United Nations Secretary-General, António Guterres, will lay a wreath at UN Headquarters on Friday, May 24, 2019 to honour all UN peacekeepers who have lost their lives since 1948. He will also preside over a ceremony at which the Dag Hammarskjöld Medal will be awarded posthumously to 119 military, police and civilian peacekeepers, who lost their lives in 2018 …
About 400 houses in the Tempane District in the Upper East Region have been destroyed by recent rainstorms leaving thousands of residents homeless. The storm hit the area last Tuesday night and pulled down about four hundred houses, uprooted hundreds of economic trees including; Baobab, Shea, and Dawadawa among others. The situation has forced some of the residents to relocate, …
Upper West Regional Minister Dr Hafiz Bin-Salih has expressed worry about fallen standards of education, which he blames on home and school factors reinforcing indiscipline and immorality among school going children. “Poor performance of students could be attributed to poor foundation at the basic level, lack of parental support and lack of commitment on the part of teachers and students,” …
Ghanaian dancehall artistes Stonebwoy and Shatta Wale have been banned indefinitely from participating in all aspects of the country’s foremost music award scheme, the Vodafone Music Awards (VGMAs). Per the decision, they have lost their legibility for VGMAs nominations, selections and performances. The decision was taken Thursday by the board of the award scheme following a brawl between the two …
The head pastor of Glorious Word and Power Ministries International, Rev Isaac Owusu Bempah took the Editor-in-Chief of the New Crusading Guide to the cleaners after some comments made by the latter. Kweku Baako had earlier on “Kokrokoo” flayed some men of God for their negative utterances. “And they are saying all sorts of things . . . they say …
The Bureau of National Investigation (BNI) has arrested Detective Inspector Yaa Boakyewaa after Special Prosecutor Martin Alamisi Burnes Kaiser Amidu lodged an official complaint against her. The suspect MyNewsGh.com gathered is currently in detention at the BNI. Her arrest follows a complaint by Mr Amidu that she was leaking confidential information and documents to unauthorized persons which defeats the purpose …
African leading minds have called on Africans to be mindful of their rich history, which according to them creates the path towards the socio-cultural, economic and political development of the continent. The strong African voices which included Group Chairman, United Bank for Africa (UBA), Tony Elumelu, Nobel Laureate, Wole Soyinka; Professor emeritus and authority in Sahelian history, Djibril Tamsir Niane; …
The headmistress of the Achimota Primary School, Edith Kyeremanteng, has denied reports that two pupils of the school have been kidnapped. Early Wednesday, a hawker is said to have rushed to the school claiming she saw two pupils being whisked away by a taxi driver. But school officials say a headcount of both boarding and day pupils established no pupil …
The never-ending turf war between dancehall artiste’s Shatta Wale and Stonebwoy escalated at this years’ Vodafone Ghana Music Awards after Stonebwoy pulled a gun on stage while receiving the Reggae/Dancehall Artiste of the Year Award. The confusion started when Shatta Wale and his militants rushed onto the stage when Stonebwoy was about to receive his award. Afraid of what could …
Members of Parliament are expected to resume from recess on Tuesday, May 28, 2019. This is according to a notice from the House sighted by Citi News and signed by First Deputy Speaker, Joe Osei Owusu. The Seventh Parliament is currently in its third session. The House was recalled from recess three weeks ago to consider the Companies Bill and …
