Africa World Airlines (AWA), a private airline operator, yesterday organised a historic test fight from the Kotoka International Airport (KIA) in Accra to the newly completed Ho Airport in the Volta Region. The 50-capacity Embraer-145 aircraft landed at the Ho Airport after 22 minutes of takeoff at the KIA. Travelling by road from Accra to Ho takes almost four hours. ...

Ghanaian actress Rosemond Alade Brown popularly known as Akuapem Poloo has made her first public pronouncement after her sentencing Friday morning. The social media personality was jailed for 90 days by an Accra Circuit Court on Friday, April 16 for posting a naked picture with her son. In an Instagram post moments after her sentencing, she thanked personalities who have ...

The timely intervention by the police on Thursday foiled violent clashes between two groups within the New Patriotic Party in the Ablekuma Central Constituency in Greater Accra. A group known as the Concerned NPP Grassroots of Ablekuma Central had planned to hold a press conference Thursday at the party’s constituency office at Shukula in Accra to express their misgivings about ...

Chris Smalling was robbed at home in front of his wife and two-year-old child in a horrifying ordeal for the Roma defender on Friday morning, according to reports. Italian news outlet Gazzetta Dello Sport claims three armed robbers broke into the English footballer’s home and forced him to open his family’s safe, where the aggressors took items of jewelry and other ...

YouTube has suspended the account of influential Nigerian TV evangelist TB Joshua over allegations of hate speech. A rights body filed a complaint after reviewing at least seven videos showing the preacher conducting prayers to “cure” gay people. Facebook has also removed at least one of the offending posts showing a woman being slapped while TB Joshua says he is ...

The National Communications Officer of the National Democratic Congress (Gyamfi) has described the three-month jail term handed down to actress Akuapem Poloo as harsh and high-handed.  In a tweet, Mr Gyamfi said the court should have been considerate since she is a first offender and pleaded guilty to the offence. Rosemond Brown, as the actress is originally named, was jailed ...

The Ghana government has signed an agreement with AirtelTigo for transfer of ownership of the telecommunications company to the state. The government of Ghana and the parent companies of AirtelTigo, Bharti Airtel Ghana Holdings B.V., MIC Africa B.V signed the transfer after they concluded negotiations to transfer the shares of the company to the Ghana government. This followed the announcement ...

Ghanaian Actress, Rosemond Alade Brown, aka Akuapem Poloo was Friday slapped with a 90-day imprisonment for the publication of a nude picture with her seven-year-old son in June 2020. Brown, was sentenced 90 days each to all three counts of publication of obscene materials, engaging in domestic violence namely a conduct that in any way undermined another person’s privacy or integrity, and ...

The four-tier Awoshie-Pokuase Interchange and Local Roads Project located in the Ga North Municipality of the Greater Accra Region is 96 per cent done and scheduled for full completion by June this year. The project,which is estimated to cost $70 million, began on July 3,2018,after the sod had been cut by the then Senior Minister,Mr Yaw OsafoMaafo,on behalf of the President,Nana Addo ...

Barely a moth after announcing their departure from the Accra Sports Stadium, Kumasi Asante Kotoko are set to return to the nation’s capital as they play Accra Great Olympics on Friday. The Porcupine Warriors moved to the top of the Ghana Premier League table last weekend following their win over Berekum Chelsea whiles Olympics on the other hand suffered a ...