Former President John Dramani Mahama has announced an award scheme designed to reward branches and constituencies of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) that work to increase their votes in the 2024 general elections. “We are going to institute a reward system for constituencies and branches,” Mr Mahama said on Wednesday, …
Read More »ECG staff steal GH¢2.1 million to buy houses,cars as company struggles for money to survive
It has emerged that some former staff of the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) have allegedly sold prepaid credit without accounting for the funds and then shared the monies among themselves to the tune of GH¢2.1 million while the company struggles for survival and owes power generators billions of dollars. …
Read More »Court orders arrest of Auto Mechanic over power, meter theft
An Accra Circuit Court has issued a bench warrant against an auto mechanic for allegedly dishonestly appropriating power valued GHC21,360 belonging to the Electricity Company of Ghana. The court last week issued the warrant against Mahoud Alia, 29, and adjourned the matter to today. When the matter was called, the …
Read More »Bawumia Is A Threat To NDC – BMW Says
One of the fastest rising political volunteer groups in the ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP), known as “Bawumia Must Win” -BMW says the Vice President, Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia is a threat to the opposition National Democratic Congress, hence the reason why the NDC are always painting him black to the …
Read More »E/W: Akonta mining sued for ‘alleged’illegal mining
Some opinion leaders at Anakum in the Western Region together with some Non-Governmental Organisations (NGOs) have sued the Akonta Mining Company Limited at the Tarkwa High Court over illegal mining activities in the Semire area. The Anakum stool land shares boundaries with Akyekyre, Samreboi Amuni and Asankragwa in the region. …
Read More »My mother slept with two brothers, now they’re both claiming to be my father
It is unusual for a person to have two possible fathers, and even so for the men in question to be related or blood brothers. But in the case of Boakyewaa, a Kumasi-based woman, two blood brothers are claiming to be her biological father, a situation that is making her …
Read More »136 structures to be demolished at Ramsar sites
The Greater Accra Regional Coordinating Council has been given the green light to demolish 136 structures encroaching within the core area of the Sakumono Ramsar site. This comes after several efforts by the Ministry of Lands and Natural Resources and the Greater Accra Regional Coordinating Council to rest grievances among …
Read More »Kasoa ritual murder: Tears flow in court as mother gives chilling testimony
With tears dripping down her cheeks, the mother of the juvenile offender who was a trader, identified the first accused as her son while adding that the 18-year-old young offender and the deceased were friends to her son. . She told the court that on the morning of Saturday, April …
Read More »Court confirms death of Dr Mac-Palm
The High Court in Accra has expunged the evidence of Dr Frederick Yao Mac-Palm who was standing trial together with nine others from its records following the confirmation of his demise. The three-member panel of the High Court (Financial and Economic Division) presiding over the case in which the late …
Read More »Driver jailed 12 years for dishonestly appropriating retiree’s vehicles and land
A driver who dishonestly appropriated two excavators, cars, and land valued €160,000 (GH₵2,059,814.40) belonging to a retiree, has been sentenced to 12 years imprisonment by an Accra Circuit Court. The culprit, Isaac Dwomoh also known as Nana Yaw was held on four counts of fraudulent breach of trust. Dwomoh pleaded …
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