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A Nigerian trader who trafficked two Nigerian women to Ghana and compelled them to engage in prostitution has been sentenced to six years imprisonment by an Accra Circuit Court. Favour Chikadia, charged with two counts of human trafficking, pleaded not guilty. The court, however, found Chikadia guilty at the end …

Family members of the late Benjamin Asonaba Dapaah, a former Council of State member and founding member of the NPP party, are demanding explanations from the government over purported funeral arrangements of their late son. According to them, some radio stations in Kumasi are announcing the final funeral rites of …

Progress on three major projects in the Ashanti Region have come to a stand-still due to lack of funds. These projects include phase two of the Kumasi International Airport and Kejetia Central Market and the 500-bed capacity maternity and children block at the KATH. The Mayor of Kumasi Samuel Pyne …

The National Organiser of the National Patriotic Party (NPP), Henry Nana Boakye, has disclosed that they are submitting a petition to the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) over Mahama’s ‘do-or-die’ comment. According to him, the action is informed by comments made by the former president, Mahama, in 2020 at a campaign …

Bryan Acheampong, a Member of Parliament for Abetifi Constituency has responded to some National Democratic Congress (NDC) executives who launched scathing attacks on him for saying the ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP) will not hand over power to the opposition party in 2025. According to the MP, the NDC should not be fixated on …

The United Fetish Priests Association (UFPA) has vowed to invade Parliament with eggs and schnapps to curse lawmakers should they vote against the controversial Lesbians, Gays, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer (anti-LGBTQI+) Bill. According to the group’s president Nana Mosi Bansere, it would be a betrayal of Ghana’s tradition and culture if the MPs …

Medical Doctors, government workers occupying government bungalows served eviction notice by the Ashanti Regional Coordinating Council (ARCC) following release of lands their bungalows occupy back to Otumfuo. According to sources, the medical doctors are threatening to leave the region enmass if the eviction notice is carried through. The doctors explained …

Ghana is yet to act in respect of a 90-day visa-free arrangement for ordinary passport holders with the Republic of South Africa (RSA), despite the challenges businesses and individuals currently have to go through to acquire a visa to travel to the Southern Africa nation. AviationGhana sources close to the …

Asante Kotoko board member Joseph Yaw Adu has revealed the board summoned the Chief Executive Officer of the club Nana Yaw Amponsah to explain why he sacked coach Seydou Zerbo without the board’s knowledge. The Burkinabe was fired last month after the Porcupine Warriors were shocked 2-0 at home by Medeama SC. Yaw …

Some police officers attached to the Axim District Police in the Western Region have been humiliated by suspected illegal miners also known as “Galamseyers.” The Galamseyers humiliated the policemen they accused of collecting bribes from them and attempted to arrest one of them. The policemen numbering about four were captured …