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Songstress, Wendy Shay says her answer to the question posed in the viral video was to tell Ghanaians that she can now afford somethings just by the snap of a finger. She mentioned that hitherto, she would have had to buy a phone on credit and pay but currently, she …

Youth in the East Gonja Municipality of the Savannah Region have been urged to take advantage of the sanitation market under the Community led Total Sanitation model to create jobs for themselves. This according to the Municipal Sanitation officer James Achana will reduce the increasing rate of unemployment in the …

The Member of Parliament for Atwima Nwabiagya South Constituency in the Ashanti Region Hon. Emmanuel Agyei Anhwere, has dragged the Minister for Roads and Highways Hon Kwasi Amoako Atta to the floor of Parliament to explain why works on Sofoline-Abuakwa highway has halted. He said that it has become necessary …

The CEO of Bulk Oil Distributors Senyo Hosi has responded to a lecturer at the Political Science Department of the University of Ghana who criticised his attack on the university’s management. The businessman advised Mr Gyampo to “inspire a modern face of what UG should be” as a young lecturer. Mr Hosi …

Cardinal George Pell, the most senior Catholic cleric to be convicted of sexual abuse, has failed in a legal bid to quash his convictions in Australia. Pell was jailed for six years in March after being found guilty of abusing two boys in a Melbourne cathedral in the 1990s. He …

Ghana Education Service has on numerous times said that it has ban all forms of corporal punishments, which mostly are plain abuse of students, at primary and secondary schools in Ghana. In fact, even in the absence of this ban, what is done to Ghanaian students in the name of …

President Nana Akufo-Addo has complained some judges are not cooperating with his government’s fight against illegal mining. He said this after assenting to an amended law that prescribes stiffer punishment for illegal miners. “We had to take away some of the discretionary of the judges largely because with the greatest …

A planned demonstration against government by Civil Service Organisations (CSO’s) over the botched Power Distribution Services (PDS) deal has been foiled by the police. The protest, dubbed: ‘Drop PDS Demonstration’ is to express their displeasure against government’s inaction leading to suspension of the deal. But, the Ghana Police Service has …

Government of Ghana is implementing policies that will help instill the habit of cocoa consumption in the populace and will, in the long run, create a market for cocoa products in the country. One of such policy initiatives is to provide a cup of cocoa drink to all Kindergarten and …

Asantehene Otumfuo Osei Tutu II is hurt by the tragic killing of his sub-chief and war marshal, Asamponhene Nana Kwadwo Afuduo. That’s how Monarchical Historian, Osei-Bonsu Sarfo Kantanka, sums up the mood of the Asante King. He says Otumfuo is devastated by the death of his close relative and long …

The Environmental Investigative Agency (EIA) says it is ready to provide to the special prosecutor evidence that corruption has continued to fuel illegal Rosewood trade in Ghana despite a government ban. The Washington DC-based agency’s Africa Programme Campaigner Kidan Araya says they will be able to provide additional video, audio …

UPDATE Police in Kumasi have intensified their search for a spiritualist suspected to be linked to the killing of Asantehene’s sub-chief, Asamponhene Nana Afoduo. The suspect, identified only as ‘Alhaji’ is said to be the spouse of a prominent queen mother in the Ashanti region. Sources say he was spotted …

The military in Burkina Faso says the number of soldiers killed in a suspected jihadist attack on Monday has risen to 24. Dozens of militants are reported to have stormed the army base in northern Soum province, arriving on motorbikes and pick-up trucks. This is believed to be the heaviest …

Police in Kumasi have intensified their search for a spiritualist suspected to be linked to the killing of Asantehene’s sub-chief, Asamponhene Nana Afoduo. The suspect, identified only as ‘Alhaji’ is said to be the spouse of a prominent queen mother in the Ashanti region. Sources say he was spotted in …

The opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) has continuously criticized President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo of ‘filling’ his administration with his relatives; ‘family and friends’. According to them, the ruling government will be known as the most nepotistic administration in the history of this country. Government communicators often deny this allegation. …

Asantehene Otumfuo Osei Tutu II has been invited by the United Nations (UN) to address the General Assembly on the Culture of Peace at the United States of America. The speech will be delivered at the United Nations’ General Assembly High-Level Forum of the 25th Anniversary of the Adoption of …

The National Democratic Congress (NDC) has, in the interim, stopped electoral processes for the election of its parliamentary candidates in some constituencies across the country.The affected constituencies include Chereponi in the North Eastern Region; Kpandai and Bimbilla in the Northern Region; and Hohoe in the Volta Region.In the Western Region, …

A middle-aged man known as ‘Dr Think Twice’ has been arrested by the police in Accra after threatening to commit suicide at the Obetsebi-Lamptey Circle in Accra. Dr Think Twice climbed the Obestebi-Lamptey statue at the Roundabout on Tuesday morning (20 August 2019), to ostensibly, end his life, claiming his wife …

A television personality in Ghana, Bridget Otoo, thinks Nana Appiah Mensah, Menzgold boss, runs a Ponzi Scheme. According to her, though some Menzgold customers have fallen for the ‘soothing’ words of the Zylofon Media and Menzgold Chief Executive Officer in the speech he presented to the media at MJ Grand …

Zimbabwe’s former Vice-President Phelekezela Mphoko is being treated as a fugitive after fleeing from anti-corruption officials. Mr Mphoko was due at a police station to make a statement on allegations being levelled against him but drove away when his car was approached by the officials, AFP news agency reports. His …

A 70-year-old man was killed by one of his lions on a game farm east of Pretoria on Tuesday. Netwerk24 reports that the attack happened at the Mahala View Lodge near Cullinan, owned by the man who was attacked. Best Care spokesperson Xander Loubser told News24 that Leon van Biljon was …

The Afrobarometer Survey on Climate Change has revealed that only 21 per cent of the Ghanaian population is climate change-literate.“21% are climate change-literate, 52% have heard of climate change”, the report said.It also noted that about 56% of Ghanaians have said that the effects of climate change are unbearable to …

The amended mining law of Ghana has stipulated a minimum of 15 years and maximum of 25 years for illegal miners (galamseyers), President Nana Akufo-Addo has said.At the second meeting of the Council of State at the Jubilee House for this year, President Akufo-Addo said: “We are talking about minimum …

A senior lecturer at the University for Development Studies (UDS) has warned Ghana would ‘crumble to dust’ should the governing New Patriotic Party (NPP) get an additional four-year term at the 2020 general elections. Dr Vida Nyagre Yakong, whose word of warning is anchored in what she says is “happening” …

The acting Inspector General of Police (IGP), Mr James Oppong-Boanuh has directed specialised teams of investigators from the National Headquarters of the Criminal Investigations Department (CID) to support the Regional Commands to investigate two cases speedily and beef up security in relation to the recent murders of two police officers.Two …