TOP GHANA NEWS HEADLINES FOR TODAY, TUESDAY, 23RD AUGUST, 2022

 

GENERAL NEWS HEADLINES

*Odumase Krobo residents mobilizing amidst tension over alleged military brutalities

*Economic crisis a result of corruption; not COVID or Ukraine war - Manasseh

*I will turn down ex-gratia again - Togbe Afede

*GES: Post retirement contract of Dep. Dir. General extended again

*Reject 1-year contract extension; all retirees must go home – Teacher Unions to GES Dep. Dir Gen

*Gunshots allegedly fired at Odike's office

*I will not apologise to Kumasi chiefs; the battle lines have been drawn – Odike

*Government’s contribution to new tariffs does not amount to subsidy – PURC Boss

*BoG has created room for black market to operate – GUTA President on forex bureaus flouting foreign exchange law

*‘Why is it that you're truthful, but you have surrounded yourself with liars’ – KKD descends on Akufo-Addo

*4 govt appointees whose stay in office was extended after reaching retirement

*Is that how democracy is practised? – Odike questions Manhyia over his banishment

*'Political classmates' Mahama and Kufuor's beautiful encounter during Mamfehene's 25th celebration

*Hannah Bissiw wades into La Bianca saga

*Special Prosecutor goes after Customs again, investigates auctioning of cars, goods

*Charles Owusu blames Dampare for economic struggles

*I wasn’t brought from the USA to steal $1.2 million – Adutwum defends

*Welder apprentice burns 4x4 pickup truck at Awutu Bereku

*Poverty is a choice – Tobinco boss

*Does it mean NAM1 was engaged in lawful business? – NDC MP questions EOCO boss

*What Prof. Hanke said about Bawumia shifting blame for Ghana's economic problems

*Vice Chancellors who have called for review of Free SHS

*EC has lost some of the data compiled for the 2020 Elections - Sammy Gyamfi alleges

*IGP Dampare's photographer recognized as Youth Photographer of the Year

*Young ‘galamseyer’ boasts about ‘medicinal’ benefits of drinking mercury

*Madina MP’s criminal case adjourned to October 11

*Economic hardship: Praying to God doesn't mean you have given up humanly - Prof Adei defends Akufo-Addo

*NAM 1 back in court on September 27

*OSP Labianca report: Stop doing ‘Konongo Kaya’ - Anyimadu-Antwi tackles Martin Amidu

*Galamsey fight: GAF deploys personnel to protect Ankobra, Offin rivers

*Katanga-Conti clash: NUGS backs calls for criminal prosecution of guilty students

*Alfred Brown Kumah declares intention to contest NDC Volta Regional Treasurer position

*Next on People & Places: An in-depth look into Ga Mashie's history, lifestyle of natives

*Stay off AGA concession - Obuasi Youth warns 'galamseyers'

*Chief of Okper bemoans infrastructural deficit in schools in Yilo Krobo

*A time when gari and plantain became the most important food in Ghana

*Asanteman health walk for Alan shows people have hope in his candidacy - Dr. Kobby Mensah

*Political Mockery: Why Bawumia and Ofori-Atta have been on the ‘chopping board’

*Tariffs increment will further worsen our plight - Damongo residents bemoan

*GES: Adutwum pleads for extension of contract for Director General

*EOCO’s inability to prosecute NAM1 is a ‘national disaster’ – Menzgold customers

*Education Ministry chases TANIT Ltd to refund GH¢859,115.46 for breach of contract

*Address our ‘pressing issues’ in a week or we picket Jubilee House – NaBCo trainees to government

*Akyem Manso Chief injured in attack by unknown assailants

*Akufo-Addo dared to sack Roads, Agric and Finance ministers if indeed he is in charge

*Terrorism: Be security conscious – Defence Minister urges Ghanaians

*Body of drowned four-year-old retrieved from uncovered well

*FLASHBACK: Lying pastors have brainwashed most Ghanaians – Kennedy Agyapong

*Today in History: It bothers me how NPP allows NDC to attack it on corruption – Gabby Otchere-Darko

*FLASHBACK: Allegations against my appointees have not gone without consequences – Akufo-Addo

*Convert Atewa Forest into National park – A ROCHA to government

*Today in History: Sycophants have hijacked President Akufo-Addo - Kennedy Agyapong

*Armed men allegedly attack Odike; ransack his office

*Afrochella celebrates World Jollof Day with #JollofLove video challenge

*I have no preference for any NPP flagbearer aspirant – Akufo-Addo

*Fix Anlo Afiadenyigba–Havedzi roads now – Residents tell government

*Appoint Catholics to head Catholic schools – Government told

*Dialogue with government instead of public criticism – Dr Bright Mawutor tells religious leaders

*UENR hosts Nature-Based Solution for food production conference

*‘Road infrastructure in my time without equal in the 4th Republic’ – Akufo-Addo

*Maiden Ghana Medical Laboratory Awards held in Accra

*Deeper Life Bible Church holds outreach ahead of Pastor Kumuyi’s global crusade

*NHIA partners PharmAccess Foundation to institutionalise Data Analytics for policymaking

*HeFRA recognises SafeCare Standards for quality certification and accreditation for health facilities

*Akufo-Addo calls for effective security service-civilian cooperation in border protection

*Akufo-Addo downplays claims that mismanagement of economy led to IMF bailout

*‘Decline contract extension offered to you’ – Teacher unions to GES Deputy DG 

*WAEC receives fresh report of exam malpractice; hands over case to Police

*GUTA to close shops on August 29 to demonstrate against rapid cedi depreciation

*BoG cautions public against engaging services of 19 unlicensed loan providers

*2 groups petition Akufo-Addo, Otumfuo over AngloGold Ashanti concessions invasion

