TOP GHANA NEWS HEADLINES FOR TODAY, WEDNESDAY, 24TH AUGUST, 2022

 

GENERAL NEWS HEADLINES

*Alan Kyerematen behind in NPP flagbearer contest – Ben Ephson

*OSP investigates complainant over 'fabricated' complaint against Atta Akyea

*Journalist threatens legal action against Australian High Commission over ‘mistreatment’

*But for 2007 redenomination, US$1 will be 100,000 cedis – Togbe Afede laments

*Military base, Forestry Commission office set ablaze by irate Bono youth - Reports

*More trouble for Customs boss as group petitions SP to extend investigations to cover 2009-2015

*Tomato seller blames shop owners for increase in prices of foodstuff

*‘We are facing problems with our businesses’ – Butchers lament cedi depreciation

*We don’t want to lose our heritage – National Folklore Board director insists

*Sammi Awuku hits back at 'misinformed' KKD

*US court convicts Ghanaian man over fraud, money laundering

*Where was Danquah-Busia-Dombo when I was charged with treason? – Kennedy Agyapong asks

*Bawumia, Kennedy leading NPP flagbearship race - Ben Ephson

*Colonel Damoah's name pops up in another tax evasion scandal

*'You are fooling too much; you have to stop' - Captain Smart tackles Adom-Otchere

*Delta Airline number N195DN banned from flying to Ghana

*I'll retain my seat as chairman even if contested by General Mosquito - Ofosu-Ampofo

*'He is being used by elders' - KKD takes ‘kid brother’ Adom-Otchere to the cleaners

*South Korea developed because it ran a 'family & friends’ govt – Government's spokesperson

*Police gun down three suspected armed robbers at Obosomase

*Kennedy Agyapong launches PHD campaign

*Meet the famed hatchet man of government

*Gunshots fired at NDC Northern Regional headquarters, irate youth lock up party office

*Ghana doesn’t need more than 9 Supreme Court Justices – Kwabena Agyei Agyepong

*More trouble for Customs boss as group petitions SP to extend investigations to cover 2009-2015

*Greed-inspired corruption is the main challenge to Ghana’s development – Togbe Afede

*Ghanaians are happy; the Special Prosecutor has saved the country millions – Martin Kpebu

*Sammi Awuku explains why NLA terminated contract with GBC

*Basic school student invokes curse on classmates, teacher after being mocked at school

*The military and Manya Krobo residents: Who did what

*Restrictions on pragya operations affecting our business – Cape Coast riders lament

*‘Look no further for I am the Messiah of NDC’ – Ofosu-Ampofo announces re-election bid

*GhanaWeb FactCheck: Gay cartoon on TV as claimed by viral WhatsApp message misleading

*Cattle owners count their losses after irate youth shoot over 70 cattle at Adoe

*Trial of NAM1: EOCO Boss spoke prosecution's mind – Menzgold customers

*Police search for man who flogged, smeared his son with pepper for stealing

*Justice for rape victim stalls as suspect escapes Navrongo police cells

*FLASHBACK: Be patient with Akufo-Addo – Duncan-Williams

*FLASHBACK: When is Bawumia giving out the cars promised to okada riders? - Group

*Court remands father who attempted to sell his 2-year-old daughter for GHS20K

*Another hunter shot dead after being mistaken for deer

*Mion-Lana’s father provided sheep for my naming ceremony, I was named after him - Bawumia

*Today in History: US$5m bribery allegation: Akufo-Addo dismisses petition seeking CJ’s removal

*Today in History: NPP to abolish import duty on sanitary pads

*Mahama’s 2013 prediction that took him into opposition

*Suspension of Commonwealth Hall Master, Senior Tutor an assault on rule of law - Old Vandals

*Residents of Sokpariyiri accuse govt of pulling a fast one on workers with tariffs increment

*Reduce the utility tariffs - Koforidua residents tell government

*Military shot Nuaso residents with live bullets during ECG meter installation – Assemblyman

*Food crisis in our schools pathetic, government must act fast – Adaklu MP

*Man remanded for allegedly shooting drummer at Akropong

*Customs bosses allegedly aided trucks under-declare goods, evade tax

*Affordability is key to compliance in tax payment – GUTA President

*Ghana, 7 others to start trade under AfCFTA

*Ghana’s childhood cancer ambassador dies at 9

*She stole from me to buy phone for her boyfriend – Businessman laments dishonesty of Ghanaian employees

*Church of Pentecost commends Dr Adutwum for reforms in education sector

*3 suspected robbers shot dead in police shoot-out at Obosomase-Akuapem

*Police investigating attack on Odike in Ashanti Region

*Utility tariffs: Measures were taken to ensure we don’t overburden consumers – PURC Boss

*Stepmother allegedly beats 4-year-old boy to death

*Ghana Link CEO wins Entrepreneur of the Year at 2022 Ghana Shippers Awards

*Bawumia’s economic expertise is not practical – Nana Yaa Jantuah

*Government to support Credit Unions for enhanced technological financial services delivery – E/R minister

*Ghana’s economic crisis is killing more people than Covid – NDC National Chairman

