Manchester City won the Community Shield on penalties after edging Liverpool in an entertaining game in front of a raucous Wembley. Georginio Wijnaldum’s penalty was saved by Claudio Bravo with Gabriel Jesus scoring the winning kick. The meeting between two outstanding sides did not disappoint. City’s Raheem Sterling finally scored …
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T’di kidnappings: Third suspect arrested in Nigeria
A third suspect has been arrested in connection with the kidnapping of the three Takoradi girls, online news portal mynewsgh.com has reported. The suspect, identified as Chika, is alleged to have played a key role in the whole crime and arrived in Koforidua on July 29, 2019. Information had it …
Read More »Badu Kobi’s junior pastor ‘slaps’ protestor
A junior pastor of controversial man of God, Prophet Badu Kobi allegedly slapped a protestor at the church premises Sunday. The incident happened when the protestors who had stormed the church to demand an unqualified apology from the pastor for suggesting that ‘Asante women are greedy, Fante women are foolish, …
Read More »Houses set on fire in Bolga again over chieftaincy dispute
Some residents of Bolgatanga have been rendered homeless after their houses were set ablaze in the latest clash said to be related to a longstanding chieftaincy dispute between two factions in the municipality. Police and military personnel are on patrols in the troubled community as the Regional Security Council (REGSEC) …
Read More »Security personnel saves chief from being lynched
The timely intervention of security personnel at the weekend saved Togbe Ananipati V, a claimant to the paramount stool from being lynched at a grand durbar to climax this year’s apenorto festival of the chiefs and people of the mepe traditional area. The festival is currently underway at the Presbyterian …
Read More »Sowore: Buhari under fire as Wole Soyinka reacts to arrest
Nobel Laureate, Prof. Wole Soyinka, on Sunday, condemned the Buhari government over Omoyele Sowore’s arrest. He described the act by by the Department of State Services (DSS) as “a terrorist midnight arrest.” Sowore is the convener of ‘#RevolutionNow’ protests, which has been scheduled to hold nationwide on Monday, August 5. …
Read More »Dayton shooting: Nine confirmed killed, gunman also dead
Nine people have been killed and at least 27 injured in a mass shooting in Dayton, Ohio – the second in the US in 24 hours. Police confirmed they killed the gunman at the scene within a minute of him opening fire. The shooting began at 01:07 local time (05:07 …
Read More »Missing Takoradi girls: 7 facts gathered about the discovery of the bodies
The discovery of human body parts believed to be those of the three Takoradi missing girls has dominated headlines since the news broke on Friday, August 2, 2019. The sighting and exhumation of these bodies follow months of waiting by the girls’ families and Ghanaians in general for their safe …
Read More »LIVE UPDATES: Liverpool vs Man City (Community Shield)
Yes, top-flight football is officially BACK. Well sort of. Good afternoon and welcome to the live commentary of the Community Shield match between Liverpool and Manchester City at Wembley Stadium. The best two teams in the land come face to face once again. Yes, it’s only the Charity Shield. Yes, …
Read More »Utilise government’s dialogue platforms – Akufo-Addo to Corporate Ghana
President Akufo-Addo has called on captains of industry and corporate Ghana as a whole to take advantage of the public, private dialogue platforms his administration has introduced to have their challenges and issues of mutual concern properly addressed. Addressing attendees of the first presidential fundraising and dinner awards night of …
Read More »Minority kicks against $11m binoculars loan
The Minority in Parliament have opposed an $11,040,425 million loan request for the purchase of Night Vision Binoculars and Monoculars for the Ghana Armed Forces. The amount is a down payment to the supplier FInanciere DUC, Luxembourg after a contract was signed with government of Ghana. According to Parliament’s Finance …
Read More »Kennedy Agyapong’s baby mama Sarah Adwoa Safo finally marries
Baby mama of controversial lawmaker for Assin Central, Sarah Adwoa Safo has married at a private ceremony in Accra, MyNewsGh.com has confirmed. Only a few associates and family members were invited to the ceremony at a secluded location, it is gathered. Details of the man who walked down the aisle …
Read More »Women demonstrators storm Prophet Badu Kobi’s church
A number of women clad in red are currently at the headquarters of the Glorious Wave Church International at Sakumono to protest alleged ethnocentric comments made by the founder Prophet Badu Kobi. The demonstrators according to images available to MyNewsGh.com are wielding a number of placards some which read” Fantis …
