You may have seen a social media notice of an impending increase in funeral wailing fees by ‘professional criers’. Well, it is true. Potential patrons must be prepared to pay double the 2,000 Ghana cedis minimum and 4,000 Ghana cedis maximum advertised for their service. I caught up with one …
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Gov’t altered original PDS deal for NPP cabals – Minority
The Minority in Parliament has accused the Akufo-Addo administration of fudging the original Power Compact II agreement to handover the management of the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) to surrogates of the New Patriotic Party (NPP). “This project was expected to significantly improve access to electricity, ensure operational efficiency, turn …
Read More »IGP visits murdered police woman’s family
The Acting Inspector General of Police, (IGP), James Oppong- Boanuh, has visited the family of the murdered female police officer in Tamale. The IGP and his team visited the family to offer condolences. Addressing the family, the IGP said the police service viewed the murder case as a very serious …
Read More »Armed robbers battle cops at lakeside
The exchange of fire between a gang of armed robbers and the police has led to the recovery of some items from the suspected criminals. The suspected armed robbers numbering about three allegedly attacked a house at Santeo near Lakeside and robbed occupants of their belongings including household appliances, a …
Read More »Help realise Africa Beyond Aid vision – Akufo-Addo
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has charged Finance Ministers, Central Bank Governors and African Governors of the World Bank and International Monetary Fund to help realise the vision of a self-reliant Africa that is no longer dependent on the receipt of aid and charity. Addressing the African Caucus Meeting of …
Read More »Aftermath of deadly Brazil prison fight
Prison officials have begun transferring the ringleaders behind a deadly fight at Altamira jail in north-eastern Brazil. Fifty-eight inmates were killed when members of a criminal gang known as Comando Classe A (CCA) attacked rivals from the Comando Vermelho (Red Command) gang. The number of dead rose from 57 to …
Read More »Suspect ‘admits’ kidnapping Takoradi girls
Details are emerging about how the missing three Takoradi girls were kidnapped by their Nigerian captors. The court in Takoradi heard how Samuel Udoetuk Wills, the 28-year-old Nigerian, suspected to have kidnapped the three girls, admitted that he conspired with John Oji, 29, to escape with the girls who are …
Read More »Sacked Asante Kotoko coach Akunnor returns official car,room keys
Former Head Coach of Asante C. K. Akonnor has on Thursday morning handed over the club properties in his custody to the Management of the club month after leaving the club. Akonnor, who coached the club from October 2018 to July 2019, returned his official car, a Nissan Pathfinder, the …
Read More »Appietus’ musical works have expired – Prophet Badu Kobi fires back
The Founder of Glorious Wave International Church, Prophet Emmanuel Badu Kobi has fired at back music producer Appiah Dankwah, popularly known as Appietus. Appietus, a few days ago went bonkers on Okay FM’s ‘Best Entertainment Show’ over the prophet’s comment that Asante women are greedy and that any man that …
Read More »Ghanaians do not understand my husband – Badu Kobi’s wife
The wife of the founder and leader of Glorious Wave Church International, Mama Gloria Badu Kobi has finally spoken about her husband recent comments. According to Mama Gloria, Ghanaians do not really understand the ways of her husband, Prophet Badu Kobi. Mama Gloria stated that her husband is not just …
Read More »Nana Appiah Mensah still in jail
The woes of the Chief Executive Officer of Menzgold Ghana Limited, Nana Appiah Mensah, aka NAM1, seem to be compounding as he is said to be struggling to execute the GH¢1 billion bail granted him last week. It has been one week since an Accra Circuit Court, where he was …
Read More »Suspect ‘admits’ kidnapping Takoradi girls
Details are emerging about how the missing three Takoradi girls were kidnapped by their Nigerian captors. The court in Takoradi heard how Samuel Udoetuk Wills, the 28-year-old Nigerian, suspected to have kidnapped the three girls, admitted that he conspired with John Oji, 29, to escape with the girls who are …
Read More »NPP Communicators warned against joining campaign to fix Bawku-Bolga road
