After more than 100 years, two Benin Bronzes, which were looted by British troops, have been returned to a traditional palace in Benin City, Nigeria. The artifacts were stolen from the Kingdom of Benin in modern-day Nigeria by British soldiers in 1897. A looted bronze cockerel known as the “Okukur” …
Read More »Gushegu: Service rifle stolen from a policeman sleeping on duty
Information available to MyNewsGh.com indicates that a service rifle has been stolen from the armed guard at the Gushegu Charge office in the Gushegu District of the Northern Region According to our source, the rifle with 20 rounds of ammunition was handed over to Corporal Gideon Dagadu to perform night …
Read More »I learnt most of my democratic values from Akufo-Addo – Kwesi Pratt
The Managing Editor of the Insight Newspaper has disclosed that most of the democratic values he holds dear today were learned under the feet of Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo. According to Kwesi Pratt, his then ally in the democratic struggle (Akufo-Addo) taught him and others a lot about democratic values …
Read More »I stopped you from siphoning fuel from Jubilee House – Abronye DC ‘fights’ A Plus
Kwame Baffoe, a.k.a Abronye DC, the controversial and outspoken Chairman of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) in the Bono region, has bragged about how he stopped musician-turned-political activist, Kwame A Plus, from continuously pilfering fuel from the Jubilee House. According to Abronye DC, A Plus is a chain weed smoker who was also in the business …
Read More »Ethiopia starts generating power from River Nile dam
A controversial Ethiopian dam on the Blue Nile river began generating electricity for the first time on Sunday, according to state TV. The $4.2bn (£3.8bn) dam, located in the western Benishangul-Gumuz region, has been a source of contention between Ethiopia, Egypt and Sudan since its construction started in 2011. Sudan …
Read More »Liverpool came from behind to beat Norwich
Liverpool staged a second-half comeback against a resilient Norwich side to keep their Premier League title hopes alive with an eighth successive win in all competitions. The Reds had threatened the Norwich goal countless times but they were stunned into emergency action moments after the interval when Milot Rashica’s deflected …
Read More »US-based Ghanaian pleads guilty to laundering $35m from Americans
US-based Ghanaian, Fred Asante, who was arrested on February 17, 2021, as a member of a criminal money laundering syndicate in Ghana, has now pleaded guilty. Fred Asante pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to commit money laundering, which carries a maximum sentence of 20 years in prison and …
Read More »NAGRAT strike looms over deletion of names of teachers from payroll
The National Association of Graduate Teachers (NAGRAT) will soon go on strike unless names of teachers deleted from the government’s payroll unfairly are restored. This has been hinted by NAGRAT President Angel Carbonou. Speaking to journalists in Accra on Thursday, February 17, 2022, the NAGRAT leader described the reasons given …
Read More »Top gospel musicians join ‘One Man Supporter’ to kick out GFA president from office
Celebrated Ghanaian gospel musicians, Isaiah Kwadwo Ampong and Nicholas Omane Acheampong have joined Ghana’s first official international football supporter, Abraham Boakye, popularly known as “One Man Supporter” to form a movement in pursuit of kicking the GFA President Mr Kurt Okraku out of office before his tenure ends. At a press …
Read More »Nobody can sack me from NDC – Anyidoho
Samuel Koku Anyidoho, founder and CEO of the Atta-Mills Institute has said nobody can sack him from the National Democratic Congress (NDC). Anyidoho was reacting to his supposed expulsion from the biggest opposition party in the country. Speaking with Kwaku Nhyira-Addo on the Asaase Breakfast Show Thursday (17 February) he said, the NDC has …
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