proxy-voting procedures start Friday

The Electoral Commission (EC) of Ghana has scheduled Friday, 25 October 2019 to Monday, 4 November 2019 to receive applications for transfer of votes, as well as special and proxy-voting. The exercise will be undertaken at the district offices of the EC across the country. The election-conducting body made the …

Read More »

You will soon get a discount for exposing tax evaders

Board Chairman of the Ghana Revenue Authority, Prof Stephen Adei has revealed plans to reward whistle-blowers. According to him, the GRA plans to revive an old practice where persons who expose tax defaulters are given a portion of the money when it is retrieved. “When you evade tax, there’s a …

Read More »

Randy Abbey elected GFA Exec C’cil member

A former spokesperson for the Ghana Football Association (GFA), Mr Randy Abbey, has been elected to the new Ghana Football Association (GFA) Executive Council. Two other football administrators were also elected to the council on Thursday, 24 October 2019. They are Samuel Anim Addo and Mark Addo, who will be …

Read More »

‘Tramadol induced commentary’- TEIN responds to Frank Asiedu

The Tertiary Education Institutions Network (TEIN) of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) has expressed discontent at the utterances of the Director of Political Affairs at the office of the Chief of Staff, Frank Asiedu Bekoe. The Mr Bekoe speaking at the NPP’s Tertiary Education Students Confederacy Network (TESCON) handing ceremony …

Read More »

Prospective running mates of Mahama

For some days now there has been horse-trading and high-level politicking over who would become the running mate of the former President Mahama on social media and newspapers. Selecting a running mate is so crucial that it can either make or mar Mahama’s race to Ghana’s seat of power again …

Read More »

I raped my 2 daughters to test my manhood – Father

One Joseph Sunday of Obot Ideng, in Ibesikpo local government area of Akwa Ibom state, has landed himself in police net for allegedly raping his two daughters aged nine and thirteen years. The suspect, it was gathered had been having threesome with his daughters for over three years after he …

Read More »

GRA locks up aluminium firm Pasico over GHC4m tax

The Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) has locked up Pasico Ghana for nonpayment of taxes. The company is known to be the best producer of aluminum frames and Louvre blades; the most popular is the Pasiguard security grills. It also deals the selling and hiring of lifting equipment and building materials. …

Read More »

We’ll deal with hate speeches – Election Security Taskforce

The Eastern Regional Election Security Taskforce has stated it will deal with hate speeches in the media as part of its “effective preemptive measures” to safeguard the peace and political stability of the Country beginning from the upcoming district level elections and Referendum. The Eastern Regional Police Commander ,COP Alphonse …

Read More »

Essex lorry deaths: 39 found dead ‘were Chinese nationals’

The 39 people found dead in a refrigerated trailer in Essex were Chinese nationals, it is understood. Police are continuing to question lorry driver Mo Robinson, 25, who was arrested on suspicion of murder. Officers in Northern Ireland have raided two houses and the National Crime Agency said it was …

Read More »

Asantehene to grace 2019 Hogbetsotso festival

Anlo Traditional Council and Hogbe Institute organising 2019 Hogbetsotso Festival  have challenged 36 communities within Anglo State to use the occasion as a platform to foster unity and cohesion among indigenes. According to Head of University of Ghana’s Department of Dance Studies Dr. Sylvanus Kwashie, the festival is anchored on  …

Read More »

TUTAG rejects gov’t proposals after eight-hour-long stakeholders meeting

The Technical University Teachers Association of Ghana, TUTAG, has rejected the government’s proposal to pay its members extra allowances instead of migrating them onto the public university single spine salary structure. Government officials led by the Minister of Employment and Labour Relations reportedly proposed the payment of entertainment and responsibility …

Read More »