TOP GHANA NEWS HEADLINES FOR TODAY, FRIDAY, 26TH AUGUST, 2022

 

GENERAL NEWS HEADLINES

*Savannah Region NDC demands apology from Akufo-Addo

*Calls for Finance Minister’s resignation intensify on the back of delays in IMF deal

*Suhuyini rechristens Bawumia 'Brother Timothy' over 'Jesus is the saviour' video

*New Kejetia Market: 'We made a big mistake' - A/R Minister 'begs' traders, drivers

*Fraud case: 'I’m innocent' – Inusah Fuseini’s son laments pain family, friends face

*All water bodies will be rid of illegal mining activities by March 2023 – Mireku Duker

*Reports on constituents’ agitation exaggerated; I was not chased out – Atwima Nwabiagya MP

*Appointment of acting chair endorsed by national office – NDC Northern Region 

*Restructure Council of State or scrap it – Abu Sakara

*Court issues warrant for arrest of 61 suspects in KNUST violence

*Inusah Fuseini's son breaks silence after US fraud, allegations

*Fire officer caught on CCTV shoplifting

*Oyerepa Radio banned from Asanteman over Odike’s comments

*All-nights services have no spirituality – Lawrence Tetteh digs into history

*What Odike said to incur the wrath of Manhyia

*Odike bows to Asante Bediatuo, renders apology

*Fraud charges: I will soon be a free man - Inusah Fuseini’s son

*KKD ‘attacks’ Ofori-Atta again

*Adom-Otchere’s claim that SAS made GH¢40-100m in Eurobond issuances ‘false, misleading’ – Management

*Today In History: I can never forgive Kwabena Agyapong - Ken Agyapong

*What Rawlings said that saved him from being executed by Acheampong after his failed coup

*Unsubstantiated, frivolous and vexatious – How Col. Damoah described cargo trucks tax evasion allegation

*We’ve exceeded our target of registration in Ashanti region, this will translate into our victory in 2024 - NDC

*Ghana Card to be the only card for accessing healthcare - NHIA Chief Executive

*Police districts to set up day and night patrol teams in smaller-defined areas

*People & Places: The history behind how the Ga wulomei became a significant part of Ga Mashie

*Don’t attempt using your ‘try your luck’ policies on our health - MP to govt

*Not all killings in Bawku are ethnic-related – Adib Saani

*Like the Accra SkyTrain, car promise to Okada riders remain words

*Police couldn’t intervene early in KNUST clash because I was not around – Ashanti regional minister

*Woman crushed to death by falling concrete pillar in her house in the Eastern Region

*Labianca company to take legal action against OSP

*One dead in a ghastly crash involving a fuel tanker

*'Akufo-Addo is worse than NAM1’ - Kobby Fiagbe

*Mamobi residents demonstrate against ‘short notice’ eviction

*Parliament to probe Adutwum over GALOP project

*Ladies in Europe are not ready for marriage, that’s why men marry Africans - France-based Nigerian claims

*Stop using some gadgets if you think electricity is expensive - NPP flagbearer hopeful

*NPP MP speaks after being chased out by constituents

*2 times NPP MPs in the Ashanti Region have been angrily chased out by constituents

*Police on manhunt for Odike’s attackers

*Ghana FDA lab first to attain WHO prequalification in ECOWAS sub-region

*Krobo power clash: Victim discharges himself from hospital for fear of amputation

*Cattle owners given one-week ultimatum to move cattle out of Adoe

*More roads for Kumasi despite staggering 1,515km already completed in 5 years – Regional Minister

*YEA allays fears of trained nurses over Community Health Workers job description

*Asante Professionals Club defuses anti-Maame Yaa Tiwaa propaganda

*Slaughtered lamb and libation: The significance of the ritual performed by Manhyia against Odike

*Today In History: Ghana may end up with ‘lawyers who don’t know any law’ – SC nominee warns

*FLASHBACK: I swear to God! Nobody can stop me – Captain Smart responds to fraud allegations

*Qeenmother recommends ways of dealings with homosexuality in prisons

*Govt to terminate contract of Agenda 111 contractors who delay work - Presidential Advisor on health

*Chereponi Clash: 12 persons arrested to face court on August 25

*FLASHBACK: Corruption is reducing under my watch - Akufo-Addo

*NE/R: 12 busted over communal clashes in Gbalo and Kukpong/Sagong communities

*'No Military Base or Camp has been set ablaze' - Ghana Armed Forces

*Bawumia has an office 'totally redundant' – KKD

*Akufo-Addo enskinned Chief of Truth at Daffiama-Bussie-Issa

*Akufo-Addo is not protecting the public purse – KKD

*Labianca gate: Your response is a 'lame attempt at damage control' – Lawyer tells Labianca

*3 modes proposed to UCC CoDE to enhance Distance Academic programs

*Cedi depreciation: Drug shortage looming – Chamber of Pharmacy warns

*Tamale: NDC vice-chair arrested, granted bail over attack on party office

*A/R: 5 arrested for galamsey in Bosomtwe range forest reserve

*Youth organisers endorse use of Ghana Card for voter registration

*Galamsey fight: Naval command, river guards to be stationed permanently on river banks - Mireku Duker

*'He was unfair to me and NLA' - Sammy Awuku replies 'factless' KKD on GBC & SIC issue

*Gov’t has not engaged us despite our planned protest – GUTA

*All you need to know about child custody cases

*We don't want to fight galamsey - Kabila to gov't

*No evidence proves sex positions can lead to stroke - Physiotherapy Association

*Bawku conflict: Entrenched positions making things difficult for government – Security Analyst

*Allegations that I aided tax evasion frivolous and vexatious – Col Damoah

*All water bodies will be rid of illegal mining activities by March 2023 – Mireku Duker

