Shatta Wale’s court case adjourned to January 25, 2022 Shatta Wale’s lawyer request for in-camera hearing Shatta Wale’s sister on the run The prosecution involved in Shatta Wale’s court case has disclosed its intentions to continually manhunt for the dancehall artiste’s sister who was actively involved in the gun shooting hoax …
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Delay insists Amerado is just a ‘friend’ amidst dating rumours
elay and Amerado spark dating rumours with a photo Delay says Amerado is a friend I have been friends with Delay for 20 years, Okyeame Kwame Television presenter, Deloris Frimpong Manso, has shot down dating rumours between herself and young Ghanaian rapper, Amerado. The two have been a subject of conversation following a photo …
Read More »Drivers’ Strike: 22 busted for rioting
The police in Accra, on Monday, 6 December 2021, arrested 22 suspects for various offences such as rioting, causing damage and blocking public roads within the Accra Metropolis during the nationwide sit-down strike by commercial drivers. According to the police, the suspects took advantage of the sit-down strike to disturb …
Read More »Approval of 1.75% e-levy: That’s why God made us the majority in parliament – Ofori-Atta
Video Archive Tue, 7 Dec 2021Source: www.ghanaweb.com E-levy remains 1.75%, Ofori-Atta E-levy to widen country’s tax net, Finance Minister 2022 budget modified The debate on whether or not the e-levy placed on all electronic transactions and remittances will be reviewed downwards to help lessen the burden of Ghanaians, especially the vulnerable …
Read More »Suspected land guards burn down new police station at Tebibiano
Suspected land guards fear new police station will threaten their activities Chief of Tebibiano condemns attack on the new police station MCE assures of the refurbishment of vandalised police station A group of suspected land guards are reported to have burnt down a newly built police station set for commissioning …
Read More »Boyfriend sets mother of two on fire in Nkawkaw
A 30-year-old mother of two kids has been burnt to death at Nkawkaw Kurofofrom in the Eastern Region. It has emerged that the suspect, Foster Onwona, who happens to be the boyfriend of the deceased, allegedly set the room they were living in with the daughter ablaze. The 9-year-old child …
Read More »High Court issues bench warrant for Jomoro MP’s arrest
Eligibility of Jomoro MP to contest in 2020 election challenged Court orders Affo Toffey to produce evidence of Ivorian citizenship renunciation Jomoro MP accused of holding dual citizenship prior to election 2020 The Sekondi High Court has issued a warrant for the arrest of the Member of Parliament for Jomoro, Dorcas Affo …
Read More »Idriss Deby’s son succeeds him as Chad’s only five-star army general
Former Chadian leader Idriss Deby Itno was the only five-star general the country had till his death in April 2021. He died on the frontlines when he joined a campaign to halt the advance of rebels who were threatening to depose him. Eight months after his death, Chad has a …
Read More »Deceased woman found in refrigerator identify as Lizzy Mudenda
The woman whose body was discovered in a refrigerator in her boyfriend’s room at Ho-Fiave a fortnight ago, has been identified by the police as Lizzy Mudenda,age 22 and is a Zambian citizen. Deputy Commissioner of Police in-charge of the Volta Region, DCOP Edward Kwateng, told the Ghanaian Times in …
Read More »ECG closes down Krobo District office over ‘threats’ against its staff
The Electricity Company of Ghana, ECG, has closed down its Krobo District office in Somanya following a protest by some residents within the Yilo Krobo and Lower Manya Krobo Municipalities. The closure took effect from December 1, according to a statement from the ECG in response to the protest. The …
Read More »GOIL reduces fuel prices further by 15 pesewas
Ghana’s leading indigenous oil marketing company, GOIL Company Ltd, has announced a further 15 pesewas reduction in fuel prices at all its retail outlets across the country effective December 7, 2021. This means that a litre of Super XP (Petrol) and Diesel XP will both sell at GHC6.70 from the …
Read More »Kumasi Bremang: Landlord shoots tenant’s children over vacation notice
A Seventy-Two (72) year-old landlord has been arrested by Bremang Police Command after shooting his tenant’s children over rent allowance at Bremang UGC in the Suame Municipality of the Ashanti Region. The victims who are 4 and 7 years old respectively are currently receiving treatment at the Komfo Anokye Teaching …
Read More »Shatta Wale, Medikal to reappear in court today
Dancehall artiste, Charles Nii Armah Mensah, popularly known as Shatta Wale, and his three accomplices, are expected to reappear in court today, Tuesday, December 7, 2021. Shatta Wale was arrested on Tuesday, October 19, 2021, for faking a gun attack on himself. He was charged with publication of false …
