Gilbert Seidu Iddi The effort by the government to alleviate poverty in the northern parts of the country is increasingly becoming a mirage as more top officials are being implicated in the management of the Savanna Accelerated Development Authority (SADA) funds. The latest Auditor-General’s interim report states that GH¢1,059,649.00 went into what the report calls […]

Pope Francis said he felt “compelled” to personally take on the evil which some priests had committed Pope Francis has asked for forgiveness for the “evil” damage to children caused by sexual abusers in the clergy. In quotes carried by Vatican Radio, he described the abuse as a “moral damage carried out by men of […]

Members of the National Elections Committee of the New Patriotic Party say they are determined to execute their mandate “without fear, favour, affection or ill-will”. The committee was responding to a letter by contender of the party’s national chairmanship slot, Paul Afoko in which he made certain demands. Chairman of National Elections Committee, K.T. Tedam, […]

A 14-year-old girl in the northern Nigerian state of Kano has confessed to killing the man she was forced to marry, police say. Wasilu Umar admitted killing her husband, who was more than twice her age, by concealing rat poison in his food, the police in Kano said. Three other people also died and 10 […]

Misunderstanding between two brothers over cat meat has resulted in one of them being in critical condition at the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital (KATH). For causing unlawful harm to his brother, Eric Fobih, 28, a mason, has been sentenced to one year in hard labour by a Kumasi Circuit Court. Eric, who pleaded guilty to […]

Vice President Paa Kwesi Bekoe Amissah-Arthur Vice President Paa Kwesi Bekoe Amissah-Arthur, has finally spoken about the dire state of the Cedi and indeed the economy. If only the platitude “better late than never” could be applicable here, it would have done the man some good following a litany of plaintive remarks from observers about […]

The 2012 presidential candidate of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, has indicated that nothing can stop him from voting in Saturday’s National Delegates’ Conference of the party in Tamale, the Northern regional capital. In an apparent reaction to a petition issued by Paul Afoko, a National Chairman aspirant of the party, […]

Chief Justice Georgina Wood There is growing disquiet within the Judiciary following threats by magistrates and lower court judges to go on strike if the issue of their pay cuts is not addressed. Lower court judges had suffered 50% pay cut on the order of the Chief of Staff at the Office of the President, […]

John Aidoo The Central Regional branch of the Domestic Violence and Victims Support Unit (DOVVSU) of the Ghana Police Service has arrested a 35-year-old man, John Aidoo, aka Coach, at Ankaful, near Cape Coast, for allegedly asking three boys to suck his penis. The boys (names withheld on account of their tender ages) were said […]

GAOLED! Asem Darkey aka Limping Man, on his way to SERVE 22YEARS Justice Mustapha Habib Logoh, the Accra Fast Track High Court Judge trying Sheriff Christian Asem Darkey aka Limping Man, a fisherman, for allegedly importing 77 parcels of cocaine, using the MV Benjamin vessel, yesterday sentenced him to 22 years imprisonment. This brings to […]

Two persons were yesterday sentenced to a total of 19 years’ imprisonment by an Accra Circuit Court for defiling children contrary to section 101(2) of Act 29/60 as amended by section 11 of Act 554/98. In separate judgments, the court presided over by Ms Sedinam Agbemava, sentenced Davis Kwadwo Danso, 67, a lotto writer to […]

Joyce Blessing Following Joyce Blessing’s outstanding performance at the Vodafone Ghana Music Awards nominees jam held in Tamale last Saturday, a section of Ghanaian gospel music lovers have called on the organisers of the awards to add Joyce Blessing to the list of artistes who would be performing at the awards night slated for May […]

Reggie Rockstone If patrons who attended the Easter Monday  beach jam last year thought they had a good time, then, they are in for a bigger one this year at the Muuston Beach Resort located at Krokrobite in Accra on Easter Monday, April 21. The event organisers have put together a mouth-watering package to ensure […]

Flashback: Blay and the executives during his recent campaign tour of Tamale  The Northern Regional Caucus of New Patriotic Party (NPP) Constituency Chairmen Association has unanimously endorsed the candidature of Mr. Freddie Blay, leading contender for the first Vice Chairman position of the party. At an emergency meeting held in Tamale, the group assured Mr. […]

The National Democratic Congress (NDC) has extended its felicitation to the New Patriotic Party (NPP) on the occasion of their National Delegates’ Congress which will culminate in the   election of the party’s national officers at Tamale on Saturday. “We congratulate aspirants for the various positions and the entire party so far, especially managers of the […]

Journalists being briefed during a tour of some Bulk Distribution Companies in Tema Lawyers of Ghana Chamber of Bulk Distribution Companies (BDCs) yesterday filed a petition at the Accra Fast Track High Court seeking an injunction on the handing over of the management of tank farms of the Bulk Oil Supply Company (BOST) to TSL, […]

Kwame Nkrabea Effah-Dartey A New Patriotic Party (NPP) General Secretary aspirant, Capt Kwame Nkrabea Effah-Dartey (Rtd), says he knows what the party can do to wrestle power from the ruling National Democratic Congress (NDC) in 2016. “It is about time we put down the coat and tie. We are dealing with an opponent that knows […]

John Agyekum Kufuor THE OFFICES of ex-President John Agyekum Kufuor and Nana Addo Dankwa Akuffo-Addo, the two-time flagbearer of the opposition New Patriotic Party (NPP), have separately distanced themselves from aspirants vying for the party’s national executive positions. There has been news making the rounds that the two leaders of the party have candidates aligned […]

Tata Aria and Tata Manza on display, as staff of Tata Motors and Modern Auto Services look on. Tata Motors, Indian’s largest automobile company, has unveiled two new brands known as Tata Aria and Tata onto the Ghanaian market. The new Tata Aria 4×4 is powered by a proven and frugal Tata 2.2L turbocharged, intercooled […]