SCHOLARSHIPS

SCHOLARSHIPS Selorm Ankutse calls on other wards branches of NDC to emulate steps taken by Abansi, Bla and Kpeme branches

A leading member of the NDC in the Hohoe Constituency, Frank Selorm Ankutse has called on other wards to emulate the steps of the Abansi, Bla and Kpeme branches of the party in order to get more people onto the party’s register. Wards in Abansi, Bla and Kpeme on Saturday May 21, 2022 held a […]

SCHOLARSHIPS Achimota Forest: Current and past appointees of the Akufo Addo-led government must be investigated – Frank Selorm Ankutse

A leading member of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) in the Hohoe Constituency, Mr. Frank Selorm Ankutse has reacted to news about the sale of the Achimota Forest in Accra following the emergence of the Will of the late Kwadwo Owusu Afriyie (Sir John), which seems to have affirmed the rumors about the sale. According […]

SCHOLARSHIPS “Government wants to use the district assemblies for money ritual” – James Gunu

The Volta Regional Secretary of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Hon. James Gunu, has reacted to recent news making rounds that the government, through the Ministry of Local Government and Rural Development, has signed a sole-sourcing contract with a single client to assist all district assemblies nationwide to collect revenue. According to Mr. Gunu, giving […]

SCHOLARSHIPS Rev Fr threatens to invoke deity on police over death of nephew in Nkoranza

Uncle of the slain 27-year-old in Nkoranza Reverend Father Mathias Sarkodie has threatened to invoke a deity onto the police for what he described as a concocted story to frame up the death of his nephew, Albert Donkor. The Reverend Father, who sounded livid while speaking on Akoma FM‘s current affairs and political show GhanAkoma Wednesday, May 18 […]

SCHOLARSHIPS Barker-Vormawor taken to East Legon cells; charged for careless driving

#FixTheCountry’s convenor Oliver Mawuse Barker-Vormawor has been charged for “careless and inconsiderate driving” at a Madina District Court. He was arrested Tuesday morning by officers of the Motor Transport and Traffic Department (MTTD) of the Ghana Police Service. He announced the charge himself on his personal Facebook page. His arrest comes a day after he […]

SCHOLARSHIPS Elmina-based Benya FM attacked over premix fuel discussion; presenter beaten

A local radio station in Elmina, Benya FM, in the Central Region, was attacked on Monday by unknown people. According to reports, the radio station was discussing matters of non-availability of premix fuel and how those who are not fishermen were given the product to the detriment of fishers who need it. According to eyewitnesses, […]

SCHOLARSHIPS BREAKING: Oliver Barker-Vormawor arrested again

Lead convener of pressure group #FixTheCountry Movement, Oliver Barker-Vormawor, has been arrested again. Felicity Nelson, one of the group’s conveners, told Joy News that he was picked up on Tuesday morning by Police officers while on his way to the court. On the Movement’s Facebook page, a post read: “Oliver arrested again. Police officer told […]

SCHOLARSHIPS ‘You don’t think before talking’ – Yamin blasts former Methodist Bishop over attack on Mahama

A former Deputy Ashanti Regional Minister under the past NDC government, Joseph Yamin, has lambasted a retired Methodist Bishop Rt.Rev. Stephen Bosomtwe Ayensu for speaking ill of former president John Dramani Mahama. Mahama incurred the wrath of the retired bishop who has showcased on many occasions his hatred for the NDC after he said the […]

SCHOLARSHIPS Mahama plans to come and finish the new meat on the ‘bones’ he left – Rev. Ayensu

The Superintendent Minister of the Amakom Circuit of the Methodist church Kumasi Diocese, Rt. Rev. Stephen R. Bosomtwe Ayensu has made reference to a 2013 State of the Nation Address by former President John Mahama ans said even God will not allow him to come back to power. Rt. Rev. Bosomtwe Ayensu who has faced […]

SCHOLARSHIPS ECG proposes 148% upward adjustment in Electricity tariff

The Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) has made a proposal to the Public Utilities and Regulatory Commission (PURC) to increase electricity tariffs by up to 148 per cent covering 2019 to 2022. The state power distributor also proposed an average increase of 7.6% in tariff over the next four years to cover Distribution Service Charges (DSC). The […]

SCHOLARSHIPS 64yr-old man arrested for allegedly threatening Supreme Court judge

A 64-year-old retired quantity surveyor with the State Housing Corporation, Livingston Bosso, was last Friday, May 6, 2022, arrested for allegedly threatening a Justice of the Supreme Court. About 4 plain-clothed men who were accompanied by a uniformed police officer on Friday picked Mr Bosso in a black Toyota Land Cruiser vehicle without any explanation […]

SCHOLARSHIPS John Mahama ‘reveals’ why Akufo-Addo can’t remove petroleum taxes amidst economic hardship

Former President John Dramani Mahama has said the reason the government cannot remove taxes from petroleum products, in spite of the economic challenges the country is currently facing, is not just because it will not be able to pay public sector wages, as the president told workers in his address on May 1. According to him, what the president […]

SCHOLARSHIPS 16 rescued, 7 still missing in Saltpond fishing vessel capsize

Sixteen people out of the twenty-five who were onboard the Chinese fishing vessel that sank in Saltpond in the Central Region over the weekend have been rescued alive. Twelve out of the sixteen are Ghanaians while the remaining four are Chinese on board the MV Comforta II Fishing vessel. The Public Relations Officer for the […]

SCHOLARSHIPS I felt safe practising under Mahama but cannot say same today – Manasseh

Investigative journalist Manasseh Azure Awuni has spoken about his work and how safe he feels undertaking it given the high stakes that it sometimes entails. According to him, he has been doing investigative reports since 2013 – the year John Dramani Mahama was sworn in as president for his first full term – and that throughout Mahama’s […]

SCHOLARSHIPS Fishing vessel sinks between Elmina and Sekondi, Captain’s body found, 11 missing

The body of the captain of a fishing vessel that sunk between Elmina and Sekondi-Takoradi has been retrieved. Fifteen persons who were onboard the vessel including four Chinese nationals and 11 Ghanaians have been rescued by the Ghana Navy and have been taken ashore. However, 11 other persons, including the observer from Fisheries Commission who were onboard are missing. […]

SCHOLARSHIPS Rev. Owusu Bempah releases ‘strange’ prophecy about 2024 elections

The founder and leader of Glorious Word Power Ministries International, Reverend Isaac Owusu Bempah, has once again detailed events in the spiritual realm about Ghana’s 2024 presidential election. In the past, Reverend Owusu Bempah indicated while speaking to his congregation that, God has uplifted his spiritual position beyond predicting election results to being able appoint who becomes […]