54 Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE) candidates in the Atwima Asamang D/A JHS and Aduwamase D/A JHS of the Ashanti Region have received free mathematical sets and pens from My Ghana Media’s News Editor who is also a Broadcasting Journalist, Adwenpa-Hene Kofi Mensah secretly known as Mr. Francis Mensah. The …
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Fake publication: Media General to appeal court decision on radio presenter
Media General is set to appeal a decision on its key presenter in the Western Region Paa Kwesi Simpson, a host of Connect FM’s morning show, Omanbapa a subsidiary of Media General Group. Lawyers for Media General are preparing to file a notice to appeal a decision by a circuit …
Read More »Meet the new board of Otumfuo Foundation
The Otumfuo Osei Tutu II Foundation has inaugurated a new board of trustees. The eight-member board will take over from the previous whose mandate was smaller than the present which is under a new name. It is a consolidation of the Otumfuo Education Fund, the Serwaa Ampem Foundation for Children …
Read More »I’m the destiny carrier for this nation – Ato Essien tells court
The Founder and former Chief Executive Officer of the defunct Capital Bank William Ato Essien has told the High Court in Accra that he is a “destiny and nation builder.” Ato Essien who was unable to conclude negotiations with the state to pay compensation under section 35 of the courts …
Read More »Residents of Manso Agoroyesum demonstrate over poor roads
Residents of Manso Agoroyesum in the Ashanti Region have embarked on a demonstration over the deplorable nature of roads in the area. The residents complain that the poor nature of the roads in the Amansie South District exposes residents to respiratory diseases. According to them, the district is enriched with …
Read More »Farmer sentenced to 24 years imprisonment over defilement
A Cape Coast Circuit Court has sentenced a farmer to 24 years imprisonment in hard labour for defiling a five-year-old girl. The convict, Richard Wonder, 24, pleaded not guilty to the charge but was later found guilty by the court. Prosecuting, Detective Chief Inspector John Asare Bediako told the court …
Read More »Man, 38, jailed 20 years for attempting to have anal sex with 16-year-old boy
The Bekwai Circuit Court in Ashanti Region presided over by His Honour Mark Diboro has jailed 38-year-old Collins Sarfo to 20 years imprisonment for an attempt to have anal sex with a 16-year-old boy. The complainant in the case is the assembly member for Fomena Electoral Area while the victim …
Read More »Okada riders explain why they’ve rejected ‘Nana Camboo’ mini cars
The Okada Riders Association has explained that the newly introduced vehicles to replace Okada are of a great disadvantage to them. Thus, it will be difficult to replace their motorcycles with cars. The government through the Coastal Development Authority (CODA) launched an initiative christened “CODA Drive” to empower operators of …
Read More »Why NDC MP’s visa application at US Embassy has delayed
• Emmanuel Bedzrah’s visa application has delayed • It was suspected that the US Embassy was using the visa to gag MPs who support the anti-LGBTQ+ bill • Muntaka says his office has been briefed on the reason for the delay Muntaka Mubarak, the Minority Chief has revealed that Parliament has been …
Read More »Support A Mother Save A Child Foundation embarks on annual breast cancer screening
Support A Mother Save A Child Foundation had its annual free breast cancer screening and education on the importance of screening. The foundation with its slogan “Early detection saves lives” organised the free breast cancer screening on 30th October, 2021, at the Apostolic Church of Ghana, Odorkor. There were 3 …
Read More »A better world is near
Accra will be one of the thousands of communities around the globe that will receive a powerful message of hope this November, as Jehovah’s Witnesses embark on a special campaign focusing attention on the Bible’s hope for a better world. The campaign will feature the distribution of a special edition …
Read More »Aboboyaa operators call for designation of tricycle routes
Mr Christian Sabunor, Tricycle or “Aboboyaa” operator in the Tema metropolis has called on the government to create tricycle routes and terminals to help them to convey waste materials from the source to the landfill site. Speaking to the Ghana News Agency in Tema in an interview with regards to …
Read More »Milovan Rajevac defends decision to include Philemon Baffour in Black Stars squad
Ad • Milovan says Philemon Baffour is for the future • He says the defender didn’t play against Zimbabwe because of fear of mistakes • A total of 28 players have been invited to camp Black Stars coach Milovan Rajevac has defended his decision to include under-fire defender Philemon Baffour in …
