Some first year students and their parents who turned up at the Mfantsipim Senior High School (SHS) in the Central Region with their trunks and chop boxes on Sunday have been left stranded after they were turned away by authorities of the school. The school’s authorities claim the students who …
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Ghana’s commitment to terrorism fight absolute – Nana Addo
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has urged the Authority of Heads of State and Government of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) to accept and implement the ECOWAS Commission’s proposals on dealing with terrorism in the Region. According to President Akufo-Addo, the Commission’s plan, when properly implemented, can …
Read More »Excessive consumption of ‘koobi’ can cause heart-related diseases – Cardiologist
A cardiologist has cautioned against excessive consumption of salted tilapia (koobi) citing it as one of the causes of heart-related diseases. Dr Abdul Sahmed Tanko further described foul-smelling fish known popularly as ‘momoni’ as dangerous for one’s health and thus, has to be taken in moderation. Speaking at the launch of World Heart …
Read More »Farmer kills wife for preventing him from marrying a second wife
A 36-year-old farmer has allegedly killed his wife at Nyangekura, a farming community in the Sawla-Tuna-Kalba district of the Savannah region. The suspect, Samba Sochire, according to reports beat his wife to pulp for not giving him consent to marry a second wife. Some residents who spoke to Adom News …
Read More »Terrorism: Commit to combat menace – Akufo-Addo to ECOWAS
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has urged the Authority of Heads of State and Governments of ECOWAS member states to accept the ECOWAS Commission’s proposal on efforts to combat the menace of terrorism, and demonstrate genuine commitment towards its implementation. According to the Ghanaian leader, the very prospects for the …
Read More »Ghana’s tribute to Mugabe
We are here to join you to bid goodbye to one of the most formidable warriors in this continent. And I feel especially privileged to represent my country and President Nana Akufo-Addo to deliver this humble tribute. I thank those who preceded me for what they also had to say. …
Read More »10 killed in stampede at Mozambique
At least 10 people have died and 98 were injured in a stampede at a campaign rally of Mozambique’s President Filipe Nyusi, health authorities have said. Nampula Central Hospital management’s said the deaths and injuries occurred when a crowd tried to move through a single gate of a stadium in …
Read More »O/R: Over 50 NDC Supporters Defect To NPP After Seeing Electricity For The First Time
About 50 supporters of the largest opposition party National Democratic Congress (NDC) in Njare and Motoway in the Krachi East constituency of the Oti Region have defected to the governing New Patriotic Party (NPP) after their communities benefited from rural electrification projects. The group is of the view that developments in …
Read More »16 Communities In Krachi East Constituency Get Electricity
The Member of Parliament for Krachi East Constituency in the Oti Region, Hon. Michael Yaw Gyato has extended electricity to 16 communities in the constituency. The supply of electricity to the communities which was made possible through the able facilitation of the member of Parliament formed part of efforts towards …
Read More »W/R Minister Calls For Zoomlion’s IRECOP To Avert Sanitation Disaster
There is a sanitation disaster waiting to explode within the Sekondi -Takoradi Metropolis of the Western Region as the Assembly lacks capacity to manage the overly full landfill site in the city whiles various contractors abandon site due to non-payment. The health threatening state of the Sofokrom Landfill site which …
Read More »EC extends voters register exhibition to 20 September
The Electoral Commission (EC) of Ghana has announced the extension of the period for the nationwide exhibition of the voters register from Tuesday, 17 September 2019 to Friday, 20 September 2019. In view of that, all persons who registered for their voter’s ID cards from 2012 to 2019 are entreated …
Read More »Zimbabwe’s Mugabe to be buried in new national shrine
The burial of Zimbabwe’s founding president, President Robert Mugabe, will be delayed for a month until a special site can be built at the National Heroes’ Acre monument, a family spokesman said Friday. The announcement is the latest turn in a dramatic tussle between his family and the country’s current …
Read More »Cocoa Board signs $1.3b loan for cocoa purchase
