Elvis Anokye

Come and take your place in the Black Stars – Twum Boafo makes special appeal to Salisu

Kojo Twum Boafo, a former Chief Executive Officer of the Ghana Free Zones Authority, has made a special appeal to Southampton defender, Mohammed Salisu, entreating him to honor Black Stars call-up. Boafo urged Salisu to emulated his grandfather who served Ghana and won two Africa Cup of Nations for the country, establishing …

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No police update 22 days after Ada radio was attacked

After an initial offer of a ransom leading to the arrest of the supposed attackers of a local radio station in Ada, 22 days after the incident, police are yet to give any update as the matter appears to have turned into a “foolish” case. The radio station, Radio Ada, …

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Broken down truck causes heavy traffic on Amasaman-Nsawam road

The Ghana Police Service has announced that Traffic Police Officers are currently directing traffic caused by a loaded articulated truck obstructing Nsawam-Kumasi bound vehicles at Samsam junction, Medie, between Amasaman and Nsawam on the N6. According to a post on Facebook, the police have contacted Road Safety Management Services Limited …

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Akufo-Addo in Addis Ababa for 35th Ordinary Session of AU

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo joined other African Heads of State and Governments in the Ethiopian capital, Addis Ababa on Saturday for the 35th Ordinary Session of the Assembly of the African Union. The two-day meeting of the Heads of State is on the theme, “Building resilience in nutrition on …

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JSC recommends that President Ramaphosa appoint Mandisa Maya as Chief Justice

Just after 6pm on Saturday, as a marathon day of deliberations behind closed doors at the Judicial Service Commission, Julius Malema tweeted “It’s a girl”. The prophetic statement was confirmed within 30 minutes when the commission announced that it recommends that President Cyril Ramaphosa appoint Supreme Court of Appeal President …

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Two pupils dead, six injured after ‘drunk’ minibus taxi driver loses control

Two pupils died and six others were injured when a minibus taxi driver transporting schoolchildren lost control of the vehicle in Pietermaritzburg on Friday. On Saturday, the KwaZulu-Natal education department said according to preliminary reports the children were on their way home from school when the minibus taxi veered out …

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UTAG snubs NLC’s invitation for out-of-court settlement

The University Teachers Association of Ghana (UTAG) has declined the invitation from the National Labour Commission (NLC) for a meeting on Monday, February 7 to settle the current impasse that has seen the teachers on strike for weeks. The Labour Division of the Accra Circuit Court, presided over by Justice Frank Rockson Aboadwe, on …

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VIDEO: Fire guts storage room at primary school in Cape Town

Firefighters were called to a school in Cape Town on Saturday afternoon after a fire broke out in its storage room. The room at Chapel Street Primary in District 6 was gutted. “The storage room contained printing machines, garden equipment, old storage shelving and the gardener’s bedding and personal effects,” …

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CIT driver shot dead during heist

A cash-in-transit driver was shot dead during a heist in Diepkloof, Soweto, on Saturday morning. According to reports, the van was on its way to a filling station in Zone Six when a Mercedes-Benz rammed into the cash van, causing it to stop at the corner Chris Hani and Collinder …

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