Award-winning Ghanaian artiste and the first Ghanaian to be featured on Grammy Press Play, Mzvee, has challenged music industry stakeholders, particularly DJs to promote songs from female artists. According to MzVee, the representation of female artists on the Ghanaian music scene is not encouraging and as such, there should be a …
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Headmaster’s driver identified as the man who assaulted commercial sex worker
Journalist Bridget Otoo has alleged the man captured in a video assaulting a sex worker is a driver to the headmaster of Aggrey Memorial School, called Yaw. In a tweet addressed to the Ghana Police Service, Otoo urged the police to investigate further and arrest Yaw. “UPDATE: The man in …
Read More »Why NPP must Take the fight against corruption to the diaspora
There is no doubt that the New Patriotic Party Administration is serious in its manifesto pledge to free Ghana of corruption having established the office of the Special Prosecuter. However the fight against corruption should be taken to its chapters and branches in the diaspora. There are a number of …
Read More »VRA/NEDCo is not being honest with Kobilmahagu incident – Residents
Residents of Kobilmahagu, a suburb of the Tamale Metropolis have dismissed claims that they attacked staff of the Volta River Authority’s Northern Electricity Distribution Company (NEDCo). The residents claim that instead, the misunderstanding ensued between the staff and the occupants of a room where an illegal connection was detected. “We …
Read More »How two teenagers allegedly kidnap and kill eight-year-old becos of ransom
Police don arrest three members of di same family over di death of eight-year-old boy, Raheem Bamimore. Di incident happun for Saki community for Ogun state, for southwest Nigeria. Police later arrest di suspects wey be two teenage brodas and dia father. According to police, di suspects say dia aim …
Read More »Cost of medicines to go down after removal of VAT on pharmaceutical products – Govt
The government earlier this week announced the removal of the Value Added Tax (VAT) on pharmaceutical ingredients in Ghana. Similarly, the VAT on selected finished pharmaceutical products have also been removed. This is to ensure that the cost of medicines in Ghana is reduced, the government said. “Government removes VAT …
Read More »LIVESTREAMED: Mzbel hosts United Showbiz on UTV
Continuing with the use of industry players as hosts of United Showbiz programme, the latest in the seat is Mzbel. The singer is the sit-in host for Nana Ama McBrown who has yet to make an appearance on the show this year. Mzbel will be steering discussions between the three …
Read More »15 men vandalize household to extort money at Afrancho-Bronkong
15 men vandalized an entire household in an attempt to extort money from the family of a boy alleged to be a thief. According to Maame Adutwumwaa, the mother of the 17-year old boy Moses, who was alleged to be the thief, her son returned from work Friday evening around …
Read More »KNUST students to study Kofi Kinaata’s ‘Things Fall Apart’
Management of Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) has authorised Takoradi-based rapper, Kofi Kinaata‘s Things Fall Apart song to be studied in the school. Effective the first semester of the 2021/2022 academic year, level 200 students of the English department will take it up. This was announced on the Twitter page of Voice …
Read More »Speculation by Ghanaians cause of Ghana Cedi’s depreciation – Prof Quartey
Director of the Institute of Statistical, Social and Economic Research (ISSER), Prof Peter Quartey, has indicated that the main cause of the depreciation of the Ghana Cedi is speculation by Ghanaians. According to him, speculations that the Cedi will further depreciate against the major currencies encourage people to buy more …
Read More »Abu Dhabi Crown Prince meets Akufo-Addo to deepen Ghana-UAE ties
His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi and Deputy Supreme Commander of the UAE Armed Forces has met President of Ghana, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo to review the prospects of advancing the relations between the two nations. Sheikh Mohamed met President Akufo-Addo at Al Shati’ …
Read More »VIDEO: Okraku Mantey pops up in Amanda Jissih and MzGee’s feud
Popular Media personality, Amanda Jissih, has shot down claims that the root cause of her feud with MzGee is because they both wanted the same man. During a discussion on UTV’s United Showbiz, Amanda was asked to explain why she and MzGee have been hostile towards each other in recent times, to an extent …
Read More »Cedi woes show BoG has no dollar reserves – Isaac Adongo
