Former Chairman of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) in the then Atwima Nwabiagya District in the Ashanti region, Abusuapanyin Joseph Amankwah, aka Akintola has saddenly passed away at the age of 78 Africannewsgh.com can confirm. This sad incident happened on the 5th of March 2021 at the Komfo Anokye Teaching …
Read More »Four dead during protests over opposition leader arrest in Senegal
The Senegal government on Friday vowed to use “all means necessary” to return order after police fired tear gas in clashes with supporters of opposition leader Ousmane Sonko as the interior minister said four people had died. The clashes followed a court ruling that Sonko be held in custody. And …
Read More »Amnesty International questions death sentence for kidnappers of Takoradi girls
Human rights advocacy civil society body, Amnesty International has questioned the death penalty sentence dished out to the two convicted persons in the matter of the kidnapping and murder of the Takoradi girls. The two, Samuel Udeotuk Wills and John Orji, were found guilty by a Sekondi High Court on …
Read More »JHS 3 pupil who allegedly assaulted teacher over homework remanded
The Accra Juvenile Court ‘C’ has remanded a Junior High School (JHS) final year pupil of the Nungua Kroma 2 for allegedly assaulting a teacher who punished him for failure to do his homework. He has denied conspiring with 15 other men to assault the teacher, but has been remanded into …
Read More »Techiman Eleven Wonders sign former Kotoko captain
Former Kotoko captain Amos Frimpong has joined Techiman Eleven Wonders. The right back makes a return to the Ghana Premier League two years after leaving the Porcupine Warriors. Frimpong left Kotoko to Guinean Club AS Kaloum where he has been in the last two years. Techiman Eleven Wonders however decided …
Read More »We’ll not relocate, find us another market – Traders
Second-hand clothing sellers at the Kumasi Central Market in the Ashanti Region have said they will not relocate to the Abinkyi Market until the Kumasi Metropolitan Assembly (KMA) finds them a suitable place to move their business.The traders held a protest against the KMA on Thursday, 4 March 2021.The aggrieved …
Read More »Former Black Stars goalkeeper completes move to Wolaita Dicha SC in Ethiopia
Former Black Stars goalkeeper Daniel Agyei has joined Wolaita Dicha SC in Ethiopia on a short-term deal. The U-20 FIFA World Cup winner has signed a contract with the Ethiopian top-flight side until the end of the 2020/2021 season. The 31-year old left his former team Mekelle Kenema after they …
Read More »COVID-19: Over 30,000 Ghanaians vaccinated so far – GHS
Dr. Kwame Amponsa-Achiano, Programme Manager, Expanded Programme on Immunization, Ghana Health Service, has said 30,500 Ghanaians have been vaccinated against the Coronavirus as of March 3, 2021. “Out of this, about 16,990 of them are males while 13,450 are females,” he said. He said this in an interview with the …
Read More »Ghana’s COVID-19 death toll rises to 629
Eighteen more Ghanaians have died from the coronavirus taking the country’s death toll to 629. Per the latest update from the Ghana Health Service, 489 new cases have also been recorded as at February 28 and March 1 2021, bringing the country’s active case count to 5, 145. The Greater Accra, …
Read More »‘Jean Mensa’s refusal to testify an embarrassing stain on Ghana’s judiciary and elections’ – Mahama
The petitioner in the just-ended election petition case, former President John Dramani Mahama sees the Supreme Court’s trial process that prevented the Electoral Commission (EC) chairperson, Jean Mensa from publicly accounting to Ghanaians as a dangerous precedence. He simply describes it as an “embarrassing stain” to the country’s judicial and …
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