“Forced Marriage” – Reactions As Bride Refuses To Kiss Her Groom During Wedding (Video)
A viral video of a bride and her groom on their wedding day has sparked controversy on social media. In the video, the bride was spotted frowning her face as she blatantly refused to kiss her groom. After exchanging marital…
Tonto Dikeh Adds To Her Garage As She Acquires Bentley Car Worth Millions Of Naira.
Star-studded actress, Tonto Dikeh, has added a ride to her luxurious garage. She recently acquired a new Bentley car. The actress recently gifted herself a luxury convertible Bentley car which cost millions of naira. This comes after the actress’s son,…
Davido Acquires New Lamborghini Ride As Christmas Gift (Photos)
Superstar singer, David Adeleke, popularly known as Davido, has acquired a brand new Lamborghini car for himself as a Christmas gift. Recall that few weeks ago, Davido had also bought himself a 2021 model customized Rolls-Royce Cullinan. While taking to…
Double Track students excel in WASSCE
The results of the double track students in this year’s West African Senior High School Certificate Examination (WASSCE) released on Wednesday have dismissed the fears of the initiative affecting quality education in the country. The performance of the students in…
Engage only registered firms, architects for building projects – Asenso-Boakye
The Minister for Works and Housing (MWH), Francis Asenso-Boakye, has urged the general public to engage only the services of registered architects and firms for building projects. According to him, this would ensure that communities were developed in a sustainable…
Ghana achieves gender parity in basic education in deprived areas
The Department of Gender, of the Ministry of Gender, Children and Social Protection, says Ghana has achieved gender parity in education indeprived communities at the basic level.It noted that there had been more girls with equal ratio for boys and…
Govt draws down $500m of expected $1.5 billion GETFund proceed – Education Minister
The government says it has drawn down US$500 million of the expected US$1.5 billion securitised proceeds of the Ghana Education Trust Fund (GETFund) in 2018. The amount translates into GHC2.7 billion using the exchange rate applicable at the time of…
Yvonne Nelson wins GH¢500,000 defamation case against Mona Gucci
An Accra High Court has awarded Yvonne Nelson GH500,000 in a defamation case against Mona Gucci for malicious statements she made about the award-winning actress on Accra-based Neat Fm. The Court presided over by Justice John Eugene Nyante Nyandu ordered…
2021 WASSCE: 174 Results Cancelled, 3,667 Withheld Over Exam Malpractices
The entire results of 174 candidates who sat for the 2021 West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE), have been cancelled. This was disclosed by the West African Examination Council (WAEC) in its 2021 provisional WASSCE results. The Council said…
SD Dombo University Management Warns Of School Closure Over Workers’ Strike
The management of the SD Dombo University has threatened to recommend the closure of the university if its workers continue their strike. In a letter to the school’s council, the management said the “workers unions have made it impossible to…
GOIL To Lose GH¢90M Monthly Over Fuel Price Reduction – COPEC
The Chamber of Petroleum Consumers (COPEC) is worried that the directive to GOIL to reduce fuel prices could cost GH¢ 90 million every month. He said the move is not a sustainable solution. Speaking in an interview, monitored by cmonline.com.gh, the…
NAGRAT Kicks Against Date For National Standardized Test
The National Association of Graduate Teachers (NAGRAT) has joined groups opposing the decision to reschedule the vacation date for all basic schools to December 17, 2021, to allow for the National Standardised Test for primary four pupils to be held….
GCAA marks International Civil Aviation Day
A flag hoisting ceremony has been held in Accra in commemoration of this year’s International Civil Aviation Day (ICAO DAY). Organised by the Ghana Civil Aviation Authority (GCAA), the event was on the theme “Advancing Innovation for Global Aviation Development…
Kenyan Woman Dies in Saudi Arabia 10 Days after Starting Cleaner Job, Family Seeks Answers
Lucy Wanja went to the Middle-East nation on September 12, 2021, after years of attempting to get a job in the Gulf with the hope of making an income. Conflicting accounts Ten days after her arrival for what she hoped…
Bright Simons: Digital taxes in Africa flop but Ghana wants in
This is a short postscript to my earlier note on Ghana’s proposed e-Levy. In view of certain reactions to that piece, I felt that a quick span of the experiences of other countries that have gone this route, which I had suggested…
BECE: Accra Metropolitan Education Directorate to sensitise parents, pupils on school selection
The Accra Metropolitan Education Directorate is to engage parents and pupils in the Metropolis on the school selection process for candidates who just ended the 2021 Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE). Mr Asare Boahen, Examinations Coordinator, Accra Metropolitan Education Directorate, told…
Awuah-Darko family joins Otumfour to celebrate Otuo Siriboe
The King of Ashanti, his royal majesty, Otumfour Osei Tutu II, joined the Awuah-Darko family at their private residence at Juaben in the Ashantiregion to climax the 50th anniversary of the Paramount Chief of Juaben traditional area, Nana Otuo Siriboe…
Twene Jonas is a hurricane spawned forth by Ghana’s climate of corruption
Twene Jonas is a hurricane spawned forth by Ghana’s climate ofcorruption Twene JonasI happened to have chanced upon a video in which a Ghanaian, Twene Jonas, now domiciled in the United States, was spewing hot invectives onGhanaian leaders. At the…
What will happen to price of fuel if government decides to listen to 16 driver unions?
