NEWS

Chereponi district assembly shut down over raging violence

The Chereponi District Assembly in the North East Region has been shut down after a senior officer of the assembly was attacked and nearly killed in the ongoing protracted ethnic land violence between Konkombas and Anufors. Alhaji Alhassan Fuseini, the District Coordinating Director on his way from the district capital on Monday evening, was attacked by angry suspected Konkombas at ...

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Gyan’s retirement: President Nana Addo backs coach Kwasi Appiah

Ghanaweb.com can confirm that President Nana Akufo-Addo has decided to back Black Stars coach, James Kwasi Appiah in his decision to take the national team’s captaincy from Asamoah Gyan and hand it to another player. According to our deep-throat sources, the President in a telephone conversation was satisfied with the explanation that was given to him by James Kwasi Appiah ...

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No more oil cash for Free SHS

Government has completely removed the Free Senior High School (SHS) programme from the list of projects and policies financed directly from the oil cash-funded Annual Budget Funding Amount (ABFA), a recent list of projects to be financed by the ABFA released by the Ministry of Finance has shown. The Annual Budget Funding Account (ABFA) is the account set up by ...

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Akufo-Addo signs RTI Bill into Law

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has appended his signature to the Right to Information Bill (RTI) to make it a law. The President signed the bill on Tuesday, May 21, 2019, at a short ceremony at the Jubilee House and stated it was handed over to him on Monday, but because he promised not to delay it further, he decided ...

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GJA opens book of condolence for ‘Oga’ at Press Centre

A book of condolence was yesterday opened for former Ghana Journalists Association (GJA) President, the late Edward Ameyibor, at the Ghana International Press Centre (GIPC). Mr Ameyibor affectionately called ‘Oga,’ a veteran journalist, headed the GJA from 1986 -1994 serving a two-year term. He worked with the Ghana News Agency from 1963 – 2001. He died in Accra after a ...

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Owusu Bempah has imported demons to cause national disasters – Prophet

The Prophet who prophesied the Ethiopian Airplane crash, Prophet Cosmos Walker Affran has prophesied that the Founder and leader of the Glorious Word and Power Ministry International, Reverend Isaac Owusu Bempah has imported demons into the country to cause national disasters. According to the Head of the Cosmos Walker Affran Ministries, the demons were imported with the aim of helping ...

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President Akufo-Addo invites Appiah over Gyan’s resignation

Under-fire Black Stars coach, James Kwasi Appiah, has been summoned to an emergency meeting at the Jubilee House over the sudden resignation of the captain of the senior national team, Asamoah Gyan, on Monday afternoon. Gyan stirred controversy by announcing his unceremonious retirement from the Black Stars via Twitter on Monday at a time Ghanaians were eagerly waiting the announcement ...

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‘Imbibe volunteerism spirit to enhance nation building’

Samuel Addo, the General Secretary of the Ghana Red Cross Society (GRCS) has tasked the citizenry, particularly the youth to imbibe volunteerism spirit for humanitarian work to support the vulnerable in society in times of emergency and disaster towards nation building. “The voluntary service of young people is critically required to bring good health, security and doing something good for ...

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March for free expression underway

Hundreds of people are demonstrating today, Tuesday, 21 May 2019 against what they describe as moves by the government to attack press freedom. The protesters, clad in red and black attire, are wielding placards with inscriptions such as: “Enough is enough”, “Akufo-Addo, you are a threat to free speech”, “stop adding tyranny to hardship”, “leave Adeti alone”, and so forth. ...

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