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Gov’t cancels guarantor policy to access student loan

Government has cancelled the policy which required students to provide three guarantors to secure a loan. Ghanaian tertiary students will no longer require three SSNIT contributors as guarantors before they can secure student loans to pursue tertiary education. Prior to election 2020, the New Patriotic Party (NPP) promised to cancel …

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I’m a monkey if I give my Ghc1 to build National Cathedral — Kumchacha

The Heaven Gate Ministry’s founder and leader, Prophet Nicholas Osei popularly known as Kumchacha has gotten tongues wagging on social media. He says if he ever supports or contributes a dime to the building of the controversial national cathedral, then he must be called a monkey. According to him, the …

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Samini’s touching tribute to Sonni Balli

In 2019, Reggae/Dancehall artiste, Samini acknowledged the role of Dancehall giant, Sonni Balli (now deceased) in his success story, GhanaWeb recalls. Samini in an exclusive interview on Hitz FM explained how Sonni Balli saved him from the street and mentored him to success. According to him, in the earlier years of his music career, he …

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Driver shot, burnt to death in Pusiga

A 46-year-old commercial driver, Yakubu, has been shot and burnt to death by unknown assailants at Nakom, a community in the Pusiga District of the Upper East Region. According to citinewsroom.com, Yakubu was plying his usual route, the Bawku-Cinkase route, when the gunmen attacked him. Narrating the ordeal, a passenger …

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A/R: Two armed robbers sentenced to 20yrs imprisonment each

Two armed robbers who were arrested by the police in Kumasi in the Ashanti Region have been sentenced to 20 years imprisonment each for robbery. The two, Emeka Opara and Samuel Kalo, were arrested on May 30, 2022, following their attack on a victim at ECOBANK, Abrepo Junction, where they …

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New faith, new names: Four Ghanaian footballers who converted to Islam

Stories of religious conversions are not new in the sporting world. Throughout history, sports personalities have crossed carpets from Christianity to Islam and vice versa. The most popular of them all perhaps is the conversion of boxing icon Cassius Marcellus Clay to Muhammed Ali. In Ghana, there have been some …

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Comair to be liquidated

Comair’s business rescue practitioners have lodged a court application on Thursday to convert the business rescue proceedings into liquidation proceedings. This is because the company could not raise the necessary funding to continue with operations. In a notice, published on Thursday, the BRPs advised creditors that they no longer believe …

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Drug, cigarette and alcohol addiction – The price some celebrities had to pay

While it is hard for some artistes, actors and celebrated personalities in Ghana to open up about their years of addiction to hard drugs, alcohol, marijuana or cigarette, it is good to note that many of our superstars have had to deal with such secret battles that have caused some …

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King Philippe of Belgium returns looted Suku mask to DR Congo

Visiting Belgian King Philippe on Wednesday personally handed back a traditional mask looted from DR Congo during its troubled colonial period. King Philippe, who arrived in Kinshasa on Tuesday for his maiden visit to Africa’s former biggest Belgian colony, was not even born yet when the mask was looted. But …

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