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UPDATES: Pupil Teacher defiles minor

A video of a supposed Teacher in Komenda in the central region of Ghana penetrating minor in the corner of a bathhouse of an uncompleted building has hit online and fast going viral. According to the man who finally caught the teacher in the middle of the act, he has …

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Mosquito ‘bites snoring’ Amidu over letters of lamentations

General Secretary of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC), Johnson Asiedu Nketia otherwise known as General Mosquito has taken a dig at Ghana’s Special Prosecutor, Martin Amidu over what he described as needless letters of lamentations. He reminded Mr. Amidu that he was employed by the President Nana Addo Dankwa …

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Man, 58, butchered by ‘land guards’

The Teshie District Police Command is currently holding five persons in connection to the butchering of a 58-year old man at his residence at Klanaa, a suburb of Teshie in Accra. The man, Samuel Gaius Badu, fell victim to a group of heavily built men, numbering about 15, wielding machetes, …

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FIFA approves Normalisation Committee statutes

FIFA has approved the statutes proposed by the Normalisation Committee, clearing the way for a new constitution of the Ghana Football Association. JoySports understands that the approval came in within the last 24 hours. The statutes proposed by the NC were done as a response to widespread agreement that some …

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Nigerian MPs flee chamber after snake falls from roof

Lawmakers in the south-western Nigerian state of Ondo abandoned their session on Thursday as a snake dropped from the roof, local media are reporting. Members were about to begin the business of the day when the snake dropped from a hole in the ceiling, bringing the day’s work to an …

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US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi to address Parliament next week

Popular American politician and Speaker of the US House of Representatives Nancy Pelosi is set to address Ghana’s Parliament next week Wednesday. The former California representative will be part of an entourage of US lawmakers to visit Ghana next week before parliament goes on break on Friday. As speaker of …

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Bank Fraud: Why is Otabil, Ato Essien still walking free – lawyer asks

Private Legal Practitioner, Maurice Ampaw is questioning why founder of the International Central Gospel Church (ICGC), Dr Mensa Otabil and the likes of William Ato Essien are walking free with their properties intact when they allegedly played roles in the collapsed banks. On Kumasi Fm monitored by MyNewsGh.com, he proposed that their …

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Couple busted for shoplifting at Legon Shell Shop

A man and a woman, both in their 50s, were arrested on Friday, 26 July 2019 by the Legon police command for attempting to steal from a Shell fuel station at Legon, Accra.Class News’ Jonas Ofori Yeboah, who was at the scene when the incident happened, reported that the shop …

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Hearts of Oak to part ways with Benjamin Mensah

Accra Hearts of Oak are set to part ways with their second choice goalkeeper Benjamin Mensah. Footballmadeinghana.com understands the Phobians will part ways with the former New Edubiase goalkeeper in the coming days as Kim Grant look to make changes at the goalkeeping departments of the club. According to our …

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4 dead, others injured in gory accident

Four women have been confirmed dead, with 10 other passengers injured after the bus they were travelling in got involved in an accident around Koluedor in the Ada West District of the Greater Accra Region. The accident occurred on the Tema-Aflao Highway. The bodies have been deposited at the Bator …

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NAM1 granted GHS1bn bail

The embattled Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of gold dealership firm, Menzgold Ghana Limited, Nana Appiah Mensah (NAM1), has been admitted to a GHS1-billion bail bond by an Accra Circuit Court on Friday, 26 July 2019.He is to provide five sureties.Earlier, aggrieved customers of the now-defunct firm stormed the court with …

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BREAKING: Court approves historic R5bn settlement in silicosis saga

The Gauteng High Court in Johannesburg has approved the historic R5bn settlement agreement in the lengthy silicosis case. Judge Leoni Windell found that “all the parties made an effort to ensure that the settlement agreement is reasonable, adequate and fair.” “The terms of the settlement agreement demonstrate that they succeeded …

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Vigilantism Bill finally passed into law

The Vigilantism and Related Offences Bill, 2019 has finally been passed by Parliament after corrections were effected on Clause 7 (3) of the Bill. Parliament first passed the bill last Monday, but it rescinded the passage following a motion moved by the Majority Leader, Mr Osei Kyei-Mensah-Bonsu, that the sentencing …

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Libya recovering bodies of drowned migrants

The authorities in Libya are still recovering the bodies of those who drowned after their boat sunk in the Mediterranean Sea, UN refugee agency (UNHCR) spokesperson Tarik Argaz told the BBC’s Newsday programme. He added that, according to some survivors, there were between 250 and 300 migrants and refugees on board …

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Scores of customers of defunct Menzgold have amassed at the premises of the Accra Circuit Court in anticipation of the trial of the Chief Executive Officer of the company, Nana Appiah Mensah, alias NAM1. NAM1 is said to have defrauded 16,000 people of GH¢1.68billion on the name of investing their …

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Navrongo: Police intercepts 2k bags of diverted PFJ fertiliser

The Kasena-Nankana Municipal Police command in the Upper East Region has impounded two truckloads of subsidised fertiliser meant for the government’s flagship Planting for Food and Jobs programme.The first of the two trucks with registration numbers GT 2981-09 and AS 928- 13, each loaded with 1,000 bags of the diverted …

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