Baltasar Ebang Engonga, a senior official and former head of the national financial investigation agency, has been sentenced to eight years in prison for embezzlement by a court in Equatorial Guinea. Engonga was found guilty by the Bioko provincial tribunal of misappropriating money from business travel expenditures for personal use. Supreme Court communications Director Hilario […]
Ghanaian dancehall artiste, Charles Nii Armah, popularly known as Shatta Wale, was on Wednesday night granted bail of GHC10,000,000 with two sureties to be justified in investigations surrounding a 2019 Lamborghini Urus, a car identified by the FBI and the US Justice Department as proceeds of a $4 million crime. The $4 million crime involves […]
Ghanaian journalist Godwin Asediba has been named the winner of the 2025 BBC News Komla Dumor Award. Asediba, an investigative journalist with Media General, becomes the tenth honoree of the award and the second Ghanaian to ever win the award. Taking to the X platform, Godwin Asediba expressed excitement over the recent achievement. He wrote, […]
The Electoral Commission (EC) has announced that the Tamale Central by-election will be conducted on September 30. This follows the demise of the lawmaker, Alhaji Dr. Ibrahim Murtala Mohammed. He was among the eight individuals who lost their lives in the tragic helicopter accident on August 6. He was laid to rest on August 10. […]
American singer and rapper, Kisean Paul Anderson, known professionally as Sean Kingston, will be spending three and a half years in federal prison for his involvement in a million-dollar fraud scheme. Along with his mother, the “Beautiful Girls” singer was convicted earlier this year in the scheme where they stole items including a bulletproof Cadillac […]
It is often said that the hour of death cannot be foretold. Though we acknowledge this truth, we tend to believe such a moment lies far ahead. Never did we imagine that we would gather today to remember and mourn Sergeant Ernest Addo Mensah, whose earthly remains lie before us, having fallen in the line […]
Flying Officer Manaen Twum Ampadu, affectionately known as Papa Twum or Paa Tee, was born on January 7, 1995, in Accra to Rev. MacDouglas Emmanuel Ampadu of Aduama and Mrs. Patience Adjeley Ampadu Ablorh of Teshie. Born into royal lineage from the Etena clan of Abene, he was named after his paternal grandfather, Isaac Kwadjo […]
Squadron Leader Peter Baafemi Anala was born on 2 November 1989. He hailed from Siniensi, in the Builsa North District of the Upper East Region, and was the youngest child of Paul Oscar Anala and Lucy Apung Anala. He spent his formative years in Tamale, where his family resided. Even in his early years, it […]
Three members of the Ghana Air Force who lost their lives in the Adansi helicopter crash on August 6 have been honoured with posthumous promotions for their dedicated service to the nation. Announcing the promotions at the state funeral held at the Black Star Square on Friday, August 15, 2025, Commander-in-Chief of the Ghana Armed […]
My Handsome King, from the moment I first held you in my arms on December 26th, 1975, at Nkawkaw Holy Family Hospital, I knew my life had changed forever. You were not just my child, you were my miracle, my answered prayer, my only son, and my treasure in whom I am pleased. I watched […]
