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January 23, 2024January 23, 2024

Produce Wontumi In One Week Even If He Is On A Sick Bed’ – Manhyia Demands From NPP

The Manhyia Palace is demanding the ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP) to produce its Ashanti regional Chairman, Bernard Antwi Boasiako, a.k.a. Wontumi, in one week. Wontumi has been dragged to the seat of the Asantehene for allegedly passing unsavoury comments against

January 23, 2024January 23, 2024

AFCON 2023: Mozambique Hold Ghana After Black Stars Let 2-Goal Lead Slip

Two goals from two penalties, and seemingly destined for the round of 16, Ghana's Black Stars imploded in the dying embers of their 2023 Africa Cup of Nations (2023 AFCON) clash against Mozambique, surrendering a 2-0 lead for a gut-wrenching 2-2

January 22, 2024January 22, 2024

NPP Directs Members To Desist From Commenting On Issues Regarding Manhyia Palace

The New Patriotic Party (NPP) has instructed all party members to abstain from making any comments on the ongoing issues between the political party and the Manhyia Palace. Radio banter in the Ashanti Region has intensified over alleged derogatory comments on

January 22, 2024January 22, 2024

Bawku Conflict: We Must Take The Politics Out Of It – Kwesi Aning

Security consultant, Prof. Kwesi Aning is urging stakeholders working to restore peace in Bawku to ensure that the proposed solutions are free from any political inclination. According to him, these inclinations make it difficult to arrive at a holistic approach to

January 22, 2024January 22, 2024

Govt Wants Private Sector Growth – Finance Minister Assures Chinese Businesses

The government is implementing measures aimed at providing an enabling environment for accelerated private sector growth, the Minister of Finance, Ken Ofori-Atta has said. Mr Ofori-Atta said there was a need to deliberately make the country more accommodative for private investors

January 22, 2024January 22, 2024

Driver Jailed 8 Years For Attempted Kidnapping

An Accra Circuit Court has sentenced a driver to eight years imprisonment in hard labour for attempting to kidnap a father and daughter for ransom. Godfred Ayittey denied conspiring with Wang Liang in preparation to kidnap the two for ransom, but

January 22, 2024January 22, 2024

Ashanti Region: Fetish Priest Who Gunned Down Woman Remanded Again

Nana Yaw Kwarteng, the fetish priest facing charges for allegedly shooting a woman returning from a watch night service, has been remanded once again by the Bonwire District Court. The incident occurred in Kenyase-Abirem, in the Kwabre East Municipality, where 21-year-old

January 22, 2024January 22, 2024

Ghana Armed Forces Rebuts Allegation Of Killing People In Bawku

The Ghana Armed Forces (GAF) has refuted claims that soldiers deployed on Operation Maida Buuri to restore calm have killed three people in Sabongari, a suburb of Bawku. In statement, GAF said, it is “ … imploring the support of all

January 22, 2024January 22, 2024

AFCON 2023: We Know What To Do Against Mozambique – Chris Hughton

Black Stars head coach Chris Hughton says his players are aware of what to do to ensure they get the desired result in their final group game at the 2023 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON). Ghana face Mozambique on Monday evening

January 22, 2024January 22, 2024

Five Kidnapped Nigerian Sisters Released

Nigerian police say they have successfully rescued five sisters who were held hostage after being kidnapped in the country’s capital. The girls were freed in a joint police-army operation in a forest in northern Nigeria on Saturday night. They were taken from