Former Deputy National Security Coordinator in Charge of Airports, Hopeson Adorye, has disclosed that the Government of Ghana will soon lodge an official complaint against Serwaa Broni in Canada. Her charge, according to him, will be blackmailing the president of Ghana, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, and also spreading false information about …
Read More »US freezes $160million in aid to Burkina Faso after coup
The US State Department has announced it is freezing nearly $160m (£118m) in foreign aid to Burkina Faso. The announcement follows a detailed assessment of the events leading to the overthrow of President Roch Kaboré in late January, which the US has now determined was indeed a military coup. It …
Read More »Two Ghanaian ‘money mules’ in $42 million romance fraud found guilty by US court
The scandalous trade they were engaged in earned them the names, ‘money mules’ but what makes the news of Linda Mbimadong and Richard Broni an ironic one is that they were not the main guys in the fraud case they have been found guilty in. Call them the middlemen and …
Read More »How Mahama’s swearing-in was ordered hours after Mills’ death
It was not just about the weight of the wailing of the nation when the shocking news flew threw the wires and kicked down walls on that fateful Tuesday, July 24, 2012, when the then-sitting President of Ghana, John Evans Atta Mills, was announced dead. Statistically, he became the first-ever …
Read More »Kotoko arrive in Accra with Fabio Gama, Mudasiru others for Hearts clash
Kumasi Asante Kotoko traveled to Accra for their crunch match day 7 clash against Hearts of Oak with a 22 man squad. Several players were likely to miss the game due to injury concerns but have now made the squad for the trip to the capital. Mudasiru Salifu was absent …
Read More »Transport fares to go up Feb. 26, GPRTU in talks with govt over percentage
The Ghana Private Road Transport Union (GPRTU) has reminded commuters to expect an increase in transport fares from Saturday, 26 February 2022. Speaking in an interview, the Union’s Public Relations Officer, Mr Imoro Abbas said they are currently engaging the government on what percentage the upward adjustment should be. “We …
Read More »17 burnt to death as petrol tanker catches fire in Nigerian state
No fewer than 17 persons died when a tanker caught fire along the Lagos-Ibadan highway in the Ogun State of Nigeria. The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) confirmed that the accident happened around 5 am on Friday, February 18 before the Isara bridge. The spokesperson of the FRSC in Ogun, …
Read More »Hundreds displaced in Assin Anwiasu after heavy downpour
Hundreds of residents in Assin Anwiasu in the Assin North District of the Central Region have been displaced following a heavy downpour that destroyed a number of houses on Thursday night. Over 50 houses and properties worth millions of cedis were affected by the rainstorm. The chief of …
Read More »WATCH: Akufo-Addo replies question on possible coup in Ghana on France 24
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has taken a swipe at the international media for amplifying political instability in Africa and rather going lull on similar occurrences in the West. When asked if there could be a coup in Ghana, in an interview on France 24 in Brussels, Belgium, Ghana’s leader wondered why …
Read More »Agona Nyarkrom: Angry youth rip off palace roof in attempt to steal stool [PHOTOS]
Some angry youth of Agona Nyarkrom in the Central Region have besieged the Nana Ampiawkoko Palace and ripped off portions of its roof in a bid to steal a black stool in a protracted chieftaincy dispute. Elders of the community according to Citi News sources had to run for cover for fear …
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