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The World Bank has revised Ghana’s growth to 4.9 percent for 2021, from the earlier forecast of 1.4 percent of Gross Domestic Product, its latest October 2021 Africa Pulse report has indicated. It is also forecasting a 5.5 percent expansion in the economy in 2022, reflecting strong growth in exports. …

A 28-year-old man identified as Papa Kwame has been washed ashore after he went missing some three days ago. According to reports, the man drowned after bathing in a sea at Saltpond Nankesido in the Mfantseman Municipality of the Central Region. The body was discovered on Friday, October 8 at …

• The Accra-Tema Motorway is inundated with several illegal structures • Several of such structures have been demolished in an exercise on Friday • The latest exercise was undertaken by La Dade-Kotopon and Ayawaso North Municipal Assemblies A team of police officers and local assembly officials on Friday, October 8, …

• A young man has been fined 24 sheep for engaging in homosexual acts • The suspected guy has been asked by the Nkoranza Traditional Council to provide the sheep for purification • He is said to have confessed to being gay A 21-year-old-man has been fined 24 sheep by …

• Justice Samuel Kofi Marful-Sau who was a Supreme Court judge died on August 10, 2021 • He was appointed Supreme Court judge in 2018 • He left behind a wife and 4 children Of all the tributes read during the state burial of the late Supreme Court Justice, Samuel Marful-Sau, …

The Managing Director of Avcontech Security Services, Nana Kweku Ofori Atta has sent his congratulatory message to the new Inspector General of Police Dr Akuffo Dampare. It would be recalled that President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo appointed Dr Dampare to act as IGP after the retirement of former Inspector General …

The Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games has unveiled details of the international route and the design of the Queen’s Baton for the 16th official Queen’s Baton Relay. The Queen’s Baton Relay is a Games tradition that celebrates, connects and excites communities from across Commonwealth during the build-up to the Games. The …

• A state burial is being held in honour of Justice Samuel Kofi Marful-Sau today • Many Supreme Court justices and lawyers are present at the event • The late SC Justice reportedly died after a short illness To commiserate with the family and pay last respects to their cherished …

The confirmation of the President’s nominee for Municipal Chief Executive (MCE) for Ketu South was delayed for almost two hours. The delay was occasioned by first, the last-minute revocation of all former government appointees of the Assembly, which affected Samuel Doe Haligah, who was also the Presiding Member and the …

The Bunkpurugu District Command have arrested suspect Kampii Ningpeen Yennu in connection with the alleged killing of one Matthew Namisom, 35, a farmer at Kpentaung in the Bunkpurugu/Nakpanduri district of the North East region. The Acting North East Regional Police Public Relations Officer, ASP Robert Anabiik Anmain, who confirmed the …

The Ghana Education Service (GES) has cautioned authorities at the various Senior High Schools against collecting any unauthorised and/or illegal charge from newly graduated final year students under the guise of the clearance system. In a letter to Regional Directors, the Director-General, Prof Kwasi Opoku-Amankwa, stated that the Service had …

When armed robbers struck at Afiedenyigba in the Keta Constituency of the Volta Region earlier in the week, the Police’s response was to go after them with guns that could not fire, Whatsup New gathered. According to a group of Anlo citizens of the Volta Region called “Concerned Citizens of Anlo” who are lamenting …

Ghanaian controversial actress and queen of twerking, Akuapem Poloo has once again done it again by showing herself to the public. Akuapem Poloo is in the news again after she almost went naked during a live show which she claims she wanted to show how beautiful she was to the …

A little over two months after he took office as the acting Inspector General of Police, Dr. George Akuffo Dampare will today, October 8, 2021, be named as substantive head of the Ghana Police Service. The president, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, will swear him in today, making him the country’s …

Collapsed Gold trading firm Menzgold has said it will start paying locked up funds of its aggrieved customers in December this year. “We strive to complete the final phase of our audit endeavors and shall proceed to fully publish the following in the print and digital new media;  List of …

Former President John Mahama is elated that the World Health Organisation (WHO) has approved the new malaria vaccine for widespread use. In a post on Facebook, Thursday, he stated that millions of African children will be saved from avoidable deaths as a result of this scientific and Public Health breakthrough. …

Collapsed Gold trading firm Menzgold has said it will start paying locked up funds of its aggrieved customers in December this year. “We strive to complete the final phase of our audit endeavors and shall proceed to fully publish the following in the print and digital new media;  List of …

The Acting Inspector General of Police, COP Dr. Akuffo Dampare has directed all Regional Police Commanders to increase police presence in areas around financial institutions to curb robbery. The move is to deal with the emerging trend where criminals on motorbikes trail persons who have withdrawn monies from the bank …

A 19-year-old student of the Jachie-Pramso Senior High School in the Bosomtwe District of  the Ashanti Region has been found dead after going missing for just a day as dry leaves suspected to be ‘Indian Hemp’ or wee found in his pocket. Osei Paul, a final -year General Arts student …

The Coalition of Muslim Organisations, Ghana (COMOG) and other Muslim stakeholder institutions, have forwarded a memorandum to the Committee on Constitutional, Legal and Parliamentary Affairs supporting the Memorandum on the Promotion of Proper Human Sexual Rights And Ghanaian Family Values Bill 2021. The anti-LGBTQI bill, according to COMOG, “is to …

Over six hundred teachers in the Ajumako Enyan Essiam District in the Central Region have boycotted a one-day workshop organized by the Controller and Accountant General’s Department(CAGD). The angry teachers said the Education Directorate sent them a circular informing them about a validation workshop being organized by the Controller and …

One of the three fetish priests who have been held for the alleged murder of a-64-year-old Bio-Chemist at Adeiso in the Eastern Region, Christian Awoe Gamelie aka Power One, 40, has died in lawful custody. Power one, who was the first accused person together with two others have been in …

• A man is on rampage stealing laptops from company premises • A new CCTV footage of the serial thief has emerged two weeks after an initial one went viral on social media • His latest victims are a laboratory equipment supply firm A serial laptop thief has been captured …

Nigerian soldiers have reportedly arrested popular Nollywood actor, Chinwetalu Agu, in Upper Iweka area of Anambra state. Reports are that the veteran actor was manhandled for putting on an outfit with colours of the Biafran Flag. Mr Agu’s vehicle was stopped by soldiers who wasted no time in bringing him …

A 68-year-old woman met her tragic end Wednesday morning when a vehicle loaded with foodstuffs ran over her at the entrance of the Agomanya market in the Eastern Region. The accident occurred when a Mitsubishi mini bus with registration number GW 3696-X loaded with foodstuffs and heading from Yonguasi, a …