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Two men who killed an ex-police officer and dumped his body into the Volta Lake at Old Marine, near Akosombo in 2007, were yesterday sentenced to death by an Accra High Court. Ebenezer Tei, aka Rastaman, a fetish priest and Felix Okpanye, farmer, who claimed to have powers to double money. Famous Yevugah, a deceased herbalist, beheaded the ex-police officer, ...

The latest Fiscal Monitor report by the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has warned government it risks sliding into a debt crisis if non-concessional borrowing like Eurobonds are not invested into profitable projects that enhance repayment capacity. The report was launched yesterday in Washington, DC, and said Ghana – just like a number of countries in sub-Saharan Africa which have taken ...

President Nana Akufo-Addo has served notice he would not tolerate delays in the various infrastructural projects to be undertaken under the 2 billion-dollar sinohydro agreement as he cut sod for commencement of work Wednesday. Nana Akufo-Addo who could not hide his joy while launching the 2 billion-dollar agreement to kickstart work on the first-ever interchange in Tamale, said all projects ...

Lawyer for the Aggrieved customers of embattled Menzgold Ghana Company, Amanda Clinton is demanding for more than just an announcement of a court win and subsequent transfer of monies from a Dubai company to Chief Executive Officer of the Menzgold Company, Nana Appiah Mensah also known as NAM 1. It is only prudent she insists that evidence is provided to ...

The embattled CEO of Menzgold Ghana Limited, Nana Appiah Mensah, is still in custody despite being acquitted and discharged in a fraud charge brought against him in the United Arab Emirates (UAE), the company’s Communications Manager Nii Amarh Amarteifio has claimed. According to Amarteifio, his boss popularly known as NAM 1, is still in the grips of security operatives of ...

Ghana is expected to face more power outages tomorrow, Thursday April 11, 2019. Power Distribution Services (PDS) made the announcement. The cuts are on the orders of the Ghana Grid Company (GRIDCo). The move is to enable GRIDCo to construct a 330kV overhead line between Kumasi and Aboadze. The power outage, DGN Online understands, will last for six consecutive days ...

Government has announced dates for the commencement of its ban on fishing in Ghana’s waters. The ban which was to be implemented last August and September was suspended due to a massive outcry from the country’s fisher folks. Dubbed ‘close season’, the ban according to the fisheries ministry was to save some species of fishes such as mackerel, anchovies, and ...

The lawyer for customers of the troubled gold trading firm, Menzgold Ghana limited, has asked the management of the company to cut down on what she says is public relations gimmick and refund her clients. The customers for months have been demanding payment of their principal investments after the gold dealership company was instructed by the Securities and Exchange Commission ...

The University Teachers Association of Ghana (UTAG) has denied claims that it has made inputs to the controversial public universities bill. The Education Minister Dr. Mathew Opoku Prempeh in defense of the opposition to the bill said the government is open to suggestion hence the decision to invite inputs from relevant stakeholders. “The draft bill was circulated to all the ...

He was hit with a barrage of criticism, curses hurled at him for allegedly operating a Ponzi scheme and absconding in his bid to escape trial. News of his arrest in Dubai spread like inferno, bringing some sort of relief to aggrieved depositors as they had the conviction their locked up monies would be paid. Some were however skeptical considering ...