The Managing Director of Maersk Line, Gildas Tohouo, and his wife were attacked Sunday night in Lagos, police said. Premium Times gathered that Mr Tohouo’s wife whose name is yet to be made public as at press time was killed in the attack which occurred at the family’s residence in highbrow Ikoyi area of the […]
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‘’We’re yet to feel the impact of year of return’’-Ghana Hotels Association
President of the Ghana Hotels Association, Dr. Edward Ackah-Nyameke, has lauded government for instituting the ‘Year of Return’ celebration explaining it will have ripple effects on various facets of the economy for years to come, ABC News can report. Speaking in an exclusive interview with ABC News, Dr. Edward Ackah-Nyameke said even though the country benefits of the […]
Police arrest two imposters for making false SSNIT claims to steal from a widow
Two persons who allegedly posed as beneficiaries of a Social Security and National Insurance Trust ( SSNIT) contributor are in the grips of the Tesano Divisional Police Command for forging documents and impersonation. The suspects, Yaw Agyepong Britwum and Afia Asante, were arrested by the Tesano Police after a tip-off from officials of Achimota branch […]
Pastor Kelvin Kobiri resigns over alleged Multi Million Cedi scam
Head Pastor of the Zoe Outreach Embassy Church, Kelvin Kwesi Kobiri has resigned as the Head Pastor after luring church members to invest in his EL Real Estates and Tikowre Capital businesses. According to information available, he influenced his congregation to invest huge sums of monies in his businesses way back 2017 and has since refused to pay them […]
Edward Akrong elected as President of GIFF at 23rd AGM
A former Council Member of the Ghana Institute of Freight Forwarders, Edward Akrong has been elected as the Institute’s new President. He takes over from Kwabena Ofosu Appiah who has steered the affairs of the Association for the Past four years. The 23rd Annual General Meeting of the Association in Cape Coast also saw the […]
‘’Let’s unite and fight for a fairer world economic order’’-President Akufo-Addo to African leaders
The President of the Republic, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, has urged the African, Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) Group of States to remain united, and fight for a fairer world economic order. According to President Akufo-Addo, the rich nations of the world are not prepared for an equitable and fair-trading order, as a result of the […]
Kasoa: Court remands police officers over civilian murder at drinking spot
The Kasoa Ofaakor Magistrate Court presided over by Her Honour Afua Owusuaa Appiah has remanded into police custody, Corporal Samuel Boamah and Lance Corporal Issifu Tahiru over their involvement in the killing of a 21-year-old boy at a drinking spot at Kasoa. The pleas of the suspects, who appeared before court on Monday, 9th December […]
Fire kills 5-year-old boy in Ashanti Region
A five-year-old boy perished when he got trapped in an inferno that gutted a nine-bedroom apartment last Saturday night at Ahwiaa Over-Seas, in the Kwabre-East District of Ashanti Region. The deceased whose name was only given as Bernard, was in the room with his 12-year-old sister when the fire started, but could not escape with […]
Joy FM, Asempa FM vs NCA: Court of Appeal adjourns injunction hearing to stop shut down of stations
The Court of Appeal on Monday indefinitely adjourned the hearing of an injunction application seeking to stop the National Communications Authority (NCA) from shutting down two multimedia stations, Joy FM and Adom FM. The application which is to stop the NCA from carrying out threats to shut down the two stations comes ahead of an […]
Boakye-Gyan lied, he didn’t rescue me from prison – Rawlings fumes
Former President J.J Rawlings appears to be rewriting what history says about him being rescued by Major Boakye Gyan from the jaws of death as he awaited his mutiny trial in 1979. The retired Flight Lieutenant insists that contrary to the conventional accounts, both written and oral, Major Gyan did not lead soldiers to rescue […]
Houses, rent to shoot up as cement prices go up
The management of GHACEM Cement has announced an increase in the price of its products. The new prices will take effect from Wednesday, 11 December 2019. A statement signed by the Commercial Director of GHACEM, Nana Phillip Archer, on Monday, 9 December 2019 said the upward adjustment is due to, among other things, the depreciation […]
Details: Shatta Wale warns event organisers ahead of 2020
Dancehall act, Charles Nii Armah Mensah, popularly known as Shatta Wale, has sent out a warning to event organisers in the country who would want to contract him for shows next year, 2020. Following the low turn out of fans at Cardi B’s concert in Ghana where Shatta Wale was billed to perform but did […]