The opposition New Patriotic Party (NPP) Member of Parliament (MP) for Offinso South constituency in the Ashanti Region, Ben Abdalla Banda has stated that the actions by the Electoral Commission (EC) Boss’ Charlotte Osei holding two public positions is tantamount to stealing. He wondered why the EC Boss’, who is a Lawyer, would have herself […]
The US Embassy in Ghana has stated that the freed Guantanamo Bay prisoners who have been received by the Ghanaian government are not terrorists.There is public outcry in Ghana following the decision by the Mahama-led administration to offer humanitarian assistance to Mahmud Umar Muhammad Bin Atef and Khalid Muhammad Salih Al-Dhuby.International relations experts have said
By accepting to house, for two years, two ex-convicts of Guantanamo Bay, on behalf of the United States of America, Ghana has imported terrorist groups al-Qaeda and the Taliban to its fold, Ranking Member on Parliament’s Foreign Affairs Committee, Isaac Osei, has said.The Subin MP and former Ambassador to the U.K. said, Ghana, by its
The Ministry of Health has issued an alert on the outbreak of yellow fever at the West Gonja district in the Northern region.The action comes after three people were confirmed dead of the disease in the area.Several cases of the deadly disease have been recorded in the West Gonja district over the past weeks.Already, the
Three persons have petitioned the CID of the Ghana Police Service to commence criminal investigation into allegation of “forgery against Dr Mahamudu Bawumia” and two other New Patriotic Party (NPP) stalwarts.The other two are NPP Director of Elections Martin Adjei Mensah Korsah and the party’s 2016 campaign manager, Peter Mac Manu.The three petitioners are Amos
Traders at the Kumasi Central Market whose goods were destroyed by Wednesday night’s fire outbreak have been counting their losses. About 200 shops were razed down by fire which was said to have started around 8:30pm fire personnel managed control the fire at night but only were able to completely put it out around 8am Thursday.
Several shops at the Kumasi Central market in the Ashanti Region were gutted by fire on Wednesday night with items and wares running into several thousands of cedis completely burnt.The cause of the fire is not immediately known but an eyewitness told ghnewsnow that it started around 8:30pm with the yam sellers section of the market
The Ashanti Regional Police Command has requested the management of Boss FM to furnish it with the recordings of its Tuesday, January 5, 2015 morning show during which an NDC activist claimed that the party had stockpiled enough weapons to deal with any trouble maker. During the show, Robert Owusu, a former NDC Youth Organiser for
Ghanaian actor and television personality David Ato Dontoh has revealed that he was almost appointed a minister under the era of the Provisional National Defence Council (PNDC).According to him, former President Jerry John Rawlings who was the leader of the PNDC on several occasions sent for him to offer him a ministerial appointment in his
A thirty-five-year old farmer of Loloto village near Salaga in the Northern Region has been sentenced to death by hanging. The Tamale High court handed the death Nayikami Lar who was found guilty of the charge of murder of his step mother whom she accused of retrogressing his progress with witchcraft. The Jury that heard
