Issah Iddrisu, a driver, was on Monday sentenced to 30 years imprisonment by an Accra Circuit Court for robbing a woman of her car keys and two mobile phones at gunpoint at Gbawe in Accra.
Iddrisu, in his robbery attack, stabbed one Theophilus P Tetteh, the husband of the complainant, with a knife on his chest.
He was held on the...
One of the disqualified presidential aspirants, Akwesi Addae Odike, has accused the Electoral Commission (EC) of unfairness for disqualifying him from contesting in this year’s elections.
He said all his nomination forms were accepted by the IT department of the EC, therefore he cannot explain the reason behind his disqualification.
Mr Odike was one of the five aspirants who were barred...
Tertiary schools will resume academic activities in January 2021.
President Nana Akufo-Addo in a national address on Sunday, October 18, 2020, said the academic year will begin for new and continuing students.
“SHS 2 and JHS 2 students are back in school, as are some students in tertiary institutions and colleges. Indeed, the academic year for new and continuing University students...
James Nana Womba, the main suspect who allegedly confessed involvement in the killing of UG law lecturer, Prof. Yaw Benneh has reported dead.
He died at the police hospital in Accra last Saturday.
Police sources say the 26-year old was rushed to the intensive care unit of the police hospital.
He was put on oxygen but died shortly.
The police say he had...
Crystal Palace forward Jordan Ayew has contracted coronavirus and he has gone into self-isolation to treat himself.
The Ghana international revealed his health status on Sunday after missing Crystal Palace’s 1-1 draw against Brighton and Hove Albion at Selhurst Park.
Ayew recently returned to south London after going on international duty with the Black Stars in Turkey where he played in...
The presidential candidate of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), John Dramani Mahama, is beginning a five-day campaign tour of the Western Region on Monday. Mr Mahama’s tour of the Western Region follows his five-day tour of the Central Region which ended on Sunday. He will address the chiefs and people in a number of constituencies as well...
Controversial Ghanaian clergyman, Rev Obofour has been honoured with a chief title together with his wife.
The leader and founder of the Anointed Palace Chapel (APC) have been enstooled as the Aboafohene by the Paramount Chief of Tepa Nana Adusei Atwenewaa Ampem.
The Queen of APC was equally enstooled as Aboafuohemaa at Tepa, the capital of Ahafo North.
The program was graced...
President Akufo-Addo will address Ghanaians tonight, October 18, 2020, on government’s fight against the Coronavirus pandemic.
The President’s 18th address is scheduled for 8 pm.
The last time he addressed the country was on September 20, 2020.
Prior to that address, the cumulative number of COVID-19 was at 45,877 cases with 45,081 recoveries and 297 deaths.
At the time, the active cases were...
The Swedru Divisional Police command has apprehended four armed men allegedly hired to kill the Member of Parliament for Agona West, Mrs. Cynthia Mamle Morrison.
The four, were among a group of five, who had lodged at the Elohim Hotel in Agona Swedru in the Central region, hatching how to execute their plot when the police pounced on them, angelonline.com.gh...
Five persons have been arrested in connection with the killing of the Member of Parliament for Mfantseman, Ekow Quansah Hayford.
According to the police, “they are being taken through lawful police procedures.”
Mr Hayford, aged 50, was shot by gunmen who stopped his vehicle on the Abeadze-Dominase–Abeadze-Duadzi-Mankessim road when he was returning from a campaign trip on Thursday, October 8,...
