TOP GHANA NEWS HEADLINES FOR TODAY, THURSDAY, 1ST SEPTEMBER, 2022

 

GENERAL NEWS HEADLINES

*Wassa Akropong bank robbery suspects arrested; one shot dead

*Mahama called for my 'comfortable lead' press conference in 2016 - Anyidoho discloses

*25-year-old Ghanaian jailed in the US for role in romance fraud scheme

*‘I am still angry and pained’ – Rev. Owusu-Bempah hits Akufo-Addo, Bawumia

*Okoman Council fires Akufo-Addo over Akuapem chieftaincy conflict

*Financial constraints affecting Ghana Aids Commission’s awareness creation on HIV/AIDS prevention

*50-year-old woman who went missing found in a pit latrine at Enyan Asempenyin

*2021 A-G’s report: ECG single-sources goods worth $33.8m, €945k, £729k, GH¢5.3m without PPA approval

*Why John Mahama believes Akufo-Addo can't fight corruption, incompetence

*Only 61 out of 360 programmes offered by KNUST accredited – Auditor-General’s report

*Help me pay for my 'hire purchased white car'; I'll tell God to give you one - Rev. Boakye to members

*Agyeman Manu reads BOG letter in court showing health ministry authorized payment for ambulances

*Explainer: What Duffuor’s ‘Ahotor Project’ is and why Asiedu Nketiah is ‘fighting’ it

*Meet the adorable white cubs at the Accra Zoo birthed in November 2021

*FULL LIST: All the judges named in AG’s report, model of cars bought and how much they paid

*Australian company heads to London Court, set to sue Ghana for $395m over gold mining saga

*Today in History: ‘Even if I’m given 1,000 cows, I won’t contest in 2024’ – Why Ken Agyapong is quitting

*What Ghanaians are saying about the suspension of National Cathedral project

*Labianca owner not an appointee of Akufo-Addo, she's done no wrong - Sam Okudzeto

*What law? We applied and paid for cars – Judge shields colleagues after A-G’s report

*GRA’s $400,000 tax confusion over Edward Osei Boakye Trust Fund

*‘Ghost names’ on government payroll is the work of a syndicate – Kwame Nkrumah Tikese

*Koku Anyidoho vows to thwart Asiedu Nketiah's NDC Chairmanship aspiration

*NDC Presidential Primaries: Businessman vows to beat Mahama to lead party in 2024

*'Even among thieves, there is honor' - Kabila rebukes Mahama on comments against chief justice

*Cedi Depreciation: Ofori-Atta performing magic - Allotey Jacobs

*2021 A-G’s report: SSNIT pays contractor in excess of $36.8m

*Unknown gunmen kill 32-year-old man at Yendi

*We’re religiously following your lies about La General Hospital project – Minority to Health Minister

*How Nsawam Hospital paid GHC290,000 judgement debt for removal of a patient's womb without her consent

*Mahama's comments are a direct attack on the personality of the Chief Justice - NPP MP

*Issues with the selection of Ga Mantses linked to families who abandoned tradition - Ga Wulomo

*Canoe rider drowns in River Birim, residents cry for bridge

*Teacher killed by his nephew at Assin Dosii

*3 Immigration officers swallow GHS99,000 in salaries despite resigning from the service – A-G report

*Infractions by MDAs reduced by 43% in 2021 Auditor-General’s report - Dr. Oduro Osae

*US partners Ghana to scale up reading nationally

*We can't blame judges for auction car blunder, their staff might be responsible - Maurice Ampaw

*Akufo-Addo did no wrong by reinstating Sekondi-Takoradi MCE – Ex-Deputy Attorney General

*Cardinal Baawobr recovering from heart complication – Catholic Bishop Conference

*Ho Customs officer transferred after failing to account for GH¢1.4m collected revenue – Auditor General finds

*52-year-old gold dealer murdered by armed robbers

*Over GH¢240m collected by 11 health institutions missing - Auditor-General discovers

