A majority of the NPP’s members of parliament in Ghana have suspended demands that finance minister Ken Ofori-Atta be sacked from from the government. The lawmakers said they suspend the request until a support package is negotiated with the International Monetary Fund (IMF). The ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP) said …
Read More »Ghanaian man fights for his life after being electrocuted
A 22-year-old man is battling for his life at the Twifo Praso District Hospital in the Twifo Atimorkwa District of the Central Region as he was electrocuted by a transformer belonging to the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG). The incident occurred at about 6:00 am on Monday at the Twifo …
Read More »Ghana: lawmakers demand the dismissal of the Minister of Finance
A majority of Ghana’s ruling party parliamentarians on Tuesday asked the president to sack finance minister Ken Ofori-Atta and his deputy, in order to “restore hope in the financial sector”. Speaking on behalf of 80 of the 137 NPP members, Andy Appiah-Kubi said the members of parliament would not take …
Read More »Family forced to live in bush because of unpaid rent
A family with 5 children has no choice but to sleep in a bush poultry structure in bad weather due to unpaid rent in Breman Asikuma, Ghana, Adom News reported. The landlord, who could no longer grant the couple the continued deferral of rent payment, evicted the family from their …
Read More »Ghana: man arrested for killing girlfriend with pestle
A 27-year-old man beat his girlfriend to death with a pestle at Dodo Amanfrom in Kadjebi Akan district of Ghana’s Oti region, AdomNews reported. The 24-year-old victim was found in her own pool of blood on her boyfriend’s bedroom bed as her mouth was swollen with blood everywhere. The suspect …
Read More »Ghana: student on the verge of losing sight after being whipped
A 21-year-old student of Assin Manso Senior High School, Ghana is on the verge of losing her sight as she also suffers a stroke after allegedly being whipped by her teacher. Her condition is deteriorating as her vision is blurred with her mobility also affected due to the incident, according …
Read More »Four-year-old baby abandoned by parents in the forest
Police Command in Ellembelle, Ghana, arrested a midwife and her husband, a trained teacher, for abandoning their four-year-old child in a forest ostensibly to die. The couple handed over the baby to a fetish priest after they suspected she was an evil child, according to the assembly member for the …
Read More »Woman gives birth after two years of pregnancy
A man and his family in Ghana are jubilant as his wife gave birth two years later after becoming pregnant, local media reported. The man shared testimonies and recounted the incident that led to his wife giving birth. He said his wife took seeds in 2020, but soon after the …
Read More »Nicki Minaj announces possible visit to Ghana
Rap queen Nicki Minaj answered a question during an Instagram live about the likelihood of traveling to Ghana to work with a Ghanaian artist on a project. “I would love to come to Ghana. I may be doing something major, a business type of situation, with an artist from Ghana,” …
Read More »20-year-old lady found dead in her 40-year-old lover’s bedroom
A 40-year-old Ghanaian farmer is in custody after his girlfriend identified as Aboagyewaa, 20, was found dead in his bedroom. Aboagyewaa is said to have traveled from Assin Brasiako in the northern Assin district of the central region to lodge with her boyfriend. She was found dead the next morning …
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