The President of the Republic, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, says Government, through the Administrator of the District Assembly Common Fund, is constructing ninety-eight (98) Courts and bungalows for Judges in all sixteen (16) Regions of the country. According to President Akufo-Addo, Government has also taken note of the inadequate numbers of courts in various partsRead More
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Rawlings receives Malian military leaders
Ghana’s former President, Flt Lt Jerry John Rawlings, has urged the new leadership in Mali to use the transition period to exhibit exceptional leadership for the country and usher her into a prosperous era. The former President made the call when a four-man delegation of the National Committee for the Salvation of the People (CNSP)Read More
2020 BECE: 25 candidates shun exams at Sunyani
Twenty five (25) candidates failed to report for the 2020 Basic Education Certificate Examination in Sunyani West in the Bono Region. The examination supervisors could, however, not assigned reasons for the candidates not turning up when the Municipal Chief Executive(MCE), Mr Martin Obeng and the Municipal Director of Education, Mr Issah Baffoe visited all theRead More
Nigerian porn star arrested ‘for filming’ at sacred Osun Osogbo ground
A filmmaker has been arrested for allegedly recording a pornographic movie at the Osun Osogbo sacred grove in western Nigeria, police say. The sacred forest, home to Osun, the Yoruba goddess of fertility, is a UN-designated World Heritage Site. Police said the man, Tobiloba Jolaosho, popularly known as King Tblak HOC, was arrested for allegedlyRead More
11 feared dead, over 80 injured after cargo truck rammed into two buses at Kyekyewere
11 persons are reported dead with scores in critical condition following a gory accident involving a cargo truck and two buses at Kyekyewere on the Accra- Kumasi Highway in the Eastern Region . The accident occurred Tuesday morning when a cargo truck crashed into two buses.10 passengers died on the spot and there are fearsRead More
EC filing fees: Presidential candidates to pay 100K; MPs 10K
The Electoral Commission on Monday announced filing fees for both presidential and parliamentary candidates ahead of the December 7 elections. Addressing the press in Accra , EC boss, Jean Mensah said presidential candidates will pay GH¢100,000 as filing fees while parliamentary candidates pay GH¢10,000. Mrs Mensah further disclosed that filing of nomination forms begin onRead More
Pastor who murdered his wife was always drunk during church service
Prophet Elisah Ampoako, General Overseer of Alive Chapel International, has revealed that , Sylvester Ofori, the pastor who shot and killed his wife, Barbara Tommey, a week ago in Orlando, USA was a notorious alcoholic. According to him, Sylvester Ofori, overseer of Floodgates of Heaven International Ministries, was so much addicted to the bottle toRead More
Nigerian state approves castration of convicted rapists
The state assembly in Kaduna, in north-western Nigeria, has approved full surgical castration as punishment for those convicted of rape. State commissioner for woman’s affairs and social development, Hafsat Baba, described the approval by the state assembly as a "welcome development" and said that it will serve as "deterrent" for rapists. State governor Nasir AhmadRead More
Video: Veteran actress, Grace Nortey in perspective
AMV's entertainment reporter, Nana Adwoa Nana, did a brilliant piece on the career of veteran actress, Grace Nortey for Atinka TV's Throwback Thursday. The report is captured in the video below: Ghana | Atinkaonline.com | Nana Adwoa Annan
Elizabeth Ohene writes: Finding best insults
I wrote an article for the BBC back in 2010 that I called Flying Insults. This is how I started that article: “This is a difficult subject for me. But there is so much bad language flying around in Ghana these days it is impossible to ignore the subject of insults. It is in theRead More