Kwame Asare Obeng, alias A Plus, a musician cum politician and activist has reacted to a stinging critique by the Ghana Catholic Bishops Conference, GCBC, on the pledge by President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo to protect the public purse. A Plus who once had a close relationship with the president and the …
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Parents of Ghanaian Islamist suicide bomber arrested
Intelligence officers have confirmed the arrest of two persons in the Karaga District of the Northern Region in connection with a terrorist attack in Central Mali. Ibrahim Ali and Hafsa Abdulai were picked up at Nangun, a Fulani community near the district capital, where they both lived with the suicide …
Read More »Pokuase: Abensu residents cry over deplorable bridge linking community
Residents living around Teacher-Korpe, Abensu and Pokuase, are asking authorities to as a matter of urgency, reconstruct the only bridge that links the enclave to other communities to prevent needless deaths and injuries. The bridge constructed years ago got damaged some years ago and has since not seen any reconstruction. …
Read More »‘Fake’ Mpohor kidnapping: Connect FM journalist granted GH¢50,000 bail
A journalist with Connect FM in the Western Region, Paa Kwesi Simpson, has been granted bail, by the Takoradi Habour Circuit Court A, to the tune of GH¢50,000 after he was arrested in connection with an alleged fake kidnapping incident at Mpohor in the Western Region. The bail conditions came with …
Read More »Celebrating World Town Planning Day: Reflections on the State of Planning Practice in Ghana
As a country, World Planning Day offers us an important opportunity to reflect on the state of the professional planning practice in Ghana. We have pretended to plan far too long and this has resulted in several natural and manmade disasters in our urban centers. If the planning system is …
Read More »Five Konongo-Odumase SHS students remanded over alleged murder of colleague
The Konongo-Odumase District Court on Monday November 8, 2021 remanded five Senior High School students into a juvenile detention center over an alleged murder. The juveniles who are students of Konongo Odumase Senior High School are said to have killed a first year student, Larhan Sam-una with a kitchen knife on Saturday …
Read More »‘Rejected’ Juaben MCE nominee to face Special Prosecutor on Tuesday over bribery allegations
The President’s Municipal Chief Executive nominee for Juaben in the Ashanti Region, Alex Safo Kantanka, will later this week face the Special Prosecutor, Kissi Agyebeng, as investigations commence into allegations of bribery and corruption against him. On Monday November 2, 2021, assembly members of Juaben gathered for the second time …
Read More »Sosu has travelled abroad – Speaker tells court as case is adjourned to Nov. 16
The Kaneshie District Court in Accra has adjourned the case involving Member of Parliament for Madina Francis-Xavier Sosu to November 16. This was because the police have received a letter from the Speaker of Parliament indicating that Lawyer Sosu is out of the country on Parliamentary duties. In court on …
Read More »Arsenal coach provides update on Thomas Partey amid uncertainty over upcoming qualifiers
Arsenal coach Mikel Arteta has said that developments in the next few days will determine if midfielder Thomas Partey will be granted permission to join Ghana’s squad for the World cup qualifiers against Ethiopia and South Africa. Thomas Partey sat out Arsenal’s 1-0 victory over Watford in the Premier League on Sunday, …
Read More »Sosu to appear in court today over unlawful demo
The Member of Parliament for Madina Francis-Xavier Sosu is expected to appear before a court in Accra later today, Monday, to answer to criminal charges leveled against him by the Ghana Police Service. The Ghana Police Service last week secured a criminal summons for the Madina MP to appear in …
Read More »Let’s Becareful With Our Utterances As Citizens Of Ghana
I believe personally as a citizen of Ghana that, there should be a need for every Ghanaian citizen either being a politician or non-politician to be careful with our utterances in order not to break our structures of democracy as a rule of law nation. Let’s not forget that, where …
Read More »Check out the full list of Ghana’s 337 delegates for UN Climate Change Conference
The provisional list of delegates released by the UNFCCC shows that Ghana sent 337 delegates to COP26 The list includes the president, ministers, heads of agencies, among others The president reportedly went with a private jet It has emerged that Ghana sent over 330 delegates to the United Nations (UN) …
Read More »Bugya D/A JHS school cries for support to roof a partly ripped off building