Read More »A/R: Two KIDS drown in an abandoned water tank at Anwomaso-Domeabra
Two children, a boy and a girl under age five were allegedly drowned in an abandoned water tank at Anwomaso-Domeabra in the Ejisu Municipality of the Ashanti Region Bodies of the boy aged 4, and the girl aged 2, were seen floating on water in a two feet block tank …
Read More »Teacher subjects 9-year-old pupil to serious lashes over Maths assignment
• Victim suffered open wounds after being subjected to severe lashes • Police have commenced investigation into the alleged assault • Victim still recovering A nine-year-old student of Happy Kings Primary School at Sawaba in the Asewase Constituency has suffered open wounds to her back after being subjected to severe …
Read More »Police chases man for hacking girlfriend with hammer in KEEA
The Komenda- Edina- Eguafo-Abrem (KEEA) municipal police in the Central Region is on a manhunt for suspect Kwesi Thomas, 40, for allegedly hacking his girlfriend, Celina Kakra, 24, with a hammer over the payment for expenses she incurred after a miscarriage. Narrating the matter to Accra 100. 5 FM mid-day …
Read More »Food seller passes out on seeing her structure being demolished
• A demolition exercise along the Kpeshie Lagoon is ongoing • Encroachers on the government land asked to vacate it • The exercise is expected to be followed through till the end The shock from seeing that the structure that serves as her source of income had just been destroyed, …
Read More »State witness in coup plotters case facing charges for murder
State witness says he killed someone in self-defence • Sulle Kojo Awarf is a soldier at the Military Defence Intelligence • Some ten people are standing trial for treason felony The Attorney-General’s star witness in the coup plotters case is facing murder charges in court. This was revealed by the …
Read More »Funeral of Gbawe chief: Council clash with Mallam traders over closure of shops
Some traders in the Mallam enclave have refused to shut their shops as directed by the traditional authority following rituals underway for the final funeral rites of Nii Laryea Faamlite II, the chief of Gbawe. According to the traders, the area was not part of the jurisdiction of Gbawe. Rainbow …
Read More »Taskforce arrests 12 aboboyaa riders for using Tema motorway to transport refuse
• Aboboyaas have been banned from using motorways in the Greater Accra region • A task force has been stationed along the Accra-Tema Motorway to ensure this • The riders want landfill sites established in their communities A total of 12 riders of aboboyaa (tricycles) using the Accra-Tema Motorway were …
Read More »Family of boy paraded naked for allegedly stealing GH¢100 wants justice
Kwabena Kwam alias Ofie One, an uncle to one of the boys stripped naked and paraded in Akuapem Adawso for allegedly stealing GH¢100, has asked the police Service to deal ruthlessly with the offender who committed the criminal act. Two teenagers were stripped naked and paraded on the streets of …
Read More »Forces of nature have stalled Amansie South roads – MP
The Member of Parliament for Manso Edubia and Deputy Minister of Agric, Yaw Frimpong, has partly linked the stalled Amansie roads in the Ashanti Region to natural forces. “Kofi, this can be described as a typical example of forces of nature,” he told Kofi Asante Ennin on GhanAkoma while reacting …
Read More »Man, 60, allegedly kills granddaughter, commits suicide
A 60-year-old man, Opanin Kwaku Dagarti, has allegedly killed his 16-year-old granddaughter and committed suicide. He allegedly committed the act on his farm at Attakrom, a suburb of Nsawkaw in the Tain District of Bono Region. A brother of the deceased expressed shock at the incident saying the family does …
Read More »Remembering Rawlings: What Otumfuo Osei Tutu II wrote in JJ’s book of condolence
NB: Ahead of the one-year anniversary of the passing of late former president Jerry John Rawlings on November 12 2021, we take you down memory lane of some monumental moments of the late Ghanaian leader. While the demise of former President Jerry John Rawlings is still a shock to many, people from …
Read More »6 key reforms by the Ghana Police Service since COP Dampare took over as IGP
• The relationship between the public and police have not been any better than lately • COP George Akuffo Dampare has been initiating new reforms in the Service • The IGP’s tenure has seen indiscipline being tackled vigorously The popular saying goes, ‘new king, new law,’ and that seems to have exactly …
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