A fire broke out at a five-storey building in Johannesburg early on Thursday morning. Screengrab via @CityofJoburgZA/ X At least 73 people have died and more than 50 others were injured after a fire broke out at a building in the Johannesburg CBD on Thursday morning. Johannesburg Emergency Management Services …
Read More »I expected the Gabon coup; I still expect four more coups in Africa – Kwesi Pratt
Ventral journalist and managing editor of the Insight Newspaper, Kwesi Pratt Jnr., has said that he is not surprised by the military taking over in the Central African country of Gabon. According to him, the signs have been clear that the ousted President of Gabon, Ali Bongo Ondimba, was desperately holding …
Read More »No more borrowing to finance Nigerian economy – Finance Minister
The Federal Government says it has no intention to borrow from any local or foreign organisation with its removal of subsidy on petrol and exchange rate harmonisation. The Minister of Finance and Coordinating Minister for the Economy, Wale Edun, revealed this at the end of the inaugural Federal Executive Council …
Read More »Making Africa ‘more free’ – Wagner chief appears ‘somewhere in the Sahel’
Wagner chief Yevgeny Prigozhin has appeared in his first video address since his failed mutiny in Russia, which suggests he is in Africa. The BBC has not been able to verify where the video was filmed. The video posted on Telegram channels linked to the Wagner mercenary group shows Prigozhin …
Read More »No one should pay more than GH¢300 for a passport – Foreign Ministry
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Regional Integration has announced that the highest an applicant must pay for a Ghanaian passport must be GH¢300, that is for a premium service. The sector minister recently made an unannounced visit to the passport office in Accra where she principally announced the termination …
Read More »Car-washing abroad pays more than being a music star in Ghana – Patapaa
Patapaa has argued that people abroad who are engaged in some forms of work looked down upon in Ghana make more money than even local music stars. The entertainer spoke on Ayekoo Ayekoo on Accra 100.5 FM, Thursday, July 20, 2023. Host Nana Romeo broached a rumour that Patapaa does menial jobs, including …
Read More »More evidence of plot to oust Dampare pops up, another senior police officer implicated
More damning evidence is emerging around the plot by some senior officers of the Ghana Police Service to oust the Inspector-General of Police, George Akuffo-Dampare, ahead of the 2024 general election. GhanaWeb on Tuesday, July 11, 2023, broke the news about a secret recording implicating some senior police officers of plotting the …
Read More »Africa needs more Kagames than ‘lying, thieving democrats’ – University don
African countries would be better off with dictators cast in the mould of Rwandan leader Paul Kagame than the current crop of liars and theivess in power who are being appraised as democrats, Dr Vladimir Antwi-Danso, the Dean of the Ghana Armed Forces Command and Staff College (GAFCSC) has said. …
Read More »More revelations about Asanteman Chief in Ohio who shot his wife, killed himself emerge
Days after international media news outlet Fox 28 reported the tragic incident of attempted murder and suicide by a Ghanaian man in Ohio, more details have emerged. According to previous reports, Kwabena Michael Amoako is said to have shot his wife several times and shot himself to death after. Per …
Read More »More audios drop as Diamond Appiah predicts doom for Tracey Boakye’s marriage
In a set of new audios circulating online, Diamond Appiah has been captured telling her former friend, Nana Brown, that Tracey Boakye’s marriage won’t last. This was after a prophetess predicted that the only thing that can jeopardize Tracey Boakye’s marriage are false rumours and ‘hearsays’ during an earlier interview with OhenebaTV. …
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