Ghanaian boxer Braimah Kamoko aka Bukom Banku has swiftly responded to the Ghana Boxing Authority(GBA) after they revoked his boxing license. According to the boxer, he does not care if the GBA takes away his license or not because he has a different license to act movies, drive and also to do music. “The license […]
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Bimbilla: Two shot in violent clash over Damba festival celebration
Tension is currently brewing in Bimbilla in the Northern Region over the celebration of the Damba festival. Reports reaching Citi News indicate that security personnel have prevented the Nakpaa Naa family from celebrating the festival at his palace. This led to a confrontation between the family and the security which according to reports led to the security […]
Rawlings unhappy with poor state of Volta roads
Former President Jerry Rawlings is the latest to have added his voice to the deteriorating roads in the Volta Region, notably, the road leading to the capital, Ho. While travelling to the Regional capital on Thursday, to commiserate with the family of Chairman of the National Democratic Congress there, Henry Ametefe, on the death of […]
McDan Group Chairman, Dr. Daniel McKorley donates Gh¢50 000 to Mion Lana for Damba Festival
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of the McDan Group of Companies, Dr. Daniel McKorley has donated heavily towards the 2019 edition of the Damba Festival in the Northern Region. Dr. McKorley who is also the Gugba Naa of Tamale donated cash and assorted items worth a whopping Gh¢50 000 to the Mion Lana at a […]
Man electrocuted while attempting to steal transformer
A middle-aged man suspected to be thief has been electrocuted while trying to steal a transformer in Abuja, Nigeria His lifeless body of the man in green shirts and black trousers was spotted dangling on a transformer along the Dawaki-Sokale road, Dutse. Reacting to his death, social media users have ironically applauded the suspected thief for […]
NUGS finally unites
The National Union of Ghana Students has finally united its front by eliminating the partisanship between the two major political parties in the country. NUGS over the years was seen as hub and center of partisanship but this year the story was different as all aggrieved parties came together to form a single front to […]
Your ‘exit’ budget ‘uninspiring’ – Haruna Iddrisu to Ofori-Atta
The Minority in parliament has described the 2020 budget as “unimpressive and deserves an exit”. Reacting to the 2020 budget presented by the Finance Minister Wednesday, Minority leader Haruna Iddrisu the budget should be the last one for the NPP government. “One uninspiring budget deserves an exit. Ghanaians are worse off under the Akufo-Addo government […]
200 dams completed, 307 ambulances procured through IPEP – Minister
The Finance Minister has disclosed to parliament that the ruling government has through the Infrastructure for Poverty Eradication Programme (IPEP) purchased 307 ambulances for distributions to the various districts across the country. Delivering the 2020 budget statement on Wednesday November 14, 2019, the Minister through IPEP, some 200 dams have been completed with some others […]
55,000 nurses recruited – Ofori-Atta
The government has recruited 55,000 nurses to enhance healthcare delivery, Finance Minister Ken Ofori-Atta has disclosed when he delivered the 2020 budget to Parliament on Wednesday, 13 November 2019. Apart from recruitments into the health sector, Mr Ofori-Atta said the government has also recruited tens of thousands of people into various public sector programmes. He […]
Minority disobeys Speaker
Members of the minority side in parliament on Wednesday went against an order by the Speaker as they displayed placards after Finance Minister, Ken Ofori-Atta, presented the budget statement and economic policy for 2020. The placards with the inscription ‘Bye Bye Budget’ seemed to be the minority’s way of telling the ruling government that the […]
SEC clean-up to cost GHS1.5bn, save 81,000 investors – Ofori-Atta
The government of Ghana would spend about GHS1.5 billion of taxpayers’ money in cleaning up the Fund Management sector following the revocation of the licences of 53 asset management companies by the Securities and Exchange Commission, Finance Minister Ken Ofori-Atta has revealed to Parliament in his 2020 budget. According to him, “Over the past […]
‘You can’t come to me, if you don’t respect me’ – Martin Amidu clashes with Deputy AG in court
Special Prosecutor Martin Amidu on Wednesday clashed in court with Deputy Attorney, General Godfred Yeboah Dame. While the Special Prosecutor remarked “if you don’t respect me you can’t come to me”, the Deputy AG said Mr Amidu had no right to suggest his office was not working towards retrieving some €47 million paid to Waterville Holdings […]












