The Methodist pastor who faked his kidnap over GH¢4,550 ransom has been remanded in prison custody by a Magistrate Court to reappear on July 24, 2019, MyNewsGh.com has confirmed. Pastor Peter Adewuyi 30 and his accomplice Ajewole 25 have both been charged with aiding, arranging and abetting kidnapping after their arrest on June 11, 2019 by the police. Giving the …
A three-day capacity building workshop on dialogue, negotiation and mediation for key stakeholders in peacebuilding, has opened in Kumasi with a call on participants to show leadership in ensuring peace and stability in the country. The workshop put together by the Commonwealth Secretariat in collaboration with the National Peace Council (NPC), would focus on ways to enhance inter-party dialogue mechanisms …
English-born of Ghanaian descent Arvin Appiah has been awarded for his swashbuckling performance for Nottingham Forest’s U-18 by scooping the club’s Youth Player of the Season. Appiah, who became the club’s fans favourite after his impressive display for them and England’s youth levels during the season just gone, turned out six times in the Championship on his way to becoming …
Deputy Minister of Lands and Natural Resources, Benito Owusu Bio has revealed that government is fed up with ‘Mining Deaths’ following recurring collapse of illegal mining pits belonging to some small-scale miners at Gbane in the Talensi District of the Upper East Region, which have since been sealed. The exercise is an implementation of a recommendation made by a committee …
A grandfather is in the grip of the law for defiling his 13-year-old granddaughter. The accused, Emmanuel Attakora Yeboah, aged 32 and a driver, is said to have had sexual intercourse with the victim. The interesting twist to the case is that the accused claimed he was not at home on the day of the incident, hence the court, presided …
Radio and TV Personality Nana Ansah Kwao has cautioned government to be weary of their flagship policy; the Free Senior High School which they implemented September 2017 explaining that the programme will stem chaos and conflict in the country. Speaking as a guest on Kwaku Sintim Misa’s “Bo Me Nkomo” on Sapphire TV, Nana Ansah Kwao IV who also doubles …
The National Disaster Management Organisation (NADMO) will disburse $200,000 (GH¢1.05 million) to 96 victims and bereaved families of the June 3 disaster, who have not received any benefit from the government. The Minister of the Interior, Mr Ambrose Dery, set up a Special Disbursement Committee in March this year to identify all persons who had not received support, pool all …
Nikki Ray, a 29-year English Tourist, has cycled about 10,000 kilometres across the Sahara Desert to Ghana for sightseeing in some parts of the country. The journey, which started from London in August 2018, took the cyclist eight months to arrive in Ghana. She passed through six other African countries – Morocco, Mauritania, Senegal, Guinea Bissau, Guinea and Cote D’Ivoire. …
Just when Ghanaians were gradually getting over news reports of students of Prempeh Basic School conducting themselves in a manner that should get parents worried, a video involving final year female students of Sakasaka Junior High School (JHS) taking turns to flaunt their tattooed boobs has emerged. In the less than one-minute video that has gone viral on various social …
The Zongo Girls’ Rise Project, aimed at sensitizing female students to perform better during the Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE), on Saturday educated 200 girls from four communities in Accra on how to excel in the upcoming examination. The final year students were drawn from Mamobi, Nima, Kotobabi, and Kanda in Accra to participate in the project dubbed: the …
