Black Stars General Captain Asamoah Gyan has accused Ghanaians of destroying Kwesi Nyantakyi, whom he describes as an angel sent from God. According to Gyan, Nyantakyi transformed Ghana football but was mishandled and treated unfairly after Anas Aremeyaw Anas documentary aired. Nyantakyi was filmed appearing to take a $65,000 bribe …
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Police appeal for information on Osenase chief’s murderers
The Eastern Regional Command of the Ghana Police Service is calling on people in the region to volunteer information to help them apprehend the assailants of the murdered chief of Akyem Osenase, Nana Ofori Bediako. The 68-year-old man is believed to have been stabbed at his home on Monday by …
Read More »Catholic Bishops condemn Badu Kobi
The Catholic Bishops’ Conference has condemned the misogynistic comments made by founder of Glorious Wave Chapel, Prophet Badu Kobi. Prophet Kobi in a recent video suggested that Asante women are greedy, Fante women are foolish, and Ewe women are like doormats. He also advised men not to marry Asante women …
Read More »Russia explosion: Five confirmed dead in rocket blast
Five people were killed and three injured following a rocket explosion on a naval test range in Russia on Thursday, state nuclear company Rosatom confirmed. Rostacom said the accident occurred during tests on a liquid propellant rocket engine. The three injured staff members suffered serious burns in the accident. Authorities …
Read More »Four dead, 7 injured in Kwahu Tafo accident
At least four persons, all traders, have been confirmed dead while seven others are in critical condition in a fatal accident along the Kwahu Tafo-Nketepa Road in the Eastern Region. Four of the injured including the driver are receiving treatment at Kwahu Tafo Clinic while the rest including a pregnant …
Read More »Turkish sailors kidnapped off coast of Nigeria are released, reports say
Ten Turkish sailors who were kidnapped last month off the coast of West Africa have been released, according to reports in Turkish state media. The 10 men were bound for Ivory Coast aboard a container ship when the vessel was intercepted by pirates off the coast of Nigeria on 16 …
Read More »Ghana and Angola waive visa entry requirements
Ghana and Angola have waived entry visa requirements for their nationals who are holders of valid diplomatic and service passports. Holders of these passports may transit through and stay in the territory of either Ghana and Angola for a period not exceeding ninety (90) days from the date of first …
Read More »Major travel disruption after power cut across England, Wales
Commuters have been left stranded across England and Wales after a sudden power outage left nearly a million people without electricity across the majority of regions. Blackouts were reported just after 5pm in London and the South East, the South-West, Wales, as well as the Midlands, the North-West and the …
Read More »24,000 multiple registrants will be dragged to court – EC
The Electoral Commission (EC) says the about 24,000 Ghanaians cited for engaging in multiple registrations will be arraigned before district courts. The Director of Electoral Services at the Commission, Dr. Serebuor Quaicoe told Citi News that the cases were discovered in the ongoing audit of the limited voter registration exercise …
Read More »Zoomlion collaborates with GHS to train staff in Upper East on mosquito control
Zoomlion Ghana Limited in collaboration with the Ministry of Health has conducted a day’s intensive training programme on effective larval source management for its operatives executing the malaria control exercise in the various Municipal and District Assemblies (MDAs) in the Upper East Region. The training program which was organized by …
Read More »Ghana, Angola waive Entry Visa Requirements
Ghana and Angola have waived entry visa requirements for their nationals who are holders of valid diplomatic and service passports. Holders of these passports may transit through and stay in the territory of either Ghana and Angola for a period not exceeding ninety (90) days from the date of first …
Read More »Telco dropped me because I was pregnant – Yvonne Nelson
Actress Yvonne Nelson has revealed that a telecommunication company dropped her from being its ambassador because she was pregnant. The actress narrated how she was broken and hurt as she was just about three months away from delivering her baby. Before she was dropped, Ms Nelson said she was ready to …
Read More »Man order friends to gang rape wife to dead
In a horrifying incident in India, a man addicted to gambling and alcohol bet his wife after running out of money and allowed his friends to gang rape her after losing the stake. The incident took place in Jaunpur district and after the incident; the victim went to court when …
