The prime suspect and a fetish priest in the Ningo ritual murder case has been grabbed by the police. The suspect, Addo, escaped from the jurisdiction to Fosu Abogyeseso, a village near Assin Fosu, in the Central Region, where he went to establish another shrine. Also in the grip of the police are his three wives and brother, one David, who was on the radar of the police. Information available to The Chronicle indicates that following the paper’s earlier publication on Monday November 14,
Citizens and other stakeholders of the Ghanaian economy will today, Monday December 5, 2022 have answers to questions on how the government intends to restructure the country’s debt. These details have been long awaited for, since its announcement in the 2023 Budget Statement and Economic Policy. The recent economic crisis threatened the stability of the economy and pushed the government’s budget out of gear. Investors have had various levels of uncertainties in the future of the Ghanaian
President Akufo-Addo has described the results of the 2022 batch of students who wrote the West Africa Senior Secondary Certificate Examination (WASSCE) as the best in the last eight years. According to President Akufo-Addo, “six (6) years on, following the implementation of the Free Senior High School policy, which has guaranteed a minimum of Senior High School education for 1.7 million Ghanaian children, the highest such enrolment in our history, I can state, without equivocation, that I am
A former National Spokesperson of the Concerned Cadres Group of Ghana (CCGG) and Secretary of the Defunct Kumasi Metropolitan Central Coordinating Committee of Workplace CDRs, Nana Ninsin-Imbeah II, has called on the Functional Executive Committee of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) to, as a matter of urgency, profer sanctions against the two top national executives who are currently at their feuding best, as they eye the national chairmanship position. Comrade Ninsin-Imbeah has suggested
Nurses and other health workers at the Manhyia government hospital in Kumasi have suspended their strike action and returned to work. This follows a call by the leadership of the Ghana Registered Nurses and Midwives Association (GRNMA) on the nurses at the facility to resume work on Saturday, December 3. A statement signed by Mrs. Perpetual Ofori-Ampofo, President of GRNMA and reported by the GNA said the decision to suspend the strike at facility and the roadmap for a nationwide industrial action
Madam Elizabeth Fremah, 38, was adjudged the Obuasi Municipal Best Farmer. A resident of Binsere, Madam Fremah is a cocoa farmer and has been actively involved in farming for the past 22 years. She took home an Anglogold Ashanti sponsored motorised tricycle, a 40 inches Led TV, GTP wax print, 10 machetes, Sunphosate Glyphosate Weedicide, knapsack sprayer, wellington boot, brush cutter, portable seed planter, and five bars of keysoap. In her speech Madam Fremah disclosed that she had to quit her
A twenty-eight years old Senior High School (SHS) graduate from Akrofuom, Tawia Joseph Ayaaba, emerged the Overall Best Farmer at this year’s Farmers Day celebration in the Akrofuom District of the Ashanti Region held at Brofoyedru. Elated Ayaaba, speaking to the media, urged the youth to shun illegal mining and venture into agriculture to improve their lot. He noted that the youth of today had a lot to gain if they stayed focused and went into agriculture. Speaking at the programme, the District
The 38th edition of the Farmers’ Day celebration was held last Friday throughout the country. In the Ashanti Region the event was organised in all districts to celebrate hard working farmers who excelled in their respective areas of operation. The theme for this year’s Farmers’ Day celebration was: “Accelerating agricultural development through value addition.” At Kronum Kwapra where the Suame Municipal Assembly observed the occasion, 54-year-old and a form four leaver, Mr. Francis
Twenty fibre glass canoes are being distributed to fishermen along the four coastal regions of Ghana to promote sustainable fishing in the country. With the capacity to accommodate more than 15 fishermen per canoe in one fishing expedition, the fibre glass canoes were produced to reduce the dependence on Ghana’s timber for canoe production. Two of these canoes were out-doored at the maiden celebration of the Fish Festival in Accra, where stakeholders within Ghana’s fisheries sector assembled
The Social Security and National Insurance Trust (SSNIT) says it is targeting to enroll about one million self-employed people onto the scheme by the year 2024. Director-General of SSNIT, Dr John Ofori-Tenkorang, made this known while addressing the media at a conference held for operations and benefits officers of the scheme in Koforidua last week Wednesday. According to Mr Ofori-Tenkorang, this year alone, the number of self-employed people who have voluntarily joined the scheme are 18,000.
