Thirteen suspects who were allegedly involved in the gruesome murder of Major Maxwell Mahama have been discharged by an Accra Magistrate court. The 13 were part of the initial 32 suspects charged with murder during a hearing two weeks ago. The remaining 19 including a woman, are still facing charges of murder. According to the Police, they went back to ...
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Petya hackers issue fresh ransom demand
The perpetrators of a recent cyber-attack that disrupted businesses across the world appear to have accessed the ransom payments they raised. Just over £7,900-worth of virtual currency has been moved from the Bitcoin address listed in the blackmail demand that appeared on hacked PCs. One expert said there was little doubt the funds had been tapped by those responsible for ...
Read More »NDC cries over $15bn Chinese deal
The Minority National Democratic Congress (NDC) yesterday raised a litany of issues in Parliament on the alleged corrupt deals which have taken place under the leadership of President Akufo-Addo who has promised zero tolerance for corruption. The Minority raised issues ranging from the $2.25 billion bond recently issued by the government, intention of government to raise another 15-year bond to ...
Read More »Wayne Rooney and Olivier Giroud could take Everton’s summer spending to past £115 million just days after the transfer window opened
Manchester United forward Wayne Rooney is set to return to his former club Everton this week, according to The Sun. Everton won’t have to pay United a single penny as the striker will arrive at Goodison Park on a free transfer. But because Everton is willing to match Rooney’s £250,000 ($322,000) wage demands, he could still cost the club £26 million ...
Read More »Angry Shatta Wale threatens to beat bloggers
Shatta Wale has a problem with Ghanaian bloggers and he is willing to resort to physical manifestations of his anger. According to a report by MyNewsGH.com, the self-acclaimed dance-hall King has threatened that he will beat up bloggers and journalists. The musician sent the message to writers on various news outlets to be warned that if he comes across any ...
Read More »EOCO chases Awuah Darko over GHC40m BOST cash
The Economic and Organized Crime Office (EOCO) is on the heels of Kingsley Kwame Awuah-Darko, the immediate-past Managing Director (MD) of the Bulk Oil Storage and Transportation (BOST) Company Limited, over some alleged payments and withdrawals from the government’s account. The account in question is the Chief of Staff’s ‘Sundry Account’ which the BOST boss regularly lodged money into and ...
Read More »Trump: Western civilisation is at stake
US President Donald Trump is to argue that the future of Western civilisation is at stake in a keynote speech in the Polish capital Warsaw. Holding up Poland as an example of a country ready to defend Western freedoms, he will warn against the threats of “terrorism and extremism”. Poland’s conservative government shares Mr Trump’s hostile view of immigration and ...
Read More »Manny Pacquiao’s cornermen after fight: Horn won
Manny Pacquiao is a senator in the Philippines who is regarded as a potential presidential candidate, a philanthropist of some note and one of the greatest boxers who ever lived. Part of Pacquiao’s greatness as a fighter, in addition to his exceptional physical gifts, is his competitiveness. He thought he had successfully defended his WBO welterweight title after 12 hard ...
Read More »Tigo digital ‘Changemaker’ launches ‘Ananse the Teacher’ app
Tigo Digital and Technology enthusiast, Josephine Marie Godwyll, has launched an ambitious app which harnesses local folklore to engage children in science, technology, engineering, arts and mathematics. The colourful and engaging Ananse the Teacher app, a great addition to local content for children in Ghana, works on android and provides relevant local examples of various experiments found in the basic ...
Read More »Bond saga: Minority’s multiple petitions dangerous – IFS
The Institute of Fiscal Studies (IFS) has expressed worry over the Minority’s insistence that there was insider-trading and conflict of interest in the issuance of the $2.25 billion bond by government in April. The IFS is warning the Minority’s multiplicity of petitions to foreign Securities and Exchange Commissions over the bond could spell doom for the country’s economy. The Minority ...
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