• The MP for Ningo Prampram is angry at recent actions by the Police • Sam Nartey George says the Service is peddling lies in the name of official information • His concerns relate to a purported arrest aimed at the Madina MP Member of Parliament for Ningo Prampram, Sam Nartey George is not excited at …
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Ghana Premier League: Five talking points from opening round of matches
The 2021/22 Ghana Premier League commenced this weekend with interesting results recorded on the opening matchday. Champions Hearts of Oak drew at home a day after sworn rivals Asante Kotoko had beaten Dreams FC in a thrilling encounter, Medeama were humbled in Bechem while Goldstars thrilled the people of Bibiani. Here are …
Read More »Pwalugu: Police trained on motorbike and high-risk operations
The Upper East Regional Police Command has trained 55 personnel of the Service on motorbike and high-risk operations to effectively fight crime in the region. The personnel were drawn from the Bolgatanga, Bawku and Navrongo Divisions, the Regional Special Weapons and Tactics unit and the Police Public Safety Training school …
Read More »Digitization of Ghana’s economy: An insight into John Mahama’s massive investments
Former President John Dramani Mahama’s understanding of a digital economy is outstanding and puts him far ahead of his closest competitor in the 2020 Presidential elections. His understanding found expression in his Government’s implementation of ICT programmes and projects most of which have lived beyond his term of office and …
Read More »NDC is only good at propaganda, we have facts and data – Bawumia
The Vice President, Dr. Mahamadu Bawumia, has taken a jab at the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC), saying the party is only good at churning out propaganda and arguing without facts. While speaking at the closing ceremony of a three-day orientation programme for newly appointed Metropolitan, Municipal, and District Chief …
Read More »Watch how Kotoko recovered from a goal down to win 3-1 over Dreams FC
Asante Kotoko made a big statement under new head coach, Prosper Narteh Ogum as they came from behind to defeat Dreams FC at the Accra Sports Stadium on October 31, 2021. After over an hour of football, both sides couldn’t find the back of the net. But on the 63rd …
Read More »One of the injured Police Officers in Walewale-Bolga crash dies
The Police have announced in a statement on Sunday, October 31 that one of the injured Police Officers in the Walewale-Bolgatanga Road Accident has passed on On Friday, 22nd October 2021, the Police Administration airlifted three Police officers from Tamale to Accra for intensive medical care. Earlier, two out of …
Read More »Bagbin rejects CID’s request for Madina MP to be released for questioning
Parliament has told the Police Service that it would not be able to release the Member of Parliament for Madina, Francis-Xavier Sosu to assist in investigations as requested by the Criminal Investigation Division. Parliament in letter dated October 28, and addressed to the Deputy Director-General of Criminal Investigation Division, F.K. …
Read More »Police investigate secret blood donation exercise in La schools
The La District Police Command has begun an investigation into an alleged blood donation exercise in the district. According to the Police, it has arrested some persons claiming to be students of the University of Ghana and conducting a research exercise. The Police disclosed that the ploy used by the …
Read More »‘Stay on your lane or l will arrest you’ – IGP teases friend
The Inspector-General of Police (IGP) Dr. George Akuffo Dampare has warned his closest friends to be law-abiding because he will not hesitate to arrest them when they fall foul of the law. According to him, there is the need for them to stay in their lane and ensure that they abide …
Read More »West Hills Mall manager arrested for blocking China Mall entrance with boulders
The manager of West Hills Mall at Weija and one other person have been arrested by the Weija Divisional Police Command for allegedly blocking the entrance to China Mall, also at Weija, with boulders. The police arrested the facility manager of West Hills Mall, Mr James Mensah, 42; and a …
Read More »WATCH How Muntaka whisked Sosu away to foil arrest in church
It took the Minority Chief Whip of Parliament, Mohammed-Mubarak Muntaka, to whisk his colleague and MP for Madina, lawyer Francis-Xavier Sosu away following a second attempt by the police to arrest him on Sunday. On Monday, October 25, 2021, some police officers tried to arrest the Madina MP during a demonstration on bad …
Read More »Fameye enstooled chief in Wassa
Ghanaian musician, Fameye has been honoured by the chiefs and people of Wassa with a chieftaincy title conferred on him on Saturday, October 30, 2021. The “Nothing I Get” hitmaker was enstooled as a chief by the chiefs and traditional rulers of Wassa. Fameye paid a courtesy call on the chiefs ahead …
