Black Stars coach, Otto Addo has reportedly invited twenty-seven players for the FIFA World Cup play-off against the Super Eagles of Nigeria, footballmadeinghana.com has reported. Ghana will play against the Super Eagles of Nigeria for the final qualifying round of 2022 FIFA Cup on March 25 for the first leg before travelling to …
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Radio Gold goes live after 5 years of shut down
Accra-based radio station Radio Gold goes live five years of shutting down due to sanctions imposed on it by the National Communications Authority (NCA). The licenses of Radio Gold and 33 other broadcast stations were shut down after a 2017 audit embarked upon by the Authority. The closures were carried …
Read More »Odaw drain choked ahead of seasonal rains
The Odaw drain, which begins at the Caprice Bridge at Alajo and runs 10 kilometres to the edge of the Korle Lagoon in Accra, is choked. The drain was constructed to carry water from the Odaw River and rainwater from upland areas such as the Aburi Mountains into the sea to avoid …
Read More »CAF won’t accept ‘potato’ pitches in Africa again- Sannie Daara
Former Communications Director of the Ghana Football Association, Ibrahim Sannie Daara has said that the new Confederation of African Football (CAF) administration has made it their mission to crack down on bad pitches. Bad pitches in Africa have come up in the news again after reports went rife that CAF/FIFA …
Read More »Make use of RTI; Oppong Nkrumah tells academia and media
Information Minister, Kojo Oppong Nkrumah has charged academia as well as media practitioners to utilize the RTI law, Act 989, to obtain reliable information from state institutions for their work. Answering questions in Parliament on Tuesday, Mr Nkrumah said the law which imposes an obligation on public institutions to provide …
Read More »Ebenezer SHS students sit on floor over inability to pay GH¢600 each for broken desks
Forty-five General Arts students of Ebenezer Senior High School in Dansoman, a suburb of the Greater Accra Region have been studying on the floor since Thursday, March 10. This is because the headmistress of the school has parked all the desks from the classroom because the students could not pay …
Read More »BREAKING NEWS: Barker-Vormawor granted bail
The Tema High court has granted #Fixthecountry convener, Oliver Barker-Vormawor a bail of GHC2 million with two sureties. This comes after his lawyers filed an application to the high court following his arrest on February 11, 2022. More soon… One of the #FixTheCountry movement convenors, Barker-Vormawor, was remanded into police …
Read More »Akon reacts to claims that his Wakanda-inspired city could be a Ponzi scheme
Senegalese-American singer Akon has denied claims in a suit by a former business partner that the futuristic city he is building in his country Senegal could be a Ponzi scheme, Vibe reports. A legal document by Devyne Stephens, who has worked with Akon and other celebrities like Jay-Z and Destiny’s …
Read More »Unisa postpones graduations after Nehawu members disrupt ceremony
The University of South Africa (Unisa) has suspended further graduations following disruptions allegedly by protesting National Education, Health and Allied Workers’ Union (Nehawu) members at a ceremony on Tuesday. “University management is currently in conversation with Nehawu about the issues in dispute that led to the disruption, as well as …
Read More »Pastor who advised JHS girl to stop sexual relations and focus on education arrested
Police at the Achimota Police Station in the Greater Accra Region yesterday March 15, 2022, arrested and detained Pastor John Winfred, Senior Pastor of Lovereign Bible Church at Christian Village in Accra. The Pastor was arrested by the Achimota Police after a gang of 25 men led by Michael, the …
Read More »Thugs vandalise Bibiani-Anhwiaso-Bekwai NPP MP’s office, stab Aide
The office of the ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP) Member of Parliament for Bibiani-Anhwiaso-Bekwai Constituency, Alfred Obeng Boateng, has been vandalized by some unidentified thugs. According to reports, the attackers made away with items such as mobile phones, cash and laptops. The special aide to the legislator, Kwame Bekoe, who …
Read More »The inside story of Samuel Inkoom’s failed return to Asante Kotoko
Former Asante Kotoko defender Samuel Inkoom could have a career with rivals Accra Hearts of Oak if coach Samuel Boadu runs the rule positively on his fitness and ability to play for the for the club. Inkoom as confirmed by the Communications Director of Hearts of Oak is training with the club and could play for …
Read More »IGP’s escort arrests two Police Inspectors for extorting cash from motorists
Two Police Inspectors at the Ghana Police Service Headquarters are in the grips of the law for extorting monies from motorists. According to reports available to this website, the two officers were caught extorting monies from motorists by one Corporal Mihaye Selase Winfred of Motor Bike Patrol Unit while escorting …
