Articles from the ‘Lead Stories’ category

Man jumps 9 floors to death in suspected suicide

Posted by on May 24, 2012 at 7:39 am in Top Story

A neatly-dressed, yet to be identified man was Wednesday found dead after allegedly committing suicide by jumping from the ninth floor of the Trust Towers building at Asylum Down, Adabraka, Accra. No suicide note was discovered at the scene but moments after crashing to his death, security personnel discovered a pair of brown shoes thought [...]

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Bishop Obinim accuses Hot FM presenter

Posted by on at 7:39 am in News From Other Newspapers, Top Story

The International God’s Way Church has accused Paul Kwami Nti, a journalist of Hot FM, an Accra-based radio station, of  disregarding an agreement to discontinue with the court action against the leader of the church, Bishop Daniel Obinim, after he allegedly collected GH¢20,000 cash in compensation. Mr Nti, popularly known as Barima Nti, has, however, [...]

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Fritz Baffour is hot

Posted by on at 7:32 am in Other Top Stories, Politics

Snippets of information chanced upon by Today from a cross-section of eligible voters in Ablekuma South constituency in the Greater Accra Region, indicate that the ruling National Democratic Congress (NDC) Member of Parliament (MP) for the constituency Hon. Fritz F. Baffour is on the fast lane to exiting Parliament as a result his non-performance. The [...]

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‘Sanction JJ and wife’

Posted by on at 7:31 am in Other Top Stories, Politics

The National Executive Council (NEC) of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) has been charged to apply the necessary sanctions on the party’s founder, Jerry John Rawlings, and his wife, Nana Konadu Agyeman Rawlings, to help instill discipline and calm in the party and to give members a clear sense of direction. A former cadre of [...]

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MINORITY RAISES RED FLAG-Over CP judgement debt payment

Posted by on at 7:30 am in Politics, Top Story

The Minority caucus in Parliament have growled and raised concerns over the €94 million [which amounts to over GH¢2.25 trillion] judgement debt payments made to Construction Pioneers (CP). According to the Minority Leader, Osei-Kyei Mensah-Bonsu, the payment was made to the construction firm after several years of battling the government of Ghana from 2001-2008. That [...]

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On-going trial of Agbesi Woyome-NDC legal team accused of interfering with A-G’s work

Posted by on at 7:29 am in Other Top Stories, Politics, Top Story

  A former Attorney General and Minister of Justice, Martin Amidu, has expressed fear that some National Democratic Congress (NDC) legal team members, whose business is to meddle in the affairs of the A-G’s department could undermine the prosecution of the infamous Alfred Agbesi Woyome case. Mr Amidu in a statement to support a claim [...]

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Miss Ghana/Miss World team visits Veep

Posted by on May 23, 2012 at 8:38 am in Dinning and Wine, Entertainment, Fashion and Style, Health & Lifestyle, Local News, Other Top Stories

Vice-President John Mahama on Monday welcomed a delegation from both the Miss Ghana and Miss Ghana organisation, at the Castle Osu. The Miss World team is in the country on a five-day working visit, to officially cut the sod for the construction of a nursery facility for a day care centre at Ayalolo, in the [...]

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AGRA to implement G8 Global Partnership Initiative-On Food Security

Posted by on at 8:38 am in Local News, Other Top Stories

The Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa (AGRA) was given a key role in the G8’s next phase of a shared commitment to achieve global food security. The Scaling Seeds and Other Technologies Partnership, part of the new initiative focused on increasing agricultural food production in Africa, will be housed at AGRA and will [...]

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