The government has renamed the University of Development Studies (UDS) Wa campus, S.D. Dombo University of Business and Integrated Development Studies following the passage of the University for Business and Integrated Development Studies Bill 2018.The Minority MPs who were against the name changed refused to vote allowing the Majority to …
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I’m ready to stand before Otumfuo and prove there is a bigger kingdom – Badu Kobi
Founder of Glorious Ways International, Badu Kobi, is not ready to retract his statement regarding his stance on the characters traits of Asante women. In a video sighted by YEN.com.gh, Badu Kobi was heard saying that he is ready to stand before Asantehene, Otumfuo Osei Tutu II, and he will …
Read More »Boris Johnson’s majority cut to one seat after Liberal Democrats win UK by-election
Britain’s pro-European Union Liberal Democrats won the parliamentary seat of Brecon and Radnorshire from the governing Conservatives on Friday, a blow to Prime Minister Boris Johnson in his first electoral test since taking office. The loss reduces Johnson’s working majority in parliament to just one ahead of an expected showdown …
Read More »I have never been an NPP member — Dr. Browne Klutse
Dr. Nana Ama Browne Klutse has affirmed that she has never been a New Patriotic Party sympathiser, adding that allegations were only being peddled against her by some NPP members who feels threatened by her popularity. At the centre of the allegations is the incumbent Member of Parliament for the …
Read More »NPP slaps Ekow Ewusi with indefinite suspension
The First Vice-Chairman of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) in the Central Region, Horace Ekow Ewusi, can no longer hold and exercise his authority as the second-in-command of the elephant family in the region. This follows his indefinite suspension from the party for grossly misconducting himself. The decision for Ewusi’s …
Read More »EXCLUSIVE: Documents reveal untraceable $12.2m paid by PDS for ECG takeover
Exclusive documents secured by Joy News reveal that Power Distribution Services (PDS) paid the required $12.2 million premium to secure guarantee to finalise the takeover the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG). However, the documents again reveal that the money never got to the reinsurers in Qatar. In the letter …
Read More »It is bad; find money to pay road contractors – Minister condemns government
The Ashanti Regional Minister, Simon Osei Mensah has condemned government for its indebtedness to some road contractors and has charged it to “employ every means possible to find money to pay them”, MyNewsGh.com reports. He has described the development as worrying, saying, “I share the frustrations of the contractors that …
Read More »Amidu Gives Ato Forson 7-Day Ultimatum To Render Unqualified Apology For Defamatory
Special Prosecutor Martin A.B.K Amidu is demanding an unqualified apology and retraction of the defamatory publications Cassiel Ato Baah Forson, Member of Parliament (MP) for Aumako-Enyan-Esiam Constituency made and caused to be made against him in both the print and electronic media. According to the Special Prosecutor, the MP is …
Read More »I knew Akufo-Addo won’t honour his outrageous campaign promises – Mahama
Flagbearer of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC), John Dramani Mahama has stated that he knew for a fact, President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo was never going to honour his promises made to Ghanaians prior to the 2016 polls. According to him, the extent of regression in what was promised …
Read More »Three women remanded for stealing a child
Three women who allegedly acted together to steal a five-year-old girl at Kwadaso in Kumasi, have been remanded into police custody by the Nkawie Circuit Court. The pleas of Yaa Kyerewaa 23, Adjoa Gloria 28, both traders and Akosua Agyeiwaa 29, hairdresser, were not taken and they would make their …
Read More »South Africa’s Woolworths closed down Ghana outlets
South African department chain Woolworths has pulled the plug on its Ghanaian business after closing its two stores there, in a second retreat from West Africa. “Following a comprehensive review of our operations in Ghana, we have closed our two stores in the country,” the Cape Town-based clothing and food …
Read More »How Ghanaian Actress Kumiwaa was arrested wrongly for drug trafficking in U.S
It’s really been long since we saw veteran Kumawood actress Kumiwaa, aka ‘Sapofo’, on our screens. But Kumiwaa has finally surfaced to tell her behind the scene story and it’s very heartbreaking. Naomi Kumiwaa Banafo was on Nana Ama Mcbrown‘s show to reveal how she’s been humiliated and arrested of …
Read More »Countryman Songo ordained as a pastor?
