TOP GHANA NEWS HEADLINES FOR TODAY, WEDNESDAY, 3RD AUGUST, 2022

GENERAL NEWS HEADLINES

*Veteran actor Prince Yawson ‘Waakye’ passes on

*Mentally-challenged woman is not mother of the deceased – Family

*Bank of Ghana is still financing gov't - Dr. Amoako Baah coroborates printing of GH¢22b claim

*'I was an active member of Methodist Boys’ Brigade till mum changed to Islam' - Bawumia

*Ambulance transport fees used as funeral contribution, for buying microwaves – Ablakwa

*'We are told to have sex to ease menstrual pain' – SHS Girl discloses at ARYN Seminar

*Man who used ice packs to preserve body of wife found dead as police rescue unconscious children

*Help train critical thinking teachers – Dr Adutwum tells Colleges of Education Councils

*Resolve impasse with tanker drivers to curb LPG shortage – Minority tells government

*Break stereotypes, beliefs that undermine role of women in peace and security – Peace Council

*How student allegedly murdered Canadian boyfriend in cold blood at Ashaley Botwe

*Dead Canadian man killed by girlfriend came to Ghana with his son - Relative discloses

*Akufo-Addo appoints Lariba Abudu as new Minister of Gender, Children and Social Protection

*What Akufo-Addo said that has sparked wild talks on social media

*How police arrested mentally unstable woman who stoned Okada man to death

*This is not the no-nonsense Akufo-Addo we know - Abronye DC

*Paul Afoko and all other suspended members will be reinstated - NPP

*Nduom lists 11 hard things Akufo-Addo must do to 'redeem' himself, fix the economy

*Why I am disappointed in Akufo-Addo and NPP now – Reverend Owusu Bempah speaks

*2024 elections will be bloody, Jubilee House could be attacked - Owusu-Bempah prophesies

*Step-father who hired ‘area boys’ to molest daughter jailed

*Ex-convict thankful after discovering his talent in imprison

*Who is she? - Beatrice Annan questions Ursula's 'reluctantly agreed' comments

*The more people complain about hardships, NPP is energised to break the 8 - KSM

*Artificial gas shortage biting hard in Ashanti region

*Bolgatanga Technical Institute closed down after final-year students riot

*Don't charge pupils, parents for end of term exams – GES warns school heads

*Blaming LGBTQ persons for monkeypox will harm everyone – Human rights organization warns

*Health workers to withdraw services over power outages

*Ursula is not 'thinking' - Sam George fumes at the stubbornness of minister

*NYA to honour Akufo-Addo as part of International Youth Day celebrations

*Stay at post for August – NSS Personnel told

*The mystery behind the pot that serves dead kings, chiefs in Ghana

*4 personalities who have castigated Ursula over SIM re-registration comments

*It is unfair, politically unwise to mock John Boadu - NPP 1st vice chair

*New SIM registration guidelines: Has Ursula Owusu shot herself in the foot?

*Ursula's extension of SIM registration is cosmetic - Sam George

*Health Directors at Krobo appeal to ECG to restore power to save lives

*'Sticka' breaks silence on a big fight within his 2020 campaign team

*Gas customers stranded due to tanker drivers' strike

*Kyei-Mensah-Bonsu's comments about Adwoa Safo that triggered Minority's defence

*‘Tell us if an NDC president will travel on a truck abroad' - NPP reacts to minority’s concerns

*Find solutions to Ghana’s problems – Ibrahim Mahama to students

*Mother dips daughter’s hands in boiling water over 50 pesewas theft

*NIA was not set up with a specific deadline – Professor Attafuah

*FLASHBACK: Ghanaians need bread and butter, not fiscal policies – Murtala

*Today in History: Comparing my administration with that of Mahama is like comparing ‘chalk and cheese’ – Akufo-Addo

*Today in History: Decomposing bodies of 3 kidnapped Takoradi girls found

*Ablakwa commends government for SIM card re-registration extension

*Police investigate murder at Nkonya

*Akufo-Addo is the most expensive president Ghana has ever had – Baba Jamal

*Stay off our high-security zones – Army cautions encroachers, intruders

*Appointment of Lariba Zuweira Abudu as Gender Minister-designate welcoming – ActionAid Ghana

*Feeding infants with any thing other than breast milk not healthy – Midwife 

*Don’t use power disconnection as punishment for non-payment of bills – Yilo Krobo MCE to ECG

*Ghanaians eulogise actor, Prince Yawson ‘Waakye’

*Sale of Vodafone Ghana’s operations to Telecel: We are ensuring compliance with regulation – NCA

*Professor Takyiwaa Manuh joins CDD-Ghana as Senior Fellow

*Your govt is losing energy, reshuffle your ministers for fresh ideas - NPP footsoldiers to Akufo-Addo

*Police arrest students, staff of Bolgatanga Technical Institute over leaked exams questions

*Efua Sutherland Children’s Park was almost given to private developers – Playwright’s daughter reveals

*NYA to honour Akufo-Addo as part of International Youth Day celebrations

*Power outage is negatively impacting quality of health services – Yilo Krobo Municipal Health Director

*Commonwealth Games: ‘I am ready to shoulder the expectations of Ghanaians’ – Benjamin Azamati

*Contribution of Catholic Church to Africa’s human development increasing – Nicolas Pompigne-Mognard

*They misjudged actors’ financial status – Hilda Dokubo on $100k demand by kidnappers of Nollywood actors

