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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 …

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, …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …