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
Ghanaians have been fighting attempts at the imposition of genetically modified organisms (GMOs), by the Biotech industry and The Gates Foundation 1, into their food system for the last few years, including by taking the Government to Court on the issue. 2 The public GMO debate has mainly focused on health and the environment, but
The governing National Democratic Congress (NDC) has demanded the immediate arrest of opposition New Patriotic Party (NPP) running mate Dr. Mahmoud Bawumia for allegedly falsifying information about the Togolese voters’ register, as a basis to demand a replacement of Ghana’s electoral roll.Dr. Bawumia, last year led a relentless NPP onslaught on the Electoral Commission (EC),
Residents of Lambussie-Karni District in the Upper West Region have been compelled to travel farther distances to seek health care as healthcare delivery in the district is gradually grinding to a halt. This is because Medical Doctors continue to reject postings to the area with the excuse that the district is remote and lacks basic
The Ghana Airports Company Limited has completed major expansion works at the arrival hall of the country’s premier airport, Kotoka International Airport as part of a massive decongestion exercise. The move forms part of a grand exercise to position the airport as the hub in the sub-region and also give passengers more convenience, create a
Woodworkers at Kumasi Wood, the main source of the country’s timber, have declared an indefinite strike.The aggrieved workers are demanding payment of three months’ salary arrears or escalate their industrial action.The angry workers are demanding, among other things, better conditions of service and consistent payment of their salaries.The workers have refused to carry out their
Dr Abu Sakara Foster has resigned from the Convention People’s Party and intends contesting the 2016 presidential election as an independent candidate, ghnewsnow has learnt.The former CPP presidential candidate will announce on Wednesday January 6, 2016 via a press statement that: “I wish to announce to my fellow compatriots that I will contest as an
