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The Accra High Court on Friday restrained the Election Committee of the Ghana Journalists Association (GJA) from re-opening nominations for the association’s upcoming national elections. It followed the filing of a suit by four candidates in the upcoming elections against the re-opening of nominations, arguing that the Election Committee erred. The plaintiffs are Edmund Kofi Yeboah, an aspiring General Secretary, ...

Ghana’s representative to the 90th Scripps National Spelling Bee says although she missed out of the ultimate prize, she got a priceless life-changing experience. Lily Tugbah, 16, and a junior high school (JHS) student of Solidarity International School in Ashiaman could not make it beyond the second round. The winner of the 10th edition of The Spelling Bee Ghana in ...

The Minister of Communications Ursula Owusu-Ekuful has donated 2000 mathematical sets to Junior High School students sitting their Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE) in the Ablekuma West constituency Monday. Mrs. Owusu-Ekuful, who doubles as the MP for the constituency, advised the students to learn hard ahead of the examination so they can pass to become useful to the country in ...

The lynching of Captain Maxwell Adam Mahama of the 5th Infantry Battalion (5BN) on May 29, 2017 by angry residents of Denkyira-Boase in the Upper Denkyira West District has gained international appeal with several news outlets reporting it. Prominent among them is the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) that visited the troubled town of Diaso and Denkyira-Boase and reported its version ...

The Upper Denkyira West Assembly has thrown an invitation to President Akufo-Addo to personally pay a visit to the area following the lynching of an Army Captain, Maxwell Mahama. The Presiding Member of the Assembly Gabriel Kwadwo Karikari said at a press conference Friday “we are appealing to Nana [Akufo-Addo] to come down to the place where the incident happened”. ...

The Chinese woman arrested for illegally mining in Ghana, Aisha Huang, has been granted bail eventually after two previous failed attempts. The court on Friday granted her and four others partial freedom with the sum of GH¢ 500,000 each and two surities both to be justified after spending well over three weeks behind bars. Justice Charles Edward Ekow Baiden adjourned ...

The Ghana National Association of Small Scale Miners (GNASSM) has called for action against mob justice in the country and dealing severely with those guilty in the lynching of Capt. Maxwell Mahama at Denkyira-Obuasi. “We are shocked and saddened by the senseless display of mob justice that resulted in the murder of Captain Maxwell Mahama. As a Nation, we should ...

A woman identified as Yaa Esther has reportedly drowned in the Densu River at New Asuoyaa in the Akuapem North municipality of the Eastern region. The woman believed to be in her 40s, allegedly drowned while crossing the river. Eyewitnesses say, the incident occurred Thursday evening around 6:30pm but an extensive search to retrieve the remains has proved futile. Until ...

Ghanaians were united in an outpouring of grief since Monday May 29, asking how a peaceful country could become the scene of the world’s worst attack on a soldier on duty. The awful death of Captain Maxwell Mahama has brought nothing but sorrow to majority of Ghanaians especially his family. However, some politicians have started blaming the current government for ...

Host of Peace FM’s flagship programme Kokrokoo, Kwami Sefa Kayi has condemned comments by the General Secretary of the opposition National Democratic Congress Johnson Asiedu Nketia over the lynching of Captain Maxwell Mahama. Mr Asiedu Nketia in an interview with Asempa FM on Wednesday, noted the horrifying murder happened “under the direct supervision of President Akufo-Addo”. He stressed that since ...