A policeman stationed at Akim Swedru in the Birim South District of the Eastern Region has reportedly committed suicide at his duty post with his own weapon. Lance Corporal Alhassan Asare who went for duty at about 5:45pm at Dukes Petroleum Fuel station on Monday August 19, 2019 was found …

Hamisu Wadume, a suspected kidnap lord in Taraba State, has been re-arrested, PREMIUM TIMES has learnt from official sources. It was not immediately clear when and where Mr Wadume was taken into custody, but a source informed about the development informed PREMIUM TIMES about it on Tuesday. Mr Wadume was …

A report by the Transparency International (TI) has said Ghana has been rated as the second most corrupt country in Africa, followed by Nigeria, with South Africa perceived as the most corrupt nation on the continent. The Corruption Perception Index (CPI) by the TI stated that about 71 per cent …

South Africa’s Minister of Home Affairs, Dr. Aaron Motsoaledi says the department is scheduled to conclude negotiations with Ghana, Cuba and Principe and Sao Tome by the end of August, in order to implement modalities for its visa waivers for those countries. He announced the visa-free status of four countries …

A customer of the defunct gold-trading firm, Menzgold Ghana Limited, Mr Christian Tsifoakah, has said he is unable to marry because hundreds of thousands of Ghana cedis of his investment has been locked up with the company.The Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Menzgod, Nana Appiah Mensah on Monday, appealed to …

President Akufo Addo has stated that the Country’s Parliament has amended the Mining Act and by so doing has prescribed stiffer punishment for persons who engage in illegal mining, popularly known as “Galamsey”. The Amended Act, he says, came before him on Monday 19th of August 2019 and he has …

A military officer with the Ghana Armed Forces who has been allegedly having sexual intercourse with his own daughter has been dragged before an Accra Circuit Court. Sergeant Eric Asare-Mante is accused of sexually abusing his daughter since she was nine years old – between 2013 and November 2018 when …

A Police officer on night guard duty at a Bank at Akyem Oda in the Eastern region has been found dead. He was found sitting on a chair dead with gunshot wounds on the neck with his rifle beside him. It is not clear if it was accidental discharge, suicide …

A Police officer with the Manso Nkwanta Divisional Command in the Ashanti region has been shot dead by suspected armed robbers. According to the Assembly Member for the area, Paul Kusi, the incident happened Monday evening. The police officer was in a private vehicle with his friend who is a …

The Bank of Ghana (BOG), has revoked the licenses of twenty-three (23) insolvent savings and loans companies and finance house companies owned by some prominent individuals in the Ghanaian society, including Dr. Kwabena Duffuor, ex-Finance Minister of Ghana and former governor of BoG, and the youngest member of the Council …