Adom TV’s presenter for their sports show, Fire4Fire, Patrick Osei Agyemang, popularly known as Countryman Songo, has been ordained as a pastor. The outspoken and straight forward sports journalist could be seen in a viral video sighted by Dailyviewgh.com being given the nod to go out and preach to the …
Read More »Transport fares to go up as fuel price increment takes effect
Transport operators in the country are scheduled to meet on Friday, August 2 to deliberate on whether to increase transport fares following the announced increment in the Energy Sector Levy effective today. Finance Minister Ken Ofori-Atta while presenting the 2019 mid-year budget review to parliament on Monday announced increment in …
Read More »‘You don’t think deep’ – Funny Face tells radio presenter
Ghanaian comedian cum musician, Funny Face born Benson Nana Yaw Oduro has descended heavily on a radio presenter for asking if Togolese Footballer Emmanuel Adebayor was his gay partner. There have been several rumours that the comic actor is the gay partner of Adebayor; the reason the latter keeps showering …
Read More »Container of laptops for Kenya parliament arrives empty
A container that should have been full of computers donated by China to Kenya’s parliament has arrived empty. Officials are mystified by the disappearance as the seals on the container had not been broken. “I can’t understand how an empty container was loaded from China and shipped to Kenya,” the …
Read More »Pupils demonstrate over classroom defecation
Pupils of Pakro Roman Catholic Primary and Junior High School near Nsawam in the Akuapim South District of the Eastern Region before vacating on Friday embarked on a demonstration against incessant defecation in their classrooms by unscrupulous persons in the Community. The pupils backed by their teachers marched through the …
Read More »Trump to impose more tariffs on Chinese goods
US President Donald Trump has announced fresh tariffs of 10% on another $300bn of Chinese products from 1 September. The move is the latest salvo in an escalating trade war between the two countries. It came after the latest round of bilateral talks showed little sign of a breakthrough. Investors …
Read More »Tamale: Five suspects arrested over police woman’s murder
At least five suspects are in the grips of the police over the murder of a policewoman in Tamale on Tuesday. Highly placed police sources say one of the suspects sustained gunshot wound during the operation Thursday evening. The crack Police investigation team was able to retrieve the two stolen …
Read More »Defender John Boye admits corruption in Ghana Football
Black stars defender, John Boye, has heaped praises on ace investigative Journalist, Anas Aremeyaw Anas for his investigative piece on corruption in Ghana’s football. In an interview with Abeiku Santana on UTV, the former Hearts of Lions center-back admitted corrupt practices in the Ghanaian game heavily affect domestic football. “There …
Read More »Kotoko, Emmanuel Clottey case adjourned to October 22
The Accra High Court Financial Division Two has set Tuesday, October 22, 2019, for the case management conference of the case against player, Emmanuel Clottey. Head of Administration and Legal Affairs, Samuel Sarfo Duku disclosed this to Kotoko Express on Wednesday. Sarfo Duku said the case was heard during the …
Read More »19-year-old jailed 12 months for faking her kidnapping
A 19-year-old, Beatrice Naa Lamley, has been sentenced to 12 months in prison for faking her own kidnapping. Beatrice, a mobile money vendor, on June 24 this year, conspired with three others to fake her kidnapping and demanded GH?10,000 as ransom from her family. A statement released Wednesday by the …
Read More »Policewoman killed after shouting ‘Jesus, Jesus’; crime experts airlifted to Tamale to track killers
The headquarters of the Ghana Police Service, yesterday, dispatched a team of crack detectives, backed by heavily armed personnel, from the operations unit to the Northern Region to fish out the gunmen who shot and killed a policewoman on duty. The detectives, drawn from the Police Intelligence Unit, Homicide Unit, …
Read More »Ministry of Justice sued by AMA
The Accra Metropolitan Authority (AMA) has sued the Ministries of Justice; Food and Agriculture; and the Registrar General’s Department for non-compliance with notice to register with the AMA’s accredited waste contractors assigned to their areas of operations. Miss Linda Kumbuno, Prosecuting on behalf of the AMA told the Adjabeng District …
Read More »PDS saga: Gov’t begins 30-day inquiry into breaches
The government has begun a 30-day inquiry into some breaches it has detected in relation to its concession agreement with Power Distribution Service (Limited).The team conducting the inquiry comprises insurance investigation experts, officials of the Energy and Finance ministries and officials of the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) and the …
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