The great Nana Kwaku Bosam, the renowned Ghanaian fetish priest has angrily blasted Bishop Daniel Obinim, founder and leader of International Godsway Church for disgracing him in his church despite the fact that he knew what he was saying was false. According to Kwaku Bonsam, Bishop Obinim is a liar …
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Vigilantism bill to be passed April 29 – Speaker of Parliament
The Speaker of Parliament, Prof. Aaron Mike Oquaye has directed that the house comes back on the April 29, 2019, to consider the passage of the vigilantism bill. The vigilantism and other related offences bill, 2019 Will be taken through a certificate of urgency as determined by the committee on …
Read More »Thunder kills man and his wife in Central Region
A husband and his wife have reportedly been struck to death by thunder in Assin Andoe Sibo Nkwanta in the Assin South District of the Central Region of Ghana. The husband has been identified as Emmanuel Botwey 27 and his wife has also been identified as Rita Nketia 26. According …
Read More »Huge Free SHS investments compromising quality education – Mahama
Former President, John Mahama, has predicted a fall in quality education at both junior and senior high school levels due to excessive investments in the Free Senior High School programme. He said education in the country is bound to suffer if the government continues to expend all its financial resource …
Read More »Full document: Vigilantism and related offenses bill 2019
VIGILANTISM AND RELATED OFFENCES BILL, 2019 MEMORANDUM The object of the Bill is to disband political party vigilante groups and proscribe acts of vigilantism in the country. Recent public elections including by-elections held in the Fourth Republic have been characterised by violence particularly by-elections held in the following constituencies: Akwatia, …
Read More »Two armed robbers jailed 25 years for stealing mobile phone
Two persons who robbed a trader at the Arts Centre in Accra have been sentenced to a total of 25 years in prison. An Accra Circuit Court on Thursday sentenced the two, Billy Kwasi, 18years and Yaw Joseph, 25 years for robbery and causing unlawful harm to a trader. Billy …
Read More »We’ll continue investing in Menzgold if NAM1 pays us – Menzgold customers
Members of the Coalition of Aggrieved Menzgold Customer (CAMC) have said they would not hesitate to reinvest their monies into the trouble gold dealership firm, Menzgold, if their locked up funds are reimbursed. “You’ll still have to drink water even if your only child drowns in water; such is the …
Read More »Police officers caught trading bail for money
Call it bail for sale. You will be spot on. In the midst of all the present concerns about the integrity of the security system, we are witnessing crime in the crime office. Corruption Watch (CW) has caught police officers taking money in order to grant bail. This is happening …
Read More »15 Teenage Mothers Benefit From Beads Making Training at Gyankobaa
Center for Integrated Rural and Child Development (CIRCDev), a Non-profit Organization has trained 15 teenage mothers atGyankobaaa rural community in the AtwimaNwabiagya Districtof the Ashanti Region on beads making. The project dubbed “HopeFor Rural Teenage Mothers” with funding from The Pollination Project in the United States of America is designed …
Read More »Video of heart-breaking ‘military’ drills at Customs Academy sparks outrage
YEN.com.gh is in possession of a video, which shows newly recruited customs officials being taken to rigourous training exercises. The exercise, which took place at the Customs Academy at Kpetoe in the Volta Region, has sparked outrage on social media. The exercise, known as the ‘Pre Arrival Exercise, is the …
Read More »GES introduces new school uniform for JHS students
The Ghana Education Service (GES) has announced the introduction of a new school uniform for Junior High School (JHS) students. Students are expected to start wearing the new school uniform from next academic year, 2019 – 2020. The Director-General of the GES, Prof Kwasi Opoku Amankwa announced this at a …
Read More »Ex-Cop killers sentenced to death
Two men who killed an ex-police officer and dumped his body into the Volta Lake at Old Marine, near Akosombo in 2007, were yesterday sentenced to death by an Accra High Court. Ebenezer Tei, aka Rastaman, a fetish priest and Felix Okpanye, farmer, who claimed to have powers to double …
Read More »Forget about Akufo-Addo; he can’t develop Asanteman – Richard Ofori Agyemang
Former Municipal Chief Executive (MCE) for Obuasi and a member of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Mr. Richard Ofori Agyemang says it is better for Ashantis to focus on how they can lend their full support to Otumfuo Osei Tutu II to develop their Kingdom than relying on the New …
Read More »Demo doesn’t construct roads-Minister tells Tarkwa residents
Residents of Tarkwa in the Western region have been urged to exercise restraint as government works to get a contractor on site to fix their broken roads. Minister for Roads and Highways, Mr Kwasi Amoako-Atta said though the demonstration was a good reminder, it was not the panacea to get …
Read More »Chainsaw operators causing power outages – PURC
The Public Utility Regulatory Commission (PURC) says the illegal activities of some chainsaw operators in the night are causing power outages in some communities in Bono, Bono East and Ahafo regions. The Regional Manager of the Commission, Patrick Antwi, who spoke to DGN Online in an interview at Sunyani yesterday, …
Read More »Ghana need luck to win AFCON – Essien
Former Ghana international Michael Essien insists the Black Stars need “a bit of luck” in order to win their fifth AFCON. The Black Stars have come close in the past nine years losing the 2010 final by a lone goal to Egypt and the 2015 final to Cote D’Ivoire after …
Read More »AFCON history: How much longer must Black Stars wait for another title?