MP for Bolgatanga Central Constituency, Isaac Adongo, has clapped back at the Bank of Ghana after over he calls “cooked reserves.” Ghana’s cedi has been on a depreciation spree since the beginning of this year. As of Friday, March 10, 2022, the dollar was selling at GH¢7.65. This according to the business community …
Read More »Guinness Nigeria moves headquarters to Ghana amid harsh business environment
To stay in development and grow business opportunities within the subregion, Guinness Nigeria PLC has moved its corporate headquarters from Lagos, Nigeria to Ghana. The development will place Guinness Nigeria in the league of other businesses like Unilever and Dunlop that have left Nigeria for Ghana. According to a report …
Read More »PHOTOS: Fire ravages scrap yard at Kasoa
Over 100 tonnes of scraps worth Ghc 250,000 have been burnt to ashes at Kasoa in the Awutu Senya East Municipality of the Central Region. The inferno, which started around 2:00am on Saturday night ravaged through a major part of the scrap yard. It took fire officers several hours to douse …
Read More »NPA speaks about the erratic fuel price increases in Ghana
Nii Akwei Ismail Akwei hosts Mohammed Abdul-Kudus, the Communications Manager of the National Petroleum Authority, on the next episode of The Lowdown. Mr. Abdul-Kudus details some of the contributing factors to the inconsistent fuel price hikes; increase of prices on the international market. The guest also explains why calls by …
Read More »How South African anger has focused on foreigners
Police in South Africa are on alert in case of renewed clashes between residents of Johannesburg’s Alexandra township and foreign street vendors. Alexandra is one of the poorest areas of the country but from its shacks, residents can easily see the towering skyscrapers of Sandton, one of the richest commercial …
Read More »How Akufo-Addo, Tsatsu Tsikata delivered a legal blow to Parliament in 1979
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo and the legal luminary, Tsatsu Tsikata, may belong to different political ideologies when it comes to certain matters of constitutionality and principle, however, they have on few rare occasions been on the same side. One of such rare cases was in 1979 when they both represented Dr Kwame …
Read More »Ghanaian man in the U.S. kills himself after losing his wife to suicide
A young Ghanaian man living in the United States, who recently lost his wife to suicide, has evoked a lot of talk and reactions online after he also took his life in a very controversial way. Nana Edd, as his Facebook profile displays, and who is believed to have hailed …
Read More »I borrowed GH¢30,000 to travel to Cyprus but the Cedi is worth more than their currency – Ghanaian student
Ghanaian student in North Cyprus, Kwame Oppong Asante has shared his regret about his decision to travel to North Cyprus for education and the frustration of living with no means of paying off a GH¢30,000 loan. Speaking with DJ Nyaami on ‘Daily Hustle Worldwide,’ Oppong Asante indicated that there are …
Read More »Man allegedly stabbed to death by stepson
A 47-year-old man has died after he was allegedly stabbed to death by his stepson during a domestic violence dispute between the man and the stepson’s mother. The incident occurred at the deceased’s home in Trenance Park in Verulam, north of Durban, on Friday night. Police spokesperson, Colonel Thembeka Mbele, …
Read More »Government committed to expanding school infrastructure – Bawumia
Vice President Mahamudu Bawumia says the Government will continue to motivate teachers and expand school infrastructure to achieve the best outcomes in the education sector. He said interventions like the School Feeding Programme, the Free Senior High School (SHS), the focus on Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) and Technical, Vocational and …
Read More »Two wives, no permanent place of residence – Reasons AG opposed Barker-Vormawor bail
In what is not yet clear whether it is a strategy to get under the skin of FixtheCountry Convener, Oliver Mawuse Barker-Vormawor, the Attorney-General has gone ‘personal’ indicating to a High Court in Tema that two women are in the life of suspect Oliver Barker Vormawor and it is a …
Read More »Woman killed, another person injured in 4-car collision
A woman has died after four cars collided at an intersection in Berea on Sunday morning. The four cars collided at the intersection of Berea Road and Cleaver Road just before 03:00 on Sunday. Durban woman killed in a four-car crash (Supplied by ALS paramedics) According to ALS Paramedics spokesperson …
Read More »PHOTOS: Why this mother got the MTTD to allow her daughter direct traffic
When children dream, it can fill the entire ocean because they do so without any doubts or holding backs, but even better is when those dreams are fully embraced by their parents. Efya Sika, the mother of a little girl who has gotten social media users to fall so hard …
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