*FLASHBACK: President Akufo-Addo will be in my African Cabinet - Prof. Lumumba

*MP narrates how his mother stopped him from studying Agric, killed his doctor's dream

*A-G report exposes Finance Ministry over payment of over GH¢1m to 3 'ghosts'

*51-year-old goldsmith accuses ex-girlfriend of selling their baby for GH¢5000

*Which constituency's project is being sacrificed for $37m escrow account? - Edudzi Tameklo asks

*Today in History: Over US$38m worth of medical equipment rot away in abandoned Afari Military Hospital

*A-G’s 2021 report cites GBC for GH¢2.9 million ‘payroll irregularities’ of GH¢8.2 million total

*Council of State’s GH¢4.5m office building has been a ‘white elephant’ for 6 years – Auditor-General

*2021 A-G’s report: ECG single-sources goods worth $33.8m, €945k, £729k, GH¢5.3m without PPA approval

*50-year-old woman who went missing found in a pit latrine at Enyan Asempenyin

*Why John Mahama believes Akufo-Addo can't fight corruption, incompetence

*Financial constraints affecting Ghana Aids Commission’s awareness creation on HIV/AIDS prevention

*Government spent ¢142 million on National Cathedral project in 2021 – Auditor-General’s report

*10 years walking in Ghana for breast cancer cure – BCI shows the way

*5 Ghanaian lawyers off to Georgetown University on AG’s scholarship deal

*Education Ministry receives 3.7m textbooks from USAID

*Accra declaration charts path for global reparations movement

*KNUST students to access Wi-Fi outside campus soon

*Government has not shown commitment to cutting back on expenditure – Courage Boti

*Data shows Lagos is not Africa’s 3rd-biggest economy, as claimed by officials of Nigerian ruling party

*Your tenacity has been rewarded – Becca’s husband says of her master’s degree feat

*Auditor-General’s Report: I don’t blame judges for unlawful purchase of vehicles – Political Science lecturer

*Revelations of corruption by Auditor-General is due to state’s ‘weak capacity’ – Dr Asah-Asante

*No amount of insults will stop me from helping NDC – Dr. Kwabena Duffuor

*Be vigilant in applying rules – Akufo-Addo tasks Tertiary Education Commission on accrediting Universities

*374 academic programmes at UG unaccredited – Auditor-General’s report

*Bank of Ghana must monitor government’s use of $750million Afexim loan facility – GUTA Vice President

*New farming practices transforming degraded parklands in northern Ghana

*We must all be prepared for a major showdown - NDC's Ako Gunn on 'Break the 8' mantra

*Government does not have the money to execute Agenda 111 - Expert

*'Missing' $37m: Bright Simons demands for 'real' Afreximbank loan facility agreement

*New CJ will not necessarily make judiciary better – Mahama told

*Purchase of auction cars by judges 'worrying' – Dafeamekpor reacts to A-G's report

*National Cathedral project suspended over lack of funds – Exec. Dir. confirms

*Auditor-General’s report cites EOCO officials in over GH¢95,000 unbudgeted procurement

*'I will bite you' - Former NDC Organiser tells those calling for Mahama’s comeback

*Don’t make reckless comments without proof – Odike advised

*No amount of insults will stop me from helping NDC – Dr. Kwabena Duffuor

*>>>SPORTS NEWS HEADLINES...*

*2023 CHAN Qualifier: Black Galaxies better prepared than Nigeria - Super Eagles B coach admits 

*I'm retired, and I'm not coming back - Stephen Appiah amid reports Black Stars return

*WAFU B Women’s CL Qualifiers: Ampem Darkoa Ladies beat Africa Sports 6-5 on penalties to reach final

*Coach Samuel Boadu impressed with Hearts of Oak’s progress in pre-season

*Asante Kotoko @87: Meet the top 15 most popular Kotoko legends

*'I paid a witch doctor to protect me, not to cast a curse on Mbappe' - Paul Pogba allegedly tells Police

