The Minister of Lands and Natural Resources, Kwaku Asomah-Cheremeh, Tuesday ordered the arrest of three Chinese nationals operating a quarry company without permit at the Afienya-Dawhenya Industrial and Urban Renewal Enclave in the Greater Accra Region. The three Chinese, who are yet to be identified, established Skyline Quarry Company about …
Read More »Motor crashes into abandoned bridge, kills 6-year-old girl
A 6-year-old girl has been killed after a motorbike she was riding on with her father and an uncle, crashed into an abandoned bridge on the Afiadenyigba-Havedzi road in the Keta municipality. At about 10 pm on Saturday, February 22, the deceased, Ablor Shikakpe, the father and two others crashed …
Read More »CSM kills 80-year-old man in Bolgatanga
An 80-year-old man from Tongo in the Talensi district of the Upper East Region died from Cerebro Spinal Meningitis (CSM) at the regional hospital in Bolgatanga, the regional capital, while two others are receiving treatment for the same disease at the facility. Dr.Josephat Nyuzaghl, the Upper East Regional Deputy Director …
Read More »Video: Fuel tanker overturns on Tema motorway
A diesel filled tanker with registration AS 8846-11 has overturned Tuesday afternoon on the Accra-Tema motorway. The driver, who reportedly noticed a fault with the bulk of the car, tried to balance it but to no avail. The incident attracted a lot of crowd to the scene as some tried to make …
Read More »Coronavirus: EU Parliament postpones Akufo-Addo’s visit to ECR-Africa summit
Ghana’s President Nana Akufo-Addo’s expected visit to the European Parliament has been postponed, Ghana Embassy in Brussels has communicated. In an official statement from the Embassy copied to the ECOWAS and UEMOA representation, it indicated the postponement has become necessary to allow the European Parliament put down precautionary measures in …
Read More »Farmer shot dead by Fulani herdsman
There is tension at Gyaneboafo, a farming community in Afram Plains South District following the killing of a farmer by a fulani herdsman. The deceased was shot in the abdomen when he and his two brothers attempted to arrest the suspect fleeing after his cattle destroyed their harvested tubers of …
Read More »Work stalls on Ejisu-Donaso bridge project as thieves steal excavator parts
Work has stalled on the Ejisu-Donaso bridge project as thieves steal controller boards, injectors and pumps of three excavators. Three bridges linking Ejisu to Donaso and other areas in the Ashanti Region, have broken down for over two years. Motorists and commuters have had to truncate their journey on one …
Read More »Rawlings increases bounty for assemblyman’s killers to Gh¢45,000
Former President Jerry John Rawlings has offered Gh¢25,000 in addition to the earlier bounties offered towards the arrest of killers of the Sogakofe South Assemblyman who was brutally murdered last Sunday. The Volta Regional Minister, Dr. Archibald Letsa, and the South Tongu DCE, Emmanuel Louis Agama, had earlier offered Gh¢10,000 …
Read More »Go to court – Ambolley dares Okyeame Kwame
Ghanaian highlife musician, songwriter, producer, and composer Gyedu-Blay Ambolley has said that hiplife artiste, songwriter and producer Okyeame Kwame can sue him over what he [Okyeame] considers to be a defamatory statement levelled against him by the former. In a phone in interview on Accra based Happy FM, the veteran musician stated …
Read More »Linguist escapes death over jailing of Kitase chiefs
Pieces of information gathered by The Chronicle from Kitase in the Akuapem South District of the Eastern Region have revealed that some irate youth of the area on Wednesday last week, attempted to physically assault Okyeame Akwasi Asare, the linguist of Atweasin near Aburi. The irate youth who were allegedly …
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