Read More »We rejected GHC25k bribe; arrested trucks smuggling PFJ fertilisers – GIS
The Ghana Immigration Service (GIS) has revealed that six of its Border Patrol Officers refused to accept a GHS25,000.00 bribe and arrested two trucks loaded with bags of smuggled fertilisers diverted from government’s Planting for Food and Jobs (PFJ) programme in the Upper West Region to be sold in neighbouring …
Read More »Ruiz-Joshua rematch set for Saudi Arabia in December
Mexican-American world heavyweight champion Andy Ruiz Jr. will fight Britain’s Anthony Joshua in a rematch in Saudi Arabia on Dec. 7, Sky Sports reported on Friday. Ruiz produced one of boxing’s biggest upsets by beating the 29-year-old Joshua with a seventh-round stoppage at New York’s Madison Square Garden on June …
Read More »GIS intercepts 1,950 bags of PFJ fertilizers being smuggled to B. Faso
Six Border Patrol Officers of Ghana Immigration Service on patrols have turn down a Ghc25,000.00 bribe and have arrested two trucks loaded with bags of smuggled fertilizers meant for government flagship planting for Food and Jobs social intervention initiative in the Upper West Region. A total of 1,950 bags were …
Read More »Ghana Manganese Company ordered to resume operations
The Ministry of Lands and Natural Resources has rescinded its decision to shut down the Ghana Manganese Company (GMC). The sector Minister, Kwaku Asoma-Cheremeh, said the decision was reversed following meetings with the company and some stakeholders. Mr Asoma-Cheremeh on Monday announced the shutdown of the company for allegedly causing …
Read More »More buildings demolished at Ridge to make way for National Cathedral
More state buildings from which some judges were evicted have been demolished to pave the way for construction work on the controversial National Cathedral to begin at the plush Accra Ridge. About 50 buildings made up of offices and residential apartments for state officials, have been earmarked for demolishing. Court …
Read More »‘Badu Kobi is a womanizer and a mad man’ – Akua Donkor
Founder and leader of Ghana Freedom Party popularly known as Akua Donkor has descended heavily on the head pastor of Glorious Wave Church International, Prophet Emmanuel Badu Kobi. According to the politician, Prophet Badu Kobi is a fake pastor who has not been called by God to serve. Akua Donkor …
Read More »Oyedepo curses killers of Winners Chapel’s pastor in Kaduna
David Oyedepo, founder of the Living Faith Church Worldwide, also known as Winners Chapel, has placed curses on the killers of Jeremiah Omolewa, a resident pastor of the church in Romi New Extension, a suburb of Kaduna. Omolewa was travelling with his wife and son to Abuja on Sunday when …
Read More »Unravelling Takoradi missing girls case: Where the police picked the fourth skeleton
The police has discredited claims that the place, where the fourth skeleton was recovered as part of investigations into the case of the missing Takoradi girls was a cemetery. On Tuesday, August 6, 2019, the team of forensic experts found the fourth remains, incidentally in the uncompleted building from where …
Read More »Police foil robbery attack on Filling station, arrest two suspects
The Swift intervention of Night Police patrol team in Suhum Thursday dawn around 3:00 am foiled a robbery attack on a Shell Filling Station along the Suhum to Asamankese Road. The armed robbers numbering five, armed with chisel, hammer, cutter, knives first attacked the watchman on duty and held him …
Read More »Mouse causes ‘dumsor’ in Kumasi
A big mouse, which certainly is stubborn, recently caused power cuts in some areas in Kumasi, the capital of Ashanti Region, it has been revealed. Power supply to affected areas suddenly got cut and attempts by the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) to detect the fault and repair it always …
Read More »Cocoa farmers’ price to be increased to GHC8,000 per tonne
Ghana will raise cocoa farmgate prices by 5.2% for the 2019/20 season, the first increase in four years, following strong sales of export contracts to chocolate makers and cocoa houses, industry sources have told Reuters. The farmgate price will rise to GH¢8,000 (US$1,523.81) per tonne for the season starting in …
Read More »Ghana’s entertainment industry is dangerous and full of hypocrites – Guru
Rapper, Guru says the entertainment industry in Ghana is a dangerous one and therefore one needs to pretend he’s cool with everyone just to succeed. He indicated that people making up the industry are selfish and always want the best for themselves at the expense of their colleagues. He made …
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