A first-year student at Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) is believed to be dead after a private vehicle struck a number of students in Ayeduase, close to the KNUST campus. According to witnesses, the female student was unresponsive following the incident involving the black saloon car with …
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Morocco boy found dead in tragic end to well ordeal
Moroccan emergency crews found a five-year-old boy dead at the bottom of a well late Saturday in a tragic end to a painstaking five-day rescue operation that gripped the nation and beyond. “Following the tragic accident which cost the life of the child Rayan Oram, His Majesty King Mohammed VI …
Read More »WATCH: Ghanaian songs for your weekend playlist
Featuring Sarkodie, Camidoh, Kwesi Arthur, Akwaboah, Cina Soul, Kofi Mole, Joey B, Medikal, Shatta Wale, Darkovibes, and more. We have highlighted some of the groovy songs for the weekend ahead of the GHOne TV’s Duvet Love fair coming up on Friday, February 11, at the GHOne TV premises. Here’s our …
Read More »I want to relocate to Canada – UG graduate who won GH¢100,000 Sports bet
A graduate of the University of Ghana has made his first GH¢100,000 after staking a bet with an amount of GH¢10. The young man who wishes to remain anonymous expressed his excitement on social media with a tweet on Monday, using the handle @ProphetManuel3, announcing his plans for the money …
Read More »Nine individuals in ‘galamsey’, fraud funded political parties during 2020 elections -CDD-Ghana Report
Research conducted by the Centre for Democratic Development (CDD-Ghana) has revealed that at least nine individuals engaged in ‘galamsey’ and fraud, funded political parties during the 2020 general elections as top financiers. According to the report, seven financiers were involved in serious and organized crime, one in illegal oil bunkering …
Read More »Effutu chiefs support Prof. Avoke, others return to UEW
The Effutu Traditional Council has expressed excitement over a High Court directive to the University of Education Winneba (UEW) to reinstate Professor Mawuko Avoke as the Institution’s Vice-Chancellor. A statement signed by Neenyi Ghartey VII, President of the Effutu Traditional Council entreated the University’s Governing Council to “expedite action in …
Read More »Police condemn media use of unrelated pictures of Sekondi-Takoradi MCE
The Ghana Police Service has condemned the use of unrelated pictures of the Mayor of Sekondi-Takoradi Abdul-Mumin Issah in the media reportage of his ongoing court case. A warning to the media has hence been issued after the attention of the Police was drawn to the library photograph circulating in the …
Read More »Harmattan: Be cautious while driving – Drivers cautioned
The National Road Safety Authority (NRSA) has asked motorists to be cautious while driving to prevent crashes amid current weather conditions. NRSA in a statement sighted by citinewsroom.com made reference to a press release issued by the Ghana Meteorological Agency on the harmattan season, thus deeming it necessary to caution all road …
Read More »Ayew takes season tally to 12 goals in Qatari league
Substitute Andre Dede Ayew scored two late goals to help Al Sadd claim a comfortable win and remain top of the Qatari Stars League. Al Sadd defeated Al-Gharafa 5-1 with the Ghana captain scoring the last two goals of the game. Ayew, who replaced Algerian Baghdad Bounedjah in the 81st minute, scored …
Read More »Come and take your place in the Black Stars – Twum Boafo makes special appeal to Salisu
Kojo Twum Boafo, a former Chief Executive Officer of the Ghana Free Zones Authority, has made a special appeal to Southampton defender, Mohammed Salisu, entreating him to honor Black Stars call-up. Boafo urged Salisu to emulated his grandfather who served Ghana and won two Africa Cup of Nations for the country, establishing …
Read More »How a Ghanaian was arrested and jailed in 5 different countries in Europe
His only dream was to be a professional footballer. He sacrificed everything he had going for him in Ghana to pursue his dream in Europe. Little did he know life had a bitter pepper soup prepared for him. Apostle Fred Boateng does not look like what he has been through …
Read More »No police update 22 days after Ada radio was attacked
After an initial offer of a ransom leading to the arrest of the supposed attackers of a local radio station in Ada, 22 days after the incident, police are yet to give any update as the matter appears to have turned into a “foolish” case. The radio station, Radio Ada, …
Read More »Broken down truck causes heavy traffic on Amasaman-Nsawam road
The Ghana Police Service has announced that Traffic Police Officers are currently directing traffic caused by a loaded articulated truck obstructing Nsawam-Kumasi bound vehicles at Samsam junction, Medie, between Amasaman and Nsawam on the N6. According to a post on Facebook, the police have contacted Road Safety Management Services Limited …