*Police Ladies celebrate 70 years anniversary

*Kumasi Traditional Council orders Oyerepa FM to halt broadcast

*Pension Reforms: SSNIT wants Ghanaians to retire at 65 years

*Do not shy away from treatment; HIV services are free – Director General of AIDS Commission urges PLWAs

*Ghana Card will soon be the required ID for accessing healthcare – NHIA CEO

*Over 800 Ghanaians trafficked in 2021, officials worried

*Bawumia reiterates commitment to “surmount” economic crisis as cedi continues free fall

*NHIA CEO to tighten loose ends in annual renewal of NHIS membership

*Kissi Agyebeng’s work bringing back trust in the fight against corruption – Ghana Integrity Initiative 

*Minority fights off government’s plan to recruit SHS graduates to CHPS facilities

*YEA allays fears of trained nurses over Community Health Workers job description

*Don’t use unorthodox means to recruit people to Office of the Special Prosecutor – Vitus Azeem to Kissi Agyebeng

*Operation Clean Your Frontage taskforce protests claim of extortion

*1 killed in renewed land dispute between Jejung and Timbong

*Kissi Agyebeng has done far more than you, stop the commentary – Kofi Bentil tells Martin Amidu

*NPA confiscates smuggled petroleum products in Ketu South and North

*>>>SPORTS NEWS HEADLINES...*

*Is Stephen Appiah considering a possible return to football?

*‘Asamoah Gyan and Dede Ayew only smile for the cameras’ – Dan Kwaku Yeboah

*Bernard Tekpetey over the moon after helping Ludogorets to qualify for Europa League

*Why I have left Aston Villa after three years -George Boateng speaks

*Ghana in, Nigeria out as EA confirm new national teams for FIFA 23

*Kotoko take final decision on Abdul Ganiyu

*Only incompetent coach will consider Asamoah Gyan for 2022 World Cup - Charles Taylor

*UEFA Champions League: Mohammed Kudus’ Ajax drawn in Group A to face Liverpool, Napoli, and Rangers

*AS Roma to receive 10% of onward transfer fee of Felix Afena-Gyan from U.S Cremonese

*I can’t wait to play against Asante Kotoko - Agyemang Badu

*>>>BUSINESS NEWS HEADLINES...*

*Ghana’s annual inflation rate measured at 77% for July 2022 – Steve Hanke

*GUTA calls off intended demonstration against cedi depreciation

*Here's what accounts for thievery at workplaces - Kwaku Aninkorah states

*We are committed to Ghanaian market despite recent events – Delta Air Lines

*Bright Simons digs out 2 'new' loan sharks in Ghana

*Adom-Otchere’s claim that SAS made GH¢40-100m in Eurobond issuances ‘false, misleading’ – Management

*Here's the Cedi's performance against major foreign currencies as at August 25

*Apple users in Ghana to pay more for apps soon

*GIADEC seeks US$6bn for integrated aluminium industry

*Akufo-Addo opens 13 MW Kaleo Solar Power Project

*It's 'patently false' to claim Adu Boahen's Black Star firm engaged in $5m MIIF financial loss - Management

*>>>ENTERTAINMENT NEWS HEADLINES...*

*Bishop Bonegas details his 'downfall', makes allegations against fellow pastors

*Tracey Boakye enters the chart with a tour inside her 'enhanced' bedroom

*Here are some reasons ladies end up with smelly vaginas

*Mona4Reall adds G-Wagon to her list of luxurious cars

*Afia Schwarzenegger goes spiritual on Akufo-Addo to mock ‘Daughter of Maame Water’

*Your absence hasn't been felt - Mona Gucci tells former TV3 staff MzGee

*Akuapem Poloo warns Kofi Adomah over rude sit-in host

*What the hell! - Stella Aba Seal slams 'disrespectful' Obaapa Christy

*FLASHBACK: I hate to hear ‘divorce’ – Stella Seal as she details how she survived the stressful journey

*‘Don’t think like the fools’ – Tinny attacks Andy Dosty as fight with Stonebwoy, Tsegah heightens

*>>>AFRICA NEWS HEADLINES...*

*Rwanda's President Kagame resumes in-person citizen outreach

*Nigeria Police rearrest Kuje Prison escapee, others for murder, kidnapping

*Any party seeking alliance with NNPP should not believe presidential candidate – NNPP Chairman

*China locks out Kenya from new debt relief deal

*Buhari govt shuns military, awards N718m contract to private security outfits to protect Abuja-Kaduna Rail from terrorists

*Vodacom Tanzania's new boss offers key success insights

*We can’t do much for you in Northern Cyprus, Buhari govt warns Nigerians against travelling there

*Nigerian community laments incessant killings, accuses governor of releasing killer suspects

*Foreign firms eye Tanzania's Sh23 trillion Bagamoyo Port

*Lagos Muslims Board confirms SaharaReporters’ story on arrest of staff for defrauding Hajj pilgrims of N26million

*>>>WORLD NEWS HEADLINES...*

*At least 32 killed in India as monsoonal rains lash northern states

*Zoom’s growth slows further in latest quarter

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

*Nuclear plant disconnected from grid, Ukraine says

*US Justice Department requests redacting of Mar-a-Lago affidavit

*Ghislaine Maxwell being sued by attorneys' firm for nearly $900,000 in unpaid legal fees

*Biden to hammer Republicans on abortion rights as he shapes midterm message

*Record-breaking heat wave in Europe will be the norm by 2035, analysis shows

*Chinese city 'stretched to the limit' as millions wait in line for Covid tests in extreme heat

*Delayed UN report on Xinjiang may stall critical chance to call China to account

*US carries out additional airstrikes in Syria following rocket attack, US official says