TOP GHANA NEWS HEADLINES FOR TODAY, FRIDAY, 5TH AUGUST, 2022

 

GENERAL NEWS HEADLINES

*NPP's Harona Esseku dies at age 88

*Nigerian ‘sakawa kingpin’ Sunny Awamini wanted by Interpol - EOCO uncovers

*'NPP are better managers of the economy than NDC' – Owusu Bempah replies Sammy Gyamfi

*SSNIT spent $3000 to print each card - Bright Simons tackles Bawumia

*You can’t tag Bawumia with corruption but same can’t be said about Mahama – NAPO

*$7b judgement debt: Energy minister gives full details

*45% of SHS students brush their teeth for only 30 seconds – KNUST research reveals

*Police arrest driver in connection with fatal motor accident on Elmina–Komenda junction road

*Mahama to attend Dr. Agyepong’s father’s funeral following official invitation

*Meet the 78-year-old man with 32 children, living with a 35-year-old wife

*Bernard Avle loses wife

*A stab in the jaw, chin, and back: How a Canada-based Ghanaian man was painfully killed

*Throwback: Rare photo of all the founders who fought for Ghana’s independence

*SSNIT spent $3000 to print each card - Bright Simons tackles Bawumia

*Intervene to prevent mayhem - Chris Ackumey to National Security over installation of rival chief in Anlo

*P.H.D: The 3 principles on which Kennedy Agyapong’s 2024 presidential campaign will be anchored

*Only Jesus can tell whether he is happy with my work as finance minister – Ofori-Atta

*Hannah Kudjoe: The under-celebrated woman who qualifies as a ‘shadow founder’ of Ghana

*Akosombo belongs to the Akwamus not Krobos - NAPO 'rips' so-called Nkrumah MoU

*$7b judgement debt: Energy minister gives full details

*All you need to know about the KNUST gang rape case

*FLASHBACK: Cedi fall: Gh¢10 to $1; a possible scenario - Otabil predicts

*Job seekers in Europe, America will consider Africa as their destination - Mensa Otabil

*Akufo-Addo’s ‘falling-apart’ economy breaking up marriages – Sammy Gyamfi claims

*Our economy will bounce back stronger - President Akufo-Addo

*Duadaso SHTS headmaster, 3 others must be arrested – Eduwatch

*You can’t tag Bawumia with corruption but same can’t be said about Mahama – NAPO

*We will perform poorly if we write WASSCE from home – Bolgatanga Technical students lament

*The power of an apostrophe: How a West African nation added an extra day to its public holidays

*#TrendingGH: What do Ghanaians know about Founders' Day?

*Okuapeman traditional Council bans noise-making ahead of Odwira festival

*Don't compare NDC's abysmal economic record to NPP - Owusu Bempah to Sammy Gyamfi

*Opuni-Agongo case: Is justice about speed or fairness and equity? – Sam George tackles Honyenuga

*Sachet water producers react to report about feacal matter

*Ghana marks 4th Founders Day Celebrations

*Akufo-Addo not starving Ashanti Region of development – Regional Minister

*Woman dies after Immigration car knocks her down

*Judges of the superior court are trampling on the constitution – Kwesi Pratt Jnr laments

*WASSCE candidates prep with torchlights amid Krobo power shutdown

*Founders' Day: Let’s emulate the selflessness of 'The Big 6' – NPP

*Police arrest four suspects involved in robbery attack on gold-dealership firm

*The one phrase that Akufo-Addo may have 'inherited' from his father; Fellow Ghanaians

*Review Free SHS – ISSER

*37-year-old Evangelist arrested for sodmising 15-year-old boy

*Why appoint new ministers when Ghanaians urge you to downsize? – Sammy Gyamfi ‘tackles’ Akufo-Addo

*Africans certainly deserve reparations - Mahama's aide backs Akufo-Addo's call

*Law School Admission: Chief Justice, 4 other SC judges should resign or be impeached - Kwaku Azar demands

*Watch Gen. Akuffo's 1974 speech about Ghana's switch to right-hand drive

*Apostle E.O.K Donkor: The preacher who 'boomed' at NPP thanksgiving service

*We're tired of your lies, the NPP DNA in us is gone - Angry Kwabre East youth

*Policy designed for Ghanaian youth ready for launch – NYA Boss

*Economic crunch: Akufo-Addo now drinks champagne, he doesn't know the price of Kalypo - Sammy Gyamfi mocks

*Ofori-Atta’s name evokes insecurity amongst Ghanaians, sack him - Sammy Gyamfi to Akufo-Addo

*Ghana’s economy growing despite rising inflation rate – Yofi Grant

*Police arrest driver in connection with fatal motor accident on Elmina–Komenda junction road

*The Cedi cannot be tamed by mere propaganda – Sammy Gyamfi

*We will provide the best of psycho-social support – GPA to children of couple found dead in their home

*Don’t do music because of money – Naa Agyeman

*‘I am proud of the can-do spirit of Ghanaians’ – Akufo-Addo

*Police arrest 4 suspects in Asaman Tamfoe robbery

*Ghanaians on social media comment on Founders’ Day celebration

*We will conduct thorough investigation – IGP assures family of couple found dead in their home

*Corruption Watch expose: Interdict headmaster of Duadaso SHTS and 3 others – Eduwatch

