Shatta Wale smokes peace pipe with Stonebwoy after VGMA brawl

Feuding dancehall artistes Shatta Wale and Stonebwoy have triggered the processes to smoke the peace pipe after a brawl at the 20th edition of the Vodafone Ghana Music Awards (VGMA). The two popular Ghanaian musicians...

Short C’ssion Report: Minority’s demand lame – Oppong Nkrumah

Government has rejected the demands by the Minority in Parliament for the publication of the Emile Short Commission report on the Ayawaso West Wuogon by-election violence. According to the Information Minister, Kojo Oppong Nkrumah, the...
Jean Mensa

EC sued over limited voter registration

The Electoral Commission has been sued to halt the limited voter registration exercise beginning next week. The applicant Umar Ayuba is praying the Supreme Court to place an injunction on the exercise following a substantive...

Pentecostal Council backs calls for regulation of pastors

Ghana Pentecostal and Charismatic Council (GPCC) has welcomed the move by Parliament to regulate the activities of pastors in Ghana. Parliament on Wednesday initiated moves to regulate the activities of pastors in the country following...

Former MPs need pension scheme – Speaker

Speaker of Parliament, Professor Aaron Mike Ocquaye, has called for the establishment of a pension scheme for former Members of Parliament. The call comes on the back of the death of a former majority leader...

Kidnapping: Stop running away from your own case – Lawyer for Russians to Police

Lawyer for three Russian nationalss charged with kidnapping by the Police a year ago has accused the Police Service of running away from their own case as they have failed to put evidence together...
Dr Mahamudu Bawumia addressing the gathering

Fighting corruption akin to fighting demons – Bawumia

Vice President Mahamudu Bawumia has said fighting corruption in Ghana could be likened to a battle against  'demons and principalities'. “When you are fighting corruption, as I say, you are fighting ‘demons and principalities’. So...

Five arrested over Krachi West DCe’s ‘removal’

Police in the Volta region have arrested five persons for forcibly removing the Krachi West DCE from office on Tuesday. Irate supporters of the governing NPP in the Krachi West Constituency  stormed the District Assembly...

Substandard 1V1D claims will be addressed – Akufo-Addo assures

President Akufo-Addo has assured communities agitating about the size of dams being built across the country that his administration will look into the claims and make appropriate changes if need be. The President's submission was...

Ecobank to raise $50m through bond

Ecobank Transnational Incorporated (ETI) has revealed plans to raise some $50 million through bond issuance in the coming months. This is contained in a brief signed by its acting Group Chief Financial Officer Ayo Adepoju...