Author Archives: larryehu

Chance the Rapper wins BET humanitarian award

Chance the Rapper has won the BET humanitarian award for raising $2m (£1.6m) for Chicago’s public school system. Former first lady Michelle Obama recorded a special message for the musician, saying she and Barack Obama had known him “since he was a baby rapper”. “Chance is showing our young people that they matter,” she said. “Because of you, countless young ...

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12 suspects granted bail over Somanya Police, ECG attack

A circuit court in Koforidua in the Eastern region has granted bail to 12 suspects who allegedly attacked the Somanya district police command and destroyed several properties. At the Koforidua Circuit court, Her Honour, Mercy Addai Kortei slapped a GHC70,000 on each of the suspects with two sureties, Eastern regional correspondent Kofi Siaw has reported. Their counsel had prayed the ...

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Woyome demands $6bn from government

Representatives of infamous Financial Engineer Alfred Agbesi Woyome who is currently dragged before the Supreme Court to explain why he has still not paid the GHc51.2 million he illegally took from the government of Ghana have pitched camp at the precincts of the Social Security and National Insurance Trust (SSNIT) brandishing some documents demanding that the Trust forks out a ...

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Dog chews 6-yr-old boy to death

Residents of New Amanful, a fishing community in the Ahanta West District of the Western Region, were dumbfounded when news broke that a six-year-old boy in the area had been mauled to death by a dog under bizarre circumstances. The unfortunate incident took place last Tuesday on the premises of the deceased’s school New Amanful D/A Methodist Primary School. DAILY ...

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MANCHESTER UNITED TRANSFER NEWS: NEMANJA MATIC LATEST AS OLD TRAFFORD DEAL EDGES CLOSER

Nemanja Matic’s £40 million move to Manchester United looks to be edging closer after Tiemoue Bakayoko reportedly traveled to London for a medical at Chelsea on Tuesday. Bakayoko, the 22-year-old midfielder from Monaco, is seen as Matic’s replacement at Stamford Bridge, and his arrival will open the way for United to confirm the signing of the Serbian. According to France’s ...

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52 die during Niger desert crossing

Fifty-two migrants have been found dead in the deserts of central Niger, near Séguédine. A group of 75 set out in three vehicles but were abandoned by traffickers, who feared the security forces. A local official told the BBC that dozens of bodies had been buried, and 23 survivors were taken to the town, although one later died. African migrants ...

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Kwabenya has no chief – Nii Abbey Family declares

The Office of the Nii Abbey Family of Kwabenya, the family which has traditional authority over Kwabenya lands in Ga State of the Greater Accra Region, has issued a strong-worded warning that one Theophilus Ankama Aryee, who is parading himself as the Chief of Kwabenya is not the legitimate person to ascend the throne. The said Theophilus Ankama Aryee, the ...

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