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THE ASANTEMAN, led by Otumfuo Osei Tutu Tutu II, the Asantehene, is bereaved. This follows the sudden death of Nana Adwoa Akyaa aka ‘Margaret Tuffuor’. The deceased was a sister of Otumfuo and she went to the village at age 99. Reports from the Manhyia Palace indicated that Nana Adwoa Akyaa was unwell. However, there were signs that she would ...

Education Minister, Dr. Matthew Opoku Prempeh, has described the era of President Akufo-Addo, as the best time to study in Ghana. According to the Minister for Education, the introduction of the Free Senior High School policy has resulted in an increment in student enrolment by some 31%, as opposed to the spectre of 100,000 students falling out of school each ...

Aggrieved government contractors have stormed the premises of the ministry of Roads and Highways demanding payment of unpaid arrears. The development occurred despite an ongoing meeting between their leadership and the minister of roads and highways and his chief directors. The demonstration comes months after the minister assured them that government will settle the arrears owed them after they have ...

A romantic triangle involving a 30-year-old woman supposedly dating two men ended bitterly when one of the men shot the other in cold blood at Alhaji, near Achimota, in Accra. The deceased, 35-year-old car dealer Kwame Agyapong, had confronted his rival, Derrick Nana Donkor, 28, when he bumped into the love birds in the house of the lady, Keshia Akosua ...

The Managing Director of Takoradi Flour Mill, Thierry Loupiac, has been walked out of the company by staff Wednesday morning. The action, according to the workers, was as a result of poor working conditions of service, lack of respect and constant abuse of the workers by Mr. Loupiac. The workers, according to reports, entered his office and asked him to ...

A Madina District Magistrate Court in Accra presided over by His Worship Richard Delal Anku has given judgment in a case in which a 39 year old Cartographer, Justice Kobina Arthur, faced trial for forging documents for Aberic Mining Company, contrary to section 158 of the Criminal Offences Act 1960. Justice Kobina Arthur, was accused of forging the official seal ...

Ghana’s Immigration Service borrows weapons to be able to perform its duties to the state, Head of public affairs of the service has revealed. According to Supt. Michael Amoako Atta, even though the law governing their operations has been reviewed to allow them carry weapons, the weapons are not available for their use. Speaking on the Alert show with host ...

National Organizer of the ruling New Patriotic Party has described as problematic, the main opposition NDC’s inability to mobilize tens of Thousands of Ghanaians to join them on the streets in yesterday’s Kum Yen Preko demonstration organized by the Coalition for Social Justice (CSJ). “This shows clearly that they are losing it in their bid to gain a foothold in ...

Ashanti Regional Deputy Communication Officer of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC), Mr. Alex Kwaku Asafo-Agyei has sent a stern warning to former appointees in the party turning who are their backs at it in its time of need. According to the NDC Executive member, appointees in the erstwhile John Mahama administration after benefitting are now refusing to support the ...

Ghanaian president Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo says his government has, over the last two and a half years, acted to correct the fundamentals of the Ghanaian economy, which, prior to his assumption of office, were in considerable disarray. According to President Akufo-Addo, “The fiscal deficit, which stood at 9.3% in 2016, has been brought down to 3.9% at the end ...