Two witnesses say a policewoman at Legon has been assaulted by a member of a gang that stormed a disputed land at the University of Professional Studies, Accra (UPSA) to demolish a property. According to the university’s head of legal services, Fortunate Bio, the gangster slapped an unidentified policewoman while …
Read More »Foreigners in South Africa deal in “fake goods” – High C’ssioner
Most foreigners trading in South African are dealing in “fake goods”, the South African High Commissioner to Ghana Lulu Xingwana has claimed. She said foreigners bring in fake rice, mayonnaise, others from Somalia, which are poisonous, and end up harming the poor because of its cheap pricing. Speaking to Naa …
Read More »Mobile money vendor killed at Dambai
Fuseini Inusah, 29, a mobile money vendor was on Monday night shot dead by unidentified gunmen at Dambai in the Krachi East Municipality of the Oti Region. The incident occurred at about 8PM on the Residency Road when the victim was returning home from work. The assailants left one locally …
Read More »23-year-old man shot dead and dumped at Jei Krodua
A man believed to be about 23-years-old has been shot dead and dumped in the bush at Jei Krodua near Kasoa in the Central Region, MyNewsGh.com has confirmed. The incident according to police sources occurred on Monday September 2, 2019 at about 1 Pm according to eyewitnesses account to the …
Read More »Xenophobic attacks: Ghana sets up emergency numbers for Ghanaians in distress
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs has set up dedicated emergency lines for Ghanaians in distress in South Africa. This follows recent attacks on foreigners in that country. In a statement, Ghana’s High Commission in South Africa said Ghanaian nationals in distress should contact the mission on telephone number +271-234-258-47/8 for …
Read More »Afigya Kwabre South: Assembly Cuts Sods For Construction Of Three Bridges
The Afigya Kwabre South District Assembly in the Ashanti region in collaboration with the Northern Quarries Association has cut sod for the construction of three bridges in the district. The project with an estimated cost of three hundred and seventy thousand Ghana cedis (GHC 370,000) will be constructed at Mowire, …
Read More »KNUST campus declared a security zone
The campus of the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) has been declared a security zone by the Ashanti Regional Security Council (REGSEC). This follows intelligence gathered by the REGSEC of intended disturbances on the campus of the public university by the students. The intelligence has established that …
Read More »NYA saga: I advised my boss against Prefos contract
Richard Joojo Obeng, one of the two deputies at the National Youth Authority (NYA) who have been dismissed says he advised his boss against the contract that has caused their removal. In a statement hours after they, including the chief executive Emmanuel Sin-nyet Asigri, had been sacked by the president, …
Read More »14-year-old faces 5 murder charges after confessing to killing his family
A 14-year-old has been charged with five counts of murder after confessing to shooting his family members in their Elkmont, Alabama, home, police said Tuesday. The victims are: John Sisk, 38, the boy’s father; his stepmother, Mary Sisk, 35; his 6-year-old stepbrother; his 5-year-old stepsister; and his 6-month-old stepbrother, Limestone …
Read More »NDC names 4 ‘moles’ on Wontumi’s payroll
The Women’s Wing of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) has named two former appointees of the John Mahama administration and another close confidante of the ex-president as persons who are sabotaging his chances of a comeback in 2020. A press statement signed by the Ashanti Regional Women Organizer Gloria …
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