*‘It really hit me’ – Stonebwoy pained after Tinny’s attacks following ¢2k debt brouhaha

*Asanteman health walk for Alan Kyerematen shows people have hope in his candidacy – UG Lecturer

*SIM registration: Self-service app still offline 3 weeks after Owusu-Ekuful’s announcement

*Greed-inspired corruption major challenge to Ghana’s development – Togbe Afede 

*Bawumia plays blame game with Ghana’s economic problems – US economist

*‘Stop all auction sales until investigation is concluded’ – OSP orders Custom boss 

*Special Prosecutor investigates vehicle auctions, others by Customs from July 2016 till date

*Conduct of chiefs contributing to Ghana’s problems – Sulemana Braimah

*Duncan-Williams hosts 10th edition of Global Prayer Summit

*ECG to pursue people responsible for destroying transformer

*Labianca case: Appointing Council of State member to GPHA board smacks of elite capture – Former CDD-Ghana boss

*Make scapegoat of students involved in Conti-Katanga clash – KNUST lecturer to management 

*I only want to expand it – Mangoase Assembly man denies demolishing bridge financed by ‘Good Samaritan’

*NDC stalwarts attend funerals of Togbui Dziku III, fallen hero at Dagbamatey

*A billionaire has pledged to sponsor my presidential campaign – Kumchacha

*Health workers to embark on demo over unpaid salaries

*Many people are jobless because they attend university to build their egos, not knowledge - Man

*Otukonor’s General Secretary posters pop up

*Basic school pupils invent traffic light to replace non-functioning one in Obuasi

*>>>SPORTS NEWS HEADLINES...*

*WAFA youngster John Tedeku joins Asante Kotoko ahead of new season

*Watch Ghana’s Alexander Djiku’s brilliant strike in Ligue 1

*'Hyper' Nico Williams stars in Bilbao’s narrow win against Valencia

*When I get fit and start playing, it will be at Kotoko - Asamoah Gyan

*Jose Mourinho defends Afena-Gyan after media blame Ghanaian for Wijnaldum's long-term injury

*Elvis Afriyie Ankrah apologises to brother, Yaw Ampofo Ankrah over 2014 World Cup attacks

*Asamoah Gyan reveals why he struggled at Legon Cities

*What Bukom Banku said about British boxer Anthony Joshua in 2019

*Tony Baffoe mourns the late Junior Agogo

*Kotoko skipper Ismail Ganiu demands termination of contract - Reports

*>>>BUSINESS NEWS HEADLINES...*

*BOST records GHC164 m profit after tax

*Special Prosecutor to probe auction of vehicles by Customs since July 2016

*Farmers urged to use organic fertilizers to improve yield

*Utility tariff hikes may collapse our businesses – Entrepreneurs

*‘We are bleeding to death’ - GUTA lists concerns for immediate redress

*Importers of ‘wele’ cannot be stopped, they are party financiers – Allotey Jacobs alleges

*Egg prices hit GH¢30 per crate

*Student Loan Trust Fund: GHC15 million disbursed to 12,000 students without guarantor - CEO claims

*Beware of loan providers operating without licenses - BoG to Ghanaians

*AfCFTA: 8 countries including Ghana to commence trading - Deputy Trade Minister

*Managers of economy have not found solutions to stop high appetite for imported goods - Lecturer

*>>>ENTERTAINMENT NEWS HEADLINES...*

*I’d love Gyakie for a wife – Kalybos

*I still pick ‘trotro’ despite my fleet of cars - DJ Azonto

*Learn to tell stories using videos – Documentary Filmmaker to Journalists

*Blacko: Black Sherif trends again and here’s why

*The 8 Ghanaian musicians Nana Aba Anamoah recommended to Samuel Eto’o

*'Doggy Style' can give you stroke - Health expert advises

*People told my husband not to marry me because I’m barren – Ohemaa Woyeje

*Afia Schwarzenegger goes after Nana Tornado again

*Tinny's insults saddened me - Stonebwoy

*These celebrities could have been in trouble if they were in Rwanda

*Tinny’s insults unsurprising - Stonebwoy

*>>>AFRICA NEWS HEADLINES...*

*'Obident' gifts Peter Obi, LP huge edifice in Abuja

*Ex-Angolan president, dos Santos, flown home from Spain for funeral

*Reno Omokri attacks Peter Obi

*Tinubu may be place holder for Kashim Shettima – Tweeps condemn ailing APC candidate’s absence at Lawyers’ Union, NBA Conference in Lagos

*Raila Odinga challenges presidential results in Kenyan Supreme Court

*Tanzania holds census with eye on 2025 election

*Ethiopian Airlines suspends pilots who 'slept' on duty, overshooting runway

*17-year-old SA entrepreneur unveils sneaker brand he started from his mother’s garage

*Bami Kuteyi quit Google to teach twerking and in line to make over $100K

*Zulu King Misuzulu ka Zwelithini to be crowned in South Africa despite family feud

*>>>WORLD NEWS HEADLINES...*

*Scotland first in world to make period products, including tampons and sanitary pads, free

*UK commits £36m to help world’s most vulnerable on World Humanitarian Day

*Peru withdraws recognition of ‘sadr’, supports Morocco’s autonomy plan in Sahara

*Former Pakistan PM Imran Khan charged under ‘anti-terror’ law

*Canada joins the US to launch their own ID card; to enhance national identity system and govt services

*Al-Shabab: Islamists kill 10 in Somali hotel - Reports

*Falling water levels of river in China reveal three Buddhist statues thought to be 600 years old.

*Switzerland's glaciers shrink by half in less than a century.

*40 killed in floods and landslides in northern India as forecasters warn of more heavy rain.

*Pakistan ex-PM Imran Khan charged under anti-terror law.