The International Drivers and Road Transport Union of Trade Union Congress (TUC) has hinted at plans to supply over 5000 minibusses to commercial drivers in the Greater Accra region. The move, according to the transport operators, is to replace and eliminate rickety vehicles in the country. Chairman of the drivers’ …
Read More »Pressure mounts on Okyenhene to disown, disband ‘land guards’
His Majesty Osagyefuo Nana Amoatia Ofori Panin Okyenhene is under intense pressure from the people of Kyekyere, Amanase, and surrounding communities to publicly disown and take steps to disband a group calling itself Okyeman Task Force allegedly engaged in land-guarding activities and currently ‘terrorizing’ residents and farmers living in communities …
Read More »VIDEO: Thief lynched to death in front of his mother
In Takoradi, the capital of the Western Region, a thief was beaten to death in front of his own mother. Nana Kwadwo Duah, a thief, was beaten by his own neighbours in Fijai for stealing. Even the mother’s tears and appeals were insufficient to prevent the thief from receiving immediate …
Read More »Why Okudzeto Ablakwa wants to stage Ghana’s biggest-ever demo against govt
The Member of Parliament for North Tongu, Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa, has served notice to the president and the government of his intention to stage what he calls the biggest demonstration to ever hit a government. This, he explained, would come about if President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo abandons the presidential jet of the …
Read More »From Dunkwa to France: The rise and rise of Ghana’s Gideon Mensah
Following his impressive performance for the Black Stars in their qualification to the 2022 World Cup, Gideon Mensah has become a favourites of football fans in Ghana. But how did it all start for the left back? From the trenches of Dunkwa in Upper Denkyira in the Central Region of Ghana, Gideon Mensah found himself playing …
Read More »Blaise Compaoré sentenced to life for murder of Thomas Sankara
A court in Burkina Faso has sentenced the country’s former president, Blaise Compaoré, to life in prison for the murder of his predecessor, Thomas Sankara. Sankara, who was not one of those African leaders to be told what to do by western nations, was murdered after four years in power …
Read More »Don’t force us to table a motion to expel you, resign honourably – Okyere Baafi to Adwoa Safo
A member of the Privileges Committee of Parliament has called on Member (MP) for Dome-Kwabenya Constituency Sarah Adwoa Safo to personally take a decision to resign from the legislature. Michael Okyere Baafi said the embattled lawmaker should not force the Majority Caucus in Parliament to table a motion for her expulsion as most …
Read More »CLOGSAG to strike April 21 over neutrality allawa
The Civil and Local Government Staff Association of Ghana (CLOGSAG) has served notice to embark on a nationwide strike from April 21 over non implementation of Neutrality Allowance. According to the group payment of the Neutrality Allowance has not been effected as agreed in spite of official reminders and follow …
Read More »Girl, 11, burnt to death in domestic fire outbreak
An 11-year-old girl Tuntaya Abdul-Samed has been burnt to death in a domestic fire outbreak at Meduma in the Kwabre East Municipality of the Ashanti region. The incident occurred around 1:57 pm Tuesday, April 5, 2022. The regional Public Relations Officer for the Ghana National Fire Service, DOIII Peter Addai …
Read More »How Odartey Lamptey’s mum warned him not to marry Gloria Appiah – Report
What will be your reaction if upon seeing someone you think you so dearly love as a man and ready to settle with, but your mother advises you not to marry that person but rather find someone else? That was the dilemma of Nii Odartey Lamptey some 28 years ago …
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