Ex-Ghana striker and 2008 Africa Cup of Nations poster boy Junior Agogo is reported dead at age 40, GHANASoccernet.com can exclusively report. The leading football website can confirm that the former Zamalek player passed in London on Thursday morning. Agogo was hospitalized in 2015 after suffering stroke which debilitated him. …
Read More »LATEST UPDATES
We’re angry over Senyo Hosi’s attack – UTAG Legon
Members of the University of Ghana branch of the University Teachers Association of Ghana (UTAG) say they are angry over the comments of the the Chief Executive Officer of the Chamber of Bulk Oil Distribution Senyo Hosi against the university and its management. The lecturers say they believe Mr. Hosi …
Read More »SAD as Angry father allegedly beats DAUGHTER to DEATH
In a sad report, an angry father has allegedly killed his little daughter. According to reports, the incident happened at Akure, Ondo State, Nigeria. Per what we gathered, the father killed the little girl by beating her massively resulting in the girl’s death. Details about the little girl’s death is …
Read More »Police retrieve phone of Otumfuo’s Asamponhene
The mobile phone of the late Asamponhene of Otumfuo Osei Tutu, Oheneba Kwadwo Afodour, which was retrieved from his vehicle at the crime scene is giving the Ashanti Regional police a clue which will help them close in on the perpetrators of the heinous crime. The police began investigations into …
Read More »St John’s Hospital and fertility Center Donates Ambulance To Ghana Prisons Service
The St. Johns hospital and fertility center founded by the Affable Member of Parliament for Effiduase-Asokore Constituency Dr Nana Ayew Afriyie, as part of their social responsibility donated an ambulance to the Ghana Prisons service by the acting CEO, Madam Maame Yaa Antwi on behalf of the workaholic legislator and …
Read More »unCredit sues BoG
The management of uniCredit has sued the Bank of Ghana (BoG) for revoking the licence of the company.uniCredit is praying the Human Rights Division of the High Court to dismiss the action of the central bank.In a writ filed on Monday, 19 August 2019, Hoda Holdings Limited, the mother company …
Read More »$39m Dubai JD: Write for help – AG to NAM1
The Attorney-General’s Office has advised the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Menzgold, Nana Appiah Mensah, to officially write to seek assistance to claim a $39 million judgment allegedly awarded his company in Dubai.Similarly, lawyer for some of the affected customers of Menzgold, Amanda Clinton, has also said the businessman would …
Read More »A/R: 4 arrested over cop’s murder
The police command in the Ashanti Region has arrested four suspects in connection with the murder of a police officer by armed robbers at Manso Abodom Dome in the Amansie West District.The suspects include two men and two women.The Deputy Regional Police Commander, ACP David Agyemang Adjem, told the media …
Read More »Dead Swedru cop was depressed after diabetes diagnosis – Widow
It has emerged that the Police Officer found dead on duty with a gunshot wound at Akyem Swedru in the Eastern Region was depressed after he was diagnosed with diabetes. The widow, Aisha Asare, popularly known as Twumwaa Angelina on Wednesday, August 21, 2019 told the media after the visit …
Read More »Mahama Is A “Terror” To Free SHS – Wontumi
The Ashanti Regional Chairman of the ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP), Bernard Antwi Boasiako popularly, known as “Wontum” has described Former President John Dramani Mahama as a terror to NPP flagship policy Free Senior High School. According to him, Mr. Mahama is against education and he appears confused and as …
Read More »Goldsmith shoots colleague in disagreement over gold in Kumasi
A disagreement between two goldsmiths turned bloody when one shot the other at Ashanti New Town K.O., a suburb of Kumasi on Wednesday. The victim, Kofi Brentuo is said to be in critical condition after one Nana Asamoah reportedly fired at him three times at close range. He was rushed to nearby …
Read More »#OFOR Campaign: Fix Our Roads Now or Forget 2020 Elections- Obuasi Residents
Residents and motorists at Obuasi West Municipality of the Ashanti region have threatened to vote against the Nana Addo led government if they refuse to fix bad roads in the area before the end of 2018. They said several efforts had been made to get the attention of the authorities …
Read More »LPG Operators Strike: Taxi Drivers, Consumers Queue For Gas in Kumasi
The ongoing strike by the LPG operators in the country has left some drivers and consumers no choice but to travel long district in search of gas for domestic and commercial activities in the country. Otec News reporters Kwame Agyenim Boateng and Yvonne Osei after visiting some gas stations in …
