Tema-based rapper Kwesi Arthur passed by Daybreak Hitz on Hitz FM, Monday and disclosed he used to avoid church to play TV games with his friends at game centres. According to him, he always felt like an outsider in the church and since he didn’t have enough friends, he would skip …
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Kidnapped girls: I was misunderstood – CID boss
Under-pressure CID boss Maame Yaa Tiwaa Addo-Danquah has said she was misunderstood when she announced three kidnapped girls have been located. The CID Director-General told Accra-based Atinka TV, she ‘wanted to give the families hope’ by that announcement, conceding, the location of the girls remains unknown. That ‘we know where …
Read More »Full list: All 26 cases at Office of Special Prosecutor
Here is a list of 26 cases receiving attention at the Office of the Special Prosecutor obtained by JoyNews. It includes opposition figures as high profile as former President John Mahama and government appointees under the Akufo-Addo administration such as Board Chair of the Ghana National Petroleum Company and national …
Read More »Selling $60m Komenda Sugar Factory for $12m is fraud – Haruna Iddrisu
The Minority Leader Haruna Iddrisu has described the Trade and Industry Ministry’s planned sale of the Komenda Sugar Factory as a rip-off. The Tamale South legislator said the decision to sell the Indian government-financed entity defies logic and has the potential to damage the existing relationship between the two governments. …
Read More »Bonzali Rural bank strives in its operations
Despite the daunting challenges in the financial sector in 2018, Bonzali Rural Bank Limited (BRB) managed to carry out its strategies extremely well to uphold its financial performance and stay afloat. As at 31st December 2018, the bank recorded a total deposit of GH26,138,762.00 as against a figure of GH26,001,724.00 …
Read More »Burkina Faso church attack: Priest among six killed
Gunmen have killed six people including a priest as Mass was being celebrated in a church in Dablo in northern Burkina Faso, officials say. The attackers, said to number between 20 and 30, then burned down the church. The town’s mayor, Ousmane Zongo, said that there was panic as other …
Read More »‘No illegal importation of sophisticated weapons into country’ – Customs
An examination carried out by various security operatives at the Tema Port yesterday, following social media circulation about sophisticated weapons imported into the country, turned out to be a wild goose chase. The examination, which started at about 9:50am and ended at about 1:20pm, indicated that the importer had all …
Read More »2 killed by rainstorm at Sherigu-Basungo
Two persons have been reported dead at Sherigu-Basungo in the Kassena-Nankana West District of the Upper East Region, following the recent rainstorm that hit the area last Tuesday. Mr Azabire Aloo, 50, and Mamunatu Fuseini, a five-year-old primary school girl, died when a house in which they were, collapsed. The …
Read More »Woman arrested for allegedly killing husband
A 45-year-old trader has been arrested by the Eastern Regional Police Command for allegedly killing her husband at Aboabo, a suburb of Koforidua, in the Eastern region. Rebecca Lamptey, suspect, who is believed to be mentally deranged, was said to have severally hit the head of her husband, Michael Opey …
Read More »Man who lost his eye during ‘Let my vote count’ demo dead
Justice Adjakuma, the young man who lost his eyes during a Let my Vote Count demonstration in September 2015 has died today 12th May, 2019 at a hospital at Malam in Accra. Let my vote count demo Some members of the Let My Vote Count Alliance clashed with the police …
Read More »XYZ, Radio Gold shutdown: Mahama question’s Akufo-Addo’s human right record
Former President John Mahama has questioned the much-touted human right record of President Akufo Addo. This follows the closure of three Radio stations affiliated to the opposition National Democratic Congress by the National Communications Authority(NCA). Radio Gold, Radio XYZ in Accra and Silver FM in Takoradi were shut last week …
Read More »I want Isaac Dogboe to quit boxing – Father
Isaac Dogboe’s father Paul exclusively hinted to Joy Sports, he will advise his son to quit boxing following the humiliating loss suffered at the hands of hard-hitting Mexican Emmanuel Navarette in Tucson, Arizona on Sunday. Dogboe was totally outclassed by the taller and more effective Navarette before a predominantly Mexican …
Read More »PHOTOS: Former Nigerian football star Christian Jacob shot dead by armed robbers
The Nigeria Police Command in Aba has begun a manhunt for the suspected killers of former Enyimba and Heartland winger, Christian Jacob, who was believed to be murdered on Wednesday night. The former player was said to have been killed outside of his house on Umuola road, Ogbor Hill, Aba. …