*KNUST lecturer held over wife’s disappearance still in prison custody despite High Court bail

*Police arrest Japanese national after INTERPOL alert

*Krofrom police post not locked up – Ghana Police Service clarifies

*NPP gives former officers one -week ultimatum to return vehicles, other assets

*Mentally-challenged woman who stoned man to death admitted for assessment

*Get people with mental problems off the streets - Kwesi Pratt tells authorities

*'Ghana Beyond Aid' agenda is just a political sound bite - Rev. Opuni-Frimpong

*Teach your supporters grievance procedures – NPP man to NDC

*Krobo: Health workers to withdraw services over power cuts

*Vodafone sale does not meet regulatory threshold for approval - NCA

*Students can't ask for re-marking or review their marks, where is this practiced? - Nana Akomea scolds GLC

*SIM card registration: Pressure-loving Ghanaians will rush back when deadline is due - Nana Akomea

*>>>SPORTS NEWS HEADLINES...*

*Manhyia directs Asante Kotoko to take Otumfuo's image off new jersey

*It's time to move on - Kotoko bound Steven Mukwala bids farewell to URA

*Bernard Tekpetey nets consolation goal for Ludogorets in defeat to Dynamo Zagreb

*Six Asante Kotoko legends who moved to the US after retirement

*Watch how Azamati, Sarfo-Antwi's made it to semi-final of 100m of 2022 Commonwealth Games

*Jonathan Mensah reacts to nationality switch of Inaki Williams, Tariq Lamptey and others

*Ati-Zigi must be sacked from the Black Stars - Ex-goalkeeper Anthony Osei Kwadwo

*Asante Kotoko’s new striker Steven Mukwala arrives in Ghana

*OFFICIAL: Asante Kotoko sign Frederick Asare from Accra Lions

*How fight between Alhaji Gruzah and Joe Debrah prevented Stephen Oduro from joining King Faisal

*>>>BUSINESS NEWS HEADLINES...*

*ENI/Vitol-Springfield impasse: No judgement debt would arise - MP denies claims

*FLASHBACK: Ofori-Atta killing Databank's competitors – Adongo

*Netherlands to phase out development aid to Ghana, 3 others

*Local airline ticket prices up; passengers lament

*Ghana Cedi selling at GH¢8.86 to US Dollar as at August 2

*The 11 measures Dr. Nduom suggests could help reduce Ghana's economic woes

*NCA has not blocked sale of Vodafone Ghana's operations to Telecel Group

*Government's 1D1F is a sham; Minority must summon Trade Minister – Economist

*SIM re-registration: Proceeds from GH¢5 self-service charge will go to App developers – NCA

*ACEP questions govt’s decision to sole source relocation of AMERI power plant

*>>> ENTERTAINMENT NEWS HEADLINES...*

*You dated Tracey Boakye's husband for 10 years but left him to have a child with another - Afia Schwarzenegger jabs

*Meet Hajia Fuuta, the voice behind 'Subhan'Allah sanou, Nana kafra'

*I’m not shy to talk about liposuction – Nana Ama McBrown subtly admits to butt enhancement

*Kuami Eugene might end up marrying his house help 'Mary' - Delay

*'I will speak when the time is right’ – Vivian Jill’s post after rumours Tracey Boakye snatched her man

*I’m disappointed in Tracey Boakye, I don’t like her choice of husband – Lutterodt

*‘Your boyfriend must be very happy’ – King Promise’s remarks that silenced Delay

*Chance the Rapper shares his dumsor experience in Ghana

*Agradaa ordained Woman of God by Nigerian pastors

*Wee smokers are calm; it is people who drink that misbehave - Reggie Rockstone

*>>>AFRICA NEWS HEADLINES...*

*President Buhari blames Libya for insecurity in Nigeria

*Revealed: Parastatals paying State dividends with borrowed money

*Nigerian Bar Association pushing jailed lawyer, Inibehe Effiong to apologise to power-drunk judge, lawyer refuses

*Slavery reparations due to Africa long overdue - Akufo-Addo

*Terrorists release 5 more Abuja-Kaduna train hostages, including one shot during captivity

*At just 22, Ore Akinde has turned crocheting into a successful business and owns a clothing company in Nigeria

*Nigeria governor, dethroned Emir 'reunite' in Abuja airport 2 years after fallout

*Tanzania's meat exports to Middle East hit record high

*May God grant you success in kidnapping Buhari, El-Rufai, Garba Shehu –Islamic preacher prays for terrorists

*Nigerian witch doctors sue Corporate Affairs Commission for refusing to register their union like Christian, Muslim unions

*>>>WORLD NEWS HEADLINES...*

*US kills al Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahiri in drone strike in Afghanistan

*August 1 is Emancipation Day: Here are four facts about Emancipation in the Caribbean you probably never knew

*Megan says Tory Lanez offered her $1 million to say nothing after allegedly shooting her

*Kentucky floods: Death toll rises to 37, hundreds still missing

*Love Island: Ekin-Su and Davide crowned 2022 winners in live final

*China could make show of force if Pelosi visits Taiwan – US

*Wife of Nigerian street trader killed in Italy demands justice

*California wildfire: McKinney Fire spreads rapidly in north of state

*Israel's Prime Minister makes rare allusion to country's nuclear weapons arsenal

*'Appalling' videos alleged to show Russian soldiers castrating a Ukrainian soldier