Read More »‘After this case, we will be friends’ – Jesus Ahuofe reveals brief chat with Shatta Wale
• Bishop Jesus Ahuofe has revealed a brief meeting with Shatta Wale • The preacher was arrested for a death prophecy that concerned the musician • He says they met at the premises of a court during a bail hearing Bishop Stephen Akwesi Appiah, alias Jesus Ahuofe, the preacher behind …
Read More »Health workers’ strike: KATH Out Patient Deptartment deserted
The Out-patient Department of the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital (KATH) in Kumasi, continues to remain empty five days into the strike action by members of the Health Services Workers Union (HSWU). The nationwide strike action, which was declared on Tuesday, October 26, this year is in protest of an alleged …
Read More »I’m better off a cleaner abroad than unemployed graduate in Ghana – UK-based man
UK-based Ghanaian gospel artiste, Kofi Nyarko has revealed that he became corrupt after working as an intern at the Internal Revenue Service of the Ghana Revenue Authority while in the university. Speaking on the show ‘Daily Hustle In The UK’ on SVTV Africa, Kofi stated that he did not see …
Read More »Gunmen attack Piengua Chief, 10 others at festival
The Divisional Chief of Piengua traditional area Nene Tetteh Zogli III and about ten(10) others including his elders and followers have reportedly been attacked by some unknown armed men at Lower Manya Krobo Municipality in the Eastern Region on Saturday. A group of young men wielding guns, sticks and machetes …
Read More »Tricycle rider jailed 10 years for defiling 14-year-old
An Adentan Circuit Court has sentenced a 22-year-old tricycle rider to 10 years imprisonment over defilement. Benjamin Akrofi Otumfuor is said to have defiled the victim aged 14 in a classroom at a school in Otinibi, near Danfa in Accra. Charged with defilement, Otumfuor, pleaded guilty and he was convicted …
Read More »Kintampo police recapture Bole Fulani robbery, kidnapping suspect
The Kintampo Police in Bono East Region have re-arrested a robbery and kidnapping suspect, Ali Igudu, who escaped from the exchange of gunfire with officers from the Police Intelligence Directorate at the Bole District of the Savannah Region. According to information from the Kintampo Police, they gathered intelligence that suspects …
Read More »Suspected gay violently assaulted at Nkawie – Pro-LGBTQ+ group alleges
A young man has been assaulted by a mob at Nkawie on suspicion that he was gay. This website gathered that the perpetrators did not only videotape their abuse to the victim but also released the gruesome raw videos online. The attack took place at Nkawie in the Ashanti region. …
Read More »Ghana’s anti-LGBTQ+ Bill ‘shocking, unacceptable’ – Archbishop of York
Stephen Cottrell, Archbishop of York in the United Kingdom, has stated his support for the global Anglican Church’s pro-LGBTQ+ stance in recent tweets. Cottrell is the 98th Archbishop of York serving the diocese of York. He threw his weight specifically behind an October 26 statement issued by the leader of …
Read More »Bulldog thanks Akufo-Addo for dropping ‘Menzgold threat’ case
Artiste manager Bulldog has publicly thanked President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo for dropping a case against him with respect to a public threat he made against the person of the president. GhanaWeb monitored comments he made on the October 30, 2021, edition of UTV’s United Showbiz programme hosted by Abeiku Santana. It …
Read More »‘Ghana is not alone’ – Sam George on Italian Senate’s rejection of pro-LGBTQ+ bill
Ningo Prampram Member of Parliament, Sam Nartey George is happy about developments in Italy’s Upper House of Parliament after lawmakers shot down a law aiming to give protection to LGBTQ+ persons. According to him, the development shows that Ghana is not alone in fighting to protect “our value system.” “Ghana is not alone …
Read More »Gas explosion at Ministries’ Zenith Bank kills one; others in critical condition
A gas explosion within the premises of Zenith Bank around Ministries in Accra, has left one dead, another in critical condition, and a third person with minor injuries. According to Citi News sources, the deceased and the critically injured person, both welders, were engaged to dismantle a garbage container within …
Read More »Suspected Yellow Fever outbreak: Eight persons die in Savannah Region – GHS
Eight persons have died from suspected Yellow Fever (YF) outbreak in the Savannah Region, the Ghana Health Service(GHS) has said. This follows interim laboratory results of an unusual disease from the region, a press release from the Service, copied to the Ghana News Agency said. It said the disease was …
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