Ghana are one of the most successful teams at the Africa Cup of Nations, having won the trophy on four occasions. Those victories, though, were achieved long ago and most of the current football generation didn’t see the celebrations that followed. The first title was won in 1963, when the …
Read More »Kotoko, Hearts record victories, as Karela ends unbeaten run
Fatawu Safiu scored in a second consecutive game to cement Asante Kotoko’s lead on top of Zone A in the ongoing GFA Normalisation Special Cup after match day four. Fatawu’s brace in the regional derby against Ashgold at the Kumasi Baba Yara Stadium, was all the goals recorded in a …
Read More »Ghana records highest rabies cases in 2017
Cases of rabies had increased to 78 in 2017 from 44 recorded the previous year, making it the second highest number since 2014 which had 82 cases. Similarly, 63,283 dogs were vaccinated against rabies out of an estimated 1,302,834 dogs recorded in the country at the end of 2017. Speaking …
Read More »Stop telling stories – NDC to NPP
The National Democratic Congress (NDC) has advised government to focus on improving the lives of Ghanaians as it promised and desist from “storytelling” to cover its failures. According to the NDC, the Akufo-Addo-led administration has worsened the state of the economy and collapsed businesses through its ill policies and poor …
Read More »Police foil attempted bank robbery in Tema
The Tema Community One Police is investigating the circumstances under which armed robbers allegedly broke into the National Investment Bank branch at the Meridian enclave on Sunday dawn. They, however, did not steal anything. The robbers numbering six, armed with knives and other implements entered the banking hall at about …
Read More »NDC Shooting: Produce Hawks in 14 days or face our wrath – Family to Yamin
There is mounting pressure on NDC’s Joseph Yamin to produce other accomplices, including the prime suspect, involved in the gruesome murder of a party member at the Ashanti Regional office. Family of Wasiu on Wednesday issued a 14-day ultimatum to the former Deputy Ashanti Regional Minister, accusing him of planned …
Read More »Sinohydro projects take off, as President cuts sod for construction of Tamale interchange
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo yesterday cut the sod for the commencement of the construction of an interchange here in Tamale in the Northern Region. The interchange, which is a dual carriage way is the first of its kind to be constructed in the Northern part of the country. The …
Read More »Police arrest 50 illegal courier, postal services operators in Accra
More than 50 illegal operators in the postal and courier services industry were yesterday arrested by a joint taskforce team in an exercise to sanitise the sector. The exercise, embarked on by officials of the Postal and Courier Services Regulatory Commission (PCSC) and the Greater Accra Regional Police Motor Traffic …
Read More »I was sacked from a bidding session because I defended NAM 1 – Nii Armah
The Director of Communications of defunct gold dealership firm, Menzgold, Nii Armah Amartefio has revealed that he was recently given marching orders from a bidding event after the organizer accused him of defending the embattled CEO of Menzgold, Nana Appiah Mensah aka NAM 1. According to him, he was told …
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