*Ghana Iron and Steel industry to take off before 2024 – Farouk Aliu Mahama

*Inequity is key driver of vulnerability to disease, illness -WHO

*DJ Switch starts schooling in the US

*Delay in launching self-service app a disservice to subscribers – Imani Africa

*ECG cuts power to Old Nuaso in Lower Manya Krobo after meter installation turned bloody

*Government deploys platoon of Naval personnel on Rivers Ankobra and Offin to halt galamsey permanently

*I’m convinced chiefs are involved in galamsey – Vladimir Antwi-Danso

*‘GTV’s broadcasting contract didn’t give us value for money’ – NLA responds to KKD 

*NSMQ’s Francisca starts Harvard University Pre-med after rejecting Cornell, Stanford and NYU

*We did not adjust tariffs in 2021 because we did not have a board – PURC Boss

*We are too quick to deploy military – Agalga on military presence at Lower Manya Krobo

*We reduced gross subsidy on residences so businesses can stay – Dr. Ackah

*Forestry Commission arrests 5 for mining in Bosomtwe Forest Reserve

*‘Step aside and don’t walk into conflict’ – Prof Kwasi Prempeh to public officials

*Ghana’s laws speak to everyone not only the courts – H. Kwasi Prempeh tells John Kumah

*Akufo-Addo cuts sod for dualisation of 2km road in Nandom

*Asiedu Nketiah’s claim that spiritualists were brought to IPAC meeting is untrue – EC 

*>>>SPORTS NEWS HEADLINES...*

*FIFA World Cup hosts Qatar beat Black Galaxies in international friendly in Austria

*Vincent Sowah-Odotei fires back, insists Hearts will not stand for blackmail in Konadu Yiadom transfer

*I get motivated when I have sex before a match – Alex Asamoah

*We can't take a clubless player to the World Cup - Charles Taylor to Asamoah Gyan

*They only pretend in public - Dan Kwaku Yeboah details Asamoah Gyan's 'cold' relationship with Dede Ayew

*Five in-form Black Stars players who should be in Otto Addo's next squad

*This is horrible - Ghanaians react to reported Black Stars away jersey for 2022 World Cup

*Why Ishamel Ganiyu was stripped of captaincy at Asante Kotoko

*Meet Peter Amewu’s son who is a fantastic footballer

*Asante Kotoko suffer 2-0 defeat against Sudanese giants Al Hilal in pre-season friendly

*Hearts of Oak sign former Paris Saint German youth star Faisal Adam Billey

*It's not about what you did in the past - Charles Taylor shoots down Asamoah Gyan's World Cup request

*>>>BUSINESS NEWS HEADLINES...*

*New utility tariffs will favor business community – Manteaw

*Ghana Mines Workers Union members lives under threat – Union reveals

*Fufu pounders threaten to strike over GH¢15 wage

*54 African countries have signed AfCFTA Agreement – Deputy Trade Minister

*'If I were you, I would be selling my dollars by now' - Oppong-Nkrumah hints on $2bn injection into economy

*Cedi depreciation: BoG vows to shutdown forex bureaus trading illegally

*GCAA bans Delta Airline number N195DN from flying to Ghana

*Export more to inject more dollars into the economy – Oppong Nkrumah advises

*Use Chinese Yuan as alternative currency for imports - GUTA tells government

*100 Menzgold customers dead over locked up cash - Coalition

*Coconut export expected to rise as Ghana records 249% growth in 2021

*>>>ENTERTAINMENT NEWS HEADLINES...*

*Shatta Wale makes U-turn, heads to Nigeria for tour

*We need to support each other – Sista Afia to female musicians

*Mr. Eazi gets two Grammys certifications

*Miss Akwaaba winners grab their cash prizes

*'Don't be fooled' - What Stonebwoy said about his relationship with Kelvyn Boy

*I will stop twerking when I have a job that keeps me busy - Akuapem Poloo

*Why KKD wore funeral cloth to Captain Smart's show

*My wife gives me 'chop money' - Okyeame Kwame discloses

*'You don’t think' – Captain Smart goes after Paul Adom-Otchere

*You're senseless if you say I don't qualify to be president - Kumchacha

*Tinny didn't help me as he claims - Stonebwoy clarifies

*>>>AFRICA NEWS HEADLINES...*

*Four Ugandan police officers face dismissal for arresting bride at wedding reception

*'You act funny for road you collect ticket wotowoto' - Lagos State Police Command warns

*These seven African countries set to start trading using AfCFTA

*Reactions as Zamfara gov't recruits killer bandit Bello Turji to help fight terrorism

*Passenger dies aboard Kenya Airways flight from New York

*Nigeria Police confirm identities of two soldiers who killed cleric, stole his car in Yobe

*Boko Haram terrorists attack Chibok community, displace hundreds of residents

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

*DR Congo confirms new case of Ebola linked to 2018 outbreak

*US court orders $84m in damages for Liberia church massacre

*>>>WORLD NEWS HEADLINES...*

*Singapore to repeal colonial era law criminalising sex between men - Prime Minister

*Scientists plan the resurrection of an animal that's been extinct since 1936

*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

*Strike begins at UK's biggest container port

*Putin reinstates Stalin-era decree

*6 months into invasion, what is the endgame in Ukraine?

*Luxurious 1,200-year-old mansion found in southern Israel

*Its largest lake is so dry, China digs deep to water crops

*Police hunt gunman who shot child, 9, in her own home in northwestern England