Eight persons have died from suspected Yellow Fever (YF) outbreak in the Savannah Region, the Ghana Health Service(GHS) has said. This follows interim laboratory results of an unusual disease from the region, a press release from the Service, copied to the Ghana News Agency said. It said the disease was …
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V/R: Police rescue one-month baby dumped at a farm at Akatsi
The Akatsi District Police has rescued a baby boy of about a month old, dumped in a bush at Agbaflome, a suburb of Akatsi. The infant, was rescued in the afternoon of October 27 2021 from a cassava farm at Agbaflome upon a timely distress call placed to the police …
Read More »Man nabbed for possessing narcotic substance in Volta Region
Police in the Ketu South Municipality in the Volta Region have arrested a man for allegedly possessing some five slabs of narcotic substances believed to be transported from Accra. The arrest was made during one of the Police’s Patrol Duties on the Accra-Aflao highway on October 28, 2021, at about …
Read More »Obonsu D/A Primary forced to study under trees, new school building locked due to lack of desks
The Pupils of Obonsu D/A Primary School have appealed to authorities to operationalize a six-classroom block completed in the area so they would start using it. The pupils are currently studying under trees because the old school block is in a deplorable state. Rainbow Radio’s Fiifi Ankomah, who reported from …
Read More »Chaos on UG campus as Commonwealth, Sarbah hall residents clash over election results
Some residents from the Commonwealth Hall and the Mensah Sarbah Hall at the University of Ghana clashed over delays in the release of the final results from the Students Representative Council run-off elections. The residents from the two halls threw broken bottles and stones at each other in front of …
Read More »How bees swarmed trader’s shed at Jinijini Friday market
A swarm of bees found a new home as hundreds of them settled under the shed of a trader who deals in second-hand clothing at the Friday market in Jinijini, a farming community in the Brerekum West District. Speaking to Rainbow Radio’s Abdul Razack, the trader disclosed that she had …
Read More »Anti-LGBTQ+ Bill: UN sexuality expert backs Anglican Archbishop’s opposition
• Ghana’s anti-LGBTQ+ Bill continues to receive external opposition • One of the most recent being the Archbishop of Canterbury • His views have been supported by the UN expert on sexuality Victor Madrigal-Borloz, the United Nation’s Independent Expert on Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity, has waded into issues around …
Read More »Sintim vs Ocloo: The High Court ruling that set social media on fire this week
This week, Ghana’s social media space particularly Facebook has been dominated by two major stories. The two stories though distinct, elicited numerous reactions on the platform due to the persons involved and their attachment to certain political figures. The week was capped off with the relatively bigger story of a …
Read More »‘Trotro’ driver arrested for urinating on a Highway after viral video
• A driver at the centre of the viral video has been arrested • He was captured urinating along the road during traffic • He is said to be in grips of the police GhanaWeb sources at the Police Service have disclosed that a driver of a commercial vehicle with registration …
Read More »All Ashanti lands are mine, you can go to court – Otumfuo warns
The Asantehene, Otumfuo Osei Tutu II has moved to assert his authority as the custodian of all lands in the Ashanti Region. According to Otumfuo, all lands in the Ashanti Region are his property and no one can lay claim to any portion. He dared anyone who doubted his claim …
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