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The two-time rejected MCE nominee for the Juaben Municipal Assembly, Alex Sarfo Kantanka has been granted bail after he was arrested by the police for allegedly bribing Assembly members to influence their vote in his favour. Mr Kantanka was sighted in a viral video demanding a refund of monies paid to the assembly members for his endorsement. Sources say an amount...
Police have arrested Alex Sarfo Kantanka, the Municipal Chief Executive nominee for the Juaben in the Ashanti Region, following a viral video of him demanding a refund of alleged bribe he paid to assembly members for his confirmation. Police officers in the municipality have also commenced investigations into the alleged bribe payments to ascertain the truth of the matter. The President’s...
Ghanaian rapper/singer Kweku Darlington has released a slick music for his recent hit single “Sika Kankan” which features legendary Highlife muscian Asiebu Amenfi featured on it. The song produced by Jay Scratch is a refix of the Asiebu Amenfi’s “Sika Kankan” which originally debut in the mid 80’s and has made waves since its release few weeks ago. The video sees...
Twenty-nine-year-old (29) Joanah Krah was sentenced to 6 years imprisonment on Tuesday, October 26, by the Takoradi Circuit Court A. Joanah was reported to have been kidnapped when his adopted father reported the issue to the Ghana Police after a call was placed to him where the alleged kidnappers demanded a sum of GHS5,000 for her release on Saturday, October...
Tongans have been rushing to vaccinate themselves against coronavirus after the Pacific island nation confirmed its first case on Friday. The infection was detected in a fully vaccinated person who had arrived on a repatriation flight from New Zealand. Tonga’s Prime Minister Pohiva Tu’i’onetoa warned that residents on the main island of Tongatapu face a possible lockdown next week....
The Minority Chief Whip in Parliament, Mohammed-Mubarak Muntaka, has cautioned Ghanaians to be careful in showering praises on the Inspector General of Police, Dr. George Akuffo Dampare. According to the Asawase MP, even though the newly appointed IGP appears to be delivering on his mandate, there’s the need for Ghanaians to be circumspect in praising him. In his view, there’s a...
A third-year student of the University of Ghana, Caleb Elorm Kadu, is urging an Accra High Court to commit the University of Ghana’s Dean of Student Affairs, Professor Alufa Bopkin and a student to prison for disregarding court orders. The student cited in this contempt application with the Dean of Student Affairs is Emmanuel Sarfo Amankwah, the acting Electoral Commissioner...
Former Ranking Member of the Constitutional, Legal and Parliamentary Affairs Committee of Parliament has said that the House should have chosen a different approach in dealing with the denial of admission to some candidates who sat the entrance examination to the Ghana School of Law. The former Tamale Central MP believes it would have been more appropriate for the lawmakers...
A 21-storey building under construction in Nigeria’s main city, Lagos, has collapsed. Eyewitnesses told the BBC that several people are believed to be trapped inside the building, including construction workers and contractors. The Lagos State Emergency Management Agency says it has activated its emergency response plan to deal with the situation. Meanwhile, security agencies are struggling to cordon off the area as...
Two-time rejected nominee for the Juaben Municipal Assembly, Alex Sarfo Kantanka, has demanded a refund of monies paid to assembly members for his endorsement. Sources say an amount of GH¢5,000 was allegedly paid to each of the 26 assembly members to influence them to vote in his favour. It took police intervention to prevent the nominee’s supporters from assaulting the...

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