Read More »PPI for petroleum sub-sector records 42.2 %
‘The Producer Price Inflation (PPI) in the petroleum subsector was 42.2 percent in July 2018. The rate decreased to 31.1 percent in September 2018, the Ghana Statistical Service (GSS), has said. However, the GSS said, the sector increased again to 36.1 percent in October 2018 but resumed a downward trend …
Read More »Small scale miners welcome new mining law
The Ghana National Association of Small Scale Miners (GNASSM) has welcomed the amended mining law, but with some reservations that it says must have been addressed before the president would assent to the bill. The amended Minerals and Mining Act, 2015 (Act 900) and the Minerals Commission Act, 1993 (Act …
Read More »Immigration intercepts non-custom vehicle
Officers of the Ghana Immigration Service (GIS) at Menusu in the Kadjebi District of the Oti Region have intercepted a Nissan Navara pickup vehicle with suspected fake documents and registration number. Mr Felix Klu-Adjei, Volta Regional Public Relations Officer, GIS, in an interview with the Ghana News Agency, said the …
Read More »WADUME: Investigative panel worried over confessional video
The Joint Investigative Panel set up by the Defence Headquarters to unravel the circumstances surrounding killings of three Police detectives and a civilian in Taraba during an encounter with troops of the 93 Battalion is worried over the trending confessional video of the principal suspect in the case, Alhaji Hamisu …
Read More »Military panel probes Wadume’s confession, invites Police
The Joint Investigative Panel set up by the Defence Headquarters, Abuja, to probe the killing of three police in Ibi, Taraba State, has opened an investigation into the video showing arrested kidnap kingpin, Hamisu Wadume, indicting soldiers over his escape. This is just as the DHQ on Wednesday invited the …
Read More »Suicides and Personnel killings: Police needs Psychology Unit to manage situation
Executive Director of Platform for Peace and Security Africa, Mr. Abass Osabutey, has suggested for an establishment of a Psychology Unit under the Ghana Police administration to help manage the rising rate of suicide and killing of personnel in the Police Service. According to the security expert, the trend of …
Read More »I’d rather listen to Bob Okala than Agyinasare – Owusu Bempah
The Founder and Leader of the Glorious Word Power Ministry International, Rev. Isaac Owusu Bempah, on Wednesday left listeners of Starr FM absolutely thunderstruck when he said he would prefer listening to the late comedian Bob Okala to his fellow preacher Bishop Charles Agyinasare. Samuel Kwadwo Boaben popularly known as Bishop …
Read More »GII rubbishes corruption ranking report
The Ghana Integrity Initiative (GII) has rubbished report by a pro National Democratic Congress (NDC) news portal, Ghanaguardian.com that Ghana has been ranked the second most corrupt country in Africa. Ghanaguardian.com had attributed its reportage to Transparency International. Ghanaweb later sourced the story from Ghanaguardian.com and published. But GII in …
Read More »Manasseh exposé: PPA boss’ company busted selling gov’t contracts
The question was direct. And the denial was categorical. “Is it your company?” “No!” “Then how do you know the company?” “It’s my cousin,” said A.B. Adjei, the CEO of Public Procurement Authority (PPA). Investigations by freelance investigative journalist, Manasseh Azure Awuni, has revealed that Talent Discovery Limited (TDL), a …
Read More »I know only Sarkodie and Shatta Wale as Ghana musicians – Chioma Akpotha
Nigerian actress, Chioma Akpotha has made a shocking revelation about Ghanaian musicians. Speaking in an interview with Andy Dosty on Hitz FM-which was monitored by Zionfelix.net, Chioma said she has only heard about only two musicians in Ghana. She mentioned Shatta Wale and Sarkodie as the only artistes she knows …
Read More »Sarkodie reacts to Strongman’s new baby
Recently, rumours were rife about the pregnancy of Nana Ama who happens to be the girlfriend of rapper Strongman. Although both parties failed to accept or deny the rumors then until this day. Thus, rapper Strongman is now a dad, ghbase.com can say on authority. The prolific rapper and girlfriend …
Read More »No room for potbelly men at 2019 Atopa Festival – Fetteh women warn
If you are a potbelly man who has plans of taking part in this year’s Atopa Festival, which is celebrated by the people of Gomoa Fetteh, you may have to reverse your plan. This is because the women of Fetteh have served notice that only men with flat tummies will …
Read More »