A former constituency chairman of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Odeneho Kwaku Appiah has cautioned politicians and people in positions of trust to be mindful of how they use their positions while in government. He wants position holders to be humble because power is transient and equally ephemeral. The former NPP constituency chairman for Kwabre South in the Ashanti Region, who posted the admonition on his Facebook page urged colleague politicians to reflect on when they had no power and make
The national senior male soccer team, the Black Stars, is in the news again. Our Stars crashed into the World Cup party with little hope from Ghanaians, since it was not all smooth sailing in grabbing one of the five tickets allocated to Africa. And after three group marches in FIFA Qatar 2022, they crashed out. How can we have a formidable team? I will touch on only two things. Firstly, the Stars need a counsellor or a psychologist, to help motivate the minds of players and charge them up in
Nigerians can now obtain their Permanent Voter cards (PVCs) between 12 December and 22 January 2023, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has said. The electoral body disclosed this in a statement by its National Commissioner and Chairman Information and Voter Education, Festus Okoye, on Friday. This followed a deliberation with Resident Electoral Commissioners (RECS) from the 36 States of the Federation and the Federal Capital Territory, on several issues including the PVC on
Nigeria’s purchasing manager index (PMI), which assesses the overall health of the manufacturing sector including the direction it is headed, saw further improvement in November as demand for goods swelled and the number of people ordering them similarly jumped. The PMI reading of Africa’s largest economy rose to 54.3 in the month that just went by from 53.6 a month earlier, the Stanbic IBTC Bank Nigeria PMI, issued Thursday showed. It was the quickest pace at which factory activity has
Ahead of next year’s election, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) presidential candidate, former Vice President Atiku Abubakar, has said the President Muhammadu Buhari administration had taken Nigeria far off the course to unity and prosperity. Atiku, in a statement by his campaign organization, Sunday, noted that for Nigeria to be great, it must be united and inclusive. He added that for a country to be united, it must possess a leadership ready to work through the purpose. The former Vice
There is a palpable fear of a fresh round of strikes in Nigerian public universities as the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, holds its National Executive Council (NEC) meeting in Calabar, Cross River State. DAILY POST learnt that the meeting started yesterday, Saturday, November 3, and is still ongoing at the time of filing this report. ASUU has been embroiled in a labour dispute with the Nigerian government over unfulfilled promises and the continued refusal to pay its members the
Police have arrested a man and charged him with murder in connection with the fatal shooting of rapper Takeoff. The 28-year-old Grammy-nominated musician was shot and killed outside a bowling alley in Houston, Texas last month. Houston police said the shooting was over a game of dice, but the singer was “an innocent bystander”. Takeoff was the youngest member of rap group Migos, and his death was mourned by fans and fellow musicians. At a Friday press conference, Houston Police
Animal’s video combines vivid storytelling, music and dance to warn leaders whose actions cage the dreams of the young. The song by Kwesi Arthur and Dayonthetrack is soothing, danceable and loaded. The message the artistes convey in the song stands out in the track’s riveting music video. Unlike the soft tunes of the song, armed men grab a corrupt Prime Minister in the first scene of the video. This sets an interesting pace for the video and promises lots of suspense. As the
Rex Omar, has been inducted into the Music Legends Hall of Fame at the 10th edition of the African Legends Night, held at the Accra International Conference Centre (AICC). The veteran highlife singer and former board chairman for the Ghana Music Rights Organisation (GHAMRO) was presented with a special citation in recognition of his contribution to the development of Ghana’s music industry. Rex Omar, after a thrilling performance, expressed gratitude to the organizers, Global Media
Gyakie has been announced as one of the artists to perform at City Splash Fest at the Brockwell Park in Brixton, UK. Gyakie, over the last few years, has been making her name far and wide, performing in several cities and states in the UK, Germany, USA, and South Africa. Gyakie’s growth musically in tandem with her growing success is undeniably clear. Her hit song “Forever” peaked in 2021 earning the artist millions of streams across over a hundred African countries. Her video for the “Forever”
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