The criminal case against a 44-year-old soldier in the SA National Defence Force (SANDF) charged with attempted murder after allegedly knowingly and intentionally infecting his partner with HIV has been set down for trial. The accused, who cannot be named to protect the victim’s identity, appeared in the Pretoria …
Read More »Mahama will win election 2024 if Akufo-Addo does not step down for Bawumia – Prophet
The General Overseer of Yehowa Beye Prayer Ministry, Prophet Benjamin Nana Yaw Osei Tutu has prophesied that the only way the New Patriotic Party (NPP) can break the 8-year presidential tradition is for President Akufo-Addo to resign a year or six months to his end of term and hand over to his …
Read More »Fake National Security Officer in court for defrauding 64 victims
A driver known as Forson Awuah who posed as a National Security Officer has been arraigned in court for defrauding 64 people totaling GHc340, 440.00. The accused who was arraigned before the Kaneshie District Court has been slapped with 17 counts of charges of defrauding by false pretense. He pleaded …
Read More »Akufo-Addo, others rejected media regulation in 1993 for fear of Rawlings – Adom-Otchere
The sitting president, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo and other leading opposition members back in 1993 rejected media regulations in favour of a blanket constitutional provision that guaranteed freedom of the media and locked out censorship. Akufo-Addo along with the then opposition leader Albert Adu Boahen, Dr Charles Wereko-Brobby among others, rejected any regulations because …
Read More »Indian firm refunds South Africa for undelivered AstraZeneca vaccine doses
The Serum Institute of India on Thursday refunded the South African government for vaccines Pretoria had ordered but which were undelivered. South African Health Minister, Zweli Mkhize, said the Institute – which is the main supplier of the Oxford AstraZeneca vaccine to Africa under the Covax facility – had refunded …
Read More »Body of Kasoa ‘ritual murder’ victim released for burial
The body of Ishmael Mensah who was allegedly murdered by some teenagers in Kasoa has been released to his family for burial. The body was released after Police completed post-mortem on it. The family has been unhappy with the delay in releasing the body since it contravenes their Islamic values. …
Read More »GHS worried as farmers use mosquito nets for farm fencing
The Ghana Health Service (GHS) has announced plans to hand out insecticide-treated bed nets from May 18, this year, with at least 275, 967 households in the Upper East Region expected to be covered. The Upper East Regional Health Directorate made this known during a multi-stakeholder meeting it convened on …
Read More »Learn from Agyekum Kufuor and openly declare support for Bawumia – Akufo-Addo told
The President, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has been admonished to take a cue from former President John Agyekum Kufuor by openly declaring support for Vice president Dr Mahamudu Bawumia said to have picked interest in contesting New Patriotic Party (NPP) flagbearership for the next general elections “President Akufo-Addo should learn from Kufuor. He has to …
Read More »EC to mount platform for candidates of 2021 Nkoranza North and south district level elections
The Electoral Commission (EC) of Ghana has informed the General Public that it will mount Platforms for Candidates of the upcoming Nkoranza North and South District Level Elections slated for Friday, 16th April 2021. The period for the Platform Mounting, according to the EC, is Monday, 12th to Wednesday, 14th April …
Read More »FIFA bans Chad from football activities for life – DETAILS
Global football governing body, FIFA has banned Chad from football until further notice. The decision was taken by the Bureau of the Fifa Council on Wednesday and takes effect immediately. Note that in December 2020, Fifa had rejected a request from the country’s ministry of sports to dissolve the Chadian Football Federation. …
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