Read More »Gifty Gyan chases Asamoah Gyan to repay £80,000 loan
Wife of Black Stars Skipper Asamoah Gyan, Gifty Gyan is on his heels to repay £80,000 loan he took from her prior to filing for annulment of their marriage, MyNewsGh.com reports. Gifty through her lawyers is asking the court to compel the footballer cough out the stated amount which was …
Read More »2016 Polls : EC must tell us what caused system hacking – Mahama demands
Former President John Dramani Mahama has challenged the Electoral Commission (EC) to make public, details of its investigations into the hacking of its system used in collating election results electronically during the 2016 polls. He disclosed that Ghanaians and relevant stakeholders demand to know before the country goes into another …
Read More »We tolerated Oman FM because we believe in democracy – Sammy Gyamfi condemns NCA shutdowns
National Communications Officer of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC), Sammy Gyamfi has castigated the ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP) for showcasing without any iota of shame, clear intolerance and disrespect for the democratic process by shutting down some two radio stations believed to be Pro NDC through the National …
Read More »Bawku Naba, residents up in arms as armed robbers exploit abandoned Bolga-Bawku-Pulmakom Road Project
Residents of the Upper East region are up in arms against government over the delay in completing the Bolgatanga-Bawku-Pulmakom Road Project as travellers continue to wail over the distress being experienced on that road and armed robbers also are taking advantage of the terrible condition of the road to unleash …
Read More »Fear grips Ghanaians in Maryland over murder of Chris Attoh’s wife
The gruesome murder of Bettie Jenifer, wife of famous Ghanaian actor, Chris Attoh, last Friday has sent shivers down the spine of many Ghanaian residents in Maryland, USA. The sad incident has also attracted mixed reactions about what might have motivated the murder. While some suspect it could have been …
Read More »Isaac Dogboe suffers Round 12 TKO to Emanuel Navarrete in rematch
Isaac Dogboe was hell-bent on proving his title-losing effort to Emanuel Navarrete five months ago was nothing more than a fluke. The second time around not only disproved that claim but proved to be an even more lopsided affair. Navarrete had little difficulty in registering the first defense of his …
Read More »South Africa election: ANC wins with reduced majority
South Africa’s African National Congress (ANC) has been returned to office after winning parliamentary election, but with a reduced majority. The ANC secured 58% of the vote, ahead of the Democratic Alliance (DA) on 21%. The radical Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF), came third with 11%. The ANC, which has been …
Read More »Radio Gold, XYZ closure unconstitutional – Sosu
Human Rights activist and lawyer Francis Xavier Sosu has described as unconstitutional the National Communications Authority’s closure of Radio Gold and Radio XYZ. The NCA took the two radio stations affiliated to the opposition National Democratic Congress off air on Thursday for defaulting in renewing their licenses But in a …
Read More »€127m for NVTI projects
Parliament has approved a loan of €127million to overhaul NVTI programmes, Deputy Minister of Education in-charge of Technical & Vocational Education & Training, Gifty Twum-Ampofo, has disclosed. Speaking to DAILY GUIDE after touring some technical and vocational institutions in Koforidua, she said part of the loan would be used to …
Read More »BREAKING NEWS: NCA Shuts Down Pro-NDC Trinity FM and Fact FM in Bogoso
Trinity FM and Fact FM based in Prestea Huni-valley Municipality in the Western Region operated by Western Multimedia Limited has been shutdown by the National Communications Authority. According to the station’s Administrator, Thomas Tetteh he received a call from the Western Region Office of the National Communications Authority (NCA) for …
Read More »Four illegal miners jailed 16years, fined GHC96k
Four illegal miners have been jailed four years each by the Koforidua Circuit Court ‘B’ Friday for engaging in galamsey in the Atewa Forest Reserve. Additionally, they were fined Ghc24,000 each. The convicts are Kwaku Ampaabeng,32, ,Kwabena Apaw,39, ,Evans Ahenkorah,33, and Yaw Effah Boateng,51,residents of Akim Oda Nkwanta and Akim …
Read More »Chinese Helena Huang to be declared wanted by the Police
The Northern Regional Police Command has tendered an application before the Tamale High Court to get to the man who stood surety for Helena Huang to locate her. This, according to Regional Crime Officer Supt. Kwabena Otuo Acheampong, is in line with Section 104 of Act 30 of the criminal …
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