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Former President John Mahama Ghana’s debt level is unsustainable and the cause of the current hardship that ordinary citizens are suffering, former President Jon Mahama has said.“Our debt has ballooned to unsustainable levels – topping 80% of GDP – exposing us to very high risk of debt default“, the 2020 …

The Upper Axim Traditional Council has revoked the appointment and enstoolment of the Nkosuohemaa of the Upper Axim Traditional Council, Nana Erzah Nkrumah II. She was destooled over her deceitful nature, arrogance, and gross disrespect to the traditional authority. A statement signed and released in Axim by the Acting President …

The Guinea military junta who seized power from President Alpha Conde, in a coup on the 5th of September 2021, have assured the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), that they are prepared to respect the regional bloc’s six-month demand to restore constitutional rule as theirs is only a …

A Nursing mother on a motorbike has been crushed to death at Kasoa Free town Junction on the Kasoa – Obom Road in the Awutu Senya East Municipality of the Central Region. The deceased known as Magasuba Mariam was returning home after buying some foodstuff at the Kasoa New Market …

A suspected armed robber has been shot dead in a failed robbery attack on the Adonteng Rural Bank branch in Abomosu in Atewa West District in Eastern Region. The deceased armed robber was part of a robbery gang that attempted to attack the bank at about 1:55 am Friday, September …

The Minister for Lands and Natural, Resources, Samuel  Jinapor, has turned in 18 impounded containers of Rosewood to the Board of Trustees of the National Cathedral for the construction of the Cathedral Project. The presentation was done on Friday, 17th September, 2017 at a short ceremony at the Forestry Commission’s …

Two people have been confirmed dead while eleven others are in critical condition following an accident at Ekumfi Esaakyire on the Winneba-Cape Coast High way. The accident happened Saturday morning around 6:20 am between a Toyota Fish vehicle with registration number CR-748-17 and a Sprinter bus with registration number GT-5860-20. …

The West African Examinations Council (WAEC) has released dates for the papers cancelled in the ongoing West African Senior Schools Certificate Examinations (WASSCE). The papers – Physics 1 & 2 and Business Management 1& 2 – were cancelled as a result of widespread leakage. They were cancelled on Wednesday, September 15. In a …

The National Security Coordinator has issued security alerts to all security councils across the nation ahead of the announcement of metropolitan, municipal and district chief executives (MMDCEs). The alert, captured in the form of a memo, has the subject: ‘ANTICIPATING OF POSSIBLE VIOLENCE AHEAD OF THE ANNOUNCEMENT OF MMDCES’. It was …

The one-storey palace belonging to the Omanhene of Akyem Kotoku Traditional Area at Akim Oda in the Birim Central Municipality of the Eastern Region which was gradually collapsing has been demolished. This was after the intervention of the Member of Parliament (MP) for Oda, Alexander Akwasi Acquah, who led a …

The Taliban have excluded girls from Afghan secondary schools, after they ordered only boys and male teachers to return to the classroom. A statement from the Islamist group saying secondary classes would resume made no mention of girls or women. One Afghan schoolgirl told the BBC she was devastated. “Everything …

Former Asante Kotoko defender Godfred Yeboah who died some months ago will be interred today Saturday, September 18, 2021. The defender will be buried in a Kotoko designed football boots with TV3 logo his nickname embossed on the casket. He died in the wee hours of Tuesday, August 3, 2021, …

Parents of students of Aburi Girls’ Senior High School are least enthused about a decision taken by the Ghana Education Service (GES) to interdict the headmistress, Alice Prempeh-Fordjour. The parents and guardians have, therefore, started agitations to get Mrs Prempeh-Fordjour reinstated as they consider the decision rash and uninformed. According …

One suspected armed robber has been shot dead after an exchange of gunfire with security personnel at Adonteng community bank at Abomosu in the Atiwa West District of the Eastern region. Police report says, on Friday noon, three armed men in masks with guns attacked security personnel at the bank …

The Upper West regional coordinator of the National Disaster Management Organisation (NADMO) Ahmed Mustapha has warned of a possible food shortage if the Ministry of Food and Agriculture fails to institute interventions immediately to deal with the effect of floods in the Upper East region. He revealed that some five …

A Ghanaian citizen and a member of the opposition National Democratic Congress(NDC), Eric Adjei has petitioned the Commissioner on Human Rights and Administrative Justice (CHRAJ) to investigate Mr. Dominic Oppong-Adjei aka Konkonsa over what he has described as “questionable acquisition of luxurious property”. Mr. Eric Adjei in his petition said …

Yao Senya, a 27-year-old fisherman, has been arrested by the Anloga Police for allegedly stabbing one Dumega Heletsi Akpakudzo, 71, to death at Atito, a suburb of Anloga. He was arrested on September 15, this year, and is currently in police custody assisting with investigation. Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP), …

The Saboba District in the Northern Region has been cut off from the rest of the country following continuous torrential rains in the area since last week. A resident of Saboba, Kwame Belijo, in a telephone interview with the Ghanaian Times, said major roads leading to Saboba from other districts …

This journey on which we are embarking is catapulting us to one of the fertile lands in the Volta region which supports the growth of every food crop except banana. The land is the home to the Tafi Atome Monkey Sanctuary and Cultural Village, one of the most popular tourist …

• A youth group in Odododiodio are unhappy • They have been protesting against the imminent replacement of Accra Mayor, Mohammed Adjei Sowah • The group said they will no longer support the NPP if Adjei Sowah is replaced A group calling itself the Concerned Youth of Odododiodio are protesting …

• Dr Kwame Nkrumah‘s recognized birth date is September 21, 1909 • Ghana’s first president said it’s possible he was born on September 18, 1909 • It is also possible that he was born in 1912 For years, Ghana has marked September 21 as the birthday of its first president, …

• Akufo-Addo was in Guinea as Chair of ECOWAS to meet the military junta • He was met in Conakry by Ivorian President Alassane Ouattara • Guineans celebrated ‘democrat’ Akufo-Addo and protested against Ouattara, who they called a ‘copy of Conde’  President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addoalong with his Ivorian counterpart, Alassane …

Junta leader Col. Mamady Doumbouya said Conakry would not surrender deposed President Alpha Conde. Regional leaders have put pressure and sanctions on the junta members. After a meeting with regional leaders Friday, Guinean junta leader Col. Mamady Doumbouya dismissed the idea of letting deposed President Alpha Conde leave the country. …

A middle-aged woman has lost her life after she was hit by a water tanker vehicle on the Obom-Amasaman stretch in the Central Region. The woman, 39-year-old Magasuba Mariam, who was sitting on a motorbike, died instantly after the crash. The Deputy Central East Police Commander, ACP Oduro Amaning, who …

A 27-year old fisherman, Yao Senya has been picked up by police in Anloga for stabbing a 71-year old man to death at Atito in the Anloga District of the Volta region. On Wednesday, 15 September 2021 a police report was received at the Alakple police station to the effect …