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Former president John Dramani Mahama has tweeted in solidarity with Ghanaian player Sulley Muntari for walking off the pitch during Cagliari – Pescara match due to racist taunts on Sunday. Muntari, who plays for struggling Serie A side Pescara, said he heard the chants throughout the match at Cagliari’s Stadio Sant’Elia and asked referee Daniele Minelli to stop the game. ...

The Ashanti Regional Police Command has arrested the Founder and Leader of Generation of Christ Ministries Bishop Charles Boampong alias ‘Cardinal’ at Kwamo, a suburb of Kumasi for defrauding seven persons. The Police Command explained that the accused Pastor took monies ranging between GH¢ 11,000.00 and GH¢29,700.00 under the pretext of securing them a United States of America (USA) visas. ...

Information Minister Mustapha Hamid has given the assurance that the Right to Information Bill (RTI) will be passed by July this year. According to him, the processes of parliament requires that the bill is relayed in the house, even though the previous parliament looked at it. The RTI has been before Parliament since 2013. It is one of the oldest ...

Lawyers of the accused person in the Marwako pepper attack, Jihad Chabaan, failed to open their defence Wednesday in the Marwako trial demanding that their client be given an Arabic interpreter. The lead lawyer, Julio de Medeiros told the court that his client is not fluent in English therefore would require the services of an interpreter before his evidence to ...

Former president John Dramani Mahama has emboldened Nigeria to take leadership role in the sub-region and to become the “driver of economic transformation and integration in West Africa.” According to him, West Africa’s most populous nation should not harbor any fears as far as Ghana and Ivory Coast are concerned. Besides Nigeria, he also threw a challenge to South Africa ...

A suspected homosexual has been nabbed for dressing like a woman and allegedly seducing men into homosexuality in Kumasi, the Ashanti Regional capital. Chris Boateng, 26 aka Nana Kwame, a resident of Medoma, near Kumasi, claims to have been practising homosexuality for 16 years now. Chris is also called Tracey or Ciara when she dresses like a female and purportedly ...

A public outcry over an alleged environmental devastation, expressed in a tone more emotional than any heard in recent times in the Upper East Region, has taken over the Talensi District after some Chinese expatriates allegedly polluted the water consumed by inhabitants of the area through “illegal” mining activities. Speaking to newsmen at a news conference held Tuesday at Sheaga, ...

It appears former President John Dramani Mahama will not be given the chance to stand as the presidential candidate of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) for the 2020 election without any challenge. Ahead of the party’s primary, former majority leader and current 2nd deputy speaker of parliament, Alban Bagbin, is emerging as one of the former president’s contenders. Posters ...

Former Attorney General and Minister of Justice Martin Amidu has waded into the Mps visa fraud controversy , describing the criticisms levelled against the UK High Commissioner to Ghana following the expose as shameful. The first Deputy Speaker of Parliament, Joe Osei Owusu commenting on the development following a leaked letter to the Speaker of Parliament that indicted the MPs ...

A policeman stationed at the Anyaa police station in Accra, Gabriel Tabiri, went berserk Tuesday by physically assaulting a taxi driver for allegedly jumping red traffic light. The cab driver Kwabena Danso, who is traumatized, was disgraced in the open by the peacemaker with service number 36832. The officer allegedly accosted him at a Fuel Station after allegedly jumping the ...