*NHIS enters into partnership with four Ghana Premier League clubs

*Dutch striker Cody Gakpo was willing to play for Ghana - Kwesi Appiah

*Respect the wish of Kudus - Ghanaian MP warns Ajax

*Ghanaians divided over Kudus Mohammed boycotting Ajax training to force Everton move

*Afriyie Barnieh is a national asset, would’ve been my first choice player as Black Stars coach - Karim Zito

*>>>BUSINESS NEWS HEADLINES...*

*Debt burden on COCOBOD stands at GH¢12.30 billion – Report

*MTN, AirtelTigo, Vodafone workers to strike on Sept 5

*GEPA clarifies non-payment of Social Security of contract workers

*International ticket prices soar as Nigerians opt to fly out of Accra

*Australian company to sue Ghana for US$395m in London Court over gold mining saga

*Don’t worry, inflation will soon peak – BoG assures

*Where is the 'real' Afreximbank loan facility agreement? - Bright Simons on 'missing' $37m

*Cedi Rates: Bureaus sell $1 at GH¢10.05, BoG GH¢8.23 as at August 31

*FLASHBACK: 'I don’t believe Mobile Money should be taxed' – Bawumia

*BoG rallies support of security agencies to clamp down on black market

*FULL TEXT: Auditor-General’s report on public accounts for 2021

*Fuel prices to increase by almost 7% in September – IES

*>>>ENTERTAINMENT NEWS HEADLINES...*

*Becca to pursue PhD after bagging overall best student

*Mona4Reall claps buttocks in see-through netted dress

*I'll retire only when I make $1 trillion - Stonebwoy

*Da' Hammer takes Red Eye of 2Toff fame to a rehabilitation centre

*Great Azuka performs another unusual deliverance at his church

*Delay attacked Dr UN but he kept his calm - Blakk Rasta

*Mercy Asiedu's 2022 song that is giving ex-boyfriends 'Pressure'

*Archbishop Charles Agyinasare marks 37th marriage anniversary with wife

*The rapper who died after Yaa Pono’s massive endorsement

*May thunder strike anyone who talks about me for trends on social media - Empress Gifty

*People said I didn't have a womb because I was childless for a year - Ohemaa Woyeje tells

*Nigerian crossdresser Bobrisky flaunts snatched waist in birthday photos

*>>>AFRICA NEWS HEADLINES...*

*How World Bank personnel connived with consulting firm to shortchange salaries of security guards In Nigeria office

*Some people who failed to tackle Boko Haram insurgency are threatening me with America’s CIA – Governor Wike

*Ukraine war started by Russia 'barbaric, senseless, repugnant' - Pope Francis

*Samia: The kind of police force I would like to see in Tanzania

*Some people who failed to tackle Boko Haram insurgency are threatening me with America’s CIA – Governor Wike

*South Africa is not a xenophobic nation - President Ramaphosa

*Data shows Lagos is not Africa’s 3rd-biggest economy, as claimed by officials of Nigerian ruling party

*Angola holds funeral of ex-leader Dos Santos amid dispute over vote

*Death as building collapses in Nigeria’s Kano city

*>>>WORLD NEWS HEADLINES...*

*Saudi Arabia set to be world’s fastest-growing major economy

*Politics appears to be interfering with science of meteorology – US-based meteorologist

*Pope says statements about war in Ukraine are not political messages

*Russia: Ukraine war: First shipment of grain from Ukraine to Africa arrives in Djibouti

*Chinese envoy calls for closer cooperation with Africa

*French PM Borne lists 60 political priorities for her government

*New UNESCO figures show 244 million children are out of school

*How Gorbachev's 'perestroika' resonated on the African continent

*Princess Diana still revered 25 years after fatal Paris crash

*Bordeaux wine harvest will not have a 'smoky' taste after summer wildfires, winemakers say