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The Mobile Money Agents Association of Ghana (MMAAG) has indicated that it will petition the Inspector General of Police (IGP) to help fight robbery attacks on its members. The General Secretary of the association, Evans Otumfuo speaking to Alfred Ocansey called on government to help protect its members from robbery attacks. “We have in a way tried to engage the police, we have sent them a letter close to 4 month now requesting to meet them unfortunately we have not received any feedback as yet. “It is unfortunate but…

Latest report gathered by Pinaxnews.com indicates that the former president of Ivory Coast Laurent Gbagbo sought legal separation on Monday June 21, 2021 from his better half of thirty years, his attorney said, days after his profoundly expected re-visitation to the country. Gbagbo's legal counselor Claude Mentenon said in an explanation that following quite a while of "rejected requests for Simone Ehivet to consent to an amicable separation", the ex-president had asked an Abidjan court for a divorce. The declaration…

Managing Editor at Insight newspaper, Kwasi Pratt Junior has rubbished the Institute for Economics and Peace (IEP) global index report that has ranked Ghana as 2nd most peaceful country in Africa. The country is also ranked the 38th in the world out of 163 countries. However, Kwasi Pratt isn't excited about the ranking as he argues that the country has more to do as far as its security is concerned. According to him the current security situation in the country is worse and its a clear contradiction of what the…

Chief Executive Officer of the State Transport Corporation (STC) Nana Akomea has expressed excitement over Ghana being ranked 2nd most peaceful country in Africa by Institute for Economics and Peace (IEP) in the Global peace index report. Not only is Ghana the 2nd most peaceful country in Africa but it was also ranked 38th most peaceful country in the world out of 163 countries. Speaking on Peace FM's 'Krokokoo' show, Nana Akomea noted that there is no doubt that Ghana is second most peaceful in Africa owing from the…

Latest report gathered by Pinaxnews.com indicates that 2 armed robbers on Monday, June 20, 2021 assaulted a mobile money agent at Abesim, a suburb of Sunyani in the Bono Region. The report has it that the armed robbers made away GH¢5,800.00 subsequent to causing various cutlass wounds on the agent. The victim who has since been identified as 30-year-old Collins Agyemang disclosed that one of the burglars figured out how to enter his shop and got hold of the sack containing his every day sales. At the point when he…

Recall we reported that one 33-year-old Kwame Dankwa killed his friend over GHS5.00 debt at Apirede in the Okere Constituency in the Eastern Region, well he has been dragged before the Mampong Akuapem Magistrate Court for the murder and has been remanded into police custody. According to report the decision to remand him was to help the police to further investigate the case. He is set to reappear before the court on July 13, 2021. Background Kwame Dankwa and his friend who was a Spot operator were engaged in a…

Ghanaian songwriter and Highlife singer, Kofi Kinaata has said that he is hopeful and optimistic that he will win the Song Writer of the year which he has been nominated for in the upcoming VGMA awards. Kofi was nominated to the category with his 'Behind the Scene' song. He happens to be in the same category with Diana Hamilton, Adina, Joe Mettle, Adun Lei Epixode. Speaking on TV3's 'New Day' show he noted that he will win the category because the song has been patronize by the street as well as well played on the…

Famous Ghanaian artiste, Terry Asare Boamah well known in showbiz as Dada Hafco has said that Ghanaians need a national reorientation. Speaking in an interview on TV3's New Day show, he noted that Ghanaians naturally gravitate to foreign culture just because of how they have been oriented. According to him growing up if a child speaks twi in school, he or she gets beaten and made to speak English. He said based on this Highlife singers were seen in the past as villages which made the youths find it difficult to…

President Nana Akufo-Addo has assured all the tribes in Ghana that no one will be left out in the 2021 Population and Housing Census which may commence on June 27, 2021. This comes after some minority groups raised concerns about the census claiming there are discrimination in the manner in which the questionnaire has been crafted. The Fulani's in Ghana for instance have complained that their tribe had been captured 'under the 'other tribe' category of the questionnaire instead of giving them a section that stands on…