Rev. Isaac Owusu Bempah, leader of the Glorious Word Ministry International, has publicly stated that the Ashanti King, Otumfuo Osei Tutu II, would have joined his ancestors, but for some powerful prayers he recently said to God. Rev. Owusu Bempah is making this interesting disclosure when dust is yet to settle on the widely publicized […]

The death of  64-year-old pensioner, Mr Charles Aheto Torkornoo, a former Night Editor of the Daily Graphic, has allegedly triggered the death of his wife, Mrs Antonina Eyivi-Sossou Torkornoo, 60, a businesswoman, barely an hour after news of his death got to her. Some bereaved persons who were at the mortuary, including the mortuary attendants […]

A man with a 14.5-inch hairy tail growing from his back has been hailed as a god by villagers in India. Chandre Oraon, 35, was born with a patch of hair on his lower back and has refused to have it cut, leading to locals believing that he is an incarnation of Hindu monkey deity […]

A 20-year-old nursing mother, Aseye Avi of Abutia-Tegbleve in the Volta Region is in the custody of Anyirawase Police for allegedly killing her 66-year- old mother. Aseye was alleged to have hit her mother’s head with a pestle. Her mother, Gadzi Abla, died while being taken to the Ho Municipal Hospital. Police sources said the […]

Outspoken Member of Parliament (MP) for Assin-Central, Kennedy Ohene Agyapong, on Wednesday stormed the national headquarters of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) to answer questions in relation to allegations he levelled against some national officers of the party. Mr Agyapong, who initially vowed not to honour any invitation by the party, was there to meet […]

GRABBED! The armed robbers with their weapons Residents of Kasoa and its surrounding communities are living in fear, as dare-devil armed robbers ran amok in the area with impunity, robbing various households at will. Even though police said some suspects had been arrested, residents revealed that the attacks were incessant and continued on a daily […]

Parliament has constituted a Special Committee to thoroughly look into the demolition exercise carried out by the Tema Development Corporation (TDC) at Adjei Kojo, near Ashaiman in the Greater Accra Region. The Member of Parliament (MP) for the area, Irene Naa Torshie Addo, who made a statement on the demolition exercise yesterday on the floor […]

The 2012 Vice Presidential candidate of the New Patriotic (NPP), Dr Mahamudu Bawumia last Saturday joined hundreds of sympathizers to mourn with Professor Dominic Fobih, former Minister of Education and Sports in the erstwhile Kufuor administration at the funeral of his brother and nephew. The joint funeral of Nana Akwasi Tano, Odikro of Assin Aworabo […]

Kuurimah Umuhera Ibrahim Twenty-four-year-old Kuurimah Umuhera Ibrahim, a victim of female genital mutilation (FGM) has appealed to the Ministry of Gender, Children and Social Protection to assist her educate people on the practice. Ms Ibrahim, a student of the University for Development Studies (UDS) who hails from the Upper West Region, said she had tried […]

The NDC activists at the press conference on Wednesday. INSET: The Azonto road Some irate youths of the ruling National Democratic Congress (NDC) at Asamankese in the Lower West Akim District of the Eastern Region have expressed their displeasure about the deplorable state of infrastructure in their area. They have accused the Municipal Chief Executive […]

Dr. Henry Kofi Wampah, BoG Boss The condition of the Cedi is dire. The nose-diving mode it has assumed of late is disturbing. The Bank of Ghana (BoG) has had to press the alarm button through the adoption of panicky measures which have so far showed little or no sign of responsiveness to the treatment […]

Kofi Frimpong THE MEMBER OF Parliament (MP) for Kwabre East, Hon Kofi Frimpong, has jabbed the commander who supervised police brutalities at Kenyasi near Kumasi. Contrary to police assertions that the people were rioting hence the police attack, he said the people did nothing untoward to be shot at by the police. He stated again […]

Duke Nelson explaining issues to journalists. With him are Obed Solomon and Welma, all of GEM. Ghana Electrometre (GEM), the country’s sole local provider of credit and pre-paid meters, says it is introducing metres that would help the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) to curb losses. The high cost of electricity has mostly been attributed […]

Prticipants and senior officers of the CID THE CRIME intelligence and statistics office in Kumasi has no computer to work with, making activities of the office challenging, the Crime Officer for the Ashanti Regional Police Command has revealed. Chief Supt John Asare Naami said crime scene personnel under his command had been working without computer, […]

Sualey Abubakari Yakubu The suspect, who attempted to murder a female medical student of the University of Developmental Studies (UDS), has been identified and declared wanted by an Accra Circuit Court. An arrest warrant has been issued by the said court for the suspect, Sualley Abubakari, a Dagomba, who hails from Sang, near Yendi in […]

Rev. Jerry Dodoo performing the ground breaking ceremony KGS Am Romerhof located at Aachen, Germany has offered support to Countess Amelia Academy at Obosomase in the Akuapem North Municipal Assembly of the Eastern region to complete its Junior High School (JHS) classroom block, repair its 22-seater bus and the construct an environmentally-friendly sanitation facility. Rev. […]

The Executive Seated and flanked by some members. Zongo Development Platform (ZODEP), an advocacy group of Power House Club of Madina Zongo, has expressed displeasure at what it described as inhumane demolition of houses in Zongo communities in Accra by government operatives. At a press conference at Madina, Accra on Thursday, February 6, 2014, the […]

DCOP Kofi Boakye and DCOP Christian Yahunu Some superior police officers are moving to new commands, the police administration has announced in a correspondence signed by Inspector General of Police (IGP), Mohammed Alhassan last Wednesday. The action has witnessed the transfer of DCOP Kofi Boakye to his old base of Kumasi, the city in which […]

Anthony Annan, (middle) flanked by Ebenezer Andoh and Anthony Kwame Tieku THREE thieves have been jailed for stealing GH¢2,000 worth of assorted consumer products from a supermarket in the Obuasi Municipality of the Ashanti Region. The products, made up of soft and energy drinks, rice and other consumables, were stolen around 3:00am on Wednesday at […]