Read More »Akufo-Addo in Addis Ababa for 35th Ordinary Session of AU
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo joined other African Heads of State and Governments in the Ethiopian capital, Addis Ababa on Saturday for the 35th Ordinary Session of the Assembly of the African Union. The two-day meeting of the Heads of State is on the theme, “Building resilience in nutrition on …
Read More »JSC recommends that President Ramaphosa appoint Mandisa Maya as Chief Justice
Just after 6pm on Saturday, as a marathon day of deliberations behind closed doors at the Judicial Service Commission, Julius Malema tweeted “It’s a girl”. The prophetic statement was confirmed within 30 minutes when the commission announced that it recommends that President Cyril Ramaphosa appoint Supreme Court of Appeal President …
Read More »Two pupils dead, six injured after ‘drunk’ minibus taxi driver loses control
Two pupils died and six others were injured when a minibus taxi driver transporting schoolchildren lost control of the vehicle in Pietermaritzburg on Friday. On Saturday, the KwaZulu-Natal education department said according to preliminary reports the children were on their way home from school when the minibus taxi veered out …
Read More »UTAG snubs NLC’s invitation for out-of-court settlement
The University Teachers Association of Ghana (UTAG) has declined the invitation from the National Labour Commission (NLC) for a meeting on Monday, February 7 to settle the current impasse that has seen the teachers on strike for weeks. The Labour Division of the Accra Circuit Court, presided over by Justice Frank Rockson Aboadwe, on …
Read More »VIDEO: Fire guts storage room at primary school in Cape Town
Firefighters were called to a school in Cape Town on Saturday afternoon after a fire broke out in its storage room. The room at Chapel Street Primary in District 6 was gutted. “The storage room contained printing machines, garden equipment, old storage shelving and the gardener’s bedding and personal effects,” …
Read More »CIT driver shot dead during heist
A cash-in-transit driver was shot dead during a heist in Diepkloof, Soweto, on Saturday morning. According to reports, the van was on its way to a filling station in Zone Six when a Mercedes-Benz rammed into the cash van, causing it to stop at the corner Chris Hani and Collinder …
Read More »Issa Hayatou’s Fifa ban from football overturned by CAS
The Court of Arbitration for Sport (Cas) has overturned the one-year ban handed out by Fifa to former Confederation of African Football (Caf) president Issa Hayatou. Football’s world governing body had ruled that the Cameroonian had breached its code of ethics when signing African football’s largest ever deal with French …
Read More »Expect transport fare increment from next week – Operators to commuters
The Coalition of Transport Operators have told commuters to brace themselves for a 30% increment in transport fares from next week. The development comes after some 16-members of various transport unions met on Thursday February 3 2022 and reached a consensus to implement the price hike due to increasing fuel …
Read More »VIDEO&PHOTOS: Pupils of Aidoosuazo JHS study in dilapidated structure
The Chief and people of Aidoosuazo in the northern part of Ellembelle District in the Western Region, have appealed to government and non-governmental organisations (NGOs) to construct new classroom blocks to replace their existing dilapidated Junior High School structure for effective teaching and learning. Aidoosuazo D/A Junior High School was …
Read More »Stray animals consume Green Ghana Trees at Tema Nkrumah Park
Stray animals have consumed all the trees planted by officials of the Tema Metropolitan Assembly (TMA) at the Kwame Nkrumah Memorial Park, officials have said. Officials of the TMA led by the then Metropolitan Chief Executive, Mr. Felix Mensah Nii Anang-La planted militia trees at the park to officially commence …
Read More »Moving bus with 49 passengers onboard catches fire
A moving O.A Zhongtong bus with registration number AS 8249-19 with 49 passengers on board travelling from Tumu towards Accra has caught fire. The incident is said to have occurred at around 5:30 am on Saturday, February 5, 2021. According to the driver, Anim Richmond 52, on reaching a section …
Read More »Ghana’s renowned peace coming under stress – Interior Minister
Ambrose Dery, Minister of Interior, says despite the relative peace in Ghana, the country’s renowned peace architecture is “coming under stress” by some internal and external indicators. The internal indicators, he said, included the simmering communal conflicts related to access to land and natural resources, and succession disputes among chiefs, …
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