It is quite rare to see Deloris Frimpong Manso popularly known in the media circle as Delay wiggle her backside. Conversations about the television personality have always been centred on her presentation and interview skills, and how industrious and tough she is but there is a twist as she has given her …
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Accra floods: Lydia Forson pens down letter to Akufo-Addo
Popular Ghanaian actress, Lydia Forson, has expressed that the perennial flooding in Accra is usually not caused by choked gutters but instead, the lack of proper drainage systems. Earlier, President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo criticized Ghanaians for what he described as the recalcitrant act of dumping rubbish into gutters thereby causing them to …
Read More »I won’t be shocked if I’m told I started Boko Haram – Burna Boy reacts to club shooting
Grammy award-winning Nigerian singer, Damini Ogulu popularly known as Burna Boy has finally reacted to accusations that his police escorts shot two people at the Cubana Club in Victoria Island, Lagos. Burna Boy who has been trending on social media for the past few days over the alleged shooting has been invited by …
Read More »Islamic SHS Demo: All 39 student-victims discharged from hospital
All students admitted to hospitals following Monday’s clash between protesting students of Islamic Senior High School and the Police in Kumasi have been discharged. 22 of them were treated and discharged on Monday while the remaining 17 students were equally discharged on Tuesday and have reunited with their colleagues on …
Read More »NDC mocked for attempting to claim credit for ongoing construction of new Tamale Airport
A number of social media users across popular platforms, Facebook and Twitter have ridiculed attempts by some NDC communicators and appointees to link former President Mahama to the ongoing construction of a new international airport in Tamale. The new ultramodern international airport, a project by the Akufo-Addo government which started …
Read More »3 KG pupils washed away after downpour at Moree
Three Pupil of Moree D/A Basic School in the Abura Asebu Kwamankese District escaped death after water washed them while playing in flood water after heavy rains on Wednesday, June 15. Information gathered by Kasapa FM news Yaw Boagyan revealed that these pupils were in the Classroom when the flood …
Read More »Watch CCTV footage of Kumasi Islamic SHS demo before police swoop
On Monday, June 13, 2022, an operation by the Kumasi Regional Police Command to disperse a group of demonstrating students led to over 30 of the students being admitted to a hospital. The students of Kumasi Islamic Senior High School had blocked portions of the Abrepo Road passing through the …
Read More »VIDEO: Man, 22, dies while trying to retrieve GHc300 from well
Residents of Meduma 80 in the Kwabere East District of the Ashanti Region were left flustered on Monday when the Fire Service pulled out the lifeless body of a 22-year–old young man from a dry well. The timely intervention of the Fire Service also helped in the rescue of another …
Read More »Investigative piece: Sex trafficking of young Nigerian girls uncovered in Koforidua
Young female Nigerians are being trafficked to Ghana for sexual exploitation through the conspiracy of some Ghanaians and Nigerians under the pretext of securing decent and well paying jobs for them in Ghana. Ghana’s Eastern Regional capital Koforidua and some major cities in have been flooded by these sex trafficked …
Read More »VIDEO: National theatre flooded after heavy downpour
The National Theatre and parts of Accra were submerged following a downpour which lasted about six hours. Characteristic of flooding in Accra, properties running into several millions of cedis were destroyed. In addition, several people were trapped in their homes as they could not step out due to the volume …
Read More »Korle Bu Teaching Hospital floods after Wednesday downpour
Parts of the Nation’s premier hospital, the Korle Bu Teaching Hospital allegedly got flooded after the rainstorm on Wednesday, June 15, 2022. A video shared on social media, after the downpour, showed the Endoscopy Department of the hospital heavily flooded even though GhanaWeb could not independently confirm if the viral …
Read More »Fuel price hikes: Ghana owns only 18% of its crude oil produced daily – NPA
Ghana owns only 27,000 barrels, representing 18 per cent of the 150,000 barrels of crude oil produced in the country daily. This is woefully less than the 96,000 barrels of crude oil the country consumes daily and does not have any significant influence on the continuous increase in prices of …
Read More »Court throws out NPP’s petition against 2020 Krachi West election results
The Hohoe High Court, after almost two years, has dismissed a petition by the New Patriotic Party challenging the election of Helen Adwoa Ntoso as the Member of Parliament for Krachi West. The NPP after the 2020 elections, filed a suit challenging the declaration of the National Democratic Congress candidate as the …
