NEWS

Scores of residents at Akyem Kukurantumi embarked on a demonstration last Friday against their Chief Daasebre Boamah Darko II for allegedly attempting to lease 6000 acres of land to supposed investors without compensating its owners. The disputed farmlands lying behind St. Paul Technical School to the boundaries of Akyem Maase, Akyem Adokwanta, Akwadum and Suhyen has allegedly been leased to ...

The management of Ghana Exim Bank has debunked a publication in The Herald which suggested that an amount of GH¢33 million had gone missing at the bank. The bank has labelled the publication an untruth, saying it lacks basis and only aims at malice towards its Chief Executive Officer and the bank. The Herald publication focused on the Ghana Exim ...

Editor of online news portal ModernGhana Emmanuel Ajarfor Abugri has said he was denied thorough examination at Police Hospital after his torturous experience with the National Security. Recounting how he and his colleagues were detained and abused by officials of the national security on the Morning Starr on Tuesday, Abugri said: “I visited the hospital for a check-up. I asked ...

Senegalese customs authorities have seized nearly 800kg (1,700lb) of cocaine on a ship, officials say. The cocaine was packed in travel bags, hidden inside 15 new cars that arrived in Dakar from Brazil. It was reported that the cars were destined for Germany and Ghana. An investigation is underway to identify those involved in trafficking the drugs. Local media present ...

A stripling of 23-years-old has been spending the last 20 years in isolation in the Nkwanta south of the Oti region, because of a medical condition. Basty Abass passes urine, defecates, eats and sleeps in a room locked and heavily secured with a padlock so that he would not get the opportunity to walk out. Food and water are passed ...

Matilda Amissah Arthur, the wife of late Kwesi Amissah-Arthur, former Vice President, has revealed that her husband rejected the offer to be running mate to John Mahama three times. She said her late husband was not interested in the role as the family wanted to always have a private life. She said he however bowed to the pressure of delegates ...

A 10-year-old boy Leslie Werpiah Zumanu has gone missing since Monday morning after leaving home for school. Zumanu who is a pupil of the St Joseph Catholic School in  Adabraka in Accra has not been spotted since he left home. School authorities say he did not report for school. The incident has been reported to the police. The development comes ...

The National Security Council Secretariat has denied claims of torture on the editor of ModernGhana, Emmanuel Ajarfor Abugri. Abugri has said that he was tortured and beaten by National Security operatives while in detention following a raid of their office and their subsequent arrest. Mr Abugri, who was released on Saturday, 29 June 2019, said he was not spared by ...

Former Executive Director of the Data Protection Commission, Teki Akuetteh Falconer, has sued a host of government agencies and appointees for her removal from office in 2017. She has sued the Attorney General, Gloria Akuffo, the Ministry of Communications and its Minister, Ursula Owusu Ekuful and the Data Protection Commission. She argues her removal from office in July 2017 was ...

Former Executive Director of the Data Protection Commission, Teki Akuetteh Falconer, has sued a host of government agencies and appointees for her removal from office in 2017. She has sued the Attorney General, Gloria Akuffo, the Ministry of Communications and its Minister, Ursula Owusu Ekuful and the Data Protection Commission. She argues her removal from office in July 2017 was ...