Below is the video Over 20 , mostly youth of Amasaman, a suburb of Accra, who assaulted Sergeant Atta Mahama SWAT Unit of the Ghana Police Service have been arrested. The suspects who are currently undergoing screening according to checks by MyNewsGh.com, were arrested at various locations on Monday night …
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ESLA PLC accrues GH¢5.9 billion in assets
The total assets accruing to the Energy Sector Levy Act (ESLA PLC) increased by 2.5% for the first quarter of 2019 compared to the same period in 2018. According to the unaudited financial statement of ESLA PLC, the figure increased from 5.76 to 5.9 billion cedis for the period spanning …
Read More »IMF warns of revenue shortfall if Africa Free Trade Agreement is implemented
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has warned that Ghana could face revenue shortfall if the country starts the implementation of the African Continental Free Trade Agreement(CFTA) this year. The IMF maintains that although the agreement will boost trade on the continent, it will affect earnings and employment opportunities in some …
Read More »Panic as dozens of soldiers storm Damongo
About 200 hundred military personnel have made a surprise entry into Damongo, the capital of the Savanna Region. The arrival of the armed soldiers have caused panic among residents in the new regional capital as authorities appear clueless of their mission. Damongo is a chieftaincy hot-spot and highway robbery hotbed. …
Read More »Machine grinds labourer to death; Chinese employer bolts
The owner of a Chinese plastic manufacturing company at Anhwiankwanta in the Bekwai Municipality of the Ashanti region has fled after one of his employees got grinded to death at the factory on Monday. Youth of the town threatened to burn down the factory after the incident, but for the …
Read More »Angry residents at Amasaman brutally assault a Police officer
The brutality of Policemen on civilians has turned the other way round as Ghbase.com has sighted a viral video where a Policeman was been assaulted by some angry residents of Amasaman. The police officer identified as Sgt. Mahanadi at the SWAT Unit of the Ghana Police Service, in the viral …
Read More »Ghanaian blogger wins World Bank Blog4Dev 2019 competition
A 28-year-old- Ghanaian blogger and Development Manager, Dinah Recheal Blankson, has been adjudged the winner of the World Bank Blog4Dev 2019 competition for Ghana. The annual essay contest, open to young Africans aged between 18 and 28, in 48 countries in sub Saharan Africa, aims at soliciting innovative ideas from …
Read More »Meet the Ugandan mother who has given birth to 42 children
Abused, sold into marriage at 12 years old, and now a single mother of 42 children; This is Mariam Nabatanzi’s story, the 39-year-old woman who has caused a stir online with news of her given birth to 42 children in just 15 pregnancy and she has been dubbed by locals …
Read More »Race for new Inspector General of Police heats up!
There is a secret, but fierce battle within the Police administration, as to who succeeds David Asante-Apeatu, as the Inspector-General of Police (IGP). Mr Asante-Appeatu’s two-year contract, runs out in three months, and The Herald is informed of an intense lobbying on the corridors of power, the homes of influential …
Read More »Controversy over Otumfour’s statue: It represents true image of Asantehene- Suame MCE
The Municipal Chief Executive (MCE) for the Suame Municipal Assembly in the Ashanti region, Hon. Dr. John Osei Bobie, has explained that the statue erected at the Kumasi Kejetia Market represents the true image of Asantehene, Otumfuo Osei Tutu II, depending on the angle one views from, as criticized by …
Read More »JUST IN: Referees boycott NC Special Competition over unpaid allowances
The Referees Association of Ghana (RAG) have announced they will no longer be officiating games effective tomorrow, until all arrears owed them are paid. In a letter signed by Deputy General Secretary of the Association, Kwao Sampson, the referees said they were compelled to take the decision because they are …
Read More »Security beefed up on University of Ghana campus after robbery attack
The University of Ghana says it will beef up security on campus as the semester’s examinations draw closer. This comes in the wake of an attack on a final year Psychology student Daniel Osei by persons suspected to be armed robbers. Daniel Osei who was butchered and sustained several cutlass …
Read More »Dawhenya protesters ‘sack’ Sam George
Aggrieved residents of Dawhenya in the Ningo-Prampram District of the Greater Accra Region, who demonstrated over deplorable roads in the area recently, have rejected plans by the Member of Parliament (MP), Samuel Nartey George, to partake in the next protest against government. Last Friday, scores of residents in Dawhenya in …
