Yearly Archives: 2019

Floods kill 11 children in Ashanti region

Eleven children have lost their lives to floods in the Ashanti Region within a month-and-a-half, the National Disaster Management Organisation (NADMO) has said. The Regional Director of NADMO, Mr Kwabena Nsenkyire who made the disclosure on Monday, 28 October 2019 said the latest casualty was a nine-year-old boy, whose body …

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Closure of Benin border a big blow to ECOWAS – Akufo-Addo

President Akufo-Addo has observed that the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) has a lot on its table to do in order to achieve the desired integration indicating that there is a delicate period ahead of the regional bloc. Addressing an eight-member delegation of the First Bank of Nigeria …

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Mahama commends Akufo-Addo for completing Adaklu SHS

Former President John Dramani Mahama has commended President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo for completing the Adaklu Senior High School at Adaklu-Waya in the Adaklu District of the Volta region. He said education remained the key to opening up societies for rapid development and praised the government highly for finishing construction …

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Rabies scare hit Assin Fosu Municipality

The Assin Fosu Municipal Veterinary Officer, Dr Robert Asare, has cautioned residents of Assin Atonsu in the Assin Fosu Municipality to be wary of possible cases of rabies in the area. He urged them to be extra careful in dealing with dogs, cats and other pets while lovers of dog …

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6yr-old primary school pupil dies after downpour

Reports from the Ashanti Region indicate that a 6-year-old primary school pupil has drowned in Moshie Zongo, a suburb of Kumasi following a 30-minute downpour on Monday afternoon. The incident, which has been confirmed by the Ashanti Regional Director of the National Disaster Management Organization (NADMO), Kwabena Nsenkyire, adds up …

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Demolish Aburi hills structures – Parliamentary road committee demands

The Roads and Transport Committee of Parliament is calling for the urgent demolishing of buildings along the Aburi hills as a solution to recurring landslides. This development is as a result of a landslide which induced flooding, displacing about 559 residents after four hours of rain on Monday. The affected …

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Man curses wife for ‘cheating’ with 17-year-old nephew

A 29-year-old woman, Lucy Nkansah, has disclosed that she is on the verge of losing her marriage because her husband suspects she is intimate with his nephew. In an interview on Nhyira FM’s Obra show, monitored by Adomonline, Miss Nkansah said her husband, Asare Aikins became suspicious after he claimed …

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Immigration Service warns Ghanaians against recruitment scam

The Western Regional Command of the Ghana Immigration Service says it is currently not undertaking any recruitment exercise as being speculated on social media. The Command is thus cautioning the general public against an ongoing recruitment scam through which several people have been duped. A statement signed by the Western …

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Rotational nurses accuse govt of reducing their stipend

Rotational nurses doing their national service around the country are protesting the government’s delay in paying them their monthly allowances adding that the government is making a move to reduce their due stipends. The members numbering about 8000 said they are owed up to seven months of arrears with government …

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