The latest meeting aimed at uniting the two factions in the age-long ethnic conflict in Dagbon ended inconclusively at the Manhyia Palace on Saturday, January 30. This was due to the absence of the Abudu gate, who sent a messenger to the Asantehene-led committee. The message from the Abudu representative, Alahji Adam, was not made […]
Ivor Kobina Greenstreet was elected presidential candidate of the Convention Peoples’ Party (CPP) after the party’s national delegates’ congress on Saturday, January 30, 2016 at the International Trade Fair Centre. Mr Greenstreet won the CPP presidential race with 1,288 votes, representing 64.2% of valid votes cast, beating closest contender Samia Yaba Nkrumah – the daughter
Commuters will start paying 15% more for fares starting Monday February 1. Acting General Secretary of the Ghana Road Transport Coordinating Council (GRTCC), Andrews Kwesi Kwakye, announced the revised fares on Sunday, January 31 at the PROTOA head office in Accra. According to stakeholders in the industry, the new fares are as a result of
A 22-year-old, Baabue Adebaweni and a 4-year-old boy, Salam Atimbila sustained various degrees of injuries from the fire outbreaks at “Check Point,” a Santasi suburb in Kumasi last weekend. Narrating his plight, Baabue who is also called Akwesi within the vicinity, said he woke up from his sleep around 11 pm on Friday evening when
The Italian Prime Minister Mr. Matteo Renzi is expected to land in Ghana today, Monday February 01 for a two-day working visit. He will be holding bilateral talks with Ghana’s president John Mahama at the Flagstaff House as soon as he arrives after which a state dinner will be hosted in honour of him. On
Fire on Friday night ravaged about 210 structures at the Santasi Timber Check Point, a slum area near the Santasi roundabout within the Kumasi Metropolis rendering over 700 occupants homeless. The cause of the fire is not immediately known, but residents suspect it could be as a result of a burning candle which triggered the
Ghanaian movie star John Dumelo is optimistic New Patriotic Party (NPP) presidential candidate Nana Akufo-Addo will lose the 2016 elections. The main opposition leader is contesting Dumelo’s favourite candidate and incumbent John Dramani Mahama in the seventh election under the Fourth Republic come November 7. The ruling National Democratic Congress flagbearer is facing off with
Renewed attempts by the Otumfuo-led Committee of Eminent chiefs to find solution to the protracted Dagbon conflict hit a snag today after the Abudus failed to turn up for a scheduled meeting at the Manhyia palace. The Andanis, on the other hand, turned up and waited with the chiefs for several hours before the meeting
Four suspects linked to the robbery incident and murder of a police officer on the Atebubu-Ejura road last Friday, have been arrested by the Police in Ashanti Region. The police put out their names as Gariba Salifu, alias Kudi ,19; Sulemana Ibrahim, 33; Mumuni Yussif alias Romea, 22 and Emmanuel Yeboah alias Tupac, 20. Corporal
Two people have reportedly been killed in fresh clashes between residents of Ejura in the Ejura Sekyere Odumase Municipality in the Ashanti region and some Fulani herdsmen who are resident there. The row was triggered Thursday afternoon following the killing of a commercial driver by some suspected Fulani robbers. The driver was reportedly transporting some
