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The Electricity Company of Ghana has disconnected the Kumasi Kejetia Market from the National Grid due to a debt of over 6 million Ghana cedis. The power has been out at the market for nearly a week, significantly impacting trading activities in the bustling commercial hub. Tailors, cold store operators, and vendors of perishable goods have been hit the hardest since...
The National Democratic Congress (NDC) has decided to withdraw from the upcoming Ejisu by-election, which was scheduled for April 30. This decision comes after the unfortunate passing of the constituency’s Member of Parliament, John Ampontuah Kumah. Fifi Fiavi Kwetey, the General Secretary of the NDC, stated that the party will be redirecting its efforts towards preparing for the main parliamentary...
Former President of the Ghana Football Association, Kwesi Nyantakyi was rushed to the hospital in the Ashanti Regional after reportedly collapsing while strategising on the upcoming Ejisu by-election primaries. The ex-CAF Vice President showed no signs of feeling unhealthy in the morning before the unfortunate incident, which led the people around him to take him to a health facility in...
Manager of dancehall artiste, Shata Wale, Sammy Baah, known popularly as Sammy Flex, has defended his artiste for using unsavoury words against Stonebwoy. Shatta Wale is on tape insulting Stonebwoy. He attacked Stonebwoy’s disability and his person unprovocatively. Speaking about the latest attack by his artiste on Stonebwoy, Sammy said the two big artistes are known for throwing salvos at each other,...
Justice Abimbola Awogboro of the Federal High Court sitting in Lagos, Friday sentenced controversial cross-dresser, Idris Olanrewaju Okuneye, popularly known as Bobrisky, to six months imprisonment without an option of fine for abusing the Naira. The judge while sentencing the convict, said the judgment will be a deterrent to others that are found to be abusing and mutilating the Naira. Prior to...
The Government of Ghana has reached staff-level agreement with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) following conclusion of the second review of its program with the Fund. This will enable Ghana access about US$360 million in financing after it has been approved by IMF Management and formally completed by the IMF Executive Board. The IMF however is expecting the Ghanaian authorities...
The Vice President, Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia has unequivocally expressed his strong opposition against the practice of homosexuality in Ghana. Speaking at Eid-ul-Fitr prayers in Kumasi on Thursday, Dr. Bawumia told thousands of Muslims that his faith as a Muslim is against the practice. "I will like to take this opportunity to personally comment on the raging issue of LGBTQ in Ghana....
A Senior Lecturer at the Akenten Appiah-Menka University of Skills Training and Entrepreneurial Development (AAMUSTED), Aaron Kumah, has expressed serious reservations regarding the suitability of former Ghana Football Association (GFA) president, Kwesi Nyantakyi, to run for the vacant parliamentary seat in Ejisu under the banner of the New Patriotic Party (NPP). Mr. Kumah has underscored that Nyantakyi’s candidacy should have...
Mrs. Mawuena Adzo Trebah, esteemed elder sister of the late Komla Dumor, has tragically passed away. Details regarding the circumstances of her death remain undisclosed at this time. Mrs. Trebah’s legacy is marked by groundbreaking achievements, notably becoming the first female to hold the substantive position of Chief Executive Officer at the Ghana Investment Promotion Centre (GIPC). Serving from April 2013 to...
Professor Charles Ofori Marfo, the former President of the University Teachers Association of Ghana (UTAG), has weighed in on the Anti-LGBTQI Bill saga. On February 28, 2024, the Parliament of Ghana passed the Anti-LGBTQI Bill, which includes provisions for a prison sentence of up to three years for individuals engaging in same-sex conduct, and up to five years for those...

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