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Kidnapped girls: I was misunderstood – CID boss

Under-pressure CID boss Maame Yaa Tiwaa Addo-Danquah has said she was misunderstood when she announced three kidnapped girls have been located. The CID Director-General told Accra-based Atinka TV, she ‘wanted to give the families hope’ by that announcement, conceding, the location of the girls remains unknown. That ‘we know where …

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Full list: All 26 cases at Office of Special Prosecutor

Here is a list of 26 cases receiving attention at the Office of the Special Prosecutor obtained by JoyNews. It includes opposition figures as high profile as former President John Mahama and government appointees under the Akufo-Addo administration such as Board Chair of the Ghana National Petroleum Company and national …

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Selling $60m Komenda Sugar Factory for $12m is fraud – Haruna Iddrisu

The Minority Leader Haruna Iddrisu has described the Trade and Industry Ministry’s planned sale of the Komenda Sugar Factory as a rip-off. The Tamale South legislator said the decision to sell the Indian government-financed entity defies logic and has the potential to damage the existing relationship between the two governments. …

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Bonzali Rural bank strives in its operations

Despite the daunting challenges in the financial sector in 2018, Bonzali Rural Bank Limited (BRB) managed to carry out its strategies extremely well to uphold its financial performance and stay afloat. As at 31st December 2018, the bank recorded a total deposit of GH26,138,762.00 as against a figure of GH26,001,724.00 …

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Burkina Faso church attack: Priest among six killed

Gunmen have killed six people including a priest as Mass was being celebrated in a church in Dablo in northern Burkina Faso, officials say. The attackers, said to number between 20 and 30, then burned down the church. The town’s mayor, Ousmane Zongo, said that there was panic as other …

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‘No illegal importation of sophisticated weapons into country’ – Customs

An examination carried out by various security operatives at the Tema Port yesterday, following social media circulation about sophisticated weapons imported into the country, turned out to be a wild goose chase. The examination, which started at about 9:50am and ended at about 1:20pm, indicated that the importer had all …

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2 killed by rainstorm at Sherigu-Basungo

Two persons have been reported dead at Sherigu-Basungo in the Kassena-Nankana West District of the Upper East Region, following the recent rainstorm that hit the area last Tuesday. Mr Azabire Aloo, 50, and Mamunatu Fuseini, a five-year-old primary school girl, died when a house in which they were, collapsed. The …

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Woman arrested for allegedly killing husband

A 45-year-old trader has been arrested by the Eastern Regional Police Command for allegedly killing her husband at Aboabo, a suburb of Koforidua, in the Eastern region. Rebecca Lamptey, suspect, who is believed to be mentally deranged, was said to have severally hit the head of her husband, Michael Opey …

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Man who lost his eye during ‘Let my vote count’ demo dead

Justice Adjakuma, the young man who lost his eyes during a Let my Vote Count demonstration in September 2015 has died today 12th May, 2019 at a hospital at Malam in Accra. Let my vote count demo  Some members of the Let My Vote Count Alliance clashed with the police …

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XYZ, Radio Gold shutdown: Mahama question’s Akufo-Addo’s human right record

Former President John Mahama has questioned the much-touted human right record of President Akufo Addo. This follows the closure of three Radio stations affiliated to the opposition National Democratic Congress by the National Communications Authority(NCA). Radio Gold, Radio XYZ in Accra and Silver FM in Takoradi were shut last week …

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