The Black Stars put up a good performance to defeat Nicaragua 1-0 in a friendly match at Estadio Francisco Artes Carrasco in Spain on Tuesday, September 27, 2022. A powerful strike from Abdul Fatawu Issahaku after a deflection got the only goal in the game. Ghana created several chances in …
Read More »Ghana’s Legendary Bronze Medalist, Prince Amartey, dies aged 78
Ghana’s boxer and Bronze Medalist at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, Prince Amartey, has passed on at age 78. He died on Friday 23, September 2022 in Ho, the Volta Regional Capital. He’s been bedridden for some time now before his sudden demise. Amartey represented Ghana at the 1968 …
Read More »‘We didn’t give Aisha Huang visa’ – Ghana’s Ambassador to China
The Ambassador of Ghana to China, Dr Winfred Nii Okai Hammond, on Thursday stated that the Embassy of Ghana in Beijing has nothing to do with En Huan, also known as Aisha Huan’s return to Ghana. He said the Chinese national who was deported from Ghana to China in December …
Read More »Watch Kwame Nkrumah officially open Ghana’s Parliament House in 1960
GhanaWeb chanced on an old video that shows when Ghana’s Parliament House was first opened in 1960. This was during the presidency of Osagyefo Dr. Kwame Nkrumah, Ghana’s first president. The 4 minutes-0 seconds video shared by British Pathé on YouTube showed the president, plus several not-readily identifiable dignitaries, gathering at the …
Read More »Breakdown of Ghana’s repatriation of 1,641 Chinese between 2009 – 2022
Ghana arrested and repatriated over 1,600 Chinese nationals engaged in illegal small-scale mining, the Ghana Immigration Service, GIS, has disclosed. The total figure of 1,641 repatriations spanned between 2009 and August 2022. There was no repatriation in 2011 with only nine repatriations in 2009. The highest figure was 713 recorded …
Read More »Ghana’s 2020 petition pops up in Kenya’s 2022 presidential election petition
Kenya’s Supreme Court is hearing a presidential election petition challenging the victory of the president-elect and outgoing deputy president William Ruto. Ruto and deputy president-elect Rigathi Gachagua are the main respondents along with the elections body, the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission, IEBC. The petition, which is seeking to annul …
Read More »Son of Ghana’s fmr Minister found guilty of fraud; faces 50 years jail in USA
A 31-year-old Ghanaian has been found guilty of Fraud and Money Laundering in a Southern District of West Virginia of the United States of America. 31-year-old Abdul Inusah who is said to be the son of a former Minister of State in Ghana faces up to 50 years jail term …
Read More »All about E. R. T. Madjitey: Ghana’s first IGP who became a founding member of the NPP
In October 9, 1958, the last British Citizen to occupy office in Ghana as the Commissioner of Police left. The then Prime Minister of the newly independent country, Osagyefo Dr Kwame Nkrumah appointed his replacement who became the first Ghanaian to head of the Ghana Police Force. That honour was bestowed on …
Read More »Ghana’s economic hardship: Even Akufo-Addo is bleeding – General Mosquito
Johnson Asiedu Nketia, General Secretary of the National Democratic Congress has said everyone in the country is facing economic difficulties including the president Nana Akuffo-Addo. Speaking on OTEC FM’s afternoon political show dubbed, ‘Dwabrem’ Mr Asiedu Nkatiah on Friday August 19, 2022, Mr. Asiedu Nketia revealed ‘’the current economic crisis …
Read More »Ghana’s economic crisis: Churches should improve social support systems – Dr Stephen Takyi appeals
Policy and planning lecturer at the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST), Dr Stephen Takyi, has suggested to churches to improve on their social support systems for the members. In the midst of economic challenges confronting the country, he suggested among other things to the managements of the …
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