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Chiefs, people of Effutu marks high point of Aboakyer festival

The chiefs and people of the Effutu Traditional Area in the Central Region have held a durbar in Winneba to climax the annual Aboakyer festival. The festival climaxed with the accustomed hunting of a live deer from the sacred forest was undertaken by the Dentsifo and Tuafo Asafo groups. There …

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MoMo users in Kumasi draw up ways to avoid E-Levy charges

The introduction of the Electronic Transfer Levy has been met with a lot of opposition from various institutions and individuals in the country. Despite the strong opposition from the Minority in parliament against the bill, the Majority succeeded in passing it in March 2022. Some citizens, in a bid to …

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Free SHS increasing Ghana’s unemployment challenge – Asantehene

Asantehene Otumfuo Osei Tutu II has said that although the Free Senior High School (SHS) policy is essential to Ghana’s development, its implementation has created some challenges for the country. According to Otumfuo, the implementation of the Free SHS policy which has led to an increase in enrolment in secondary schools in …

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Man arrested in connection with murder of Hillary Gardee

A 39-year-old man was arrested in Schoemansdal on Friday morning in connection with the murder of Hillary Gardee in Mbombela. “What we want to say is, we did effect one arrest today,” said Mpumalanga police commissioner Semakaleng Daphney Manamela late on Friday night. “We are cracking this case.” According to …

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Trader remanded for defrauding immigration officer over GH¢400,000

A 28-year-old trader, Dorcas Twene Amankwa, has been remanded by the Circuit Court in Accra for allegedly defrauding an Immigration Officer to the sum of GH¢400,000. The accused person pleaded not guilty to the charge of defrauding by false pretense contrary to section 131(1) of the Criminal Offences Act, (Act …

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Fmr. GNPC boss K.K Sarpong to be sworn in Offinso Paramount Chief

The Kingmakers of the Offinso Traditional Council in the Ashanti traditional area have unanimously nominated former Chief Executive Officer of the Ghana National Petroleum Company (GNPC) Kofi Kodua Sarpong known in private life as Dr KK Sarpong as the successor of the late Paramount Chief of the area Nana Awiafe …

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1992 book on Abedi Pele not an autobiography – Jerome Otchere

The back and forth on which Ghanaian player was or is the first to publish an autobiography continues with the Asamoah Gyan and Abedi Pele camps sharply divided. According to journalist and former Kotoko Express editor, Jerome Otchere, the recent launch of ‘LeGYANdary’ – a book by former Black Stars …

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Checkout winners on the first night of VGMA 23

The first night of the 23rd edition of the Vodafone Ghana Music Awards came off in style as some Ghanaian artistes and individuals were recognized and awarded for their hard work over the year under review at the Grande Arena of the Accra International Conference. The show was hosted by …

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Nothing satanic about Christians being chiefs – Daasebre Ayimadu

The Okyeman Gyaasehene, Daasebre Ayimadu Kantomanto, has called on Christian leaders to allow their members to be made chiefs in their villages and towns, since, according to him, there is nothing satanic about chieftaincy. In his view, being a traditional leader offers Christians a golden opportunity to purify and Christianise …

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God brought me this far – Akufo-Addo ‘preaches’

President Akufo-Addo says his two election victories in December 2016 and 2020, are purely as a result of the grace of God and not an effort of his own. According to the president, ahead of the 2016 election, he committed the contest into the hands of the Almighty God when he …

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Fantana turns fans on as she goes raw in latest video

Songstress Fantana has got the reaction she was yearning for when she flaunted her banging body in a latest video. She was rocking a bikini while wiggling her raw backside supposedly to turn her fans on. The New African Lady composer was covered in green paint as she balanced her body on …

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Dormaahene appeals to Asantehene to extend development to his area

The Dormaahene, Osagyefo Oseadeeyo Dr. Nana Agyemang Badu II, has appealed to the Asantehene, Otumfuo Osei Tutu II to extend urgently needed development to his area. His appeal was contained in a widely circulated video in which the Dormaahene is heard challenging the Asantehene on the installation of a chief …

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A Plus’ throwback photo cracks ribs online

A picture of young-looking Kwame A Plus has sparked various reactions on social media. In the said picture which has since gone viral, the popular social commentator was spotted in the company of a lady while leaning on an old white vehicle. Thin-looking A Plus with almost his jawbones popping out of his cheeks, …

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Two women arrested, fined for burying baby without permit

The Abura Dunkwa District Magistrate court in the Central Region has fined two women a total sum of GHC612.00 for burying a two-year-old baby girl without permission. The two women; Esi Janet, a traditional priestess was fined GHC 600 and Mary Essuman, mother of the baby, was fined GHC 12. …

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