Read More »Drivers’ Strike: How Police forestalled chaos at Kasoa
Police took the swift intervention of the Central East Regional Police Command to restore order at Kasoa after chaos ensued over the strike action by private commercial transport unions across the country. The Kasoa Central Business District was plunged into disarray when some drivers attempted to compel their colleagues operating …
Read More »NIA takes delivery of first batch of Kantanka cars
The National Identification Authority on Monday, December 2021 took delivery of 18 Oman Ma pickup vehicles from the Kantanka Automobile Company. The presentation of the 18 vehicles the first batch 85 cars being manufactured by the Ghanaian automobile firm for the NIA. At a brief handing over ceremony, the Corporate …
Read More »How dare you, ‘bigot’ Napo? – Dzifa Gomashie descends on Minister over sea defence
Napo has incurred the wrath of Dzifa Gomashie He had threatened to demonstrate if govt allocates funds for Keta sea defence Dzifa Gomashie described his comment as bigotry Abla Dzifa Gomashie, MP, Ketu South, has responded to Dr Matthew Opoku Prempeh, Energy Minister over comments he [the minister] made on the tidal …
Read More »Trotro Drivers Suspend Strike Action
Commercial transport bus drivers have been asked to suspend their ongoing strike action. Commercial vehicle drivers today, December 6, refused to convey passengers to protest the recent fuel price increments. Their action caused many commuters great difficulties to reach their workplaces and various destinations. A current message from the Ghana Private …
Read More »Asafo Coffin Makers fight KMA over ‘forceful eviction’
Coffin Makers at Asafo Labour in the Kumasi Metropolis have threatened to fight officials of KMA with coffin over what they described as “forcibly ejection” by the authority. The Coffin Makers who marched in their numbers to the premises of OTEC FM on Monday December 6, 2021 to protest …
Read More »A/R: Metro Mass Bus conveying worshippers to a prayer camp catches fire
More than 70 passengers escaped unhurt after a Metro Mass Transit Bus conveying worshippers to a prayer camp caught fire in Kumasi in the Ashanti Region. The bus which picked up the worshippers from Suame was headed to a prayer camp at Adadietem in the Ejisu Municipality, where congregants of …
Read More »2021 Miss Western winner involves in fatal accident
This portal has received alarming reports that 2021 Winner of the ‘Miss Western’ beauty pageant, Miss Jemi and her team has been involved in a near-fatal accident on Boako, off the Wiawso road. At the time of filing this report, she and her team were on admission at the Asafo …
Read More »How Drake influenced and helped Burna Boy’s career in 2017
For many years, Burna Boy was just another artist. Then in 2017, he blew up. Here is the true story of how he found his feet and became the best there ever was. So it happened that Drake’s foray into different afro and Caribbean sounds for his 2016 album, “Views” …
Read More »Minority’s ‘budget fight’ forces gov’t to allot GHS10m to sea defence project
The government of Ghana has apportioned GHS10 million cedis for feasibility studies on the sea defence project in coastal areas affected most by erosion, including the coastal belt of the Volta Region, where some 6,000 locals were recently displaced by tidal waves. At a press conference on Monday, 6 December …
Read More »Ghanaian football administrator wants Asamoah Gyan to apologize over ‘soft penalty’ remarks
Veteran Ghanaian football administrator, Alhaji Grunsah, says former Black Stars captain Asamoah Gyan should render an apology to the public for his comments over the penalty decisionin the 2022 World Cup qualifier between Ghana and South Africa. Bafana Bafana had claimed they were “robbed” after their 1-0 defeat last month, …
Read More »Ghana announces tax incentives for Belgian investors
Ghana has announced some tax incentives to 29 Belgian investors exploring business opportunities in the country. The Deputy Minister of Trade and Industry, Mr Herbert Krapa, in a keynote address at an information session on Business Opportunities in Ghana, said the incentives include renewable corporate tax holiday of five years …
Read More »Avanti and European Space Agency accelerate adoption of 5G with pioneering INSTANT5G project
New research project to develop 5G compliant satellite connectivity services for MNOs & Towercos London, 6th December 2021 – Avanti Communications (“Avanti”), the leading provider of high throughput satellite capacity across EMEA, today announces the launch of INSTANT5G, a new research project endorsed by the European Space Agency, UK Space Agency and the …
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