Read More »Prisoners aren’t little children to spend GHS1.80 per day, it’s inadequate – Former director
A former Director-General of the Ghana Prisons Service, Dr. Richard Kuuire, has described the GHS1.80 feeding grant for prisoners per day as woefully inadequate. According to him, the money given to provide three square meals a day for each prisoner reflects the poor treatment prisoners are subjected to in the …
Read More »I remember you didn’t promise this hardship – D-Black reminds Akufo-Addo
The hardship in Ghana has drawn out celebrities who are being blunt about the challenges faced by the people of Ghana. One of such people is Desmond Blackmore known popularly as D-Black who is a known sympathizer of the New Patriotic Party (NPP). He insists that the government did not promise the people hardship …
Read More »NPP regional secretary arrested
The Accra Regional Police Command of the Ghana Police Service have arrested the Greater Accra Region Secretary of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) Daniel Parker Odailai France for assaulting a party delegate. Daniel Parker Odailai France is alleged to have ordered a gang of eight well-built men to assault one …
Read More »Stop work: Gov’t reacts to demolition of Bulgarian Embassy after Ablakwa’s intel
The government has ordered for work to be stopped on the land that once housed the Bulgarian Embassy at 10 Kakramadu Road, East Cantonments, Accra. The decision to stop an ongoing development on the land comes after the MP for North Tongu, Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa blew the whistle that the …
Read More »Cedi to fall by 20% over next 12 months – RMB Markets
The cedi’s woes are set to worsen if current conditions persist, as it is likely to depreciate by more than 20 percent against its major trading counterpart, the dollar, in the next 12 months, RMB – the corporate and investment division of FirstRand Bank – is projecting. This comes as …
Read More »Burkinabe becomes first African to win prestigious architecture award
An African has for the first time won the world’s most prestigious architecture prize, the Pritzker Prize. The winner is Diébédo Francis Kéré, a Burkina Faso-born architect who also holds German nationality. The -year-old Kéré said he was the “happiest man on this planet” to win the award in its …
Read More »Minority shoots down loan approval over Supreme Court ruling
Minority Leader, Haruna Iddrisu, has scuttled the approval of over 38 Million Euros loan agreement between Ghana and Deutsche bank of Frankfurt for construction of 40-bed District Hospitals in three constituencies. The loan facility was to see the construction of 40-bed hospitals in Ayensuano, Effiduase, and Offinso as well as …
Read More »I respect myself – Kumchacha explains absence at Afia Schwarzenegger’s father’s funeral
The founder and leader of Heaven’s Gate Ministries, Prophet Nicholas Osei (Kumchacha), has explained the reason for his absence at the funeral rites of the late father of Ghanaian female actress, Valentina Nana Agyeiwaa alias Schwarzenegger. The funeral rites of Afia Schwarzenegger’s father held at Kumasi in the Ashanti Region, saw …
Read More »Drivers issue one week ultimatum for Gov’t to reduce fuel prices
Concerned Drivers Association of Ghana(C-DAG) has given government a one-week ultimatum to have the price of petrol reduced. The drivers contend the GHC 8.44 mark per litre of petrol is highly abnormal and causing an unbearable hardship on them, hence the call. They have threatened failure to heed to this …
Read More »10% rent payment cost-effective for teachers – GES
The Spokesperson of the Ghana Education Service, Cassandra Twum Ampofo, has described the 10 percent rent payment required of staff of Senior High School as cost-effective. According to her, the expenses involved in using the government or school bungalows is far less compared to what the teachers and or staff …
Read More »Supreme Court may unanimously rule 2022 SONA as unconstitutional – Adongo teases
Member of Parliament for Bolgatanga Central, Isaac Adongo, has teased President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo over the continuous delay in delivering the 2022 State of the Nation Address (SONA). According to him, Akufo-Addo is afraid to address the nation after putting the country into economic misery. In a post on his social media handle, Mr. …
Read More »Meet the 38-year-old man in the same class with his children
A 38-year-old man’s ambitions of being a refined gentleman has got him studying in the same class with his three children. Jean Pierre from Rwanda said he is not ashamed to be a primary three pupil, studying in a government school just like his children. Disclosing what inspired him, Jean …
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