Members of the Communication Team of the govering New Patriotic Party in the Upper East Region have been cautioned against joining a campaign to get government to resume and complete work on the Bolgatanga-Bawku road. A campaign dubbed #FixBolgaBawkuRoadNOW emerged in the past few weeks, spearheaded by an advocacy group …
Read More »Ebola crisis: Rwanda shuts border with DR Congo to stop spread of virus
Rwanda has closed part of its border with DR Congo, where an Ebola outbreak has killed more than 1,800 people in the past year. At least two people have died from the virus in the past month in the crowded Congolese border city of Goma. It is the worst Ebola …
Read More »Audio: Boy, 13, narrates how he escaped from a kidnapper at Gomoa
A 13-year-old boy, in an interview with Adom News, has narrated how he mistakenly helped a kidnapper at Gomoa in the Central region and got kidnapped. According to him, the incident happened when he decided to assist a man who was carrying multiple loads in the Kasoa market, but was forcibly …
Read More »Supreme Court cancels Ibrahim’s bauxite contract
The Supreme Court yesterday ruled that the grant of three mining leases in favour of Exton Cubic, the company belonging to Ibrahim Mahama, younger brother of former President John Mahama, is null, void and of no effect. It has, therefore, cancelled the mining lease granted Ibrahim to mine bauxite in …
Read More »2019 Okuapeman Odwira festival launched In A Grand Style
Okuapeman will witness another Milestone this year the event, rich in art and culture is aimed at cleansing, purifying and re-uniting families among other things is slated for 15th to 22nd Sept. 2019. The festival will also be marked by various activities involving the re-enactment of important historical events in …
Read More »I’m not sleeping with Shatta Wale – Wendy Shay
Songstress, Wendy Shay says she’s neither dating nor warming the bed of Ghanaian self-acclaimed Dancehall King Shatta Wale as some persons have sought to suggest. There were rumours that Shatta Wale was dating Wendy Shay after he fell off with his baby mama, Shatta Michy who has vowed never to …
Read More »GHS10K bounty put on cop killers’ head
The Ghana Police Service has placed a GHS10,000 bounty on the heads of the killers of a policewoman at a checkpoint on the Kumbungu road in Tamale on 30 July 2019.According to the police, the victim was shot when she tried to stop a saloon car believed to be occupied …
Read More »Yaw Sarpong has been marked for death – Badu Kobi
Controversial prophet, Emmanuel Badu Kobi has revealed that veteran musician, Yaw Sarpong has been marked for death in 2020. He made this revelation when the musician and his group (Asomafo) joined his congregation for a prayer meeting. Yaw Sarpong who ministered at the event expressed his appreciation to the prophet …
Read More »Man, 20 and 12-year-old boy die in 1 Village1 Dam in Upper East project
Two persons have died in separate incidents in the Upper East Region after drowning in dams constructed under government’s One Village One Dam initiative. The incidents occurred on Monday, July 29, 2019, in Zuarungu-Gono in the Bolgatanga East District and Myopia in Bongo, both in the Upper East region. MyNewsGh.com …
Read More »Kwame Nkrumah: why, every now and then, his legacy is questioned
Kwame Nkrumah led Ghana to independence in 1957 – the first country in sub-Saharan Africa to achieve this feat. He’s still remembered for his unrepentant anti-colonial stance and strident Pan-Africanism. Above all, he is regarded as one of Africa’s ablest statesmen of the 20th century. Nkrumah has been ranked among leaders such as Vladimir …
Read More »Don’t scrap social studies from curricula – NaSSA
Members of the National Social Studies Association (NaSSA) have called on the government to reconsider its decision to scrap social studies from the school curriculum.The group have threatened to demonstrate and picket the Jubilee House, if the subject is tampered with.Addressing a press conference in Kumasi on Wednesday, 31 July …
Read More »15-year-old boy faces two years sentence
Adom is a boy under 18 years who has been sentenced to a two-year jail term at the Kumasi Central Prison for allegedly stealing Two thousand Ghana cedis. According to the juvenile, he will turn 15 years in three months’ time. However “the policeman who handled my case falsified my …
Read More »Cabinet approves proposals for academic user fees
Dr Mathew Opoku Prempeh, the Minister of Education, has announced that Cabinet has approved proposals for a review of academic user fees of students. He said this was done last month and have been forwarded to Parliament for ratification. Dr Prempeh said this in a speech read on his behalf …
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