The Office of Former President John Dramani Mahama has dismissed recent reports captured in the Daily Guide newspaper that he is making certain demands before jibing with President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo. In its Wednesday, April 7 edition, the newspaper reported that the former president is demanding the return of a bauxite …
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Belfast: Rioting ‘was worst seen in Northern Ireland in years’
IMAGE COPYRIGHTCHARLES MCQUILLANimage captionThe gates of one of Belfast’s so-called peace walls were prised open before being set alight Rioting in Belfast on Wednesday night was on a scale not seen in Northern Ireland for years, police have said. During several hours of violence, police officers were attacked, petrol bombs …
Read More »Body of Kasoa ‘ritual murder’ victim released for burial
The body of Ishmael Mensah who was allegedly murdered by some teenagers in Kasoa has been released to his family for burial. The body was released after Police completed post-mortem on it. The family has been unhappy with the delay in releasing the body since it contravenes their Islamic values. …
Read More »Obiri Boahen ‘clashes’ with Kyei-Mensah-Bonsu over ethnocentric comments against Akans
Deputy General Secretary of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Nana Obiri Boahen has chided Majority leader in parliament, Osei Kyei-Mensah-Bonsu for saying that it will be unwise for the NPP to choose an Akan as a flagbearer to replace President Akufo-Addo in election 2024. Nana Obiri Boahen who disagrees with Osei Kyei-Mensah-Bonsu stated that delegates look beyond ethnicity when …
Read More »Ahafo: Heavy downpour displaces 70 residents at Dwenase
A downpour on Wednesday displaced 70 residents of Dwenase, a farming community in the Tano North Municipality of the Ahafo Region. The Ghana News Agency (GNA) learnt the rains, which accompanied a heavy storm, set in around 1930 hours, lasted for about 30 minutes and razed to the ground about …
Read More »Excavator operator killed in gun attack at mining site
One person was killed when two unidentified men raided a mining site at Attabrakoso, a community near Jacobu in the Ashanti Region. 30-year-old Richard Arthur, an excavator operator with Tolla Mining Company died when he sustained multiple gunshot wounds during the Tuesday dawn attack. The robbers also shot a …
Read More »GHS worried as farmers use mosquito nets for farm fencing
The Ghana Health Service (GHS) has announced plans to hand out insecticide-treated bed nets from May 18, this year, with at least 275, 967 households in the Upper East Region expected to be covered. The Upper East Regional Health Directorate made this known during a multi-stakeholder meeting it convened on …
Read More »Goat thief lynched at Nsawam
The Nsawam Police in the Akwapim South District of the Eastern Region is investigating a case involving a suspected goat thief, whose beating allegedly resulted in his death. Police Sergeant Francis Gomado, Eastern Regional Police Public Relations Officer, said the police received information about the incident on April 3 and …
Read More »School children without classrooms left stranded
The projects were completed almost a year ago, but the pupils and students are yet to benefit from them, as they have been denied access to the classrooms. The situation is being blamed on the inability of officials to take over the school blocks from the contractor due to the …
Read More »Jubilee House, Kotoka, other state infrastructure on earthquake fault lines – NADMO Boss reveals
It has been revealed that some important state assets are on earthquake fault lines. The Jubilee House, Kotoka International Airport, the Akosombo Dam, among others have been found to be sited on fault lines and could suffer massive damages should earthquake strike in the country. This was disclosed by …
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