Two agents of Qnet have been arrested by the Adweso District Police Command in the Eastern Region for allegedly holding a 26-year-old hostage and used him to defraud his Mother and Pastor. The suspects are Pafio Agordo,20, and Wisdom Korda, 21. According to the victim, suspect Wisdom Korda, who was …
Read More »Demolition of Hong-Kong building at Makola expected to last for days
The demolition of the Hong-Kong building at the Makola the Accra Central Business District, which was gutted by fire is expected to last for some few days, the authorities have said. The exercise, which started at exactly 1200 hours on Sunday, is still ongoing as at the time the GNA …
Read More »Abesim murder: What we know so far
The discovery of dead bodies in the room of a 28-year-old architect near Abesim in the Sunyani Municipality of the Bono Region was one of the major news items over the weekend. There has been two arrest so far and a strong signal by the police to get to the …
Read More »Why ‘Chale Wote’ organisers were arrested – Police
• The police has given a reason for the arrest of organisers of Chale Wote • The police says the organisers breached the Public Order Act • Three persons were picked up, Saturday, for organising the event indoor The Greater Accra Regional Police Command has said that organisers of ‘Chale …
Read More »Spiritualist, 28, convicted for defiling 11-year-old girl
The Tamale Circuit Court presided over by His Worship Mr. William Twumasi Appiah has convicted a 28-year-old spiritualist, Adam Arafat, to seven years imprisonment with hard labour for the defilement of an 11-year-old girl in Tamale. In January 2020, Arafat through a TV and Radio advert, compelled the victim’s mother …
Read More »CSOs Turn Down Strategy Lessons from Gabby on GNPC-Aker
Our onetime friend in the Ghanaian Civil Society Movement, the Founder of the Danquah Institute and strategist behind a dozen activist fronts, from Let My Vote Count Alliance to Alliance for Accountable Governance, has some advice for those of us still on the frontlines: keep your shirts on! He says we …
Read More »Nine passengers including six-month-old baby die in fatal crash
At least nine (9) passengers including a six-month-old baby have been confirmed dead in a deadly crash at Apedwa section of the Accra to Kumasi Highway in the Eastern region. The fatal crash occurred Saturday, August 21, 2021, at about 6:40 pm when a driver yet to be identified driving …
Read More »Farmer, 45, reports himself to police after shooting his wife dead
A forty-five-year-old farmer, Yaw Muntom, has reported himself at the Prang police station for shooting and killing his thirty-year-old wife at Lele, a suburb of Prang in the Bone East region. At about 15:00 hours, the suspect told the police that he had a quarrel with his wife Abena Jayon …
Read More »Burnt laptop is not that of yet-to-be distributed ‘teachers laptops’
Claim: A ‘teachers’ laptop” exploded after a teacher tried installing windows 10, according to a social media user. Verdict: The Ghana Education Service has not started distributing the “teachers laptops.” Full Text A social media user claims that one of the laptops given to teachers in Ghana caught fire after …
Read More »Tidal waves killing residents of Dansoman Gbegbeyise
About six people have died while several others have been displaced at Dansoman Gbegbeyise in the Ablekuma West Municipality Assembly of the Greater Accra Region through tidal waves. Apart from this, several inhabitants have had to relocate to nearby places while others are putting up with friends and family members. …
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