Read More »Former NDC MP Files To Contest For NPP In Wassa Amenfi West Constituency
The former NDC Member of Parliament of WassaAmenfi West Constituency in the Western Region of Ghana and currently the Chief Executive Officer of the Ghana Investment Fund for Electronic Computer, Mr Kofi Asante has filled his nomination to contest the primary of the New Patriotic Party which is slated for …
Read More »Amantia JHS Wins Asante-Akyim Quiz Competition
The Amantia Junior High School (JHS) has won the maiden edition of the Asante-Akyim South Municipality’s inter-schools quiz competition held at Juaso, the district capital. The school emerged winner with a total of 115 points to beat competitors from Asankare JHS which took the second position with 93 points in …
Read More »Second, Third Batch Of Accra Pilgrims Laud Hajj Board
The second and third batch of Accra pilgrims have lauded the Ghana Hajj Board for measures put in place to ensure a very successful and stress-free departure from Accra to Medina in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. According to them, transportation, allocation of room and feeding in Medina were well …
Read More »Nii Lantey in trouble; Bannerman vows to unseat him
Chairman of the National Premix Fuel Secretariat, Nii Lante Bannerman is more than certain about his chances of unseating the incumbent Member of Parliament (MP) for Odododiodoo, Nii Lantey Vanderpuye come December 2020 when the country goes to the polls. His belief is based on the growing level of enthusiasm …
Read More »Lionel Messi banned from international football for three months
Argentina captain Lionel Messi has been banned from international football for three months after claiming the Copa America was “corrupt”. Barcelona forward Messi, 32, was sent off in Argentina’s 2-1 third-place play-off win over Chile and later said the “cup was fixed for Brazil”. He has also been fined $50,000 …
Read More »Tear gas fired as Hong Kong protesters besiege police station
Hong Kong police have fired tear gas in confrontations with black-clad activists in a popular tourist district, as the Chinese-controlled territory was again rocked by anti-government protests. Officers with gas masks and shields on Saturday charged at hundreds of protesters who had surrounded a police station in the busy shopping …
Read More »Allow us to ask suspected kidnapper if our children are alive or not’ – Father of victim to gov’t
A father of one of the three missing girls in Takoradi in the Western Region, Mr. Francis Bentum is urging Government to allow them to ask the suspected kidnapper, Samuel Udoetuk Wills whether their children are still alive or not. According to him, if they are not alive they will …
Read More »Bryan Acheampong, Tiwaa must resign if human parts retrieved are the missing girls’ – Family
Families of the three Takoradi kidnapped girls have suggested that the hierarchy of Ghana’s security apparatus should resign if it is established that the human parts recently discovered by the Police are that of the missing girls. This follows announcement by the police that they have retrieved human parts in …
Read More »Update: Assemblies of God members in Volta lake accident; 4 dead
A canoe carrying 10 members of the Assemblies of God Church from Senchi to Old Akrade in the Asuogyaman district of the Eastern region has capsized on the Volta Lake. Six of the victims have been rescued while the four others were retrieved dead. They were returning from a Church …
Read More »17-year-old agricultural school pupil dies in hostel fire
A 17-year-old pupil at Tyelimhlophe Agricultural School in Mount Frere, Eastern Cape, has died after a fire engulfed the school’s hostel. The circumstances of how the fire started are still unclear. According to police, the pupil had been locked in the hostel by the matron. “It is alleged that a …
Read More »Ogidi Brown threatens event promoters over Fameye
Ghanaian singer cum songwriter and the CEO of OGB music Ogidi Brown has cautioned and served a public notice to promoters and the general public that he will take legal action against whosoever would book Fameye for a show without booking him through OGB music. This comes following some misunderstanding …
Read More »Haruna Iddrisu playing smart on PDS scandal
The Minority leader, Haruna Iddrisu, is coming across as playing smart over the scandal that led to the suspension of the concession agreement between the government of Ghana and the Power Distribution Services (PDS) Limited. On the floor of Parliament on Wednesday, he called for a full-scale Parliamentary probe into …
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