Fuel prices will go down by some 25.44% if government decides to listen to the 16 driver unions who are collectively calling for the scrapping of five taxes on the price build-up of fuel. The coalition of commercial transport owners…
Message from the Morning Man: Sandbags
I’ll never forget the day I met one of my all-time heroes, Haile Gebrselassie. And when I say one of my all-time heroes, I’m not exaggerating. His story inspires me like nobody else’s. Haile was born in a town called Asella,…
Top 10 News in Brief: Kitui Bus Accident; Regrets, Empty Promises And Shameless Leaders
As you start your day, you need to power your mind with some relevant and useful information. We have picked for you the Top 10 stories making the headlines on this day, 6th October 2021. Mothers, Children Perish in Mwingi…
Angolan opposition re-elect Adalberto Costa Junior as leader
In Angola the main opposition party, UNITA, re-elected Adalberto Costa Júnior as leader of the opposition. In October, the Constitutional Court annulled his 2019 election as party leader. The decision of the court was announced on the same day that…
Report: Covid-19 pandemic exposes Africa’s fragile healthcare system
The current health crisis has exposed the fragile nature of health systems in Africa according to a new report from the Mo Ibrahim Foundation. One of the main challenges facing health systems is the lack of data in some countries….
At outbreak epicentre, S. African students shrug off Omicron and fret about exams
PRETORIA, Dec 6 (Reuters) – The students knew their South African university was the epicentre of a new COVID-19 variant spreading panic across the globe, but over the past week many worried more about how Omicron would mess up exams…
President Adama Barrow wins second term in Gambia election
Adama Barrow comfortably won a second term in The Gambia’s presidential election, with thousands of his supporters celebrating in the streets of Banjul, although his opponents disputed the results announced late Sunday. Barrow, whose assumption of the presidency five years…
Mob attacks police for preventing lynching of murder suspect at Wassa Pewuako
Some angry youth at Wassa Pewuako in the Western Region have attacked police officers from the Wassa Amenfi East Command who attempted to rescue a 60-year-old man accused of killing a 19-year-old motor rider. The youth deflated the tyres of…
School Feeding Programmer To Start TV Show Next Year
Mrs Gertrude Quashigah, the National Coordinator of the Ghana School Feeding Programme (GSFP), says the Programme will start a television programme to educate caterers next year. She said the show would engage caterers on the innovative and cost-effective way of…
Telecom Chamber moves data subscription from 8 million to 23 million in a decade – Ashigbey
Dr Kenneth Ashigbey, Chief Executive Officer of the Ghana Chamber of Telecommunications Friday said the chamber has moved data subscriptions from eight million to 23 million in a decade. This was a growth of over 187 per cent from its…
Angry youth attack police, smash widescreen of DCE’s vehicle
Some angry youth in Wassa Pewuako have attacked police officers and men from the Wassa Amenfi East Command who attempted to rescue a 60-year-old man allegedly involved in the murder of one Atta, a 19-year-old motor rider. The youth deflated…
Resecurity partners with Ghana based SINA to intensify cybersecurity in Africa
Cybersecurity company, Resecurity has announced a partnership with Ghana based Safety and Intelligence Network Africa (SINA), to advance cyber threat intelligence in Africa. In a press release copied to Ghana Business News, Resecurity says the partnership is to accelerate cybersecurity…
Police Pledge Not To Interfere With Transit Truck Movement
ACP Peter Ndekugri, the Upper West Regional Commander of the Ghana Police Service, has given an assurance that the Police would not interfere with the movement of trucks in transit. ACP Ndekugri said the order was part of measures his…
President Ramaphosa calls on President Akufo-Addo
South African President Cyril Ramaphosa Saturday called on President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo at the Jubilee House in Accra. The visit is part of President Ramaphosa’s three-day State visit to Ghana aimed at strengthening the already existing bilateral, political and…
Ghanaians urged to do away with fears, anxieties and get vaccinated
The Ghana Registered Nurses and Midwives Association (GRNMA) has called on Ghanaians to do away with their fears and anxieties over the COVID-19 vaccination. Mrs Perpetual Ofori-Ampofo, National President of GRNMA, who made the appeal, said vaccination was the surest…
Private sector in Ghana appeals for reduction in cost of borrowing
Stakeholders in the private sector are appealing to government to improve their access to credit by developing a long-term measure to sustain their operations through its support and that of financial institutions. Dr. William Godfred Cantah, an Economist and Lecturer…
Ecobank has no application pending before Supreme Court – lawyer
