The wait is gradually coming to an end. The World is about to witness what many described as a compact “World Cup”. For the first time in the history of the competition, football fans would not have to travel long hours to enjoy matches, all the games are right at …
Read More »Manasseh Azure Awuni, three others fined for contempt
An Accra High Court has ordered Investigative Journalist Manasseh Azure Awuni and three others to pay a fine of GHC 2,400 each after finding them guilty of contempt of court. Manasseh and the three in default will serve one month imprisonment each, for publication of issues yet to be determined …
Read More »Woman, 34, dies after being r@ped by three men and set on fire
A WOMAN has died after being brutally r@ped by three men and set on fire in South Africa. The 34-year-old was dragged to a park in Roodepan, Kimberley, and attacked shortly after 8pm on Friday. She was raped in Lethabo Park before being doused with paraffin and set alight, SABC …
Read More »Top three interesting cultural facts to know about Nigeria as it marks independence
Nigeria gained independence on October 1, 1960. A federal government structure with an elected prime minister and ceremonial head of state was formed by a new constitution. After neither party obtained a majority in the 1959 elections, the National Council of Nigeria and the Cameroons (NCNC) then led by Nnamdi …
Read More »Tanzania: Catholic Church suspends priest accused of raping three children
Two days after Father Sostenes Bahati Soka of Moshi, in Kilimanjaro region, was arraigned for allegedly raping three children, the Catholic Church has suspended him from providing spiritual services until the allegations against him are cleared. Father Soka who was the parish priest of St. Deonis Aropagita’s Parish, was brought …
Read More »Mother, three children drown in lagoon at Laklevikope
A woman, aged 41, has drowned with three children in a pit dug in the Keta Lagoon at Laklevikope, near Aflao, in the Ketu South Municipality. The incident happened on Saturday when Madam Yawa Apenu was allegedly fishing with Bridget Amewu, 14, and Daddy Amewu, 10 – her children- and …
Read More »Three faces of Huang: En, Aisha, Ruixia
The most talked about personality in Ghana since last week has been a Chinese woman notoriously referred to as queen in the illegal small-scale mining, alias galamsey, business. When her re-arrest was announced on September 5, 2022, legal, political and security concerns were raised from different quarters for different reasons. …
Read More »A/R: Five persons burnt to ashes in series of fire disasters in three years at Aburaso
Five persons have been burnt to ashes with seven houses destroyed in a series of fire disasters at Aburaso in the Kwadaso Municipality of the Ashanti in the last three years. This was revealed by the Assembly member of the Aburaso Electoral area Hon Emmanuel Nyanteng. The fire outbreaks in …
Read More »Pothole kills three on Sunyani-Techiman highway
Three persons have died in a ghastly accident on the Sunyani-Techiman highway in the Bono Region. The accident reportedly occurred when a Daewoo Matiz Taxi with registration number BA 1163 -19 heading towards Sunyani violently collided head on with a Hyundai Mini Truck with registration number GT 2438 -19 also …
Read More »Three die as UEW-branded bus crashes at Apirede
Three people have reportedly died after a University of Education, Winneba (UEW) branded bus crashed at Apirede, a community in the Okere District of the Eastern Region. According to 3news.com, the bus which was carrying students crashed after it veered off the road into a valley at Apirede on Friday, …
Read More »