Bugya D/A Junior High School in the North-East Region is in dire need of support as sections of the Junior High School(JHS) block have been ripped off by a rainstorm. The population of the JHS is about 113 and has been serving about five communities in the area, including Bugya, …
Read More »Energy legacy debt cleared – President Akufo-Addo
President Akufo-Addo has disclosed that the government has settled the Energy Legacy Debt. The President made this known during the swearing-in ceremony of the Governing Board of the Public Utilities and Regulatory Commission at the Jubilee House. Ghana’s energy sector is believed to be plagued with billions of accumulated debt …
Read More »Oboy Siki banned from granting interviews
The management of Kumawood star, Oboy Siki has banned the actor from all media engagements following his recent comments about his sexual escapades. According to the Chief Executive Officer of Sir Max Consult, Maxwell Ohene Agyapong, Oboy Siki by his profanity and reckless sexual commentary in the media has breached …
Read More »3 dead in Lagos-Ibadan expressway accident
Three persons were confirmed dead on Saturday in an accident involving a DAF truck, a Toyota Sienna and a Toyota Camry at Olowotedo axis outbound Lagos along the Lagos-Ibadan expressway in Nigeria. Mr Babatunde Akinbiyi, the spokesperson, Ogun Traffic Compliance and Enforcement Corps (TRACE), confirmed the incident to newsmen in …
Read More »GPRTU supports proposal to increase road toll
The Ghana Private Road Transport Union (GPRTU) has thrown its weight behind the proposal by the Association of Road Contractors to increase road tolls in the country. The Association of Road Contractors proposed an upward adjustment in road tolls to a minimum of GH¢2 for saloon cars as a bold …
Read More »Prince Tagoe reacts to Afena Gyan’s Black Stars call up
Ad Former Ghana forward Prince Tagoe believes Felix Afena-Gyan’s call up into the national team for the upcoming 2022 FIFA World Cup qualifiers against Ethiopia and South Africa is too early. The 18-year-old who plies his trade for AS Roma was named among the 28-man squad released by Black Stars coach Milovan …
Read More »Watch highlights of Asante Kotoko’s 2-0 win over Bechem United
Asante Kotoko continued their perfect start to the season by defeating Bechem United by 2-0 at the Baba Yara Stadium. The first half ended goalless with both sides failing to score. However, in the second half Asante Kotoko was awarded a penalty after Isaac Oppong was brought down in the box. Captain …
Read More »Tidal waves displace hundreds along Keta-Aflao stretch
Recent torrential tidal waves along the Keta-Aflao stretch has left many residents without places to sleep, even as many of them have lost properties. This situation has left many of them in fear with even more of them worried that should the situation not be remedied soon, they could face …
Read More »Man jailed 3 years for stealing policeman’s plantain
A young man whose name is given as Mensah Moses has been jailed for three years for stealing plantain from the garden of a Policeman. Narrating his sad ordeal to Crime Check Foundation, Mensah indicated that he shares a wall with the Policeman at Saltpond in the Central region and …
Read More »Most Ghanaian celebrities don’t know how to use social media wisely– Renowned Journalist
Most Ghanaian celebrities don’t know how to use social media positively, a renowned journalist – based in South Africa has said. According to Mr. Solomon Ogyem, many celebrities take advantage of social media and post unpleasant things which do not have a positive effect on the youth and the country …
Read More »CONFIRMED: NDC’s Raymond Tandoh is dead
A Former Ashanti Regional Secretary of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) Mr. Raymond Tandoh has died. According to information available to this website, he died today November 7, 2021, at a hospital in the Ashanti Regional capital of Kumasi. This website cannot readily tell what killed him. Currently, members of the …
Read More »Suhum shooting chaos: Police officer arrested, gun retrieved
The Suhum Police have arrested Detective Sargent Welbeck Agyina in connection with the shooting incident which led to the injury of seven persons at Suhum on Saturday during the installation of Nana Ohene Fianko, National Security Operative as Akyempimhene. The suspect who also sustained minor injuries in his right palm …
Read More »E/R: Many injured accidentally as National Security Operatives fire gunshots at event
At least six persons have sustained gunshot wounds after an accidental discharge of a firearm during enstoolment of a top national security capo as Akyampimhene of Suhum in the Eastern region on Saturday, October 6, 2021. The victims which included ushers and drummers at the traditional event were rushed to …
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