Ghana Cocoa Board on Friday signed a 1.3 billion dollar loan agreement with international banks to fund the purchases for the 2019/20 cocoa season, due to start in early October. The loan agreement was signed in Paris, France, with 24 banks, including Societe Generale, Netbank, Naxitis, MUFG bank and Ghana …
Read More »Six-months-old baby killed in Kwahu Tafo accident
A six-months-old baby has died in a fatal accident which involved a Mobile Clinic van belonging to St.Josephs’ Clinic at Kwahu Tafo and a Commercial Vehicle. The accident occurred Friday at about 4pm. The Nissan Patrol being used as Ambulance with Registration number ER. 735R was rushing a patient in …
Read More »JHS graduate commits suicide over SHS enrollment
A 15-year-old Junior High School graduate is reported dead at Gomoa Asafo in the Agona East District by suicide, joydaddymultimedia.com can confirm. The deceased, Isaac Arhin, popularly called Yaw, is said to have taken his life due to a decision by the family for him to learn a skill instead …
Read More »Carpenter commits suicide over wife’s infidelity
A carpenter, identified as Abiodun Tijani, has committed suicide by hanging over the alleged infidelity of his wife, according to a report by TheNation. The incident happened inside his one-room apartment at 1, Abeokuta Street, Alagbado, Lagos. It was gathered that he decided to take his own life after finding …
Read More »NPP to win 2020 elections – EIU report
The Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU) has predicted victory for the ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP) in the 2020 election in its latest report. The report leased on Friday September 13,2019 and sighted by StarrFM.com.gh said the NPP and President Akufo-Addo will win next year’s election because Ghanaians see them as better custodians …
Read More »Ghana, Ivory Coast strike first cocoa deals with living income premium
Ivory Coast and Ghana have agreed initial deals to sell cocoa with a living income premium of $400 a tonne added to the price, in a bid to reform the way global cocoa is priced, industry sources and a government source told Reuters. In a move aimed at easing pervasive …
Read More »COCOBOD secures $1.3 billion for 2019-2020 season
The Ghana Cocoa Board (COCOBOD) has secured US$1.3 billion from a consortium of 24 banks to finance cocoa purchases in the 2019/20 cocoa season. The syndication, led by Natixis Bank, MUFG Bank Limited, Rabobank Group, Nedbank, Societe Generale and the Ghana International Bank, will attract an interest rate of .055 …
Read More »Cops’ political colours ‘not my concern’ – Akufo-Addo
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has stated that he is not in any way interested in knowing the political affiliation of serving officers of the police or any of the security agencies. Addressing graduates and attendees of the 49th cadet officers graduation parade at the Police Academy, Police Depot, Tesano, …
Read More »Solomon Asante is USL Best Player for August
Phoenix Rising captain, Solomon Asante, was the toast of the USL for the month of August. The award was handed to him on Thursday and it was his second personal accolade of the season after he picked it up in June this year. Asante scored for six times for Rising …
Read More »We are ready for Etoile so come support us – Kjetil Zacheriassen
Kumasi Asante Kotoko have a match with destiny on Sunday as Etoile Sportive Du Sahel is the only stumbling block to group stage appearance in the CAF Champions League for the first time in thirteen years. The porcupine warriors dispatched off Nigerian side Kano Pillars in their preliminary round fixture …
Read More »Confirmed: GFA Elections scheduled for October 25
The Normalisation Committee of the Ghana Football Association (GFA) has confirmed the date for the long-awaited election of new leadership to manage the affairs of the Association. Per a statement on the GFA’s website, the Congress to elect the President as well as the swearing in ceremony will be held …
Read More »NPP executives suspended over Obuor’s parliamentary bid
About 39 polling station executives of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) in the Asante Akyem South constituency of the Ashanti region have been suspended indefinitely, for supporting former President of the Musician Union of Ghana (MUSIGA), Bice Osei Kuffour, popularly known as Obour. Their crime, according to reports, was honouring …
Read More »8 die in accident
A fatal accident that occurred at the outskirts of Tuobodom on the Techiman-Kintampo Highway yesterday afternoon, resulted in the death of eight people. Police say at about 2:30p.m., a driver, Yaw Offin, together with some people was driving a Mercedes Benz cargo truck, with registration number AS9554-G, loaded with foldable …
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