Read More »Bigwigs in NPP, NDC captured in Anas galamsey fraud part 2 – Kweku Baako hints
Editor-In-Chief of the New Crusading Guide Newspaper, Abdul Malik Kweku Baako has dropped a hint that bigwigs in both the governing New Patriotic Party (NPP) and the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) have all been fingered in the second part of Anas Aremeyaw Anas’ investigative piece dubbed, galamsey fraud. Though …
Read More »BoG to begin circulation of upgraded cedi notes today
The Bank of Ghana (BoG) will today begin the circulation of its enhanced GHc10, GHc20 and GHc50 notes. According to the Bank of Ghana, both the old and the new notes will be used concurrently until the old ones are phased out. New features on the new notes include a …
Read More »Secret training of militia in Volta Region uncovered – Police
The Ghana Police Service has confirmed the arrest of the Chairman of the Homeland Study Group Foundation (HSGF), Papavi Hogbedetor and his accomplices championing the independence of the Volta Region. According to a statement issued by the police, it has gathered sufficient evidence from the group it was readying itself …
Read More »SOUTH AFRICA: EFF vs Karima Brown: Court hears journalist is unprofessional, not objective
The lawyer representing the EFF argued in the Gauteng High Court in Johannesburg on Monday that journalist and political commentator Karima Brown did not conduct herself in a fair, objective or professional manner in her criticism of the EFF. “The journalist we are dealing with is one who is intent …
Read More »NabCo trainees settle on Friday to hit the streets
Beneficiaries of government’s Nation Builders Corps program have decided on Friday October 10 to ‘go red’ on government over the seeming nonchalance about their prolonged grievances over unpaid salaries. This was contained in a communiqué issued by the coalition on Monday May 6, 2019. The decision comes after several failed …
Read More »Africa migrants detain in a football stadium at Yemen
Children among African migrants held in Yemen Children are among over 2,000 African migrants rounded up and detained in a football stadium in Yemen, an official for the International Organization for Migration (IOM) has told BBC Newsday programme. Olivia Headon, IOM spokesperson in Yemen, said the migrants, predominately from Ethiopia, …
Read More »Taskforce to arrest sympathisers of Chinese illegal miners
The Inter-Ministerial Taskforce on Illegal Mining has threatened to arrest anyone who would own up to plead for any Chinese illegal miner who would be arrested. The Taskforce said the rate at which Ghanaians own up to plead for amicable and compromised settlements whenever a Chinese illegal miner is arrested …
Read More »SOUTH AFRICA ELECTION: IRR poll suggests KZN, Gauteng could be hung, with ANC going under 50% in both
The latest pre-election poll undertaken by the South African Institute of Race Relations (SAIRR) shows that Gauteng and KwaZulu-Natal could be hung provinces, unless there is a late surge in favour of the ANC in both provinces. The tracking poll, which was in the field from April 27 to May …
Read More »Crusader of the Independence of the Volta Region, 8 others arrested
The Chairman of the Homeland Study Group Foundation (HSGF), Papavi Hogbedetor and eight others championing the independence of the Volta Region were on Sunday evening picked up by a combined team of armed police and military personnel, MyNewsGh.com has confirmed. It is not known why they were arrested but this …
Read More »‘I miss Hon. Kennedy Agyapong’ – Sarkodie
Ghana’s number one rapper, Sarkodie in a recent Twitter post has revealed how he misses maverick politician and legislator, Hon. Kennedy Agyapong. The popular and loud legislator has been off national issues lately, and is not seen commenting on issues as he normally does. Sarkodie took to Twitter and posted, …
Read More »2019 AFCON: South Africa confirms Ghana friendly
South Africa coach Stuart Baxter has confirmed that his side’s AFCON 2019 preparation games will include the Black Stars of Ghana. In addition to revealing a training camp in Dubai, Baxter confirmed that a friendly with Kwesi Appiah’s sixth-ranked team has been agreed on. “We want to play an international …
Read More »Deputy GCB-Bank MD caught in age-cheating
As President Akufo-Addo sacks over 60-year Olds from government, the Deputy Managing Director (MD) of GCB-Bank in-charge of operations, Samuel Amankwah, has been caught in an age-cheating scandal, affording him extra years to remain at post, at a time he is supposed to have retired. Documents available to The Herald, …
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