*Change model of assessing students – Educationist

*Kwabena Agyapong to contest in NPP’s flagbearership race

*NPP has not been fair to me and I find it a low point – Kwabena Agyapong

*LPG Marketers call off industrial action with immediate effect

*Seal and tracking device system should not be condemned entirely – Ministry of Energy

*There’s a lot of justification for lifting the ban on new LPG stations – Ministry of Energy

*76 tanker drivers have lost their jobs so far – Vice Chairman of Union

*Police foil robbery attack on gold buying shop at Konongo

*‘If the government is building a church for God, they should get hospital beds for men too’ – Bulldog on ‘no bed syndrome’

*We will call off strike when cabinet heeds to our demands – Vice Chairman of LPG Marketers Association

*My husband stopped being intimate with me for 9 years; now he wants it – Emotionally troubled woman seeks advice

*NPP working aggressively pursuing ‘Break the 8’ mantra – UPSA lecturer

*Seek assistance when experiencing continuous suicidal thoughts - Deputy UCC Hospital Director

*NDC to blame for our bad roads – Ashanti Regional Minister

*C/R: NRSA calls for a concerted effort to curb road accidents

*Wesley Grammar ’82 alumni support alma mater

*Stop the fake religious storylines, fix the economy – Mahama’s aide blasts Bawumia

*Rule of law, access to justice key ingredients for development

*I do not influence recruitment at Asante Gold Corporation - Ogyeahoho Gyabi

*Ofori-Atta’s name evokes insecurity amongst Ghanaians, sack him - Sammy Gyamfi to Akufo-Addo

*>>>SPORTS NEWS HEADLINES...*

*I used to be a runner, that's why I'm fast – Osman Bukari

*Ghanaians react as young white rider wins two medals at 2022 Unicycling World Champions for Ghana

*Asante Kotoko remove Otumfuo's image on new jersey after backlash

*Meet Roger Haun, the 'white Mamprugu' boy who won 2 medals for Ghana at Unicycling World Championship

*Kevin-Prince Boateng and most surprising African transfers in football history

*The story of how JE Sarpong put his job on the line to get Asamoah Gyan admission at Accra Academy

*Commonwealth Games: Joseph Paul Amoah wins heat to book 200m semi-final spot

*Yaw Preko to take over Great Olympics as new head coach

*Hudson-Odoi and other African players who desperately need a transfer this window?

*>>>BUSINESS NEWS HEADLINES...*

*Ghana cedi selling at GH¢9.10 against dollar as at August 4

*Energy Ministry not mandated to fix street lights – NAPO

*Resolve LPG supply issues to end tanker drivers’ strike – COPEC to government

*Today in History: Ghana’s gold refinery is 90% complete – Deputy Lands Minister

*Find alternative revenue measures as IMF funding may be secured in 8 months – Report

*Telecel to renegotiate for stake in Vodafone Ghana after government rejects initial proposal

*AMERI power plant relocation contract yet to be signed – Energy Ministry responds to ACEP’s $35million claims

*Sammy Gyamfi's full address on worsening economic conditions in Ghana

*High cost of food prices is due to profiteering - Agric Minister speaks

*Ghana’s inflation rate depicts crass incompetence – Sammy Gyamfi

*>>>ENTERTAINMENT NEWS HEADLINES...*

*Nana Konadu and Akufo-Addo boogie down at the Founders' Day Luncheon

*What Efia Odo made Gyakie wear for an American concert

*Marriage is sweet - Tracey Boakye confesses

*Hamamat Montia stuns in growing baby bump photos

*Nana Ama McBrown’s husband throws a lavish birthday party

*Shatta Wale ignores insult; endorses beef between Big Ivy and Mummy Dolarz

*Cynthia Okereke and Clemson Cornel released by kidnappers

*'Is Criss Waddle okay?' - Kwaisey Pee speaks

*Video Of Mcbrown singing Black Sherif’s ‘KTT’ gains reaction on social media

*I paid over N3 million for my butt enlargement surgery – Blessing Okoro reveals

*>>>AFRICA NEWS HEADLINES...*

*'Don't talk to me about Africans anymore' - Italian club owner slammed for 'racist' comment

*Regina Daniels shares video of her billionaire husband and other family members in Jordan

*Nollywood actresses make their money sleeping with rich men - Davido's 2011 tweet resurface

*Contractor gets only N16m five years after Nigerian govt budgeted over N71m for 6-month mini-stadium project in Cross River

*Rwanda recruits teachers from Zimbabwe to bridge shortage

*Africa gains nothing from Russian ties - Ukrainian President

*Court orders North Mara to pay local firm Sh40 billion

*Africans certainly deserve reparations - Lawyer

*'Don't talk to me about Africans anymore' - Italian club owner slammed for 'racist' comment

*>>>WORLD NEWS HEADLINES...*

*Bulgaria's Parliament Dissolved, Next to Be Elected on October 2

*US' UN envoy Thomas-Greenfield plans 3 nation Africa visit

*Pelosi's visit to Taiwan; violation of one-China principle - China

*Deaths of sisters in Sydney apartment "not a random crime," realtor says

*Experts investigate mysterious 200-foot-deep sinkhole in Chile

*Iran nuclear talks resume in Vienna as Tehran expands enrichment

*Tonga volcano blasted unprecedented amount of water into atmosphere

*Brittney Griner sentenced to 9 years in Russian prison

*Taliban say they didn't know slain al Qaeda leader was in Kabul