Over 100 kiosks and structures have been destroyed by fire at a community in Shiashie within the Ayawaso West Wuogon constituency in Accra. The several kiosks gutted by fire reportedly serve as shelter for some squatters who live within the community. According to eyewitnesses, the cause of the fire is not known but it spread quickly because the kiosks were ...

The son of Angola’s former president has been jailed for five years for fraud from when he was head of the oil-rich country’s Sovereign Wealth Fund. José Filomeno dos Santos, 42, was accused of trying to embezzle up to $1.5bn (£1.1bn) while overseeing the $5bn fund from 2013 to 2018. He was charged with stealing $500m from the fund and ...

A 16-year-old boy, said to be a betting/gambling addict, has allegedly committed suicide by hanging himself on a tree at Asonomaso in the Kwabre East District of Ashanti, on Wednesday. The deceased, Kwaku Appiah, a form two student of Osei Kyeretwie Senior High School, was said to have caused the stir following hot exchanges with his mother over the betting/gambling ...

The National Democratic Congress parliamentary aspirant for the Ayawaso West Constituency, John Dumelo has consoled victims of Friday night’s “Kiosk Estate” fire that rendered more than 400 occupants homeless. At about 9:00 pm when GhanaWeb visited the scene, residents of the slum located near the Miklin Hotel at Shiashie, were seen trying to save some properties from the fire. More ...

Gerard Pique says big changes are needed at Barcelona following their “humiliating” 8-2 loss to Bayern Munich in the Champions League quarter-finals. The 33-year-old defender, who has won 20 major titles over 12 years with the club, added that he would be “the first to leave” if the club wished it. Friday’s loss was the heaviest Barca have suffered in ...

Leader and Founder of Alive Chapel International, Archbishop-elect Elisha Salifu Amoako has descended heavily on the Chairman of the Pentecostal and Charismatic Council, Rev. Paul Frimpong-Manso. The man of God who seemed outraged by the latter’s comment over prophecies said that God has been speaking to his prophets through prophecies and that there is no way he can downplay prophecies ...

On Wednesday, August 12, 2020, His Excellency Former President John Dramani Mahama officially introduced you as His running mate for 2020 Election to the National Chief Imam, Sheikh Dr Usman Nuhu Sharubutu, cross-section of Muslim leaders and chiefs. That event marks the beginning of your political covenant with the Zongo/Muslim community. Clearly, gender Empowerment is a key issue that NDC ...

The Ghana Health Service has reported that eight more persons have died from COVID-19 in Ghana. This pushes the country’s death toll to 231. The latest deaths have been recorded a week after Ghana made an impressive gain with coronavirus recoveries, which stands at 39, 993. The active cases keep recording a decline with the latest figures from the Ghana ...

The New Patriotic Party (NPP) parliamentary candidate for Bortianor Ngleshie Amanfro, Sylvester Matthew Tetteh, has made cash donations and assorted items to the Ga Traditional Council in the Ga South Municipality towards this year’s Homowo festival. The Homowo Festival is celebrated by the Ga tribe annually, to remind themselves of their long battle against famine and how the rains finally ...

The Dagbon State has clarified that the King and Overlord of the land should be addressed as Ya-Na Abukari II and not Ya-Na Abukari Mahama II. This was contained in a press statement dated August 12, 2020, signed by the Secretary to Ndan Ya-Naa, Abdul-Rahaman Mohammed of the Office of the Ya-Na in the Gbewaa Palace. The statement also sought ...