Fire officials say a West Seattle man was using a lighter and a can of spray paint to kill a spider in his laundry room when the house went up in flames. Fire crew were called to a home in the 10200 block of 34th Avenue SW just before 8:30 p.m. on Tuesday. Firefighters originally ...
A Ghanaian law professor in the United States of America, Stephen Kwaku Asare, says he has instituted legal proceedings against the ‘unlawful activities’ of the Constitution Review Implementation Committee (CRIC). Professor Asare, in a statement released on Wednesday, challenged the legitimacy of the CRIC, which was set up by the government to deliberate and make ...
Deputy Finance Minister, Cassiel Ato Forson has revealed that government will not cancel any of the projects which was supposed to be financed by the $3 billion China Development Bank (CDB) loan. ”…I can assure you that we have not cancelled any particular project; it’s about the fact that we have decided to change the ...
Spanish football club Real Madrid has topped an annual Forbes list of the world’s most valuable sports teams. The club, who won the Champions League in May, is worth an estimated $3.44bn (£2bn), Forbes said. The top three slots are occupied by football clubs, with Barcelona in second place at $3.2bn, and Manchester United third, ...
The representative of German player, Mesut Ozil, has come out to deny claims that the player has donated his world cup winnings to Gaza, but revealed that the player did donate money to projects in Brazil. The player, practising Muslim originally from Turkey, was said to have donated his winnings from Germany’s World Cup win ...
In the morning of July 1, 2014, I joined a small group of red clad Ghanaians under the tag Concerned Ghanaians for Responsible Governance at the Efua Sutherland Park in Accra to register our concern at the poor governance of our dear country through a street protest which was originally planned to culminate in our ...
Finance minister Seth Tekper has attributed the continuous depreciation of the cedi to speculative activities of some Banks, financial Institutions as well as foreign exchange bureaus in the country that are allowed to retain foreign exchange Ghana’s growing and insatiable appetite for the consumption of imported goods has also been blamed by the minister for ...
CitiNews can authoritatively report that Nadoli Kaleo Member of Parliament, Alban Sumana Kingsford Bagbin, is to return to the front bench of the Majority side as Majority Leader and leader of Government Business in the 275-Member Legislature. The position is set to become vacant after President John Mahama nominated the current occupier, Dr. Benjamin Kumbour, ...
On Monday 14th July 2014, the Majority in Parliament voted against a Motion requesting Parliament to investigate events surrounding Ghana’s football fiasco in Brazil. We witnessed a further sinking of the image of the Parliament of Ghana. The cause does not lie in the Stars!  Who really is to blame? The answer is clear – ...
I am trying to look on the brighter side of things just as President John Dramani Mahama has been urging all of us Ghanaians to do and stop being pessimistic. I did not question the word of the coach of our national football team when he made his selection for Brazil 2014. I concentrated on ...
CEO of Box Office Productions, Alex Ntiamoah, has called for larger injections of funds through sponsorship for local boxing to develop. He said the absence of money has left the sport reeling and that has hampered the production of top boxing talents to compete for world titles. “You know that boxing thrives on sponsorships and ...
The British High Commissioner to Ghana, Jon Benjamin says the European Union (EU) Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) is a good deal for Ghana. He acknowledged that although some groups and individuals are strongly opposed to the agreement in Ghana, it will have enormous benefits if the country signs onto it. “I know not everyone is ...
Some assembly members of the Estate Electoral Area in the Anhwiaso-Bibiani-Bekwai district of the Ashanti Region are asking government to sack the District Chief Executive, Mr. Joseph Adansi Bonnah. The people of that District Assembly issued an ultimatum to Central Government to sack Mr. Bonnah within a month or face their wrath. This request has been made ...
Shops belonging to foreigners in Kumasi are still locked in spite of orders by the police for them to be opened. The Ashanti Regional command of the Ghana Police Service ordered that Shops belonging to Nigerian retailers that were locked up on Monday July 14, 2014 are reopened. According to the police command, it is an unlawful ...
Over six hectors of farmlands have been destroyed in the last three days following ethnic dispute between feuding factions in Bimbilla. There has been violence in Bimbilla since the overload of the town, Naa Dasana Andani Abdulai II passed on. The Bimbilla District Coordinating Council is warning of famine in the area if destruction of farm ...
The Executive Director of IMANI Ghana has described the latest Ministerial reshuffle by President John Mahama as a ‘new set of musical chairs.’ Although Franklin Cudjoe considers the inclusion of Dr. Ekwow Spio Garbrah as a Trade and Industry Minister as innovative but he suggested that he should have been the Energy Minister. “I am not ...
The Minister of Finance and Economic Planning, Seth Terpker is asking parliament to approve a GH¢3,196,855,671 Supplementary Budget Estimate in conformity with Article 179(8) of the Constitution for the rest of the year. This follows his presentation to Parliament of a mid-year review of the budget statement and economic policy of government for consideration and ...
Demba Ba has completed his move from Chelsea to Besiktas, the Turkish club and player have confirmed. Since moving to Stamford Bridge from Newcastle United in January 2013, the Senegal international has scored 14 goals in 51 games for the Blues. The 29-year-old soon fell behind Fernando Torres and Samuel Eto’o in the pecking order, ...
A 3-day national protest by the Ghana National Union of Polytechnic Students (GNUPS) and the National Union of Ghana Students (NUGS) which was scheduled to begin from Wednesday has been re-scheduled for July 29. The postponement is as a result of a restraining order obtained by the police from an Accra Circuit Court. The Police ...
Germany and Arsenal superstar Mesut Ozil is to donate his £350,000 [$600,000] World Cup winnings to the children of Gaza following his country’s triumph in the global spectacle. As the conflict in the Middle East rages following a failed ceasefire, Ozil is set to give the £237,000 bonus he received for helping Germany win the ...
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