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A man in his forties (’40s) has allegedly killed his two (2) children by poisoning at Shama Junction in the Shama District of the Western Region on Monday, June 20. The name of the suspect who is said to have committed the crime is Benjamin Eshun and his wife is Comfort Arthur. The victims are an 8-year-old male and a 3-year-old...
The National Cathedral of Ghana Secretariat has denied ever making any payment to Ghanaian international artiste Sonnie Badu for performing during a fundraiser in the US. It stressed it is not aware of any such payment to the US-based gospel musician either. These were contained in an addendum to a statement issued on Friday, June 17. It comes after...
A communication team member of the ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP), Allen Ama Daaku, has justified the national cathedral as public project. She further asserted that though the national cathedral is President Akufo-Addo’s promise to God, as the name implies, it is still a national property and there is no cause for alarm when state money is being used to...
Heavy rains on Tuesday, June 21 flooded portions of the Takoradi-Agona-Nkwanta highway, especially the Apremdo-Apowa section in the Western Region bringing traffic to a standstill. Some cars were swept off their wheels in the floods, especially at the St. Mary’s Seminary area. The cars floated around in the floodwaters. The flood situation forced commuters to get down from their cars and trudge...
The government has come under criticism recently, following reports that it has released GHC25 million by way of additional seed capital to build the cathedral Paul Opoku-Mensah, the executive director of the National Cathedral of Ghana, has advised individuals who suspect any fishy deal in connection with the construction of the cathedral to go to court. The government has come under...
A white Christian revivalist has addressed the belief that drawing tattoo is a sin and goes against the doctrines of Christianity. He said that the Old Testament clearly labeled tattooing as a sin, however, that changed with the coming of Jesus Christ and the New Testament. According to him, in Leviticus, though drawing off tattoos was preached against, it specifically said...
About 433 Muslim pilgrims embarking on this year’s Hajji have been airlifted from the Tamale International Airport in the Northern Region to Saudi Arabia with the aircraft Flynas Airbus A330-900. Four more flights are expected to airlift pilgrims from the Tamale International Airport to Saudi Arabia. A Representative of the Hajji Board, Alhaji Farouk Hamza told journalists that a total of...
Minister of Roads and Highways, Kwasi Amoako-Attah has indicated that the current road designs seek to provide better ways of protecting school children and pedestrians by providing underground crossings where possible. He mentioned examples of such underground crossings sited on the Sofo Line and Kentinkrono roads in Kumasi. Over thirty students of the Islamic Senior High School in Kumasi on...
Dr. Owusu Afriyie Akoto, Ghana’s Food and Agriculture Minister, says there’s no food shortage. “There is no food scarcity in Ghana, as has been claimed; rather, food is costly owing to external circumstances.” The Minister claimed the rise in food costs was not due to Ghana’s policies, but external reasons like as an increase in imported chemicals. As part of his official...
Host of Maakye on Onua TV/FM, Blessed Godsbrain Smart is asking the Board of Trustees of the National Cathedral the use of the cement he has provided for the project so far. Captain Smart as he is popularly known says the value of work done so far at the site compared to the amount spent on the construction do not...

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