By Shout Africa Nigeria correspondent- Chinyere Ogbonna – Ghanaian police personnel on Tuesday January 11, 2012 seized a large amount of arms and ammunition allegedly bound for Nigeria. The arms and ammunition, including hordes of AAA cartridges, ten pomp-action guns and twenty double-barrelled guns, were found in a false compartment under the flour plate of the truck. Addressing newsmen after the seizure on Tuesday evening in Accra Ghana, the Regional Police Commander,Deputy Commissioner of Police, Rose Atinga Bio, said she had received a call from an informant around 15:00 GMT (4.00pm Nigerian time) that a truck was off loading what... Continue Reading
Publish Date: Thursday, January 12th 2012 |
By Peterking Quaye – Scientific, a Liberian born-Ghanaian based HipHop/Rap musician, has told a local Ghanaian newspaper is set to embarking on a peace project to promote peace and tolerance for Ghana 2012 election. He explained the concept in an exclusive interview: Why this project? Ghana is a peaceful country and I have been here for a lot of years and from my experience in Liberia, peace is the best thing that can happen to a country and we all must defend this peace we enjoy in Ghana. When you see wars on TV and in movies, you may not get... Continue Reading
Publish Date: Monday, January 9th 2012 |
By Shout-Africa.com/Ghana – The process of forming and organising the Progressive People’s Party (PPP) continued at the weekend. On Saturday 7th January, interim constituency executives in all the 19 constituencies and regional executives were inaugurated into office in the Central Region to organise membership for this fast developing new political movement. The event which was held at the Cape Coast Town Hall attracted a significant number of enthusiastic Ghanaians who expressed their willingness to join what will soon become officially Ghana’s newest political party. The entire hall was filled to capacity as some of the people who thronged the place... Continue Reading
Publish Date: Monday, January 9th 2012 |
By Peterking Quaye – This year’s awards came off at the Accra International conference center, it was attended by some of the crème de la crème of both Ghana and Nigeria movie industries, including Majid Michel, John Dumelo, Nana Ama McBrown, Ama K. Abebrese, Ramsey Nouah, Segun Arinze, Desmond Elliot, Prince David Osei, and Jackie Appiah in attendance. Veteran Nollywood actor, Olu Jacobs, who was also in attendance, was awarded a Lifetime Achievement Award. The night was however not only for Leila Djansi’s Ties That Bind as Shirley Frimpong-Manson’s 10-chapter series, Adams Apples also went home with a total of... Continue Reading
Publish Date: Tuesday, January 3rd 2012 |
· MTN Ghana claims more than 70 million minutes rerouted off network in six months · Revector identifies hundreds of active SIM boxes on competing network In September 2011, the National Communications Authority (NCA) of Ghana announced that 98.44% of all SIM’s detected for gateway bypass in Ghana were located on the Airtel network. In response, Airtel Ghana’s Revenue Assurance Manager Nixon Wampamba stated that Airtel Ghana is losing US$500,000 per month to the fraudsters, and that the NCA’s detection of Airtel numbers in SIM Boxes has reduced from “about 500 a day to 100 day”. Following this exchange Revector, the global... Continue Reading
Publish Date: Tuesday, January 3rd 2012 |
