It appears thieves in Ghana have now devised a new ploy to steal personal belongings of passengers in commercial buses. The thieves, per the new strategy, get on board long journey buses at Lorry terminals as passengers but carry out their operation by stealing portable personal belongings mostly mobile phones, laptops, purse and other valuables of customers when they alight ...

A man who set off a pipe bomb during rush hour in a New York subway station has been sentenced to life in prison. Akayed Ullah, 31, detonated the bomb in Times Square station, which is the busiest in New York City, on 11 December 2017. He later claimed he had only wanted to kill himself and was not acting ...

The Ghana Revenue Authority, GRA, will begin prosecution of tax offenders this year as part of the broader strategy to engender tax compliance and maximize revenue collection. GRA launched its prosecution Policy in 2019. The Authority went ahead to table request before the Chief Justice to set up a dedicated court to expeditiously prosecute tax offenders. Speaking at the opening ...

The African Union has condemned the extension of the term of Somalia’s President Mohamed Abdullahi Farmajo and is sending a special envoy to Mogadishu to help resolve the political impasse there. The AU’s Peace and Security Council made the announcement after hours of closed-door meeting where it also resolved to mediate the crisis. A communique issued after the session on ...

The Ghana Consulate in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) has expressed concern about a sudden increase in the number of Ghanaians attempting to smuggle marijuana (weed) into Dubai, which has led to the arrest of five people in the last three months. According to the Consulate, five Ghanaians were arrested at the Dubai International Airport for drug trafficking between January 2021 ...

State prosecutors have brought fresh charges against a former Director-General of the Social Security and National Insurance Trust (SSNIT), Mr Ernest Thompson and four others for causing financial loss to the state. This latest charge follows a Supreme Court ruling that the particulars the state had provided to support the charge of causing financial loss to the state against the ...

All six Premier League teams involved in the European Super League have now withdrawn from the competition. Manchester City were the first club to pull out after Chelsea had signalled their intent to do so by preparing documentation to withdraw. The other four sides – Arsenal, Liverpool, Manchester United and Tottenham – have all now followed suit. The Super League ...

Central Regional Minister Marygold Assan has indicated that a contractor has been assigned to work on the construction of an ultra-modern market complex in Mankessim. The regional minister made this known when she paid a working visit to the area together with the Member of Parliament for the Mfantseman constituency, Ophelia Hayford, to commiserate with the victims of two recent ...

Ghanaian rapper Amerado has urged the media to desist from trying to pitch him against multiple award-winning rapper, Sarkodie. According to him, the focus should be on his music and building the Amerado brand rather than comparing him with other artistes. He was speaking in reaction to a recent confrontation on live radio when the ‘Yee Te Ns3m’ crooner had ...

Political Scientist Dr. Kwame Asah Asante says he expected President Akufo-Addo to increase the number of women in his ministerial appointments. He said even though the numbers are better than in the past, more should have been done. President Akufo-Addo on Tuesday, April 21 announced his deputy Ministerial nominees for the various ministries. Out of the thirty-nine, nine were female ...