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Perez Chapel International has declared a one-week fast and prayers following the controversy between the church’s founder, Archbishop Charles Agyinasare, and the chiefs and people of Nogokpo in the Volta Region. The declaration was made on Sunday, June 4, 2023, by the Presiding Bishop of Perez Chapel International, Benjamin Ohene Aboagye. “On the 25th of last month, during our Supernatural …

District Minister in charge of the Ascension Congregation of the Presbyterian Church of Ghana in Koforidua, Rev Justice Kwame Asumeng has called on the opposition National Democratic Congress to aggressively fight poverty should the party return to power. He said poverty is the Goliath of Africa and Ghana destroying destinies, marriages, families and disintegrating the future of the youth therefore …

The World Bank has said the Power Purchasing Agreements signed by former President John Mahama, which the Akufo-Addo Government had no choice but to pay, has contributed significantly to the economic woes of the country. The former President’s administration signed take-or-pay agreements, committing Ghana to pay for billions of cedis for excess energy it does not need. For a government that had failed …

Personnel from the Criminal Investigations Department (CID) of the Ghana Police Service have picked up two friends of Osei Michael, the barber who allegedly murdered his girlfriend at Akyem Nsutam near Bunso Junction in the Eastern Region. Osei Michael popularly known as Emeka on Thursday allegedly stabbed his 18-year-old girlfriend, Abigail Asare who had come to visit him after the …

Former president John Dramani Mahama has cautioned members of the National Democratic Congress not to repeat the mismanagement and corrupt practices currently being experienced under the Akufo-Addo-led administration if the NDC regains power. Speaking at the 44th anniversary of the June 4th uprising in Hohoe, former president Mahama said, the commemoration of the June 4th uprising is to guard the …

Pierre Frank Laporte, the World Bank (WB) Country Director to Ghana, says Ghana’s energy sector debt is a major contributor to the country’s debt woes. In an interview monitored by GNA, the country director indicated that his outfit had identified certain factors that were driving the country’s debt situations. According to Mr Laporte, one of the factors the bank has …

Minister of Finance Ken Ofori-Atta has instituted legal action against radio and TV show host Captain Smart for recent comments that the minister was a direct beneficiary of recently released bailout funds from a global lender. In a High Court writ dated Friday, June 2, 2023, and sighted by GhanaWeb, the minister’s lawyer holds that comments by Captain Smart on …

Man, 28 has allegedly killed his girlfriend, 27 who was pregnant and his 7-year-old son in Anwiankwanta- Paona in the Ashanti Region. This report was contained in a video posted by Accra-based UTV which was sighted by GhanaWeb. The suspect whose name is given as, Isaac Kwadwo Nyarko, 28 and a welder, allegedly murdered his pregnant wife; Agnes Duah, 27 and …

The National Communications Authority (NCA) has delinked all Surfline SIMs from the Central SIM Database. The move by the NCA comes months after the company was hit by serious financial difficulties leaving customers in limbo. Consequently, the company has shut down its data centre. In a brief statement on its website, the NCA encouraged people who had Surfline SIM Cards …

Academic activities have grounded to a halt as Teachers and Students flee the conflict Lukula community over violent attacks on Mempeasem and Lukula communities in the Savannah Region. The Police have arrested three persons and are currently pursuing others in connection with the violent attacks by opposition factions in the land and chieftaincy dispute. On May 30, 2023, a gang …