The National Coordinator of the Landscape Restoration and Small-Scale Mining Projects, Dr. John Kingsley Krugu, has narrated a chilling account of how he escaped death by hair’s breadth at Bolgatanga in the Upper East Region. According to him, but for divine intervention, he would have been added to the stories of late Josephine Asante Tandoh, […] The post Assassination

The presidential candidate of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC), John Dramani Mahama, has served notice that he will appoint lawyers in the NDC to the bench. His justification is that such appointments would “balance out” the current state of the judiciary, which he alleges is deliberately packed with “NPP lawyers.” He has since encouraged […] The post Mahama

The Director-General of the Cyber Security Authority, Dr. Albert Antwi Boasiako, has revealed that Ghana had a score of 86.69% in Online Security (a key dimension of the index) consistent with the country’s score on the ITU’s Global Cybersecurity Index (GCI) for 2023. According to him, In the Groupe Special Mobile Association (GSMA) Mobile Connectivity […] The post Ghana

The President of the Private Newspaper and Online News Publishers Association of Ghana (PRINPAG), Andrew Edwin Arthur, has commended the Bank of Ghana (BoG) for its unwavering dedication to the broader interest of Ghana. Speaking at the Bank of Ghana’s annual financial literacy programme for members of its press corps, Mr. Arthur highlighted the importance […] The post BoG acted

On Saturday, August 26, 2023 a specially selected elite of the New Patriotic Party, called the Super Delegates, gathered to decide which five aspirants among the ten, should qualify to meet the National Delegates Congress, the highest decision-making body of the Party, who choose the flag bearer. This arrangement, to me does not make free […] The post Super Delegates Congress

On August 15, last month, we carried a story about the collapse of a bridge near Princess Town in the Ahanta West Municipality of the Western Region. The collapsed bridge links Princess Town, Akwidaa, Cape Three Points and other satellite communities to the municipal capital, Agona Nkwanta. The bridge, according to the story, collapsed on […] The post Editorial: Collapsed

Otumfuo Osei Tutu II, Asantehene, has called Nana Kwaku Duah II, caretaker chief  (Odikro) of Tewobaabi, to order over his claim of ownership of some parts of Heman stool lands. Heman in the Afigya Kwabre district is bounded by Aboaso, Mampongteng, Ejuratia, Wawase and Adwumakasekese, while Tewobaabi is at Ntonsu. At a recent (August 21, […] The post Otumfuo

Social media users have been left angry after a woman beat and handcuffed three boys for entering her compound to retrieve their ball. In a video of the incident shared on X, formerly Twitter, the woman is seen beating the underage boys and threatening to have them arrested. “Do you want me to have you […] The post Outrage as woman handcuff boys for playing

Three persons were confirmed dead while one other sustained injuries when a Toyota Sienna car plunged into the Omo River around Area J4 on the Sagamu-Benin expressway on Saturday. The Public Education Officer of the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) in Ogun, Florence Okpe, confirmed the incident to journalists in Abeokuta on Saturday. “The accident […] The post Three die as car plunges

Lagos State residents have been warned by the state government to avoid crossing the track of the Blue Rail line which is set to start full commercial operations on Monday. assing the warning in a post on his Twitter handle, the Chief Press Secretary to Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu, Gboyega Akosile, advised the residents to rather […] The post Lagos govt warns residents

A USA-based nonprofit organization, the Joseph & Elizabeth Quansah (JEQ) Foundation, has presented new laptops to selected Foundation’s Ghanaian college/university scholarship recipients. Speaking at the ceremony, the Co-Founder/Co-President of the Foundation Prof. Joseph Emmanuel Quansah, said the Foundation was set up with the wife to support especially excellent but needy students in Ghana to ensure […] The post JEQ

The Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital (KATH) underwent the largest facelift in the hospital’s recent history during the first half of this year which saw many deteriorated facilities receiving some repairs and paintings as part of an ongoing beatification exercise to improve patient care and operations at the hospital. Consequently, facilities such as the Doctors’ Flats, […] The post KATH

Water yam, also regarded as wild yam, is among the oldest food crops we have around. It originated from South-East Asia, Burma and was introduced to Africa far back in the 16th century. Ever since then, this superfood has grown to become the most common yam species in West Africa and certain parts of the […] The post Amazing Health Benefits of Water Yam appeared first on

Bayern Munich fought back from a goal down to maintain their unbeaten start to the Bundesliga season with a 2-1 win at Borussia Monchengladbach. Mathys Tel struck with three minutes of normal time remaining to give Bayern their third win from three. Monchengladbach led at the break through Ko Itakura, but Leroy Sane equalised on […] The post Bayern fight back from

Jude Bellingham rescued Real Madrid with a stoppage-time winner against Getafe at the Santiago Bernabeu. Getafe started well when Mayoral opened the scoring, rounding Kepa Arrizabalaga and finishing emphatically despite Antonio Rudiger’s best efforts to recover. England midfielder Bellingham thought he’d won Real a penalty midway through the first half but VAR reversed the decision, […] The post Bellingham

Erling Haaland completed a second-half hat-trick as Manchester City extended their 100% start to the Premier League season with a win over Fulham. Haaland had set up the opener for Julian Alvarez – and with the score at 2-1 going into the second half, the favour was returned, as the Argentine sent him charging into […] The post Haaland’s hat-trick help City secure

Substitute Anthony Elanga scored his first Nottingham Forest goal to secure a hard-fought Premier League victory over Chelsea at Stamford Bridge. Summer signing Elanga, introduced in first-half added time following an injury to Danilo, struck shortly after the break when he raced on to Taiwo Awoniyi’s pass and slotted home. Nicolas Jackson missed a glorious […] The post Nottingham

Mohamed Salah put speculation about his future behind him by scoring as Liverpool comfortably beat Aston Villa to continue their strong start to the season in the Premier League. Dominik Szoboszlai got the hosts up and running after just three minutes, scoring his first goal for the club with a crisp strike through a crowded […] The post Salah scores as Liverpool beat Aston Villa appeared

Ian Mortey, a Senior Assistant Editor at the News-Times Corporation, publisher of the Ghanaian Times newspaper has advised journalists in Ghana to be careful of their safety, especially when they go to report on violent demonstrations. Disguising and positioning themselves strategically among the tensed demonstrators, Mr Mortey said, can make journalists eavesdrop on their grievances […] The post Journalists

This is a transcript of the part 2 of the day 2 of COP Alex Mensah’s submission before the Parliamentary Committee probing the leaked audio about the IGP. Atta Akyea, MP for Abuakwa South is the Chairman and James Agalga, MP for Builsa North is the Vice Chairman. The sitting was suspended for the witness […] The post ‘Leaked IGP Tape’ -How Atta Akyea’s committee