Social media users in Ghana are yet to come to terms with a bizarre development involving a crocodile. Per the video that popped up on Tuesday, April 4, a woman is seen chanting incantations to invoke the crocodile, thought to be a deity, on the bank of a stream. The presumed deity is thought to have grown furious with the community members for an undetermined taboo and has consequently decided to punish them by taking over their source of water. The beast was guarding the banks of the stream with much aggression. According to the Twitter user @Eddie_wrt who shared...
S/R: Two female students die in accident at Gidabour
Two female SHS students from Bole have reportedly died as a bus believed to be carrying students from Lassia Tuolu Senior High School in the Upper West region and moving towards Techiman was involved in an accident this morning. The accident occurred around Gidabour community in the Savannah region. Daughter of Tingawura Abudu Sampson of the Bole Traditional area and one other female died on the spot. The remaining passengers have been rushed to the Bole hospital. It is still unclear what caused the accident but residents attribute it to the bad nature of the Wa-Sawla-Bole highway The road in...
Bawku conflict can stop in a month if Akufo-Addo puts his foot down – Bonaa
A Security Consultant Dr Adam Bonaa has said the buck stops with the President who is the Commander-In-Chief of the Ghana Armed Forces (GAF) to bring an end to the conflict in Bawku. In his view, the conflict will stop in just one month if President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo puts his foot down. Speaking in an interview with Martin Asiedu Darteh on the mid-day news on TV3 Wednesday, April 5, Dr Bonaa “The all-out security approach, the military, and police intervention shouldn’t be the only solution…let us look at other angles of dealing with the conflicts in Bawku. “Those who are...
Black Stars drop to 60th place in latest FIFA rankings
Black Stars have lost their 59th spot on the latest rankings released by FIFA, moving a place below to occupy the 60th position following the March international break. The four-time Africn champions were back in action last month for the first time since bowing out of the 2022 World Cup in the group phase under Otto Addo. The team which played under new manager Chris Hughton managed a win and a draw in their doubleheader against the Palancas Negras of Angola in the third and fourth matches of the 2023 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) qualifiers. However, those performances were not enough...
The average Ghanaian is corrupt – Adei
Former Rector of the Ghana Institute of Management and Public Administration (GIMPA) Professor Stephen Adei has said that the average Ghanaian is corrupt. This, in his view, has resulted in the kind of leaders Ghanaians have been experiencing over the period. Speaking on the Ghana Tonight show on TV3 Tuesday, April 4, the former Board Chair of the Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) said the politicians have realized the corrupt nature of the average Ghanaian hence they are manipulating the system to their advantage. Asked whether the leaders are the kind of people Ghanaians deserve or the process of electing the leaders is...
Gabby delivers verdict on Hughton’s appointment as Black Stars coach
A member of Ghana’s governing New Patriotic Party, Gabby Otchere-Darko, has given his approval to the Ghana Football Association’s (GFA) appointment of Chris Hughton as the Black Stars coach. The former Executive Director of the Danquah Institue praised the decision and expressed confidence that the experienced coach would bring success to the national team, who have not won a major trophy in over four decades. Mr Otchere-Darko, who is known for being vocal about topical issues, revealed that he is good friends with Hughton. He also denied speculations that he influenced the coach’s appointment. “Chris Hughton was brought by the Ghana Football...
Dumelo, Nuamah vetting indefinitely put on hold
The Greater Accra Vetting Committee of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) has indefinitely rescheduled the vetting of parliamentary aspirants for the Ayawaso West Wuogon Constituency. No reason has been given for this decision. However, Greater Accra Region Communications Officer of the party Jerry Johnson said all other aspirants in constituencies in the Region will be vetted by close of Wednesday, April 5. Members of the Committee had told TV3‘s Christian Yalley that they were waiting for instructions from the National Executive Committee (NEC) for the next move for the Ayawaso West Wuogon Constituency. The contenders for the May 13 primaries for that Constituency are...
Mahama inherited a booming economy with oil but collapsed it – Ntim
The National Chairman of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) Stephen Ayesu Ntim has said former President John Dramani Mahama and the National Democratic Congress (NDC) inherited a booming economy from the Kufuor administration in 2008. However, when they were leaving office in 2016, the economy had collapsed, he said. Addressing a press conference in Accra on Tuesday, April 4 to respond to an earlier address by the National Chair of the NDC Johnson Asiedu Nketia who accused the NPP government of economic failure, Mr Ntim indicated that the Akufo-Addo administration has managed the local currency, the Cedi, well. He said “After inheriting a booming...
Ashanti Region: School feeding caterers declare strike over unpaid arrears
Caterers in charge of the national school feeding programme in the Ashanti Region have withdrawn their services over unpaid arrears.The caterers say the government has ignored several appeals to pay their arrears. They are also pushing for an increase in the feeding grant from GHC0.97 to GHC3 per child. “Our reason is simple. During COVID-19, we cooked but the government didn’t make full payment,” a caterer who wants to remain anonymous told Asaase News. “We have been complaining since [then] but to no avail. Currently, we’ve cooked for students for three terms, and they have still not made full payment.” “But since Cynthia Morrison and the...
Italian government seeks to penalise the use of English words
Italians who use English and other foreign words in official communications could face fines of up to €100,000 ($108,705) under new legislation introduced by Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni’s Brothers of Italy party. Fabio Rampelli, a member of the lower chamber of deputies, introduced the legislation, which is supported by the prime minister. While the legislation encompasses all foreign languages, it is particularly geared at “Anglomania” or use of English words, which the draft states “demeans and mortifies” the Italian language, adding that it is even worse because the UK is no longer part of the EU. The bill, which has yet to go up...