Read More »Free SHS branded T-shirts estimated to cost GH¢38m being shared for students
Starrfm.com.gh has uncovered bulk printing of Free SHS branded T-shirts for distribution to about 1,274,412 students who are currently in schools across the country. The T-shirts are being procured by the Free Senior High School Secretariat at the office of the Presidency. The cost of procuring the shirts has not …
Read More »Dr Faith Ababio- Twi Writes: Ex-Gratia
What is ex-gratia for parliamentarians, the judiciary, executive office holders and other public servants in Ghana? Do they all deserve ex-gratia? What category of public servants deserve ex-gratia? Parliamentarians get thank you (Ex-Gratia) from the Ghanaian tax payers every four years regardless of whether they are re-elected or not. A …
Read More »Burst pipe destroys thousands of goods at Kejetia market
Commodities worth hundreds of Ghana cedis contained in about 90 shops at the Kumasi Kejetia Market in the Kumasi metropolis of the Ashanti region have been destroyed. The damage according to reports was caused after some pipelines installed in the market burst again on Tuesday, June 14, 2022, after the …
Read More »Samini to contest for GIMPA SRC President
Legendary Ghanaian musician, Samini has disclosed that he is currently contesting to become the SRC President of GIMPA. The musician, who recently enrolled as a student of The Ghana Institute of Management and Public Administration (GIMPA) revealed in an interview that he is vying for the position of the SRC president and …
Read More »Mason beaten to pulp by Afigya Kwabre South taskforce
A young man believed to be in his 30’s has been subjected to severe beating and manhandling by a task force formed by the Afigya Kwabre South District of the Ashanti Region A bizarre footage intercepted by Akoma FM shows how some well built men numbering seven clad in military uniform beat …
Read More »Rainstorm rips off roof of classrooms at Walewale Tech SHS
The Walewale Technical Senior High School in the West Mamprusi Municipality of the North East Region has suspended teaching and learning activities due to a violent rainstorm which hit the area. The rainstorm which hit the area on Tuesday, 14 June 2022, affected property including that of the school. The …
Read More »The Internet Society Pledges to Expand Internet Access in Africa
● Internet penetration rate in Africa is 43% as of December 2021 ● The Covid-19 pandemic demonstrated the critical importance of Internet connectivity. ● Community Networks and Internet Exchange Points are a cost-effective way to bridge the digital divide. 15 June, 2022—As the Internet Society (ISOC) celebrates its 30th anniversary …
Read More »Bono farmers gets praised by Agric Minister for switching to organic fertilizers
Farmers in the Bono Region yesterday received garagantuan praises from the Minister of Food and Agriculture, Dr. Owusu Afriyie Akoto for strategically switching to organic fertilizer locally produced instead of striving to purchase the highly scarced and expensive international commodity of inorganic fertilizer which cannot be found. The minister was …
Read More »Agric Minister Charges Banks To Support Farmers
The Ministry for Food and Agriculture (MoFA) has charged commercial banks in the country to contribute meaningfully to agriculture by making available credit facilities to farmers. According to the sector Minister, Dr. Owusu Afriyie Akoto, it was worrying that commercial banks were reluctant in supporting farmers. “Ideally the banks are …
Read More »Six pupils killed, 13 injured after truck, bakkie collide
Six pupils have died in an accident in the Eastern Cape after a truck and a bakkie transporting school children collided, and then ploughed into pupils on the side of the road who were walking home. Police said the children are aged between 14 and 18. Police spokesperson Brigadier Tembinkosi Kinana …
Read More »Watch Kwame Nkrumah’s 1957 interview on his thought about having his head on Ghana’s currency
In the United Kingdom in 1957, not long after Ghana’s independence from its colonial masters, Kwame Nkrumah, the country’s first president, spoke about how Ghana can be an inspiration for other Commonwealth countries to become independent. Speaking in an interview in the UK, and sourced to Getty Images, Kwame Nkrumah explained the need …
Read More »Filmmaker Edgard Leroy dies in motor accident weeks after AMVCA win
Filmmaker, Edgard Leroy, has reportedly died in a fatal motor accident, which occurred at the Sagamu area of the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway on Saturday, June 11, 2022. The movie director died four weeks after he won an award for the Best Indigenous Movie (Yoruba) Category at the African Magic Viewers Choice …
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