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‘I’ve been charged with careless, inconsiderate driving’- Oliver Barker-Vormawor

May 17, 2022

The convener of the FixTheCountry movement, Oliver Barker-Vormawor, has been arrested by the police. An earlier report said Mr. Barker-Vormavor was picked up on his way to the High Court in Tema. In a Facebook post, the embattled activist indicated that he had been charged with “careless and inconsiderate driving.” “I have been charged with […]Continue Reading

NEWS

‘No further development at Bulgarian Embassy pending court cases’ – Lands Ministry orders

May 17, 2022

The Ministry of Lands and Natural Resources has directed that there should be ‘no further developments” on the land housing the demolished Bulgarian Embassy in Accra pending the final determination of legal matters. The Ministry says “for the avoidance of doubt, no person or entity is to carry out any development on the said land […]Continue Reading

Crime

Man, 30, dies in girlfriend’s room after sleepover

May 17, 2022

A 34-year-old man, Mr Philip Arkoh, has died in his girlfriend’s room at Asawase in the Asokore Mampong Municipality of the Ashanti region. The incident occurred on Sunday, May 15, 2022. The Assembly member for the area, Mr. Matthew Amissah, told Class 93.1 FM’s Elisha Adarkwah that the man visited the girlfriend and decided to […]Continue Reading

Business

Agongo’s lithovit fertiliser is our ‘messiah’; it gave us more yield, money and made us happy – Cocoa farmer

May 17, 2022

  A cocoa farmer, Samuel Torbi, the second defence witness for Dr Stephen Opuni, a former CEO of the Ghana Cocoa Board (Cocobod), who is standing trial along with businessman Seidu Agongo for causing financial loss of GHS217 million to the state, has told the High Court trying the case that lithovit liquid fertiliser was […]Continue Reading

POLITICS

Duffuor woos Ghanaians to join NDC as card bearing members

May 17, 2022

Former Governor of the Central Bank Dr. Kwabena Duffuor has urged Ghanaians to register and join the opposition National Democratic Congress as the party begins its membership registration exercise ahead of the 2024 elections. The party is set to begin its internal elections from June this year starting with branch executives. In a statement, the […]Continue Reading

EDUCATION

Gov’t converts Colleges of Education to degree awarding institutions

May 16, 2022

The Ministry of Education has converted all public Colleges of Education into four-year bachelor of education degree-awarding institutions. According to the ministry, the conversion forms part of reform strategies for education in the country. Public Relations Officer of the Ministry of Education, Kwesi Kwarteng says the Ministry has embarked on the construction of Continue Reading

Business

Over 120,000 persons reimbursed after wrongful E-levy deductions – GRA

May 16, 2022

After the initial challenges that disrupted the first few days of the implementation of the electronic transfer levy, over 120,000 customers have so far been reimbursed for wrongful deductions. Head of Project Management Unit at the Ghana Revenue Authority, Isaac Kobina Amoako, who made this known said, “the data we had for those who had […]Continue Reading

ENTERTAINMENT

French Ambassador Anne Sophie Avé leaves Ghana in August

May 16, 2022

Through her many exploits, especially those in the creative arts industry, the diplomat has endeared herself to many Ghanaians. In an with Ameyaw TV at the 2022 Vodafone Ghana Music Awards, H.E. Anne Sophie Avé disclosed that she will be leaving Ghana in August when quizzed about her futures plans to add up to her […]Continue Reading

Crime

Ritual killing: Level 300 CCTU Student found dead without private part 15 May 2022

May 16, 2022

The police have found the lifeless body of level-300 marketing student of the Cape Coast Technical University without her private part. The Central Regional police retrieved the body of the deceased, Nana Ama Clark, on Friday night at OLA Estate in Cape Coast. According to the Police Public Relations Officer, Deputy Superintendent of Police Irene […]Continue Reading

Opinion

Felicia Edem Attipoe shares the story of how she became Ghana’s first female aircraft marshaller

May 16, 2022

Felicia Edem Attipoe, Ghana’s first female aircraft marshaller on Wednesday, May 11, shared an emotional story of how she fell from “grace to grass” on the first edition of the “My Story series” on the Strong and Sassy show. She broke down in tears as she recounted how she tasted “Heaven on Earth” in her […]Continue Reading