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Fire destroys hospital’s bungalow in Yendi

Fire has destroyed the Bungalow of the Yendi Church of Christ Health Centre in the Northern Region. The four-bedroom bungalow with a hall, kitchen, bathrooms and store was destroyed on Friday when the Medical Officer was in the Health Centre attending to patients. According to witnesses, the fire started with …

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Osu Mantse Nii Kinka Dowuona IV is dead

The Osu Mantse, Nii Okwei Kinka Dowuona VI, reportedly joined his ancestors in the early hours of February 6, 2021, according to a Daily Graphic online report. The cause of death was however not revealed. He was 57-years-old. Nii Dowuona VI was elected President of the Greater Accra Regional House …

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Leaders attend 34th African Union summit virtually

The African Union’s 34th heads of state summit kicked off today, Saturday February 6. But due to the coronavirus pandemic, leaders of the 55-member pan-African bloc are meeting virtually. The theme of the two-day summit is “Arts, Culture and Heritage: Levers for Building the Africa We Want.” But one of …

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Seven file to contest Council of State Election in Upper West

A total of seven candidates have filed their nominations to contest the election of the Member of Council of State position to represent the Upper West Region. The candidates are Kuoro Barecheh Nlowie Baninye II, the Divisional Chief of Niator, Bayon Godfrey Tongu, a former Member of Parliament for Wa …

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Election Petition: Ayine reacts to paragraphs struck out from witness statement

A member of John Mahama’s legal team, Dr Dominic Ayine, says the election petition at the Supreme Court remains unharmed despite the apex court’s ruling to strike out some five paragraphs in the third witness statement filed. Dr Ayine, who spoke to the media after Friday’s hearing, said: “For us, …

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Man who bit policeman’s finger remanded

A suspect, Eric Awutey, who reportedly bit a police officer’s finger in an attempt to resist arrest, has been remanded into police custody by the Ofaakor Circuit Court, Kasoa. He has been charged with five counts namely: stealing, resisting arrest, assault on a public officer, causing harm, and causing damage. …

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Are you mad? – Nana Aba Anamoah chides MPs breaking coronavirus protocols

Celebrated television personality Nana Aba Anamoah has taken a swipe at some Members of Parliament who refused to self-isolate despite testing positive for the coronavirus. It came to light on Wednesday, February 3, that some MPs who have been confirmed as coronavirus patients were disobeying the protocols with the ‘impunity of a dying a …

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Muntaka Mubarak apologizes to Supreme Court for alleged bribery comments

The Member of Parliament for Asawase, Mubarak Muntaka, has issued a formal written retraction and apology to the Supreme Court for alleged bribery comments made against an unnamed member of the bench. The legislator and Chief Whip of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) Caucus in Parliament had earlier accused a Supreme Court judge of …

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Two jailed 25 years each for robbery

A Koforidua Circuit court presided by Justice Mercy Adei-Kotei has sentenced Amadu Bukari, 34, herdsman and Haruna Asor, 27, labourer to 25 years imprisonment each in hard labour on three counts of robbery and conspiracy to commit a crime, to wit robbery. They pleaded not guilty to all four counts …

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VIDEO+PHOTOS: Tipper truck crashes 22-year-old student to death in her kitchen

A 22-year-old senior high school graduate, Anita Asieduwaa Ama Nkrumah, has died after being crushed to death by a tipper truck Friday morning at Senchi-Amanfrom in the Asuogyaman District of the Eastern Region. The truck with registration number GN-6025-16 belonging to Afcons Construction Company Limited, had been driving at 9:00am …

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