Mr Thaddeus Sory, a lawyer for Mr. Daniel Ofori, an Investor, says Ecobank Ghana has no application pending before the Supreme Court to reopen their matter, as suggested by the Bank in a media release. Mr Sory said the only…
Hundreds of women protest against gender-based violence in Ivory Coast
Hundreds of women marched in Abidjan on Saturday to protest violence against women and to demand punishment for rapists. Under the slogan “Orange the world”, organised by the UN Women’s Generation Equality, women in Ivory Coast and around the world…
Abiy’s efforts to block external supplies to TPLF attract Mideast powers to conflict
The desire by the Ethiopian government to seal off external access routes for the Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF) has attracted Middle East rivals to the Tigray war, adding outside influence to the year-long conflict. This week, the TPLF, once…
Meet the adorable abigailgogo One of the top best Radio/TV personality in Africa
Abigail Isaiah Gogo-Ogute also known as Abigailgogo is a broadcast journalist with over ten years experience in radio presentation. She is the voice you hear on Lasgidi FM Lagos at the moment. She worked with the infamous Federal Radio Corporation…
COVID-19 is far from over; let’s diligently observe safety protocols – Akufo-Addo
According to him, the fight against the virus which hit the country’s borders last year is far from over. The Ghana Health Service has disclosed that it has discovered cases of the new Omicron variant at the Kotoka International Airport….
Libyan court clears Ghadaffi’s son, Seif al-Islam for presidential election contest
A Libyan court ruled Thursday that a son of the late Libyan dictator Moammar Gadhafi can compete in upcoming presidential elections, overturning a decision by the country’s top electoral body to disqualify him. A court in the southern province of…
Nigeria military kills 24 jihadists, loses 7 soldiers
Summary The terrorists attempted to attack a military base in Rann on Friday, engaging the military in a fierce gun battle. An intelligence-led aerial and ground coordinated operation on December 2, 2021 identified the ‘acclaimed’ ISWAP headquarters, housing hundreds of…
Omicron to hit Africa’s economies hard as leaders protest ‘Afrophobia’
As flight KL592 was in the air between Johannesburg and Amsterdam on November 26, the rules of the Covid-19 pandemic changed. The spread of an alarming new variant named Omicron, first reported by South Africa, had prompted an abrupt reappraisal…
Kenya’s President Uhuru Kenyatta gives the State of the Nation address in Parliament.
On November 30, Kenya’s President Uhuru Kenyatta delivered his eighth State of the Nation to the Houses of Parliament. It was his second-last speech before he rides off into the sunset next year at the end of his term. In…
Why Ugandan troops have entered DR Congo – again
Ugandan forces have once again crossed the country’s western border to go into the Democratic Republic of Congo. Previous incursions have been extremely controversial with troops in the past fighting soldiers from Rwanda, carrying out atrocities and plundering the country’s…
Nigeria plans COVID booster shots after Omicron cases
Booster shots to become available from next week after the country confirmed its first cases of the Omicron variant. Nigeria will start vaccine booster shots from next week for COVID-19, a senior official has said, after the country confirmed its…
America and China opened the door for African coups to return
Backsliding on the part of Western powers, and the rise of autocrat-friendly China, have created an atmosphere in Africa that emboldens generals and military cliques to seize power. The most recent coup in Sudan has been modified – not undone…
Meet Nigerian newly signed act by YESTV (promotions company)… Leky B
Born Adeosun Olalekan Oriyombo aka LekyB @Lekybofficial 23rd on March 1984 to Mr. Bolatito Adeosun from Osun state through Mrs Bolajoko Saliu from Ogun state both Parents are from Nigeria west region. @Lekybofficial started his early education level at the Obalende Primary School, Proceeded…
Apple Music 2021 Year-end Charts: s Gyakie & Omah Lay’s ‘Forever’ tops rest of Africa
Apple Music today reveals the biggest songs of the year with its annual Top 100 charts. For the first time, Apple Music shares the Top 100 2021: Fitness chart—spotlighting the most-played workout music across Apple Music and Fitness+—besides its Top 100 Streamed…
What you need to know about the new Covid-19 variant omicron
Omicron is the newest Covid-19 “variant of concern,” according to the World Health Organization. A new Covid-19 variant, now named the omicron variant, was detected in South Africa on Wednesday, prompting renewed concern about the pandemic, a major stock market…
First they found a dead king’s body. Now they’ve uncovered an ancient mosaic
Updated November 26, 2021 at 3:42 PM ET The hits just keep coming for an elite team of British archaeologists. First they unearthed the remains of King Richard III. The body of the last English king killed in battle —…
