Mr Kwaku Ofori Asiamah, Minister of Transport, says from January 2021, commercial drivers who do not belong to a recognised transport union will be banned. The Minister urged all ‘roaming drivers’ to join either the existing associations or form a new union and be registered to operate under the new …
Read More »Man, 37, killed by speeding vehicle
A private car has crushed a 37-year-old man to death at Akyem Osino Stretch of the Accra to Kumasi highway of the Eastern Region. The body of the deceased Abu Atalatey has been deposited at the morgue. The incident occurred Friday October 2, 2020 at about 5:35pm The suspect driver …
Read More »Just In: Donald Trump ‘having trouble breathing’ after contracting COVID-19
Trump, was dramatically airlifted to hospital on Friday evening, as he was rushed via helicopter to Walter Reed medical center near Washington DC out of an “abundance of caution” after after showing coronavirus symptoms – putting the US election in jeopardy with just weeks to go. President Donald Trump is …
Read More »Asante Kotoko reveal transfer plans for Asamoah Gyan
Asante Kotoko communications director Moses Antwi Benefo has revealed the club have made Ghana striker Asamoah Gyan a firm target ahead of the 2020-21 Premier League (GPL) season. Gyan, in the twilight of his career, has been linked to the Kumasi-based side, the reports heavily fuelled by the 34-year-old’s open …
Read More »Non-compliance with road safety regulations, primary cause of road crashes – NRSA
Non-compliance with road safety regulations on the part of road users was the major cause of accidents, according to a preliminary investigation by the National Road Safety Authority into some road crashes. The Authority entreated all drivers to always check their blind spots before driving off, avoid drink driving, over …
Read More »10-year-old deplorable road fixed hours to Akufo-Addo’s arrival at Koforidua
Residents of Old Labour office in Koforidua were amazed when a road which has been abandoned for over-a-decade was suddenly fixed to welcome President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo. Prior to this development, several calls by residents to reconstruct that particular road fell on deaf ears. The then deplorable road which …
Read More »Police officers who commit criminal acts would not be spared
Commissioner of Police (COP) Isaac Ken Yeboah, Director General, Criminal Investigations Department (CID), says officers who indulge in criminal activities would be prosecuted. “No officer who commits a criminal act would be spared,” COP Yeboah told a press conference in Accra on Friday to throw light on the arrest of …
Read More »60 suspected separatists arrested in Volta Region
Security forces in Ghana have arrested 60 persons for their alleged involvement in a series of violent attacks –part of an orchestrated push by separatist groups to break away from the Volta Region. Fifty-four of the suspects have been remanded by a court, government officials said on Friday night adding …
Read More »Military, Police deployed across Volta Region to quell secessionists activities
Pius Hadzide, Deputy Information Minister has said military and police deployment has been stepped up across the Volta and parts of Oti regions for the safety of the population, property and national installations. He disclosed that heavy deployments could be seen at Juapong, Aflao, Kpando, Hohoe, in the Volta region, …
Read More »Dr Siaw Agyepong Mourns With Rawlings’ Family
The Executive Chairman of Jospong Group of Companies (JGC), who is also the Chief Executive Officer of Zoomlion Ghana Limited (ZGL), Mr Joseph Siaw Agyepong, on Friday led a delegation to commiserate with former President Jerry John Rawlings and family, following the loss of his mother, Madam Victoria Agbotui. …
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